If you grew up in the ’90s, you probably had Little Earthquakes. You were impressionable, you had “feelings,” and along came Amos. Hers was a healthy dose of the naked angst of those grunge years, but with a new angle: Tori’s intimate, personal poetry was set to music that fused her classical chops to proggy piano pop; the sound of Earthquakes and Under The Pink was fresh — and Tori became the template for a legion of Lilith Fair wannabes.
Those were her groundbreaking, career-launching records, but she didn’t stop there — and to celebrate her busy career, Tori recently released A Piano: The Collection: an 86-song, five-disc box set full of songs from her studio releases; B-sides; the originals that debuted on her best-of Tales Of A Librarian; unreleased demos and alternate mixes; and Tori’s written commentary on each song. The discs follow her career chronologically, with Disc One being a re-sequenced Little Earthquakes, with new mixes and B-sides, and on from there. Full info here. Best part: The box looks like a piano!
We have one of these packages to give away, and entering shouldn’t be too difficult for you Amos fans. All you gotta do is post a comment telling us your favorite Tori tune, and we’ll pick a winner at random on Monday 12/18 at 6PM EST. If you need some help remembering songs, the tracklist for the box set is after the jump. And if you don’t wind up winning the box set and need it in a hurry, the entire collection is available digitally via Urge and iTunes on 12/19. You won’t get the piano box, but you will get the tracks with a quickness. Good luck!
Disc 1
01. “Leather” (Alternate Mix)
02. “Precious Things” (Alternate Mix)
03. “Silent All These Years”
04. “Upside Down”
05. “Crucify” (Unedited Single Version)*
06. “Happy Phantom”
07. “Me And A Gun”
08. “Flying Dutchman” (Alternate Mix)
09. “Girl”
10. “Winter”
11. “Take To The Sky (Russia)”
12. “Tear In Your Hand”
13. “China”
14. “Sweet Dreams”
15. “Mother” (Alternate Mix)
16. “Little Earthquakes”
Disc 2
01. “Cornflake Girl”
02. “Honey”
03. “Take Me With You”*
04. “Baker Baker” (Alternate Mix)
05. “The Waitress” (Alternate Mix)
06. “Pretty Good Year”
07. “God”
08. “Cloud On My Tongue”
09. “Past The Mission” (Alternate Mix)
10. “Bells For Her”
11. “Yes, Anastasia” (Alternate Mix)
12. “Blood Roses”
13. “Mr. Zebra”
14. “Caught A Lite Sneeze” (Alternate Mix)
15. “Professional Widow” (Merry Widow Version – Live)
16. “Beauty Queen/Horses”
17. “Father Lucifer”
18. “Marianne”
Disc 3
01. “Walk To Dublin” (Sucker Reprise)*
02. “Hey Jupiter” (Dakota Version)
03. “Professional Widow” (Armand’s Star Trunk Funkin’ Mix)
04. “Putting The Damage On”
05. “Bliss” (Remixed Version)
06. “Suede”
07. “Glory Of The 80′s”
08. “1000 Oceans”
09. “Concertina” (Single Remix Version)
10. “Lust”
11. “Datura”
12. “Sugar” (Live from sound check)
13. “The Waitress” (Live)
14. “Snow Cherries From France”
15. “Doughnut Song” (Remixed Version)
Disc 4
01. “A Sorta Fairytale”
02. “Not David Bowie”*
03. “Amber Waves”
04. “Iieee” (Remixed Version)
05. “Playboy Mommy” (Remixed Version)
06. “The Beekeeper”
07. “Jackie’s Strength”
08. “Zero Point”*
09. “Sweet The Sting”
10. “Ode To My Clothes”*
11. “Spark”
12. “Intro Jam”* and “Marys Of The Sea”
13. “Cruel” (Remixed Version)
14. “Dolphin Song”*
15. “Gold Dust”
Disc 5
01.”The Pool”
02. “Never Seen Blue”
03. “Daisy Dead Petals”
04. “Beulah Land”
05. “Sugar”
06. “Cooling”
07. “Bachelorette”
08. “Black Swan”
09. “Mary” (Tales Version)
10. “Peeping Tommi”*
11. “Toodles Mr. Jim” Demo Medley:
12. “Fire-Eater’s Wife/Beauty Queen” (Demo)*
13. “Playboy Mommy” (Demo)*
14. “A Sorta Fairytale” (Demo)*
15. “This Old Man”
16. “Purple People”
17. “Here. In My Head”
18. “Hungarian Wedding Song”
19. “Merman”
20. “Sister Janet”
21. “Home On The Range” (Cherokee Edition)
22. “Frog On My Toe”
*Previously Unreleased
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my favourite tori song is “cornflake girl.”
father lucifer.
“Not David Bowie”
precious things
“Take To The Sky”
my favorite is Precious Things.
And, um, Tear In Your Hand, Raspberry Swirl, & Take to the Sky.
But mostly Precious Things.
Favorite by far is “Winter”
“Little Earthquakes” and “Precious Things” pretty much tied for me.
Past the Mission. You can’t go wrong with Trent Reznor on background vocals.
You can count another vote for “Precious Things” right here…
Ohmigod, I can’t believe Raspberry Swirl isn’t on this box (my favorite song)… though I’d still like to win it! If you haven’t heard Raspberry Swirl, I’d recommend finding the Lip Gloss version off the Cruel / Raspberry Swirl CD Single. Actually, I’ll go ahead and post it over at my blog if you want to hear it.
China FTW
Precious Things is my real answer, but Blood Roses is my alternate answer so I don’t sound like everyone else.
Cooling.
tear in your hand.
/i dont believe youre leaving ’cause me and charles manson like the same ice cream/
amazing. love her.
Cooling.
Past the Mission. You can’t go wrong with Trent Reznor on background vocals.
“tear in your hand”. always has been my favorite track by tori, since i first heard it in ’91.
wow. that was along time ago.
The Power of Orange Knickers
Cornflake girl
winter is my favourite song of hers. it kind of reminds of … now.
winter is my favourite song of hers. it kind of reminds of … now.
muhammad my friend
Playboy Mommy, Leather, A Sorta Fairytale… any and all Tori is awesome.
Winter
“Me and a Gun”.
Too damn heartwrenching.
“Upside Down” (a B-side) is technically my favorite, but in the interest of full disclosure, I have a line from “In The Springtime of His Voodoo” (“When you’re the sweetest cherry in an apple pie”)tattoed on my back.
And…today’s my birthday. Hint, hint.
Cooling.
argh. sorry for the double posting.
A Sorta Fairytale
Cooling.
‘You bet your life it is’…..Cornflake Girl
Her cover of “Mad World”
Hands down, “Me and a Gun”. This song is important not only for it’s message but for it’s honesty…
Her cover of “Mad World”
Winter
Cornflake girl…
and she can be my cornflake girl any time she wants if you know what I mean…:( I dont even know what I mean.
Hands down, “Me and a Gun”. This song is important not only for it’s message but for it’s honesty…
“Me and a Gun”.
Too damn heartwrenching.
probably Cornflake Girl
‘You bet your life it is’…..Cornflake Girl
Cornflake Girl is my ultimate dish washing sing-along anthem, but a close runner up would be Hey Jupiter.
Little Amsterdam
Either “Cruel” or “Icicle”.
Gotta go with my first Tori single, Hey Jupiter. Nothing could heal my 14 year old angst like Tori did . . .
“Leather” without a doubt is a great little song. BDSM and cabaret piano never sounded so good together.
‘You bet your life it is’…..Cornflake Girl
I’m going to have to go with “Upside Down” myself. I goddamn love that song…
“Upside Down”
gotta love the line
“I found the secret to life
I’m okay when everything is not okay”
got me through many a rough days
“father lucifer”
“Leather” without a doubt is a great little song. BDSM and cabaret piano never sounded so good together.
“father lucifer”
Purple people, definitely.
My favourite Tori Amos song is China.
Cornflake girl…
and she can be my cornflake girl any time she wants if you know what I mean…:( I dont even know what I mean.
Silent All These Years
“father lucifer”
Frog on My Toe, hands down.
Mary – the original B-side version, not the Tales of a Librarian version.
Parasol, if I had to pick.
I’m gonna go with about 39 people before me and say ‘cornflake girl’.
Caught A Lite Sneeze
winter!
I like “Little Earthquakes” (the song).
Putting the Damage On
Crucify
“I got a bowling ball in my stomach
I got a dessert in my mouth
Figures that my courage would choose to sell out now
I’ve been looking for a savior in these dirty streets
Looking for a savior beneath these dirty sheets”
does it get any better then that lyrically?
Cornflake Girl.
Flying Dutchman
“Upside Down”
gotta love the line
“I found the secret to life
I’m okay when everything is not okay”
got me through many a rough days
definitely, definitely cooling. any live version.
“Upside Down” no wait, “Winter”. No, “Upside Down”.
Not the Red Baron.
definitely, definitely cooling. any live version.
“Never Seen Blue”
“father lucifer”
“Black Dove”
i can’t pick just one…. here are my top three tori amos songs: bells for her; professional widow live – the version on the hey jupiter single where she rips up the vocals; and ummmm, probably blood roses of course.
China
Wow, I’m really surprised this many people like Tori Amos. I can’t stand her.
Oh god it’s so hard to pick one.
Here’s 2: Talula and Marys of the Sea
um, i’m gonna have to give you a top three…. bells for her, blood roses and professional widow – the version from the hey jupiter single where she totally rips up the vocals. it will kick your ass.
Marianne.
Precious Things!!
hearing trent reznor’s voice faintly in the back of past the mission was about the hottest thing in the world for a thirteen year old trapped in new jersey suburbia
It’s hard to pick just one, but Josephine is way up there.
Cooling.
“Putting The Damage On”
Precious Things!!
Marianne.
um, i’m gonna have to give you a top three…. bells for her, blood roses and professional widow – the version from the hey jupiter single where she totally rips up the vocals. it will kick your ass.
Marianne
Hey Jupiter – the best Purple Rain rip off out there
i agree it’s difficult to pick one, but my favorite would still be “Raspberry Swirl”
My favourite Tori Amos song is China.
Doughnut Song.
I have this box. It’s amazing.
Upside Down
first row, about 10 ft from tori, little earthquakes tour ’92 is one of my most amazing concert experiences ever
Precious Things…..love it!
definitely ‘Cooling’.. melt melt melt
“In The Springtime of His Voodoo”
Honey. Best song EVER. By Tori, at least.