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Tori Amos: Little Earthquakes

On January 6, 1992, “Atlantic” label released “Little Earthquakes”, the debut Tori Amos studio album. It was recorded 1990 – 1991, and was produced by Eric Rosse, Tori Amos, Davitt Sigerson and Ian Stanley.

Personnel:

  • Tori Amos – lead and backing vocals, acoustic piano, keyboard, sampled strings
  • Steve Caton – guitar, bass, backing vocals
  • David Rhodes – guitar
  • John Chamberlain – mandolin
  • Eric Williams – ukulele, dulcimer
  • Jef Scott – bass
  • Matthew Seligman – bass
  • Will McGregor – bass 
  • Carlo Nuccio – drums 
  • Ed Greene – drums
  • Chris Hughes – drums 
  • Eric Rosse – Irish war drum, drum and keyboard programming, backing vocals
  • Paulinho da Costa – percussion
  • Philly – finger cymbal 
  • Jake Freeze – rat pedal, saw
  • Nick DeCaro – orchestra arrangements, conductor
  • Stuart Gordon – violin
  • Will Gregory – oboe
  • Tina Gullickson – backing vocals
  • Nancy Shanks – backing vocals
  • Phil Shenale – keyboard programming
  • David Lord – string arrangements

Track listing:

All tracks by Tori Amos.

  1. Crucify
  2. Girl
  3. Silent All This Years
  4. Precious Things
  5. Winter
  6. Happy Phantom
  7. China
  8. Leather
  9. Mother
  10. Tear in Your Hand
  11. Me and a Gun
  12. Little Earthquakes

Tori Amos: Boys for Pele

On January 22, 1996, “Atlantic” label released “Boys for Pele”, the third Tori Amos studio album. It was recorded June – October 1995, in Ireland and Louisiana, and was produced by Tori Amos.

Personnel:

  • Tori Amos-vocals, piano, harmonium organ, clavichord, Harpsichord
  • Steve Caton – acoustic and electric guitar, mandolin, swells
  • George Porter Jr. – bass
  • Manu Katché – drums
  • Alan Friedman – drum programming
  • Mino Cinelu – percussion
  • Darryl Lewis – percussion
  • Nancy Shanks – additional vocals
  • Clarence J. Johnson III – soprano and tenor saxophone
  • The Black Dyke Mills Band – brass
  • Mark Mullins – trombone, horns
  • James Watson – trumpet, brass conductor
  • Craig Klein – sousaphone
  • Michael Deegan – bagpipes
  • Bernard Quinn – bagpipes
  • Marcel van Limbeek – Delgany church bells
  • The Sinfonia of London – strings
  • John Philip Shenale – string arrangement
  • Peter Willison – string orchestrator, conductor
  • Mark Hawley – recording, mixing
  • Marcel van Limbeek – recording, mixing
  • Rob van Tuin – assistant recording, mixing
  • Bob Clearmountain – mixing
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Cindy Palmano – art direction, artwork, photography
  • Paddy Cramsie – design
  • Paul Chessell – design

Track listing:

All tracks by Tori Amos.

  1. Beauty Queen/Horses
  2. Blood Roses
  3. Father Lucifer
  4. Professional Widow
  5. Mr. Zebra
  6. Marianne
  7. Caught a Lite Sneeze
  8. Muhammad My Friend
  9. Hey Jupiter
  10. Way Down
  11. Little Amsterdam
  12. Talula
  13. Not the Red Baron
  14. Agent Orange
  15. Doughnut Song
  16. In the Springtime of His Voodoo
  17. Putting the Damage On
  18. Twinkle