A love affair

There are no words. This is a masterpiece. Tori has captured my mind and my heart. This album stands alone in perfectiondom. If you don't have this album--for God's sake, get with it!

Best place to start with Tori

I'll keep it short, because after 324 other reviews, singing the praises of this album and how it changed my life would probably be a bit repetitive.



She's done a lot since this, of course. If you don't like this, you most likely won't like the later stuff. If you do, though...well, just wait. Tori's material gets (let's just say) a bit trickier from here, but it's very much worth the time you might spend getting to know it. Buy slowly and savor.



Standing purely on its own, _Little Earthquakes_ does not falter in the slightest. There is no finer debut by any singer-songwriter in the '90s, period.

Pretty solid (3 1/2 stars)

I love Tori Amos. This isn't the first CD of hers I bought--that was Under the Pink, which, coincidentally, was the very first CD I EVER bought--but I'm reviewing this one first. Anywho. The bad stuff first--I don't like "China." At all. I'm sorry, but it's just too slow for me. Also, "Tear in Your Hand" doesn't seem to "fit" with the rest of the tracks--it's too "poppy," too "top 40," too "radio friendly." Now, the good stuff. The really good tracks, IMHO, are "Crucify," "Leather," "Happy Phantom," "Winter" (which makes me tear up a little), and "Precious Things." Those are my favorites. I actually HATED "Silent All These Years" for the longest time, when I heard it on the radio (then again, I was only about 12 or 13), but it started to grow on me, and I really like it now. I'm giving it 3 1/2 stars (Amazon, you really should allow half-star reviews) because I don't think it's perfect, yet it's pretty darned good.