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China (Tori Amos Song)
"China" is a song by American singer-songwriter and musician Tori Amos, released as the third single from her debut studio album, ''Little Earthquakes''. It was issued on January 20, 1992, by EastWest Records in the United Kingdom. It was the first song written for ''Little Earthquakes'' and was originally titled "Distance"; a recurring lyric and theme in the song. It was originally submitted to the Library of Congress in 1987. Background The song is often cited as one of Amos's least abstruse and most traditional ballads. It is a lament about lost love with lyrics like, "Sometimes I think you want me to touch you/How can I when you build the great wall around you?" This particular lyric likely inspired the cover art of Amos standing at an upside-down teacup shaped wall. This visual theme also occurred in the music video, which showed Amos lamenting on a rocky beach in England. The single peaked at number 51 in the UK but did not chart in other countries. One of the B-sides on t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tori Amos
Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos; August 22, 1963) is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. She is a classically trained musician with a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Having already begun composing instrumental pieces on piano, Amos won a full scholarship to the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University at the age of five, the youngest person ever to have been admitted. She had to leave at the age of eleven when her scholarship was discontinued for what ''Rolling Stone'' described as "musical insubordination". Amos was the lead singer of the short-lived 1980s Pop music, pop group Y Kant Tori Read before achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s. Her songs focus on a broad range of topics, including sexuality, feminism, politics, and religion. Her charting singles include "Crucify (song), Crucify", "Silent All These Years", "God (Tori Amos song), God", "Cornflake Girl", "Caught a Lite Sneeze", "Professional Widow", "Spark (Tori Amos song), Spark", "1000 O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hey Jupiter
"Hey Jupiter" is a song written and performed by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos. It was released as the fourth single from her third studio album, '' Boys for Pele'' (1996), and was her first extended play (EP) since ''Crucify'' in 1992. The US EP ''Hey Jupiter'' features a re-recorded version of "Hey Jupiter" followed by four live tracks recorded during her Dew Drop Inn Tour of 1996. The song is also featured on the double A-side CD singles released in the UK and Australia. Live versions can be found on the US "Bliss" single in 1999, the London show of her ''The Original Bootlegs'' series (2005), and the 27 shows part of the ''Legs and Boots'' series, released over 2007 and 2008. The music video is on the collection ''Fade to Red'' and was released in 2006. The Dakota version The version released on all but the UK 12-inch vinyl single, entitled "Hey Jupiter (The Dakota Version)", differs substantially from the version that appears on '' Boys for Pele'' in that it is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1992 Singles
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1991 Songs
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Tori Amos Songs
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Humpty Dumpty
Humpty Dumpty is a character in an English nursery rhyme, probably originally a riddle and one of the best known in the English-speaking world. He is typically portrayed as an anthropomorphic egg, though he is not explicitly described as such. The first recorded versions of the rhyme date from late eighteenth-century England and the tune from 1870 in James William Elliott's ''National Nursery Rhymes and Nursery Songs''. Its origins are obscure, and several theories have been advanced to suggest original meanings. Humpty Dumpty was popularized in the United States on Broadway by actor George L. Fox in the pantomime musical ''Humpty Dumpty''. The show ran from 1868 to 1869, for a total of 483 performances, becoming the longest-running Broadway show until it was surpassed in 1881 by ''Hazel Kirke''. As a character and literary allusion, Humpty Dumpty has appeared or been referred to in many works of literature and popular culture, particularly English author Lewis Carroll's 1871 b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Under The Pink
''Under the Pink'' is the second studio album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. Upon its release in January 1994, the album debuted atop the UK Albums Chart on the back of the hit single "Cornflake Girl", and peaked at number 12 in the US. The album was certified double Platinum in the US by the RIAA in October 1999, for sales exceeding 2 million copies. It was the 61st highest-selling album of 1994 in the UK and was certified platinum by the BPI in February 2007, for sales exceeding 300,000 copies. ''Under the Pink'' was included in ''Blender'' magazine's list of ''500 CDs You Must Own'', and was voted among the greatest albums of the 1990s by ''Rolling Stone'' magazine some years later. A special double-disc tour edition was released exclusively in Australia and New Zealand in November 1994, titled ''More Pink: The B-Sides''. Background On Tori Amos' second solo album, the singer-songwriter continued to offer piano-driven rock songs dealing with religion, gender, and sexualit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
To Venus And Back
''To Venus and Back'' is a double album by American singer, songwriter and pianist Tori Amos. Released on September 21, 1999, it comprises her fifth studio album and first live album. The first disc, entitled ''Venus: Orbiting'', shows Amos increasingly experimenting with elements of electronica and trip hop, and spawned the singles "Bliss" (which peaked at number 91 on the '' Billboard'' Hot 100), "1000 Oceans", " Glory of the 80's", and "Concertina". The second disc, ''Venus Live, Still Orbiting'', was recorded mostly during her ''Plugged '98'' tour in support of her previous album, ''From the Choirgirl Hotel''. Background ''To Venus and Back'' was originally envisioned as a live album accompanied by an album of b-sides from previous singles, with a few new tracks added. However, it was later decided that the b-sides and new material would not mix well as one cohesive album, so the idea was dropped and this portion was later expanded into a full album of new material. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A-side And B-side
The A-side and B-side are the two sides of phonograph records and cassettes; these terms have often been printed on the labels of two-sided music recordings. The A-side usually features a recording that its artist, producer, or record company intends to be the initial focus of promotional efforts and radio airplay and hopefully become a hit record. The B-side (or "flip-side") is a secondary recording that typically receives less attention, although some B-sides have been as successful as, or more so than, their A-sides. Use of this language has largely declined in the 21st century as the music industry has transitioned away from analog recordings towards digital formats without physical sides, such as CDs, downloads and streaming. Nevertheless, some artists and labels continue to employ the terms ''A-side'' and ''B-side'' metaphorically to describe the type of content a particular release features, with ''B-side'' sometimes representing a "bonus" track or other material. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Little Earthquakes
''Little Earthquakes'' is the debut solo album by the American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, featuring the singles "Silent All These Years", "China", "Winter" and "Crucify". After Atlantic Records rejected the first version of the album, Amos began working on a second version with her then-boyfriend Eric Rosse. The album was first released in the UK on January 6, 1992, where it peaked at number 14 in the charts. It was well received by critics and listeners. In the US, the album reached the top 60 of the ''Billboard'' 200. It is frequently regarded as one of the greatest albums of all time; it was voted number 73 in Colin Larkin's ''All Time Top 1000 Albums'' 3rd Edition (2000) and ranked number 233 on ''Rolling Stone'''s 500 greatest albums of all time. Recording Following the dissolution of her synth-pop band Y Kant Tori Read, Amos composed 12 songs, recorded them at Capitol Studios in Los Angeles with Davitt Sigerson producing, and in June 1990 submitted them for copyrigh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Library Of Congress
The Library of Congress (LOC) is the research library that officially serves the United States Congress and is the ''de facto'' national library of the United States. It is the oldest federal cultural institution in the country. The library is housed in three buildings on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.; it also maintains a conservation center in Culpeper, Virginia. The library's functions are overseen by the Librarian of Congress, and its buildings are maintained by the Architect of the Capitol. The Library of Congress is one of the largest libraries in the world. Its "collections are universal, not limited by subject, format, or national boundary, and include research materials from all parts of the world and in more than 470 languages." Congress moved to Washington, D.C., in 1800 after holding sessions for eleven years in the temporary national capitals in New York City and Philadelphia. In both cities, members of the U.S. Congress had access to the sizable collection ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Winter (Tori Amos Song)
"Winter" is a song by American singer-songwriter Tori Amos, released as a single in March 1992. "Winter" was Amos' first single to reach the top 40 in any country, peaking at number 25 in the United Kingdom two weeks after its release. Release "Winter" was the fourth single released from Amos' debut studio album, ''Little Earthquakes''. It was released through EastWest Records on March 9, 1992, in the United Kingdom and on May 18, 1992, in Australia. In North America, it was issued through Atlantic Records the same year. The song also appears on Amos' 2003 compilation, '' Tales of a Librarian''. The music video can be seen on the video collections '' Tori Amos: Complete Videos 1991–1998'' and ''Fade to Red''. The single was released globally in a variety of formats with slightly differing artwork and track listings. The most commonly available version is the United States release, which is labeled as a "limited edition" release. That version comes in a digipak case with a com ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
