Tori Amos discography

Infobox Artist Discography
Artist = Tori Amos

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Caption = Performing at the Glastonbury festival in 2005
Studio = 9
Live = 2
Compilation = 3
Video = 7
Music videos = 27
Tribute =
EP = 4
Singles = 39
B-sides = 65
Soundtrack = 12
Tribute = 2
Option = 33
Option name = Official bootlegs
Option link = Official bootlegs
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1Option = 3
1Option name = Other contributions
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2Option = 6
2Option name = Side projects
2Option link = Side projects
2Option color = orange
References = Yes
Ref link = References

Tori Amos is an American pianist and singer-songwriter whose musical career began in 1980, at the age of seventeen, when she and her brother co-wrote the song "Baltimore." The song was selected as the winning song in a contest for the Baltimore Orioles and was recorded and pressed locally as a 7" single. [cite book
last=Rogers
first=Kalen
title=Tori Amos All These Years - The Authorized Biography
year=1994
publisher=Omnibus Press
location= London, New York, Paris, Sydney
isbn=0.8256.1448.1
pages=p. 21] [cite book
last=St Michael
first=Mick
title=Tori Amos
year=1996
publisher=Carlton Books
location=
isbn=502-7626701727
pages=p. 27] From 1984–89, Amos fronted the punk-rock band Y Kant Tori Read, which released one self-titled album with Atlantic Records in 1988 before breaking up. Shortly thereafter, Amos began writing and recording material that would serve as the debut of her solo career. [cite book
last=Rogers
first=Kalen
title=Tori Amos All These Years - The Authorized Biography
year=1994
publisher=Omnibus Press
location= London, New York, Paris, Sydney
isbn=0.8256.1448.1
pages=p. 41] Still signed with Atlantic, and its UK counterpart East West, Amos' initial solo material was rejected by the label in 1990. [cite book
last=St Michael
first=Mick
title=Tori Amos
year=1996
publisher=Carlton Books
location=
isbn=502-7626701727
pages=p. 41] Under the guidance of co-producers Eric Rosse, Davitt Sigerson and Ian Stanley, a second version of the album was created and accepted by the label the following year. [cite book
last=St Michael
first=Mick
title=Tori Amos
year=1996
publisher=Carlton Books
location=
isbn=502-7626701727
pages=p. 44]

Amos' solo career began in October 1991 with the UK release of the "Me and a Gun" EP. The following month, after the first track on the EP was receiving more airplay than the title track, the label reissued the EP with the same artwork, but changed the title to "Silent All These Years". [cite book
last=St Michael
first=Mick
title=Tori Amos
year=1996
publisher=Carlton Books
location=
isbn=502-7626701727
pages=p. 52] Although the second version of the EP reached only #51 on the UK charts, BBC Radio 1 picked it as "Record of the Week", which helped Amos get her initial exposure. [cite book
last=St Michael
first=Mick
title=Tori Amos
year=1996
publisher=Carlton Books
location=
isbn=502-7626701727
pages=p. 55] Her debut solo album, "Little Earthquakes", was released two months later in January 1992. The album peaked at #14 on the "UK Top 40" and at #54 on the "Billboard Top 200". [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - Little Earthquakes Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bfuxqu5ldde~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11] Cite web
url=http://www.everyhit.com
title=everyhit.com
accessdate=2008-08-11 Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Tori Amos" and "albums".] Upon its release, the album received mostly positive reviewscite web
last = Huey
first = Steve
title = Little Earthquakes Review
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3bfuxqu5ldde~T1
accessdate=2008-08-11] cite web
last = Woodard
first = Joseph
title = Little Earthquakes Review
publisher = "Rolling Stone" | url =http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/245962/review/5940399/littleearthquakes
date=1992-04-02
accessdate=2008-08-21] cite web
last = Cinquemani
first = Sal
title = Tori Amos - Little Earthquakes Review
publisher = "Slant Magazine"
url =http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=374
accessdate=2008-08-21] and was labeled an important album that kick-started the female singer-songwriter movement of the 1990s. Despite reaching only #54 on the "Billboard 200", "Little Earthquakes" was a main-stay on the chart for 38 weeks and remains the highest-selling album of Amos' in the United States.cite web
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first =
title = The Billboard 200 - Chart Listing For The Week Of May 30 1992
publisher = "Billboard"
url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=305&cfgn=Albums&cfn=The+Billboard+200&ci=3012357&cdi=6620017&cid=05%2F30%2F1992
accessdate=2008-08-11]

Subsequent albums with Atlantic were released at approximately two-year intervals. Amos' sophomore effort, "Under the Pink", co-produced with Eric Rosse, debuted in February 1994 at #12 on the "Billboard 200" and #2 on the "UK Top 40". [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - Under the Pink Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:djfqxqlgld0e~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11] "Boys for Pele", Amos' third solo album and the first album that was self-produced, debuted in January 1996 at #2 on both the US and UK charts, making it her highest simultaneous trans-Atlantic debut. [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - Boys for Pele Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:gzfoxq9hldfe~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11] "From the Choirgirl Hotel", Amos' first album written and recorded with band mates Matt Chamberlain on drums, Jon Evans on bass and Steve Caton on guitar, and her first album recorded at her in-home recording studio, Martian Engineering, debuted in May 1998 at #5 on the "Billboard 200" and at #6 on the "UK Top 40". [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - From the Choirgirl Hotel Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfixqujldae~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11] The following year, "To Venus and Back", a double album of studio and live material recorded with Chamberlin, Evans and Caton, debuted in September 1999 at #12 in the US and at #22 in the UK. [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - To Venus and Back Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dpfexq8kldje~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11] In September 2001, "Strange Little Girls", a covers album recorded with Chamberlin on drums, Evans and Justin Meldal-Johnsen on bass and Adrian Belew on guitar, debuted at #4 on the "Billboard 200" and at #16 on the "UK Top 40". [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - Strange Little Girls Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hcfqxql0ldae~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11]

After working with Atlantic for the first 15 years of her career, Amos decided to seek another label upon fulfilling her contract with them due to professional conflicts. [cite book |last=Amos
first=Tori
coauthors=Powers, Ann
title=Tori Amos: Piece by Piece
year=2005
publisher=Broadway Books
location=New York
isbn=978-0767916776
pages=p. 314-315] Over the next five years, Amos released three albums through the Epic Records label: "Scarlet's Walk" in October 2002, "The Beekeeper" in February 2005 and "American Doll Posse" in May 2007. All three albums released through Epic were recorded with Chamberlin on drums, Evans on bass and Mac Aladdin on guitar, and debuted in the Top 10 of the "Billboard 200", [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - Scarlet's Walk Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kifyxqqaldfe~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11] [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - The Beekeeper Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kpfwxqysldhe~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11] [cite web
last =
first =
title = allmusic - American Doll Posse Billboard Albums
publisher = "allmusic"
url =http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfyxzq5ldfe~T3
accessdate=2008-08-11] placing Amos in an elite group of women who have secured five or more Top 10 album debuts. [cite web
last =
first =
title = Chart Beat Bonus: Don’t Worry, ‘Bee’ Charting
publisher = Billboard
url =http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000827293 | accessdate=2008-08-26] Amos negotiated an end to her contract with Epic following the release of "American Doll Posse", announcing in 2008 that she will be operating independently of record labels. [cite web
url= http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003810526
publisher = "Billboard"
title= Tori Amos Splits With Epic, Goes Indie
date= 2008-06-02
accessdate=2008-08-11] To date in her solo career, Amos has recorded and released a total of nine solo studio albums, multiple live releases, three compilation albums, one of which is a 5-disc box set released through Rhino Entertainment, and numerous singles and EPs. Amos has contributed to numerous film soundtracks as well.

Full–length releases

tudio albums

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align="center"|1996
align="left"|"Boys for Pele"
*Released: 23 January 1996
*Label: Atlantic/East West
2
2
6
6|
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align="center"|2001
align="left"|"Strange Little Girls"
*Released: 17 September 2001
*Label: Atlantic/East West
4
16
8
7|
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align="center"|2002
align="left"|"Scarlet's Walk"
*Released: 28 October 2002
*Label: Epic/Sony
7
26
13
20|

Official bootlegs

ingles

M-Q

Music videos

Other contributions

ide projects

References

External links

* [http://everythingtori.com/go/music/ Official Tori Amos website (Full LP discography)]
* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:3pfrxqq5ld6e Allmusic listing]