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 fav. Tori song is “Caught a Lite Sneeze”
Favorite song has to be “Flying Dutchman”
caught a light sneeze.
Favorite song has to be “Flying Dutchman”
My fav. Tori song is “Caught a Lite Sneeze”
Honey. Best song EVER. By Tori, at least.
I agree with “Flying Dutchman”
“Cooling” or “Frog on my Toe.”
Nice to see them both getting the box set love.
flying dutchman, hands down.
I think my fave would have to be…
God
My fav. Tori song is “Caught a Lite Sneeze”
Space Dog
… he’s our commander, still
past the mission. great song.
“father lucifer”
“silent all these years”
wow. I can’t believe I’m one of only two people who responded to this who don’t like Tori Amos. The only thing I can deal with by that woman is the neat, funky piano playing on “God”. Other than that, she’s only a couple steps up from Ani Difranco to me, which is PRETTY FUCKING SHABBY.
What? No Little Drummer Boy?
In that case, my fave is Caught a Light Sneeze.
after much consideration? the dakota remix of “hey jupiter” comes out on top.
honerable mentions to “putting the damage on,” “honey,” and “take to the sky.” her cover of springsteen’s “i’m on fire” is pretty great too. also, just because it’s seasonally appropriate, her “have yourself a merry little christmas” is the best rendition i’ve ever heard.
http://jupiterremixed.net/storage/music/Tori%20Amos%20-%20Have%20Yourself%20a%20Merry%20Little%20Christmas.mp3
http://jupiterremixed.net/storage/music/Tori%20Amos%20-%20I'm%20on%20Fire.mp3
“Precious Things” cuz what girl can’t relate to some part of that song! very cathartic.
My favorite is “Suede” from TO VENUS AND BACK
my favorite tori song is “raspberry swirl”, for sure
but the remix of professional widow is awesome too
“Take To The Sky”
Leather!
My favorite is “Suede” from TO VENUS AND BACK
northern lad
“Silent All These Years”
northern lad
northern lad
northern lad
Cooling.
Crucify.
“Father Lucifer.” Amazing song. That bridge 2 minutes into the song, with all of her vocal parts and the horns, is one of my favorite pieces of music ever.
That’s a pretty hard question… I’ll go with “Winter.”
cornflake girl
my favorite song by Tori Amos is Spark
BLOOD ROSES XXCOREXX
“Snow Cherries from France” sounds like a fun song…
Take To The Sky (Russia)
I can’t pick just one. They change all the time! From each album:
Tear In Your Hand
Yes Anastasia
Putting The Damage On
Playboy Mommy
1000 Oceans
Carbon
Ribbons Undone
Bells For Her
“Girl” from Little Earthquakes.
black dove!
Honey. Hands down.
Bells For Her
Take To The Sky (Russia)
Precious Things.
Not a big fan of Tori Amos, but my older sis is, and for her sake, and for a possibly excellent christmas gift, I’ll say ‘Cornflake Girl’
Butterfly
my favorite song is “raspberry swirl”.
It changes a lot, but I right now it seems like “Upside Down.”
Muhummod My Friend
definitely “Hey Jupiter.”
Happy Phantom
caught a lite sneeze (the first tori song i ever heard!)
My favorite is Cornflake Girl.
A Sorta Fairytale
Tear in Your Hand, Cooling and Playboy Mommy.
This is like asking a mother to choose between her children.
“She’s Your Cocaine” is my favorite Tori song – bring on the box!
First off, I’d like to say that I don’t think it’s fair to make me choose one song. But my favorite song is probably “Happy Phantom,” although I’ve always loved the masturbatory aspect of “Icicle.”
Caught a Light Sneeze
Totallly ‘Hey Jupiter.’ That song is so good I actually can’t listen to it anymore.
Wow.
!d
1000 oceans
Precious Things.
caught a light sneeze…
Her cover of Eminem’s ’97 Bonnie & Clyde
“Raspberry Swirl” still rocks my day – it’s hard to get through a week without hearing it, on repeat, for a solid five rotations. The inventive lyrics have never made “sense” to me, but the sheer, throbbing intensity gets the blood boiling – an exciting, and dangerous, surge of excitement, especially while bombing down a multi-lane freeway. The edgy thrill of “RS” encapsulates everything I look for in a song. And a girlfriend.
“Raspberry Swirl” still rocks my day – it’s hard to get through a week without hearing it, on repeat, for a solid five rotations. The inventive lyrics have never made “sense” to me, but the sheer, throbbing intensity gets the blood boiling – an exciting, and dangerous, surge of excitement, especially while bombing down a multi-lane freeway. The edgy thrill of “RS” encapsulates everything I look for in a song. And a girlfriend.
Probably “cooling”
“Hotel” FromTheChoirGirlHotel
hey jupiter
I have to say “Baker, Baker” from “Under the Pink”…so sad, but one of her BEST piano tunes.
“hotel” FromTheChoirGirlHotel
Silent All These Years
Precious Things.
Yes, Anastasia
Upside Down
Upside Down
Silent All These Years
aww nice to see so many fans of “Father lucifer” .. which is my pick as well
Oh so hard to pick one. Take to the Sky. Angels. Silent All These Years. Leather. Strange.
She needs to finish up her new album.
i STILL love “silent all these years”. give me chills every time.
My favorite Kate song is probably Cloudbusting. Second choice might be Sat Up in Your Lap or There Goes a Tenner. Or Morning Fog. I have a soft spot for Army Dreamers, too. Tough call.
Past the Mission
It’s a fight between her version of “Take it to the Sky” and “Cooling”.
My favorite is probably Icicle or Happy Shadow.
“honey” is my favorite tori song … it never should have been cut from under the pink.
“Hey Jupiter”, definitely. Lots of associations for that one.
“Sweet Dreams” dude! That song is the shiznit!
“God” or “The Waitress”
“Playboy Mommy”.
The intro is catchy as hell and the lyrics are my favorite:
“In my platforms, I hit the floor /
Fell face down / Didn’t help my brain out.”
I also think there’s no other song like it. The subject is sleazy, sad, and incredible. I love Tori Amos. Tori til death!
My fave is Spring Haze- I ALWAYS have to sing along to it
Leather
Past the Mission is undoubtedly one of the best songs from the 90s. If it weren’t for that pesky dead Buckley kid, Tori’d have NO competition.
A Sorta Fairytale
“Putting the Damage On.”
I’m going with her cover of total eclipse of the heart, because it’s too awesome for words.
“Marianne”
“Yes, Anastasia” (which just barely beats out “Father Lucifer”). Both contain all of the elements of what make a typical Tori song so wonderful!
Oh so hard to pick one. Take to the Sky. Angels. Silent All These Years. Leather. Strange.
She needs to finish up her new album.
Jackie’s Strength!