TORI AMOS — Little Earthquakes (1992) FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

With her haunting solo debut Little Earthquakes, Tori Amos carved the template for the female singer/songwriter movement of the '90s. Amos' delicate, prog rock piano work and confessional, poetically quirky lyrics invited close emotional connection, giving her a fanatical cult following and setting the stage for the Lilith Fair legions. But Little Earthquakes is no mere style-setter or feminine stereotype -- its intimacy is uncompromising, intense, and often far from comforting. Amos' musings on major personal issues -- religion, relationships, gender, childhood -- were just as likely to encompass rage, sarcasm, and defiant independence as pain or tenderness; sometimes, it all happened in the same song. The apex of that intimacy is the harrowing "Me and a Gun," where Amos strips away all the music, save for her own voice, and confronts the listener with the story of her own real-life rape; the free-associative lyrics come off as a heart-wrenching attempt to block out the ordeal. Little Earthquakes isn't always so stomach-churning, but it never seems less than deeply cathartic; it's the sound of a young woman (like the protagonist of "Silent All These Years") finally learning to use her own voice -- sort of the musical equivalent of Mary Pipher's Reviving Ophelia. That's why Amos draws strength from her relentless vulnerability, and that's why the constantly shifting emotions of the material never seem illogical -- Amos simply delights in the frankness of her own responses, whatever they might be. Though her subsequent albums were often very strong, Amos would never bare her soul quite so directly (or comprehensibly) as she did here, nor with such consistently focused results. Little Earthquakes is the most accessible work in Amos' catalog, and it's also the most influential and rewarding. Steve Huey
Tracklist :
1.    Crucify  5:00
Backing Vocals [Backgrounds] – Beene, Nancy Shanks, Tina Gullickson
Bass – Jef Scott
Drums – Ed Green
Mandolin – John Chamberlin
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Ukulele – Eric Williams 
2.    Girl  4:07
Backing Vocals [Backgrounds] – Tori Amos
Bass – Steve Caton
Drum Programming, Programmed By [Keyboard Programming] – Eric Rosse
Guitar – Steve Caton
Strings [Sampled Strings] – Tori Amos
3.    Silent All These Years  4:11
Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor [Orchestra] – Nick DeCaro
Backing Vocals [Backgrounds] – Tori Amos
Finger Cymbals – Philly 
4.    Precious Things  4:27
Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar – Steve Caton
Backing Vocals [Backgrounds] – Eric, Caton, Tori
Bass – Will McGregor
Drums – Carlo Nuccio
Effects [Rat Pedal] – Jake Freeze
Electric Piano – Tori Amos
Programmed By [Keyboard Programming] – Eric Rosse
5.    Winter  5:42
Arranged By [Orchestra], Conductor [Orchestra] – Nick DeCaro
Drums [Irish War Drum] – Eric Rosse
6.    Happy Phantom  3:15
Backing Vocals [Backgrounds] – Tori Amos
Dulcimer – Eric Williams 
Percussion – Paulinho Da Costa
Programmed By [Keyboard Programming] – John Philip Shenale
7.    China  5:00
Arranged By [String Arrangement] – David Lord
Bass – Matthew Seligman
Drums – Chris Hughes
Guitar – David Rhodes
Oboe – Will Gregory
Violin – Stuart Gordon
8.    Leather  3:12
Guitar – Jef Scott
Strings [Sampled Strings] – Tori Amos
9.    Mother    6:59
10.    Tear In Your Hand  4:38
Backing Vocals [Backgrounds] – Tori Amos
Bass – Will McGregor
Drums – Carlo Nuccio
Guitar [Guitars] – Steve Caton
Other [Ranz] – Sandman Comic Supplier
11.    Me And A Gun    3:44
12.    Little Earthquakes  6:52
Backing Vocals [Backgrounds] – Beene, Eric, Nancy Shanks, Caton, Tori
Bass – Will McGregor
Guitar – Steve Caton
Programmed By [Keyboard Programming] – Eric Rosse
Saw – Jake Freeze
Credits :
Piano [Acoustic Piano] – Tori Amos (tracks: 1 to 10, 12)
Songwriter [All Songs Written By] – Tori Amos
Vocals – Tori Amos (tracks: 1, 4, 7, 11, 12)
Vocals [Vocal] – Tori Amos (tracks: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10)