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Tori Amos

Tori Amos (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer/songwriter and vocalist known for her unique and proficient style of piano playing, as well as for her intimate brand of songwriting. She has released 9 solo studio albums and one under the band moniker Y Kant Tori Read, and has gathered a large cult following due to her eccentric personality and captivating live shows.

Trent Reznor and Amos originally met in mutual admiration for each other's respective debut albums, sometime in the early nineties. They recognized similar approaches in emotional expression, despite vastly different musical styles. Both artists influenced the other's work in some way; Reznor even admitted that he would listen to Little Earthquakes every day while recording The Downward Spiral. [1] [2] From there a collaboration formed: Reznor contributed vocals to Amos's single "Past The Mission" for her 1994 album Under The Pink. His vocals on the track were uncharacteristically, and somewhat unrecognizably soft and pleasant.

Amos has also performed the first two lines of "Hurt (song)" in concert, and has made several allusions to Nine Inch Nails in her solo work, most notably in "Precious Things" from Little Earthquakes and "Caught a Lite Sneeze" from Boys for Pele. Reznor also most likely borrowed the phrase "starfucker" for his song Starfuckers, Inc. from her 1996 song Professional Widow, since both are rumored to be about one Courtney Love.

The two were obviously once close friends, and several interviews from the mid nineties detail random encounters between the two, such as the "cursed chicken" story. [3] Some mutual fans of the artists speculate their friendship once reached beyond that into romantic territory, based on these interviews, as well as various NIN and Amos lyrics. Their relationship is currently undetermined.

Discography

Studio Albums

Y Kant Tori Read (as Y Kant Tori Read) (1988)
Little Earthquakes (1992)
Under the Pink (1994)
Boys For Pele (1996)
From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
To Venus and Back (1999)
Strange Little Girls (2001)
Scarlet's Walk (2002)
The Beekeeper (2005)
American Doll Posse (2007)

EPs/Singles

Me and a Gun (1991)
Silent All These Years (1992)
Crucify (1992)
Winter (1992)
China (1992)
God (1993)
Cornflake Girl (1994)
Pretty Good Year (1994)
Past the Mission (1994)
Caught a Lite Sneeze (1996)
Talula (1996)
Professional Widow (1996)
Hey Jupiter (1996)
In the Springtime of His Voodoo (1996)
Spark (1998)
Jackie's Strength (1998)
Cruel / Raspberry Swirl (1998)
Jackie's Strength Remixes (1999)
Bliss (1999)
1,000 Oceans (1999)
Glory of the 80s (1999)
Concertina (2000)
Strange Little Girl (2001)
Don't Make Me Come to Vegas (2003)
Scarlet's Hidden Treasures (2004)

Collections

Tales of a Librarian (2003)
A Piano: The Collection (2006)

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 '''Tori Amos''' (born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963) is an American singer/songwriter and vocalist known for her unique and proficient style of piano playing, as well as for her intimate brand of songwriting. She has released 9 solo studio albums and one under the band moniker Y Kant Tori Read, and has gathered a large cult following due to her eccentric personality and captivating live shows.
-[[Trent Reznor]] contributed vocals on Amos's single "Past The Mission" from her 1994 album ''Under The Pink.'' His vocals for the song were uncharacteristically, and somewhat unrecognizably soft and pleasant. Amos has also been known to perform a portion of "[[Hurt (song)]]" in concert, and has made several allusions to [[Nine Inch Nails]] in her solo work, most notably in "Precious Things" from ''Little Earthquakes'' and "Caught a Lite Sneeze" from ''Boys for Pele.'' Reznor also most likely borrowed the phrase "starfucker" for his song [[Starfuckers, Inc.]] from her 1996 song Professional Widow, since both are rumored to be about one Courtney Love.
+[[Trent Reznor]] and Amos originally met in mutual admiration for each other's respective debut albums, sometime in the early nineties. They recognized similar approaches in emotional expression, despite vastly different musical styles. Both artists influenced the other's work in some way; Reznor even admitted that he would listen to ''Little Earthquakes'' every day while recording [[The Downward Spiral]]. [http://www.thanatopsic.org/music/trivial/tori-trent-rmta.html] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcMEKppnpV8] From there a collaboration formed: Reznor contributed vocals to Amos's single "Past The Mission" for her 1994 album ''Under The Pink.'' His vocals on the track were uncharacteristically, and somewhat unrecognizably soft and pleasant.
-The two were once close friends, and several interviews from the mid nineties detail random encounters between the two, such as the "cursed chicken." Some mutual fans of the artists speculate their friendship once reached beyond into romantic territory, based on these interviews, as well as various NIN and Amos lyrics. Their relationship is currently undetermined.
+Amos has also performed the first two lines of "[[Hurt (song)]]" in concert, and has made several allusions to [[Nine Inch Nails]] in her solo work, most notably in "Precious Things" from ''Little Earthquakes'' and "Caught a Lite Sneeze" from ''Boys for Pele.'' Reznor also most likely borrowed the phrase "starfucker" for his song [[Starfuckers, Inc.]] from her 1996 song Professional Widow, since both are rumored to be about one Courtney Love.
+The two were obviously once close friends, and several interviews from the mid nineties detail random encounters between the two, such as the "cursed chicken" story. [http://www.thanatopsic.org/music/trivial/tori-trent-rmta.html] Some mutual fans of the artists speculate their friendship once reached beyond that into romantic territory, based on these interviews, as well as various NIN and Amos lyrics. Their relationship is currently undetermined.
 ==Discography==