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Tuesday, May 31, 2022

In Concert: Tori Amos

Tori Amos

Music Hall in Kansas City
May 31, 2022

Opening Act:

Companion

Review:

I’ve been a Tori Amos fan since her debut album, 1992’s Little Earthquakes but this was my first time seeing her live. I have a great respect for artists who have produced a large enough catalog to allow them to pretty much do what they want in concert instead of sticking to a must-play-these-hits-every-time setlist. Amos has definitely reached that point in her career.

I’m also impressed when artists dip into every phase of their careers instead of overdosing on the hits or the current release. Once again, Amos accomplished this task.

Having said that, I admit the perfect Tori Amos concert (for me) would have pulled almost exclusively from her first two albums and B-sides from that era. She did play “Girl” and “Precious Things” from Little Earthquakes, but none of the singles from that album (“Silent All These Years,” “Crucify,” “Winter,” “China,” and “Me and a Gun”). I’d have also loved to see her version of Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” a B-side for “Crucify.”

Similarly, she barely touched sophomore album Under the Pink. She did play arguably her best-known song, “Cornflake Girl,” from that album, but ignored the other singles (“God,” “Pretty Good Year,” “Past the Mission”). She did play “Honey,” a B-side from “Pretty Good Year.”

So was it a good concert? Sure. I’m glad I went. I just wish there would have been a few moments where I was ecstatic about her playing one of my favorites.

Click here to see other concerts I’ve attended.

“Juárez” and “Bouncing Off Clouds” Live in London, 3/13/2022

Setlist:

1. Juárez 5
2. Bouncing Off Clouds 9
3. A Sorta Fairytale 7
4. Caught a Lite Sneeze 3
5. Ocean to Ocean 6
6. Girl 1
7. Honey 2
8. Jesse (cover of Janis Ian song)
9. Oysters 14
10. Russia 15
11. Don’t Make Me Come to Vegas 7
12. Addition of Light Divided 16
13. Siren *
14. Tombigbee
15. Devil’s Bane 16
16. Cornflake Girl 2

Encore:
17. Precious Things 1
18. Raspberry Swirl 4

Discography – Studio Albums:

1 Little Earthquakes (1992)
2 Under the Pink (1994)
3 Boys for Pele (1996)
4 From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
* Great Expectations soundtrack
5 To Venus and Back (1999)
6 Strange Little Girls (2001)
7 Scarlet’s Walk (2002)
8 The Beekeeper (2005)
9 American Doll Posse (2007)
10 Abnormally Attracted to Sin (2009)
11 Midwinter Graces (Christmas songs, 2009)
12 Night of Hunters (2011)
13 Gold Dust (rerecordings, 2012)
14 Unrepentant Geraldines (2014)
15 Native Invader (2017)
16 Ocean to Ocean (2021)

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First posted 6/1/2022.
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Tuesday, January 4, 2022

Tori Amos: Top 100 Songs

Tori Amos

Top 100 Songs

Tori Amos was born Myra Ellen Amos on August 22, 1963, in Newton, North Carolina. The eccentric alternative-rock singer/songwriter and pianist released her first single, “Baltimore” / “Walking with You” in 1980. She fronted the band Y Kant Tori Read in 1988 and released her first solo album, Little Earthquakes, in 1992.

Click here to see other best-of lists from performers and here to see other best-of lists from songwriters and/or producers.

Spotify Podcast:

Check out the Dave’s Music Database podcast Tori Amos’ Little Earthquakes: The 30th Anniversary based on this list. It debuts January 4, 2022, at 7pm CST. Tune in every Tuesday at 7pm for a new episode based on the lists at Dave’s Music Database.

Awards:

Top 100 Songs

Dave’s Music Database lists are determined by song’s appearances on best-of lists as well as chart success, sales, radio airplay, streaming, and awards.

DMDB Top 5%:

1. Cornflake Girl (1994)
2. Silent All These Years (1991)
3. God (1994)
4. Over the Rainbow (1996)

DMDB Top 10%:

5. Spark (1998)
6. Crucify (1992)
7. Caught a Lite Sneeze (1996)
8. Winter (1992)
9. Me and a Gun (1991)
10. Imagine (live, 1991)

11. Professional Widow (1996)
12. Home on the Range (1996)

DMDB Top 20%:

13. Pretty Good Year (1994)
14. A Sorta Fairy Tale (2002)
15. Past the Mission (1994)
16. Precious Things (1992)
17. Summertime (1994)
18. Jackie’s Strength (1998)
19. Smells Like Teen Spirit (1992)
20. China (1992)
21. American Pie (live, 1994)
22. Hey Jupiter (1996)

Beyond the DMDB Top 20%:

23. Amazing Grace/Til the Chicken (live, 1996)
24. The Waitress (1994)
25. The Little Drummer Boy (1992)
26. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (1998)
27. Sugar (1992)
28. Baker Baker (1994)
29. Upside Down (1991)
30. Mary (1992)

31. Bliss (1999)
32. Little Earthquakes (1992)
33. Icicle (1994)
34. Big Wheel (2007)
35. Girl (1992)
36. Space Dog (1994)
37. This Old Man (1996)
38. Black Swan (1994)
39. Happy Phantom (1992)
40. The Wrong Band (1994)

41. Ain’t No Sunshine (live, 1991)
42. Taxi Ride (2002)
43. Cruel (1998)
44. Sweet Dreams (1992)
45. Raspberry Swirl (1998)
46. Strange Fruit (1994)
47. Strange Little Girls (2001)
48. ’97 Bonnie & Clyde (2001)
49. Down by the Seaside (with Robert Plant, 1995)
50. Talula (1996)

51. Flying Dutchman (1992)
52. Mother (1992)
53. Sister Janet (1994)
54. Tear in Your Hand (1992)
55. Angie (1992)
56. Mr. Zebra (1996)
57. Glory of the ‘80s (1999)
58. Thank You (1992)
59. Honey (1994)
60. Sweet the Sting (2005)

61. Concertina (1999)
62. Etienne (1988)
63. Enjoy the Silence <2001)
64. Blood Roses (1996)
65. Horses (1996)
66. Bouncing Off Clouds (2007)
67. Whole Lotta Love (live, 1992)
68. Daisy Dead Petals (1994)
69. Ring My Bell (1992)
70. Losing My Religion (1995)

71. Leather (1992)
72. A Case of You (1994)
73. Cooling (1998)
74. I’m on Fire (live, 1994)
75. Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout (1992)
76. Time (2001)
77. The Happy Worker (1992)
78. Take to the Sky (1992)
79. In the Springtime of His Voodoo (1996)
80. She’s Your Cocaine (1998)

81. Cloud on My Tongue (1994)
82. Welcome to England (2009)
83. Humpty Dumpty (1992)
84. Wrapped Around Your Finger (live, 1994)
85. On the Boundary (1988)
86. Gold Dust (2002)
87. Purple People (1998)
88. I Don’t Like Mondays (2001)
89. The Big Picture (1988)
90. Sleeps with Butterflies (2005)

91. Famous Blue Raincoat (1994)
92. Siren (1998)
93. Father Lucifer (1996)
94. Yes, Anastasia (1994)
95. Snow Cherries (2003)
96. My Favorite Things (live, 2005)
97. Don’t Make Me Come to Vegas (2002)
98. Putting the Damage On (1996)
99. Bells for Her (1994)
100. Flavor (2009)

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First posted 12/28/2021; last updated 1/4/2022.
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