Tori Amos- Precious Things (REACTION & REVIEW) 

Yes, the entire album is magnificent.

If I was capable of making a "top ten songs" list at my age (mid-GenX) this is one of the few that earned a spot on first listen and has never been knocked off the list, even after 31+ years since I first heard it.

The talent of this woman is phenomenal. How she’s not recognized as one of the most important artists of the last 30 years is criminal. An absolute gem and every bit as good a live performer as studio composer.

All these RU-vidrs discovering Tori Amos now... I found her in 11th grade, 1996, smoking camels in my dads house while listening to Tori on a cd Walkman... she's been the best ever since 96

The “Nine Inch Nails” reference is a deliberate shout-out to Trent Reznor. (Who actually shows up on a later album.) “Little Earthquakes” is definitely a powerhouse album. Not every song hits as hard, but I would definitely not call any of them “fillers.”

So great to see people starting to enjoy the genius of Tori Amos! So glad you went over the lyrics, that's different!

This such an amazingly powerful song channelling so much young female rage. Tori really excels at exploring the dark feelings that we all endure. And the instrumentation to back it up. You should check out one of her live versions of this song. Really amazing. And of course, the reference to Nine Inch Nails is fun because she duets with Trent Reznor on her second album with the song Past the Mission. I can't wait until you get to Tear In Your Hand, which is one of my all-time favorite break-up songs, mainly because she references her good friend Neil Gaiman.

So happy to hear that you're reviewing the Little Earthquakes album! My favourite album of hers along with Under the Pink, not a bad song on it and definitely no fillers.

Her first two albums are masterpieces.

My 2nd favorite Tori song. Brings me back to the mid/late 90s, going to raves & seeing Rabbit In The Moon (DJ Monk had a very popular trance remix of this song). China is my #1.

The album "Little Earthquakes" is an absolute masterpiece.

This album and Kate Bush's "Hounds of Love" album were pretty much the soundtrack to my twenties. I bought both albums on multiple formats.

This is simply beautiful! Melody and music

Hi Justin, I'd love to see you react to some of of the songs from 'Boys for Pele'. Such a wonderful album - Hey Jupiter, Not the Red Baron, Past the Mission, Caught a Lite Sneeze, and Muhammed My Friend are my favourites. Under the Pink too is a great album. Baker Baker, and Bells For Her - BELLS FOR HER - one of the MOST AWESOME songs ever. Gonna have to go now and play it....

As amazing as Tori is for songwriting and performance, her production skills are to me her greatest strength. Her albums all sound insanely good and are incredibly arranged and mixed, full of suprising (but always perfect) choices

YES, all killer, no filler! Tori Amos, her writing, arranging, and singing all match her coloring-FIRE! Peace & Love.

I love this album and Under The Pink. Favourite from here is Winter.

My favorite track on the album. So dramatic, emotional and deeply musical.

She's such a wonderfully creative and complex artist. Great reaction and review, JP.

EVERY SONG IS GOLD. HER FINEST IMO

Yours is among the best reaction channels out there, Justin! Always thoughtful, smart and unpretentious. An incredible song-confessional, vulnerable, relatable lyrics and crazy-good sound. Yes, the entire album is ‘killer-no-filler.’ Looking forward to more of your reactions to Tori (and my other all-time faves Kate Bush and Peter Gabriel). Cheers!

Love Tori 💕

New to the channel! This is my first Tori Amos reaction, which is super cool as I’m a long (looooong) time fan. Choir girl Hotel is still my favorite but this song crushes live

Tori has done lots of good music over the years, but yes, she did peak with "Little Earthquakes". Just wait until you hear "China", "Winter" and "Me and a Gun".

theres no question about, if this can be an all killer no filler album , it is.

Nine inch nails references Trent Reznor from nine inch nails. He sang backing vocals for Past the Mission on her album Under The Pink. They were a thing until they weren’t. Courtney Love was interested in Trent and messed things up. Professional Widow is about Courtney and her dad. Also…Closer To God Trent references Tori. Her father is a preacher.

her best album!!!!

Yes, this album is definitely no filler. She was in a pop band that released an album (Y Kant Tori Read) before this. Although it’s pretty evident already, it makes it even clearer that her decision to ditch the band idea and base everything off of her piano and voice was the key. There are numerous B-sides, many of which are songs that were recorded for the album but left off, and those are all worth a listen after you finish the album proper.

This performance from the "Oxygen" concert is my favorite of this song by far. You just GOTTA see her doing this live: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-gmUebmULaIw.html

the first 7 songs are killer!!!

Top track. Hints of KB vocal stylings.

This album saved so many of us...

Seeing another track from this album is always a welcome sight and makes me want to dive right in. This album is great throughout, but some of the best tracks are to come. I mentioned them a few days back but I have to mention them again since lately, whenever I hear a female vocalist, I've been consumed by the band Solstice who in early 2021 added a very distinctive female vocalist and instrumentalist who you've got to hear. Their live track "A New Day" is, to me, a must see. The version from Craufurd from 2021 is the one to see. The song starts out simple enough but just gets better and better for 7 minutes. My new favorite band, for sure. It is a bit proggy but when the keys and violin come in, the song takes off with its layers of sound.

Under the Pink is a perfect album. This one comes close.

Amazing record

This makes me think of what *Andy Edwards* (he has a great RU-vid channel) says about how he finally reached the point where he "got" Joni Mitchell: Simple story: He started paying attention to the lyrics. I think the same would hold for Tori Amos. To get what she's about, you have to listen to what she's saying. (I'm a bit "lyrics-deaf", as Andy puts it, so I miss lots, but I think I heard enough here to get me started. Was curled up by the fire, snoring, dreaming of that night where we all howled at the Moooooon by that lake with the deer that taste so much nicer, and then my ears pricked up nice and sharply, and I woke up.) I give you permission to play more of her music. :D

How about a female artist in another genre? Atmas Heave by Aghora would do it. Diana Serra is the vocalist. Statsfm classifies it as jazz metal.

Love this song, but it is so hard not to love everything Tori makes. She is brilliant & places so much energy into her music & vocals that without even reading the lyrics you know what the song entail emotionally.

No one rocks the piano like Tori

Yeah shes amazing

Great reaction, brother!

the easy assumption I feel is to look at the nine inch nails as a reference to the band and Trent, but because she is a minster's daughter and there are so many references to Christianity in a lot of her music, I always believed she was saying nine inch nails as in the actual spikes that were used to crucify Jesus.

The first side to me is the best. Still a great album as a whole

Definitely a song of willingly accepting degradation of the female as a plaything and her coming to realize her self worth (but still pissed about not only how boys treated her, but she allowed it.) And Nine Inch Nails is not only a religious reference (daughter of a Methodist pastor), but a shout out to Trent Reznor whom she would duet with on in her next album.

Comparisons to Kate Bush are all fair and great but Tori Amos has an extra edge, especially in her earlier work. This track particularly has it.

close.....very close. try Girl, Crucify and Happy Phantom next. You won't be disappointed!!

This is about as far my sphere of interest as is possible, so I've nothing to add.

No filler on that album.

Kate Bush meets Supertramp.

𝐘𝐞𝐬. It's 𝐚𝐛𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 an "all-killer-no-filler album." Hook. Line. 𝐒𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐫. ♡