Tori Amos Announces Reissues Of Little Earthquake And Under The Pink Featuring B-Sides And Rarities

Tori Amos will be releasing remastered and expanded versions of two of her biggest hit records, which will include a variety of unreleased B-sides and rare tracks that couldn’t be included on the original records.

Tori Amos burst onto the music scene in 1992 with her debut record, Little Earthquakes. Two years later, Amos blew the world away again with her Under The Pink record. Almost instantly, she blew the music scene away with her alluring melodies and boldly self-confessional lyrics, a style that was more or less overshadowed by the rising grunge music scene that was just then beginning to dominate the air waves. With Little Earthquakes, Amos had a lot to say to the world, but, as is most often the case, Amos couldn’t quite fit all she wanted to say into the debut release. Thanks to the remasters which will be out soon, the tracks that couldn’t quite make the final cut of the record will be packaged in, allowing many audiences for the first time to sample songs that have previously only been released in British and European markets, and in the occasional “Greatest Hits” package. Now, for the first time, Amos’ first two records will be packaged together along with the previously unreleased tracks that couldn’t make the original record cut. Along with the “forgotten” tracks, the reissues will also include a few selected live recordings from around the same time as the original releases as well as other unreleased cover songs. Her cover of Nirvanna’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” is a particular standout, showing off her ability to find a new angle on modern hits by pairing them down to very moderate foundations, such as piano and vocals, a system she was also able to utilize when she covered Radiohead’s “Creep” and Metallica’s “Nothing Else Matters”.

Coinciding with the reissues will also be a new 180-gram vinyl pressing of the records, marking the first time the records will be made available on vinyl in the United States. The reissues follow her fourteenth original studio recording, Unrepentant Geraldines, which came out in May of last year. Amos’s career is one that has been celebrated for many years, and the infamous singer-songwriter shows no signs of slowing down anytime soon. A feat for which we here at Mxdwn won’t be griping about anytime soon.

Little Earthquakes Track Listing
Original Album
01. Crucify
02. Girl
03. Silent All These Years
04. Precious Years
05. Winter
06. Happy Phantom
07. China
08. Leather
09. Mother
10. Tear In Your Hand
11. Me And A Gun
12. Little Earthquakes

Bonus Disc 2
01. Upside Down
02. Thoughts
03. Ode To The Banana King
04. Song For Eric
05. The Pool
06. Take To The Sky
07. Sweet Dreams
08. Mary
09. Sugar
10. Flying Dutchman
11. Humpty Dumpty
12. Smells Like Teen Spirit
13. Little Earthquakes (Live)
14. Crucify (Live)
15. Precious Things (Live)
16. Mother (Live)
17. Happy Phantom (Live)
18. Here In My Head

Under The Pink Track Listing
Original Album
01. Pretty Good Year
02. God
03. Bells For Her
04. Past The Mission
05. Baker Baker
06. The Wrong Band
07. The Waitress
08. Cornflake Girl
09. Icicle
10. Cloud On My Tongue
11. Space Dog
12. Yes, Anastasia

Bonus Disc 2
01. Sister Janet
02. Honey
03. Daisy Dead Petals
04. Over It
05. Black Swan
06. Home On The Range (With Cherokee Addiction)
07. All The Girls Hate Her
08. God
09. Here In My Head (Live)
10. Upside Down (Live)
11. Past The Mission (Live)
12. Icicle (Live)
13. Flying Dutchman (Live)
14. Winter (Live)
15. The Waitress (Live)