#233 Tori Amos, 'Little Earthquakes' (1992)

‘Little Earthquakes’ is the debut album by the incredibly unique, Tori Amos. Two things are immediately evident on this record; her superb voice and her phenomenal piano playing. Amos had initially presented ‘Little Earthquakes’ to Atlantic Records who outright rejected it. Amos felt that it was perhaps because she never presented it properly. She worked on a second version of the album with Eric Rosse, who was her boyfriend at the time. Driven to change the mind of the label, Amos presented an album who’s brilliant songwriting is matched by the solid production. In fact, other than the above two things that I mentioned, the production was something that really stood out for me. This album sounds massive in headphones.