Tori Amos- Precious Things (REACTION & REVIEW)

[@aaron18811]

Yes, the entire album is magnificent.

[@earthboundmother205]

Absolute facts

[@ThePolerbearproducts]

100% one of my all time favs

[@bri1042]

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.

[@danmcconnell5941]

We must be about the same age, and this whole album floored me from the first listen

[@jonsmith9518]

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.

[@benjamenharper]

All these KZbinrs 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

[@gerstelb]

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.”

[@Ignatius1972]

Agreed. Tori put fillers on several loooooooong albums in her career, but not on Little Earthquakes, nor Under the Pink. After "from the Choir girl....." things (sometimes in, sometimes out) downhill, 8n my humble opinion

[@nancymar9324]

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.

[@mcolford]

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.

[@marcofalzone6469]

I think it was a bit of a backlash to the hypersexualization of the 80s Madonna era. Tori Amos was a voice for abused bitter females.

[@Ignatius1972]

She had "something" with Reznor, but Courtney Love put some evil spell into the whole thing and everything ended up. But after sometime, Tori and Reznor returned the friendship, they discovered the lies Courtney Love spread away were the main reason of their problems and had the beginning of the Amos "hate era" to Love. So, 'Professional Widow' is not about a celebrity couple. It's about a very personal issue Amos had (and has) with Mrs Cobain

[@fiercest_calm]

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

[@billida]

Her first two albums are masterpieces.

[@richardkingshott3929]

First three.

[@TheAndersox]

The first two got me hooked in the early 90s but it's Boys for Pele I still have on repeat decades later.

[@willfromyadkinville]

agreed!

[@dunringill1747]

The album "Little Earthquakes" is an absolute masterpiece.

[@Sweep_The_Leg_Johnny]

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.

[@jerkedevries]

This is simply beautiful! Melody and music

[@richardkingshott3929]

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....

[@Angi-no-e]

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.

[@bironmaiden8594]

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

[@hrblsh]

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

[@magicbrownie1357]

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

[@jamespaivapaiva4460]

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

[@cristianovia]

Not to mention the masterly piano playing and stage presence ❤

[@jessicahimmel7867]

Love Tori 💕

[@deborahfortney5292]

EVERY SONG IS GOLD. HER FINEST IMO

[@jakehoule8105]

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!

[@brumleytwitch6265]

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".

[@sidhedanu]

Tori peaked with Boys for Pele through To Venus & Back.

[@davidbarker77]

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

[@Evilinge]

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

[@Doggeslife]

This performance from the "Oxygen" concert is my favorite of this song by far. You just GOTTA see her doing this live: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ64lpWjirGUf9k

[@darrylvonrokk]

her best album!!!!

[@earthboundmother205]

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

[@JustJP]

Thank you for watching EBMother :D

[@earthboundmother205]

Heck yeah! Great content!

[@NewBritainStation]

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.

[@TeraLee..]

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.

[@trixysvinylmusicfordjs8799]

This album saved so many of us...

[@Lwize]

Top track. Hints of KB vocal stylings.

[@darrylvonrokk]

the first 7 songs are killer!!!

[@benoitrenaud519]

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

[@jennifer1979]

My favorite Tori song.

[@openyourchakras918]

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.

[@RGRG3232]

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.

[@jacquesjrviens3384]

Amazing record

[@jaybird4093]

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.

[@jbullets5964]

Yeah shes amazing

[@benoitrenaud519]

No one rocks the piano like Tori

[@dteaton6536]

Great reaction, brother!

[@JustJP]

Thanks dteaton!

[@dteaton6536]

@@JustJP Hooked you up with that subscription, too! 👌👍

[@JustJP]

@@dteaton6536 i appreciate that 🙏

[@AriadneJC]

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.

[@billida]

If you don’t know it you should listen to Kate « the Dreaming ». That’s your extra edge :)

[@billida]

@@CAdams6398 The Dreaming is Kate at her craziest. Tori never came close to being that crazy 😂

[@sicko_the_ew]

This makes me think of what *Andy Edwards* (he has a great KZbin 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

[@sicko_the_ew]

You're also allowed to listen to *Cardiacs* - although you might have to do so in utter secrecy if it's Jim who's singing, and there's a tiny spice of chaos spin-drying as ye go. (For instance, in the very quick *Food On the Wall* kzbin.info/www/bejne/hJLLomeXh7tsaKs) (It does have a beautiful lyrics to go with it, though, so you could even sing along if you go to a secret enough place to play it.)

[@sicko_the_ew]

Apparently some of the narration on *Quiet As a Mouse* was done by their Mum. kzbin.info/www/bejne/eomqqYetZ9JnZq8

[@tkkcali]

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

[@ArenMichael]

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.

[@leashacarey9106]

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.

[@darrylvonrokk]

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

[@pentagrammaton6793]

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

[@jaybird4093]

Your sphere is larger than mine!

[@pentagrammaton6793]

@@CAdams6398 OOK!

[@pentagrammaton6793]

@@jaybird4093 somehow yes lol

[@markdrechsler5660]

No filler on that album.

[@martinduner1844]

Kate Bush meets Supertramp.

[@pentagrammaton6793]

@@CAdams6398 😆

[@AriadneJC]

Leave, sir! Leave and only return when you realize how naughty you've been.

[@AriadneJC]

@@CAdams6398 The default way KZbin comments work is: if a reply has no @NAME then "Reply" has been hit on the original comment, the OP if you like. If an @NAME has been automatically placed at the start, it is in reply to a comment further down in the thread. (This can be over-ridden, of course, but anyone who does that is confusing the issue.)

[@martinduner1844]

@@CAdams6398 Oh, yes! I really liked this and I love both Kate & Supertramp!

[@scotstevens5263]

Perfect analogy

[@EC-dz3fb]

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