Little Earthquakes was released in the UK on January 13th 1992 and in the US in early February. The album was preceded by two singles, Me And A Gun in October 1991 and Silent All These Years in November. The wonderous Little Earthquakes only reached number 54 in the US but climbed to number 14 in the UK charts. The British, always ready to embrace someting new and strange, had taken to Tori like mad.
It didn't take long, though, before word of mouth, alternative radio and a short 17-city promotional tour of America had everyone buzzing about this angst-ridden singer who wore her album on her sleeve. Tori had her foot in the door and would never look back. Little Earthquakes produced a treasure trove of singles and the accompanying unreleased tracks, cover version, remixes and live cuts. Little Earthquakes reached platinum record status in the US, (over 1 million copies) and has sold over 2 million copies worldwide.
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Crucify
Acoustic Piano, Vocals: Tori Amos
Bass: Jef Scott
Drums: Ed Green
Percussion: Paulinho Dacosta
Mandolin: John Chamberlain
Ukulele: Eric Williams
Backgrounds: Nancy Shanks (Beene), Tina Gullickson
Recorded by John Beverly Jones
Assisted by Leslie Ann Jones
Mixed by Paul McKenna
Produced by Davitt Sigerson
Girl
Acoustic piano, Vocal, Sampled Strings, Backgrounds: Tori Amos
Guitar and Bass: Steve Caton
Drum and Keyboard Programming: Eric Rosse
Mixed by Jon Kelly
Produced by Tori Amos and Eric Rosse
Silent All These Years
Acoustic Piano, Vocal, Backgrounds: Tori Amos
Orchestra arranged and conducted by John Beverly Jones
Assisted by Leslie Ann Jones
Mixed by Ross Cullum
Produced by Davitt Sigerson
Precious Things
Acoustic and Electric Pianos, Vocals: Tori Amos
Drums: Carlo Nuccio
Bass: Will McGregor
Guitars, Acoustic and Electric: Steve Caton
Keyboard Programming: Eric Rosse
Rat Pedal: Jake Freeze
Backgrounds: Eric, Caton, Tori
Recorded by Paul McKenna
Produced by Tori Amos and Eric Rosse
Winter
Acoustic Piano, Vocals: Tori Amos
Orchestra arranged and conducted by Nick DeCaro
Irish War Drum: Eric Rosse
Recorded by John Beverly Jones
Assisted by Leslie Ann Jones
Mixed by Jon Kelly
Produced by Davitt Sigerson
Happy Phantom
Acoustic Piano, Vocals, Backgrounds: Tori Amos
Keyboard Programming: Phil Shenale
Percussion: Paulinho Dacosta
Dulcimer: Eric Williams
Recorded by John Beverly Jones
Assisted by Leslie Ann Jones
Mixed by John Beverly Jones
Produced by Davitt Sigerson
China
Acoustic Piano, Vocals: Tori Amos
Bass: Mathew Seligman
Drums: Chris Hughes
Guitar: David Rhodes
String arrangement: David Lord
Violin: Stuart Gordon
Oboe: Will Gregory
Recorded by Paul Corkett and Steve Williams
Mixed by Ross Cullum
Produced by Ian Stanley
Leather
Acoustic Piano, Vocals, Sampled Strings: Tori Amos
Guitar: Jef Scott
Recorded by John Beverly Jones
Assisted by Leslie Ann Jones
Produced by Davitt Sigerson
Mother
Acoustic Piano, Vocal: Tori Amos
Recorded by John Beverly Jones
Produced by Davitt Sigerson
Tear In Your Hand
Acoustic Piano, Vocals, Backgrounds: Tori Amos
Drums: Carlo Nuccio
Bass: Will McGregor
Guitars: Steve Caton
Sandman Comic Supplier: Ranz
Hi Neil
Recorded by Eric Rosse and Dan Nebenzal
Mixed by Paul McKenna
Produced by Tori Amos and Eric Rosse
Me And A Gun
Vocals: Tori Amos
Recorded by Ian Stanley
Little Earthquakes
Acoustic Piano, Vocals: Tori Amos
Guitar: Steve Caton
Bass: Will McGregor
Keyboard Programming: Eric Rosse
Saw: Jake Freeze
Backgrounds: Eric, Caton, Tori and Nancy Shanks (Beene)
Recorded by Eric Rosse
Mixed by Paul McKenna
Produced by Tori Amos and Eric Rosse
All Songs written by Tori Amos
Published by Sword and Stone (ASCAP)
Art Direction: Cindy Palmano
Design: Alan Reinl
Box and wooded lettering: Will Wentworth
