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A milestone album in the annals of confrontational and cathartic songwriting, Tori Amos’s

visceral debut, which is being reissued on vinyl in a two-LP edition, established her instantly as

a distinctive and uncompromising new force in music. Shorn of their subject matter, the
American’s ornate, piano-led songs cleaved to traditional structures and staples, recalling the

gothic-tinged baroque’n’roll and blowsy balladry of Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks and other

forebears. But the lyrics, as with those artists, refuse to play nice; on the contrary, they demand

that you pay attention, however uncomfortable the experience can be. On songs such

as Girl, Silent All These Years and above all Me and a Gun, which recounts the horrendous
details of the singer’s rape at knifepoint after a gig in Los Angeles, Amos tears away the curtain

and steps defiantly into the light.

The Lemon Twigs
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The Lemon Twigs: Corner of My Eye

Sublime, lilting Todd Rundgren-like loveliness from the Long Island sibling duo.