Under the Pink

Under the Pink is the second solo album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. Upon its release in January 1994, the album peaked at US # 12 and on the back of the hit single "Cornflake Girl", the album debuted at UK # 1, her highest-charting UK album debut to date. This album was on Blender magazine's list of 500 CDs You Must Own. A special double-disc edition was released exclusively in Australia and New Zealand, titled More Pink: The B-Sides. The alb... more

Under the Pink is the second solo album by singer-songwriter Tori Amos. Upon its release in January 1994, the album peaked at US # 12 and on the back of the hit single "Cornflake Girl", the album debuted at UK # 1, her highest-charting UK album debut to date. This album was on Blender magazine's list of 500 CDs You Must Own. A special double-disc edition was released exclusively in Australia and New Zealand, titled More Pink: The B-Sides. The album represents a more acoustic piano-based sound, and most of the final third of the album is devoted to a classical-inspired suite of piano songs, including the sweeping nine-and-a-half minute epic "Yes, Anastasia". Amos used a prepared upright piano for the studio recording of "Bells for Her", which was also played on a prepared piano for the second half of the tour. It was voted among the greatest albums of the 1990s by Rolling Stone magazine some years later. Amos performed the "Under the Pink" tour from February through November 1994,... less