Little Earthquakes · 1992
Confessional piano songwriting including the a cappella "Me and a Gun," credited with shaping the 1990s female singer-songwriter movement.
Confessional piano songwriting including the a cappella "Me and a Gun," credited with shaping the 1990s female singer-songwriter movement.
Piano-driven rock probing religion and gender, led by "Cornflake Girl" and "Past the Mission," which features Trent Reznor on backing vocals.
Self-produced for the first time, a dense baroque-pop work of harpsichord and gospel choirs recorded partly in an Irish church; single "Caught a Lite Sneeze."
A fuller band sound folding in electronica and trip-hop, led by "Spark" and recorded at her own new studio in Cornwall.
A double set pairing experimental, electronica-washed studio songs like "Bliss" with a live disc, earning two Grammy nominations.
A concept covers album reinterpreting songs written by men from female perspectives, from Eminem's "'97 Bonnie & Clyde" to Slayer's "Raining Blood."
A concept "sonic novel" tracing a road trip across post-9/11 America, stripped back toward 1970s rock and led by "A Sorta Fairytale."
Alternative rock steeped in soul, with Hammond organ and a gospel choir; "Sweet the Sting" nods to Stevie Wonder across a long, uneven set.
A concept album where Amos performs as five personas drawn from Greek myth over her most guitar-heavy, glam-leaning sound; single "Big Wheel."
Trip-hop and electronic textures over piano aiming for a film-noir feel, led by "Welcome to England" across a long seventy-two-minute run.
A seasonal album reworking carols in a baroque style with harpsichord and strings, alongside originals like "A Silent Night with You."
A classical song cycle for Deutsche Grammophon reworking themes from Bach, Chopin and Debussy for piano, strings and woodwinds; "Carry" draws on Debussy.
Catalogue songs re-recorded with the Metropole Orchestra under Jules Buckley, revisiting twenty years of her songwriting in lush orchestral settings.
A return to melodic pop-rock after her classical detours, built on sparse piano arrangements and praised as her strongest set in years.
Piano-driven songwriting shaped by a Smoky Mountains trip, her mother's stroke and the 2016 election, led by the single "Cloud Riders."
Chamber-pop songs about grief, lockdown and her mother's death, led by "Speaking with Trees" and her best-reviewed album in two decades.