'What's Goin' On'--Marvin Gaye
'Aqualung'--Jethro Tull
'The Rise & Fall of Ziggy Stardust...'--David Bowie
'Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy'--John/Taupin
'Eye In The Sky'--Alan Parsons Project
'Kilroy Was Here'--Styx
'Zen Arcade'--Hüsker Dü
'The Queen Is Dead'--The Smiths
'Pinkerton'--Weezer
'Kid A'--Radiohead
'Machina'--The Smashing Pumpkins
'Scarlett's Walk'--Tori Amos
'A Grand Don't Come For Free'--The Streets

hehe, yeah, good simile. tori is hit-or-miss with just about everyone it seems. whenever people peruse my cd collection and they get to her section (lol, yeah, she has her own section), i get one of two responses, equivalent in vigor:

"oh my god you HAVE to burn me all your tori cds, i fucking LOVE tori...."

and

"jesus christ, dude, tori amos? i fucking HATE her...."

:-)

i think most fans will tell you that the draw is half the music and half the delivery. yeah, shes simultaneously pretentious and spacy (hey, thats what you get when you mix creativity and drugs. lots and lots of drugs.), but i dont know of any other artist who practically orgasms when they play. from the concerts ive seen, *no one* gets into their tunes as much as she does. she goes as far as to call them her girls. (enh, i didnt say she wasnt weird.)

[end tori plug.]

(oh, and i sorta burnt out on her as of late, fwiw.)