Editing Tori Amos (section)

==Career==

===1979–1989: Career beginnings and Y Kant Tori Read===
By the time she was 17, Amos had a stock of homemade demo tapes that her father regularly sent out to record companies and producers.{{r|Doyle (1998)}} Producer [[Narada Michael Walden]] responded favorably: he and Amos cut some tracks together, but none were released.{{r|Doyle (1998)}} Eventually, [[Atlantic Records]] responded to one of the tapes, and, when [[A&R]] man [[Jason Flom]] flew to Baltimore to audition her in person, the label was convinced and signed her.{{sfn|Collins|Speace|1995|p=5}}

In 1984, Amos moved to Los Angeles to pursue her music career{{r|Doyle (1998)}} after several years performing on the piano bar circuit in the [[Washington, D.C.]] area.

In 1986, Amos formed a musical group called [[Y Kant Tori Read]], named for her difficulty with [[sight-reading]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Wallechinsky |first1=David |author-link1=David Wallechinsky |last2=Wallace |first2=Amy |author-link2=Amy Wallace |title=The New Book of Lists |title-link=The New Book of Lists |date=2005 |publisher=[[Canongate Books]] |isbn=978-1-84195-719-7}}{{page needed|date=August 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Y Kant Tori Read Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio &... |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/y-kant-tori-read-mn0000684755 |access-date=2025-02-25 |website=AllMusic |language=en}}</ref> In addition to Amos, the group was composed of [[Steve Caton]] (who would later play guitars on all of her albums until 1999), drummer [[Matt Sorum]], bass player Brad Cobb and, for a short time, keyboardist Jim Tauber. The band went through several iterations of songwriting and recording; Amos has said interference from record executives caused the band to lose its musical edge and direction during this time. Finally, in July 1988, the band's eponymous debut album, ''[[Y Kant Tori Read (album)|Y Kant Tori Read]]'', was released. Although its producer, [[Joe Chiccarelli]], stated that Amos was very happy with the album at the time,<ref>{{cite web |last=Bouwman |first=Kimbel |title=Interview with Joe Chiccarelli |date=June 14, 2010 |work=[[HitQuarters]] |url=http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Joe_Chiccarelli_Interview.html |access-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120524214231/http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_Joe_Chiccarelli_Interview.html |archive-date=May 24, 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Amos has since criticized it, once remarking: "The only good thing about that album is my ankle high boots."<ref>{{cite news |last=Arnott |first=Christopher |title=Tori on Tour: Amos Exodus |date=June 9, 1994 |newspaper=[[New Haven Advocate]] |location=New Haven, Connecticut |via=Yessaid.com |url=http://www.yessaid.com/int/1994-06-09_New_Haven_Advocate.html |access-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160826134054/http://www.yessaid.com/int/1994-06-09_New_Haven_Advocate.html |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Following the album's commercial failure and the group's subsequent disbanding, Amos began working with other artists (including [[Stan Ridgway]], [[Sandra Bernhard]], and [[Al Stewart]]) as a backup vocalist. She also recorded a song called "Distant Storm" (which she did not write), which was used in the film ''[[China O'Brien]].'' In the credits, the song is attributed to a band called Tess Makes Good.<ref>{{cite web |title=Tori Amos—The Music #1 |website=The Dent |url=http://thedent.com/music1.html |access-date=August 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160826134601/http://thedent.com/music1.html |archive-date=August 26, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>  Amos recorded the vocals for the song in 1988, for $150; she was unaware for several years that the song had actually been heard in a film.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.yessaid.com/lyrics/unreleased-distantstorm.html | title=Tori Amos - Distant Storm }}</ref>  Other than the appearance in the film itself, "Distant Storm" has never been commercially issued in any format.

===1990–1995: ''Little Earthquakes'' and ''Under the Pink''===
[[File:Tori Amos in 1993 Zoran Veselinovic.jpg|thumb|alt=Amos smiling|left|upright|Amos in 1993 Alexandra Palace, London]]
Despite the disappointing reaction to ''Y Kant Tori Read'', Amos still had to comply with her six-record contract with Atlantic Records, which, in 1989, wanted a new record by March 1990. The initial recordings were declined by the label, which Amos felt was because the album had not been properly presented.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Maril |first=Robert |title=Tori Amos' Track-by-Track Guide to 'Little Earthquakes' |date=December 18, 2009 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tori-amos-track-by-track-guide-to-little-earthquakes-20091218 |access-date=August 27, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130427215147/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/tori-amos-track-by-track-guide-to-little-earthquakes-20091218 |archive-date=April 27, 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> The album was reworked and expanded under the guidance of [[Doug Morris]] and the musical talents of [[Steve Caton]], [[Eric Rosse]], Will MacGregor, Carlo Nuccio, and Dan Nebenzal, resulting in ''[[Little Earthquakes]]'', an album recounting her religious upbringing, sexual awakening, struggle to establish her identity, and sexual assault.{{sfn|Collins|Speace|1995|p=5}} This album became her commercial and artistic breakthrough, entering the British charts in January 1992 at Number 15.{{sfn|Collins|Speace|1995|p=5}} ''Little Earthquakes'' was released in the United States in February 1992 and slowly but steadily began to attract listeners, gaining more attention with the video for the single "[[Silent All These Years]]".{{sfn|Collins|Speace|1995|p=5}}

Amos traveled to [[New Mexico]] with personal and professional partner [[Eric Rosse]] in 1993 to write and largely record her second solo record, ''[[Under the Pink]]''. The album was received with mostly favorable reviews and sold enough copies to chart at No. 12 on the ''Billboard 200'',<ref name="Billboard 200 p.1">{{cite magazine |title=Tori Amos: Billboard 200 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=1 |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/430284/tori%20amos/chart?f=305 |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902111049/http://www.billboard.com/artist/430284/tori%20amos/chart?f=305 |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> a significantly higher position than the preceding album's position at No. 54 on the same chart.<ref name="Billboard 200 p.2">{{cite magazine |title=Tori Amos: Billboard 200 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=2 |url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/430284/tori%20amos/chart?page=1&f=305 |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902111448/http://www.billboard.com/artist/430284/tori%20amos/chart?page=1&f=305 |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, the album found its biggest success in the UK, debuting at number one upon release in February 1994.

===1996–2000: ''Boys for Pele'', ''From the Choirgirl Hotel'', and ''To Venus and Back''===
[[File:Tori Amos piano.jpg|thumb|upright|Amos in 1996]]
Her third solo album, ''[[Boys for Pele]]'', was released in January 1996. Prior to its release, the first single, "[[Caught a Lite Sneeze]]" became the first full song released for streaming online prior to an album's release.<ref>{{cite web|title = SongFacts |publisher = SongFacts |url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6393 | access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title = Interview – Live from Spotify NYC |date = February 24, 2015 |publisher = Spotify |url=https://open.spotify.com/track/4Q8XaEcMoyrorhTZSsWACv?si=b278df82b2f843d0&nd=1 | access-date=July 21, 2021}}</ref>

The album was recorded in a church in [[Delgany]], [[County Wicklow]], [[Ireland]], with Amos taking advantage of the church's acoustics. For this album, Amos used the [[harpsichord]], [[Pump organ|harmonium]], and [[clavichord]] as well as the piano. The album garnered mixed reviews upon its release, with some critics praising its intensity and uniqueness while others bemoaned its comparative impenetrability. Despite the album's erratic lyrical content and instrumentation, the latter of which kept it away from mainstream audiences, ''Boys for Pele'' is Amos' most successful simultaneous transatlantic release, reaching No. 2 on the UK Top 40<ref>{{cite web |title=Under the Pink |work=[[UK Albums Chart]] |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/boys%20for%20pele/ |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150607071857/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/albums/boys%20for%20pele/ |archive-date=June 7, 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref> and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 upon its release.{{r|Billboard 200 p.1}}

Fueled by the desire to have her own recording studio to distance herself from record company executives, Amos had the barn of her home in [[Cornwall]], UK converted into the state-of-the-art recording studio of Martian Engineering Studios.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Tingen |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Tingen |title=Tori Amos: Inside Her Martian Engineering Studio |magazine=[[Sound on Sound]] |url=http://www.soundonsound.com/sos/feb07/articles/toriamos.htm |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902114220/http://www.soundonsound.com/people/tori-amos |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

''[[From the Choirgirl Hotel]]'' and ''[[To Venus and Back]]'', released in May 1998 and September 1999, respectively, differ greatly from previous albums. Amos' trademark acoustic, piano-based sound is largely replaced with arrangements that include elements of [[electronica]] and dance music with vocal washes. The underlying themes of both albums deal with womanhood and Amos' own miscarriages and marriage. Reviews for ''From the Choirgirl Hotel'' were mostly favorable and praised Amos' continued artistic originality. Debut sales for ''From the Choirgirl Hotel'' are Amos' best to date, selling 153,000 copies in its first week.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Garth Boxes in Billboard 200's Top Slot |magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=951854 |date=May 14, 1998 |access-date=June 1, 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121019034727/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/search/google/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=951854 |archive-date=October 19, 2012}}</ref> ''To Venus and Back'', a two-disc release of original studio material and live material recorded from the previous world tour, received mostly positive reviews and included the first major-label single available for sale as a digital download.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Ehrlich |first=Dimitri |title=Music's Digital Democracy |journal=[[Interview (magazine)|Interview]] |date=December 1, 1999}}</ref>

===2001–2004: ''Strange Little Girls'' and ''Scarlet's Walk''===
Shortly after giving birth to her daughter, Amos decided to record a [[cover album]], taking songs written by men about women and reversing the [[gender roles]] to reflect a woman's perspective.<ref>{{cite web |last=Van Horn |first=Teri |title=Tori Amos Says Eminem's Fictional Dead Wife Spoke to Her |date=September 28, 2001 |work=[[MTV News]] |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1449422/20010928/story.jhtml |access-date=December 19, 2009 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902120445/http://www.mtv.com/news/1449422/tori-amos-says-eminems-fictional-dead-wife-spoke-to-her/ |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>{{sfn|Amos|Powers|2005|p=286}} That became ''[[Strange Little Girls]]'', released in September 2001. The album is Amos' first [[concept album]], with artwork featuring Amos photographed in character of the women portrayed in each song.{{sfn|Amos|Powers|2005|p=286}} Amos would later reveal that a stimulus for the album was to end her contract with Atlantic without giving them original songs; Amos felt that since 1998, the label had not been properly promoting her and had trapped her in a contract by refusing to sell her to another label.{{sfn|Amos|Powers|2005|pp=314–15}}

With her Atlantic contract fulfilled after a 15-year stint, Amos signed to [[Epic Records|Epic]] in late 2001. In October 2002, Amos released ''[[Scarlet's Walk]]'', another concept album. Described as a "sonic novel", the album explores Amos' [[alter ego]], Scarlet, intertwined with her cross-country concert tour following [[9/11]]. Through the songs, Amos explores such topics as the history of America, American people, Native American history, pornography, [[Sadomasochism|masochism]], [[homophobia]] and [[misogyny]]. The album had a strong debut at No. 7 on the Billboard 200.{{r|Billboard 200 p.1}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Bronson |first=Fred |title=Chart Beat Bonus |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=November 8, 2002 |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73538/chart-beat-bonus |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902111956/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/73538/chart-beat-bonus |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Scarlet's Walk'' is Amos' last album to date to reach certified gold status from the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref name="RIAA Awards">{{cite web |url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |title=RIAA Gold & Platinum Database |website=[[Recording Industry Association of America]] |access-date=July 25, 2010}} Note: User must define search parameters, i.e. "Tori Amos".</ref>

Not long after Amos was ensconced with her new label, she received unsettling news when Polly Anthony resigned as president of Epic Records in 2003. Anthony had been one of the primary reasons Amos signed with the label and as a result of her resignation, Amos formed the Bridge Entertainment Group. Further trouble for Amos occurred the following year when her label, Epic/Sony Music Entertainment, merged with BMG Entertainment as a result of the industry's decline.<ref>{{cite news |title=The Record Industry's Decline |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/15137581/the_record_industrys_decline/2 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050149/http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/15137581/the_record_industrys_decline/2 |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 26, 2007 |access-date=December 26, 2007}}</ref>

===2005–2008: ''The Beekeeper'' and ''American Doll Posse''===
[[File:Devil Amos in the Red Dress.jpg|thumb|left|Amos in concert in 2007]]
Amos released two more albums with [[Epic Records|Epic]], ''[[The Beekeeper (album)|The Beekeeper]]'' (2005) and ''[[American Doll Posse]]'' (2007). Both albums received generally favorable reviews.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tori Amos&nbsp;— The Beekeeper |work=Metacritic |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/the-beekeeper/tori-amos/critic-reviews |access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tori Amos&nbsp;– American Doll Posse |website=Metacritic |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/american-doll-posse/tori-amos |access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref> ''The Beekeeper'' was conceptually influenced by the ancient art of [[beekeeping]], which she considered a source of female inspiration and empowerment. Through extensive study, Amos also wove in the stories of the [[Gnostic]] [[gospels]] and the removal of women from a position of power within the [[Christian church]] to create an album based largely on religion and politics. The album debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200,{{r|Billboard 200 p.1}}<ref>{{cite magazine |title='O' Puts Omarion on Top |date=March 2, 2005 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63894/o-puts-omarion-on-top |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902111944/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/63894/o-puts-omarion-on-top |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> placing her in an elite group of women who have secured five or more US Top 10 album debuts.<ref>{{cite web |author=<!-- No by-line; staff writer(s). --> |title=Tori Amos to Release New Album American Doll Posse; To Launch World Tour in May 2007 |work=Starpulse |date=March 28, 2007 |url=http://www.starpulse.com/news/index.php/2007/03/28/tori_amos_to_release_new_album_american__2007 |access-date=September 2, 2016 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20160902112103/http://www.starpulse.com/tori-amos-to-release-new-album-american-doll-posse-to-launch-world-tou-1847818037.html |archive-date=September 2, 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref> While the newly merged label was present throughout the production process of ''The Beekeeper'', Amos and her crew nearly completed her next project, ''American Doll Posse'', before inviting the label to listen to it. ''American Doll Posse'', another concept album, is fashioned around a group of girls (the "posse") who are used as a theme of alter-egos of Amos'. Musically and stylistically, the album saw Amos return to a more confrontational nature.<ref>{{cite web |last=Tingen |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Tingen |title=Tori Amos Talks About American Doll Posse |date=March 12, 2007 |website=PaulTingen.com |url=http://www.tingen.org/toriamos07.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314184121/http://www.tingen.org/toriamos07.htm |archive-date=March 14, 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Like its predecessor, ''American Doll Posse'' debuted at No. 5 on the Billboard 200.{{r|Billboard 200 p.1}}

During her tenure with Epic Records, Amos also released a retrospective collection titled ''[[Tales of a Librarian]]'' (2003) through her former label, Atlantic Records; a two-disc DVD set ''[[Fade to Red]]'' (2006) containing most of Amos' solo music videos, released through the Warner Bros. reissue imprint Rhino; a five disc box set titled ''[[A Piano: The Collection]]'' (2006), celebrating Amos' 15-year solo career through remastered album tracks, remixes, alternate mixes, demos, and a string of unreleased songs from album recording sessions, also released through Rhino; and numerous official bootlegs from two world tours, ''[[The Original Bootlegs]]'' (2005) and ''[[Legs and Boots|Legs & Boots]]'' (2007) through Epic Records.

===2008–2011: ''Abnormally Attracted to Sin'' and ''Midwinter Graces''===
[[File:Tori-amos-amsterdam-0c.jpg|thumb|upright|left|Amos in 2010]]
In May 2008, Amos announced that, due to creative and financial disagreements with [[Epic Records]], she had negotiated an end to her contract with the record label, and would be operating independently of major record labels on future work.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045235/ask-billboard |magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |title=Ask Billboard – Tori Amos gets graphic |access-date=May 31, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080701053253/http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045235/ask-billboard |archive-date=July 1, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045224/tori-amos-splits-with-epic-goes-indie |magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]] |title=Tori Amos Splits With Epic, Goes Indie |date=June 2, 2008 |access-date=August 3, 2008}}</ref> In September of the same year, Amos released a live album and DVD, ''[[Live at Montreux 1991/1992]]'', through [[Eagle Rock Entertainment]], of two performances she gave at the Montreux Jazz Festival very early on in her career while promoting her debut solo album, ''[[Little Earthquakes]]''. By December, after a chance encounter with chairman and CEO of [[Universal Music Group]], [[Doug Morris]], Amos signed a "joint venture" deal with [[Universal Republic Records]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://undented.com/news/1554/tori-signs-with-universal-republic-records-for-upcoming-2009-album |website=Undented |title=Tori Signs With Universal Republic Records For Upcoming 2009 Album |access-date=December 2, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spinner.com/2008/12/04/tori-amos-inks-new-deal-eyeing-spring-summer-release/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306003100/http://www.spinner.com/2008/12/04/tori-amos-inks-new-deal-eyeing-spring-summer-release/ |work=Spinner |title=Tori Amos Inks New Deal, Eyes Spring/Summer Release |date=December 4, 2008 |archive-date=March 6, 2012 |access-date=December 4, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.americansongwriter.com/2009/05/girls-on-film-an-interview-with-tori-amos/ |title=Girls on Film: An Interview with Tori Amos |magazine=American Songwriter |date=May 15, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.theredalert.com/features/amos2.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528042613/http://www.theredalert.com/features/amos2.php |title=Tori Amos Interview |work=The Red Alert |date=May 4, 2007 |archive-date=May 28, 2009 |access-date=October 14, 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

''[[Abnormally Attracted to Sin]]'', Amos' tenth solo studio album and her first album released through Universal Republic, was released in May 2009 to mostly positive reviews. The album debuted in the top 10 of the Billboard 200,<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/268533/eminems-relapse-tops-billboard-200 |title=Eminem's 'Relapse' Tops Billboard 200 |access-date=June 9, 2009 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=May 27, 2009 }}</ref> making it Amos' seventh album to do so.<ref>{{cite magazine| title=Tori Amos&nbsp;– Artist Chart History| magazine=Billboard| url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=tori amos|chart=all}}| access-date=June 9, 2009}}</ref> ''Abnormally Attracted to Sin'', admitted Amos, is a "personal album", not a conceptual one, with the album exploring themes of power, boundaries, and the subjective view of sin.{{r|Michelson (2009)}} Continuing her distribution deal with Universal Republic, Amos released ''[[Midwinter Graces]]'', her first seasonal album, in November of the same year. The album features reworked versions of traditional carols, as well as original songs written by Amos.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/267346/tori-amos-gets-into-holiday-spirit-for-midwinter-graces |title=Tori Amos Gets into Holiday Spirit For 'Midwinter Graces' |access-date=September 20, 2009 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 18, 2009 }}</ref>

During her contract with the label, Amos recorded vocals for two songs for [[David Byrne (musician)|David Byrne's]] collaboration album with [[Fatboy Slim]], titled ''[[Here Lies Love]]'',<ref>{{cite web |url=http://undented.com/news/1433/tori-connected-with-byrnes-here-lies-love |website=Undented |title=News: Tori Connected With Byrne's "Here Lies Love"? (March 24, 2008) |access-date=August 9, 2008}}</ref> which was released in April 2010. In July of the same year, the DVD ''Tori Amos- Live from the Artists Den'' was released exclusively through [[Barnes & Noble]].

After a brief tour from June to September 2010, Amos released a live album ''[[From Russia with Love (Tori Amos album)|From Russia With Love]]'' in December the same year, recorded in Moscow on September 3, 2010. The limited edition set included a signature edition Lomography Diana F+ camera, along with two lenses, a roll of film and one of five photographs taken of Amos during her time in Moscow. The set was released exclusively through her website and only 2000 copies were produced.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-08-03 |title=Win A Tori Amos Limited Edition Diana F+ Camera Box Set |url=https://www.stereogum.com/775561/win-a-tori-amos-limited-edition-diana-f-camera-box-set/news/ |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=Stereogum |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Lomography – Diana F+ Tori Amos Edition |url=https://www.lomography.com/magazine/110319-diana-f-plus-tori-amos-edition |access-date=2022-03-04 |website=www.lomography.com |date=October 13, 2011 |language=en}}</ref>

===2011–2015: ''Night of Hunters'', ''Gold Dust'', and ''Unrepentant Geraldines''===
In September 2011, Amos released her first classical-style music album, ''[[Night of Hunters]]'', featuring [[variation (music)|variations on a theme]] to pay tribute to composers such as [[Bach]], [[Chopin]], [[Debussy]], [[Enrique Granados|Granados]], [[Satie]] and [[Schubert]], on the [[Deutsche Grammophon]] label, a division of [[Universal Music Group]]. Amos recorded the album with several musicians, including the [[list of string quartet ensembles|Apollon Musagète]] [[string quartet]].

To mark the 20th anniversary of her debut album, ''[[Little Earthquakes]]'' (1992), Amos released an album of songs from her back catalogue re-worked and re-recorded with the [[Metropole Orchestra]]. The album, titled ''[[Gold Dust (Tori Amos album)|Gold Dust]]'', was released in October 2012 through Deutsche Grammophon.<ref name=For>Allison Stewart (December 8, 2011). [https://www.chicagotribune.com/2011/12/08/for-tori-amos-night-of-hunters-a-classical-gas/ For Tori Amos, 'Night of Hunters' a classical gas].</ref>

On May 1, 2012, Amos announced the formation of her own record label, Transmission Galactic, which she said she intended to use to develop new artists.

In 2013, Amos collaborated with [[the Bullitts]] on the track "Wait Until Tomorrow" from their debut album, ''They Die by Dawn & Other Short Stories''. She also stated in an interview that a new album and tour would materialize in 2014 and that it would be a "return to contemporary music".<ref>{{cite web |author=Tim Teeman |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/sep/15/tori-amos-interview |title=Tori Amos: 'Anything is easier to talk about in music than in conversation' |work=The Guardian |date=September 14, 2013 |access-date=April 24, 2014}}</ref>

September 2013 saw the launch of Amos' musical project adaptation of [[George MacDonald]]'s ''[[The Light Princess]]'', along with book writer [[Samuel Adamson]] and [[Marianne Elliott (director)|Marianne Elliott]]. It premiered at London's [[Royal National Theatre]] and ended in February 2014. ''[[The Light Princess (musical)|The Light Princess]]'' and its lead actress, [[Rosalie Craig]], were nominated for Best Musical and Best Musical Performance respectively at the [[Evening Standard Award]]. Craig won the Best Musical Performance category.

Amos' 14th studio album, ''[[Unrepentant Geraldines]]'', was released on May 13, 2014, via Mercury Classics/Universal Music Classics in the US. Its first single, "[[Trouble's Lament]]", was released on March 28. The album was supported by the [[Unrepentant Geraldines Tour]] which began May 5, 2014, in Cork and continued across Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia, ending in Brisbane on November 21, 2014. In [[Sydney]], Amos performed two orchestral concerts, reminiscent of the [[Gold Dust Orchestral Tour]], with the [[Sydney Symphony Orchestra]] at the [[Sydney Opera House]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/12/tori-amos-at-the-sydney-opera-house-review-a-dark-queen-who-presides-over-longing-cruelty-and-elation |title=Review: Tori Amos review – a dark queen presiding over longing and elation |newspaper=The Guardian Australia |date=November 12, 2014 |access-date=November 16, 2014}}</ref>

According to a press release, ''Unrepentant Geraldines'' was a "return to her core identity as a creator of contemporary songs of exquisite beauty following a series of more classically-inspired and innovative musical projects of the last four years. [It is] both one further step in the artistic evolution of one of the most successful and influential artists of her generation, and a return to the inspiring and personal music that Amos is known for all around the world."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://undented.com/catalog/2986/unrepentant-geraldines#pressrelease |title=Unrepentant Geraldines |website=Undented |access-date=December 12, 2014}}</ref>

The 2-CD set ''[[The Light Princess (Original Cast Recording)]]'' was released on October 9, 2015, via Universal/Mercury Classics. Apart from the original cast performances, the recording also includes two songs from the musical ("Highness in the Sky" and "Darkest Hour') performed by Amos.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Light Princess (Original Cast Recording) by Tori Amos, Samuel Adamson, Rosalie Craig & Nick Hendrix |date=2015-10-09 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/the-light-princess-original-cast-recording/1442871557 |language=en-US |access-date=2022-03-04}}</ref>

===2016–present: ''Native Invader'', ''Christmastide'' and ''Ocean to Ocean''===
[[File:Tori Amos 12 01 2017 -13 (39335509952).jpg|alt=Amos seated at a piano|thumb|Amos on stage in 2017]]
On November 18, 2016, Amos released a deluxe version of the album ''[[Boys for Pele]]'' to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the original release.<ref>{{cite tweet |user=toriamos |title=We are excited to announce that #BFP will be #remastered & #rereleased later this year on #vinyl & deluxe CD! #BFP20 |date=January 22, 2016 |number=690572925301293056 |archive-date=March 13, 2016 |access-date=March 13, 2016 |url=https://twitter.com/toriamos/status/690572925301293056 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313185055/https://twitter.com/toriamos/status/690572925301293056 |url-status=live}}</ref> This follows the deluxe re-releases of her first two albums in 2015.

On September 8, 2017, Amos released ''[[Native Invader]]'', accompanied by a world tour.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/news/73081-tori-amos-announces-new-album-native-invader-announces-tour/ |title=Tori Amos Announces New Album Native Invader, Announces Tour |work=Pitchfork |date=April 24, 2017 |access-date=April 26, 2017 |author=Yoo, Noah}}</ref> During the summer of 2017, Amos launched three songs from the album: "Cloud Riders", "Up the Creek", and "Reindeer King", the latter featuring string arrangements by [[John Philip Shenale]]. Produced by Amos, the album explores topics like American politics and environmental issues, mixed with mythological elements and first-person narrations. ''Native Invader'' obtained a score of 76 out of 100 on the review aggregator website Metacritic, based on 17 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/native-invader/tori-amos/ |title=Metacritic: Tori Amos, Native Invader |website=Metacritic |access-date=September 25, 2017}}</ref>

On November 9, 2020, Amos announced the release of a holiday-themed [[Extended play|EP]] entitled ''Christmastide'' on December 4, digitally and on limited-edition vinyl. The EP consists of four original songs and features her first work with bandmates Matt Chamberlain and Jon Evans since 2009. Amos recorded the EP remotely due to the impact of the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/tori-amos-announces-new-ep-christmastide/ |title=Pitchfork: Tori Amos Announces New EP Christmastide |website=Pitchfork |date=November 9, 2020 |access-date=November 10, 2020}}</ref>

On September 20, 2021, Amos announced her sixteenth studio album, ''[[Ocean to Ocean]]'', which was released on October 29. The album was written and recorded in Cornwall during lockdown as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic and explores "a universal story of going to rock bottom and renewing yourself all over again".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://toriamos.com |title=Ocean to Ocean – Tori Amos |website=Tori Amos Official Website |access-date=September 20, 2021}}</ref> Amos embarked on a European and United States tour in support of the album in 2022, and continued to support the album in 2023 with a European Tour in March and April and additional US dates in June and July .<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/tori-amos-announces-uk-and-european-tour-hints-at-new-album-2990235 |title=Tori Amos announces UK and European tour, hints at new album |website=NME |date=July 11, 2021 |access-date=September 20, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Kaufman |first=Gil |date=2023-01-31 |title=Tori Amos Embarking on Ocean to Ocean 2023 U.S. Summer Tour |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/tori-amos-ocean-to-ocean-2023-us-summer-tour-dates-1235208657/ |access-date=2024-01-22 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> Matt Chamberlain and Jon Evans were featured on drums and bass guitar respectively, their first collaboration with Amos on an album since 2009's ''Midwinter Graces''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/toriamos/status/1439968595572838404/ |title=Ocean to Ocean album announcement |website=Twitter |access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref> For the 2022 and 2023 tour, Amos was joined by Jon Evans and the drummer Ash Soan.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Review |first=Drummer's |date=2022-01-21 |title=Drummer's Review Xtra: Ash Soan Interview |url=https://drummersreview.com/drummers-review-xtra/drummers-review-xtra-ash-soan-interview/ |access-date=2023-03-28 |website=Drummer's Review |language=en-GB}}</ref>

She appeared at the [[EPIX]] original docuseries ''Women Who Rock'' which premiered on July 10, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Watson |first=Madalyn |date=July 2, 2022 |title='Women Who Rock' Trailer Celebrates Female Rock Icons in Docuseries From Epix |url=https://collider.com/women-who-rock-docuseries-trailer-release-date-epix/ |website=Collider}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Thomas |first=Laviea |date=July 1, 2022 |title=Women Who Rock: Why the new EPIX documentary is so important |url=https://gigwise.com/features/3423696/women-who-rock--why-the-new-epix-documentary-is-so-important |website=Gigwise}}</ref>

In 2023, Amos and [[Trevor Horn]] covered [[Kendrick Lamar]]'s "[[Swimming Pools (Drank)]]".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/tori-amos-and-trevor-horn-cover-kendrick-lamars-swimming-pools-drank-listen/ | title=Tori Amos and Trevor Horn Cover Kendrick Lamar's "Swimming Pools (Drank)" | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=December 2023 }}</ref> She also released a remix dance single titled "Tequila," produced by [[Paul Woolford (DJ)|Paul Woolford]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://music.apple.com/ca/song/tequila-paul-woolford-remix-extended/1678886978 | title=Tequila (Paul Woolford Remix / Extended) by Tori Amos on Apple Music }}</ref>

On November 1, 2024, Amos announced the release of a live album, ''[[Diving Deep Live]]'', on December 6, 2024, consisting of recordings from her 2022-23 tour in support of ''Ocean to Ocean''. it was released on double vinyl, on CD and digitally.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://consequence.net/2024/11/tori-amos-diving-deep-live/ | title=Tori Amos Announces New Live LP Diving Deep Live |website=Consequence of Sound | date=November 2024 |access-date=November 13, 2024}}</ref>

On February 28, 2025, Amos released a surprise album, ''The Music of Tori and the Muses'', as a companion project to her illustrated children's book ''Tori and the Muses'', published on March 4. The album featured nine original songs and featured Jon Evans on bass guitar and Matt Chamberlain on drums. Touring drummer Ash Soan featured on drums on the tracks "Knocking", "Spike's Lament", and "Rain Brings Change".<ref>{{cite web |url=https://toriandthemuses.com/ | title=Tori and the Muses |website=Tori and the Muses Official Website | date=February 2025}}</ref>