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American singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos shares her ten track musical journey on this week's Tracks of My Years. Plus there's another spin of Record and Album of the Week.

Tori Amos shares her musical journey through ten of her most influential and favourite songs in this week's Tracks of My Years.

During the course of an illustrious 35-year career, Tori has sold over 12 million records, performed thousands of concerts, been nominated for eight Grammys and won countless awards.

Achieving her breakthrough as a solo artist in the early 1990s, her first album was Little Earthquakes, released in 1992 to great critical acclaim. Her concerts, often feature the 鈥楾ori Amos Piano Bar Moment鈥�, where she plays covers requested by her fans.

Tori recently released her new live album Diving Deep, recorded during her Ocean to Ocean tour, which spanned 93 dates across the globe. The album features tracks from across her iconic catalogue, including hits such as Cornflake Girl, Silent All These Years and God from her 1994 album Under The Pink.

Besides this, Tori is also working on her first children鈥檚 book called Tori and the Muses, which is due out March 4th. Her previous books include Piece by Piece and Resistance: A Songwriter鈥檚 Story of Hope, Change, and Courage.

Plus there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top, a trip in to the 麻豆官网首页入口 Archive with Vernon's Vault, and the Record and Album Of The Week.

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Music Played

  • Andy Williams

    Music To Watch Girls By

    • Take A Break (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.

  • 顿别别别鈥怢颈迟别

    Groove Is In The Heart

  • Griff

    last night's mascara

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Records.
    • 1.

  • Marvin Gaye & Kim Weston

    It Takes Two

    • Duets - 36 Of The World's Greatest Ev.
    • Telstar.

  • Sam Fender

    Arm's Length

    • People Watching.
    • Polydor.

  • The Pussycat Dolls

    Don't Cha (feat. Busta Rhymes)

    • Now 62 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Phil Collins

    Something Happened on the Way to Heaven

    • Singles.
    • Rhino.
    • 10.

  • Kim Wilde

    Midnight Train

    • Closer.
    • Cherry Red Records.

  • Paul McCartney & Michael Jackson

    Say Say Say

    • The 7" Singles Box.
    • MPL.

  • Cian Ducrot

    Who's Making You Feel It

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Christina Aguilera

    Fighter

    • (CD Single).
    • RCA.

  • Chappell Roan

    Pink Pony Club

    • The Rise And Fall Of A Midwest Princess.
    • Chappell Roan PS/ Island.
    • 11.

  • En Vogue

    My Lovin'

    • The New Soul Album (Various Artists).
    • Sony Music TV.

  • Gloria Gaynor

    Never Can Say Goodbye

    • The Greatest Hits Of 1974 (Various).
    • Premier.

  • Alex Warren

    Burning Down (feat. Joe Jonas)

    • You'll Be Alright, Kid (Chapter 1).
    • Atlantic.

  • Joan Armatrading

    Drop The Pilot

    • The Very Best Of Joan Armatrading.
    • A&M.

  • Teddy Swims

    Bad Dreams

    • (CD Single).
    • Atlantic.

  • Muse

    Starlight

    • (CD Single).
    • Warner Bros.

  • Tina Turner

    Hot For You, Baby

    • Private Dancer: 40th Anniversary Edition.
    • Parlophone.

  • Roberta Flack

    Killing Me Softly With His Song

    • The Best Of Roberta Flack.
    • Atlantic.
    • 3.

  • Billy Joel

    She's Always A Woman

    • The Stranger.
    • Columbia.
    • 7.

  • Boyzlife

    Dancing With The Echoes

    • (CD Single).
    • Boyzlife.

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