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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 the quiz and another dive into the archive.

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

Whatever you're up to, Vern wants to hear from you - email vernon@bbc.co.uk - and if you鈥檇 like to apply to take part in Ten To The Top, the address you need is tentothetop@bbc.co.uk

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Music Played

  • The O鈥橨ays

    Love Train

    • Shades Of Soul (Various Artists).
    • Global Television.

  • The Police

    Can't Stand Losing You

    • The Very Best Of Sting & The Police.
    • A&M.

  • Franz Ferdinand

    Night Or Day

    • The Human Fear.
    • Domino.

  • Glenn Frey

    The Heat Is On

    • Above The Clouds: The Very Best Of.
    • Universal.

  • Janet Devlin

    Best Life

    • Emotional Rodeo.
    • OK!Good Records.

  • Tina Charles

    I Love To Love

    • 70's Number Ones Vol 2.
    • Old Gold.

  • The Lightning Seeds

    Lucky You

    • Lightning Seeds - Jollification.
    • Epic.

  • Toby Lee

    Count On Me

    • House On Fire.
    • 100 Records.

  • Thin Lizzy

    Whiskey In The Jar

    • The Best Of Phil Lynott & Thin Lizzy.
    • Telstar.
    • 10.

  • Cian Ducrot

    Who's Making You Feel It

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.

  • Fleetwood Mac

    Don't Stop

    • 50 Years - Don't Stop.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 009.

  • Shaboozey

    Good News

    • (CD Single).
    • American Dogwood / EMPIRE.

  • Pet Shop Boys

    Always On My Mind

    • Pet Shop Boys - Discography.
    • Parlophone.

  • Toni Braxton

    Un-Break My Heart

    • Toni Braxton - Secrets.
    • Laface.

  • Brooke Combe

    This Town

    • Dancing At The Edge Of The World.
    • Modern Sky.

  • The Rolling Stones

    Honky Tonk Women

    • The Rolling Stones - Forty Licks.
    • Abkco.

  • Teddy Swims

    It Ain't Easy

    • I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2).
    • Warner Records.
    • 9.

  • Diana Ross

    Upside Down

    • And They Danced The Night Away Volume 2 CD2.
    • Debutante.

  • Peter Gabriel & Kate Bush

    Don't Give Up

    • Now 8 (Various Artists).
    • Now.

  • Nirvana

    Smells Like Teen Spirit

  • Lola Young

    Messy

    • This Wasn't Meant for You Anyway.
    • Island.

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