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Tori Amos chooses her final Tracks of My Years

American singer-songwriter and pianist Tori Amos shares her final two tracks on this week's Tracks of My Years. Plus there's the mid-morning music quiz Ten To The Top.

Tori Amos shares her final two songs in her musical journey 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 ‘Tori Amos Piano Bar Moment’, 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’s book called Tori and the Muses, which is due out March 4th. Her previous books include Piece by Piece and Resistance: A Songwriter’s Story of Hope, Change, and Courage.

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Music Played

  • Stevie Wonder

    Uptight (Everything's Alright)

    • Dancing In The Street (Various Artis.
    • Universal Music Tv.
  • Madonna

    Ray Of Light

    • Celebration.
    • Warner Bros.
    • 10.
  • Shaboozey

    Good News

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

    Alright

    • The Best Pub Jukebox In The World (V).
    • Virgin.
  • Tina Turner

    Hot For You, Baby

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

    Toxic

    • (CD Single).
    • Zomba.
  • Franz Ferdinand

    Night Or Day

    • The Human Fear.
    • Domino.
  • Massive Attack

    Unfinished Sympathy (Paul Oakenfold Mix)

    Remix Artist: Paul Oakenfold.
    • Soft Dance (Various).
    • Eurostar.
  • Cian Ducrot

    Who's Making You Feel It

    • (CD Single).
    • Polydor.
  • Tears for Fears

    Sowing The Seeds Of Love

    • The Best Of Drive Time (Various Artists).
    • Polygram TV.
    • 7.
  • Brooke Combe

    This Town

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

    Car Wash

    • Now 12 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Jamiroquai

    Space Cowboy (David Morales Classic Club Remix)

    • Virgin.
  • OnePhatDeeva

    In And Out Of My Life

    • PCA Music.
  • Basement Jaxx

    Red Alert

    • Now 43 (Various Artists).
    • Now.
  • Coco Star vs Fragma

    Toca's Miracle

    • (CD Single).
    • Positiva.
  • Toby Lee

    Count On Me

    • House On Fire.
    • 100 Records.
  • The Supremes

    Stop! In The Name Of Love

    • Diana Ross & The Supremes - 40 Motown.
    • Polygram Tv.
  • Coldplay

    feelslikeimfallinginlove

    • MOON MUSiC.
    • Parlophone.
  • Teddy Swims

    Not Your Man

    • I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2).
    • Warner Records.
    • 1.
  • Nina Simone

    Feeling Good

    • Sex And The City (Various Artists).
    • Columbia.
  • Nina Simone

    Mississippi Goddam (Instrumental)

    • Single.
    • Philips Records.
    • 1.
  • U2

    In God's Country

    • The Joshua Tree.
    • Island Records.
    • 7.
  • Stereophonics

    There's Always Gonna Be Something

    • (CD Single).
    • EMI.

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