Little Earthquakes
by Tori Amos
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Little Earthquakes is ranked as the best album by Tori Amos.
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Little Earthquakes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Little Earthquakes rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Bach | Tori Amos Ranked | 1/16 | - |
| 2026 | marco17 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 34/100 | 64 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 52 Music Albums of 1992 | 30/52 | 2 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1992 | 10/90 | 5 |
| 2026 |  imimesis | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  sszwalbenest | Top 23 Music Albums of 1992 | 15/23 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 36/100 | 13 |
| 2026 | 100IDream | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 29/100 | 71 |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 20/100 | 81 |
| 2026 | byuzak | Top 55 Music Albums of 1992 | 32/55 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 434 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,788 | |||
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Little Earthquakes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/01/2026 15:36 | AndyLish79 | 505 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/08/2026 20:23 | smahonachie | 152 | 83/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 09:20 |  Purplepash | 4,987 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.9/100, a mean average of 77.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.3.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/01/2026 16:00 in Monthly overall chart movements BestEverAlbums 08/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5416): By C_Krug2009 Purplepash 08/04/2026 09:27 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Little Earthquakes comments
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Seems influenced by the adventurous singing and song structure of Laura Nyro, here Tori Amos takes that to new extremes with mostly very good and sometimes great results. I'm still not sure how I feel about Amos' affected singing style and double tracked backing vocals, still it's quite striking and this album is certainly very impactful. Best: "Happy Phantom" and "Little Earthquakes". (Edited)
A littlw narrow in scope, musically and thematically, and at times a bit difficult to take. Nevertheless, a remarkable debut for an interesting artist. (Edited)
Favourite track: 'Mother' (Edited)
Brad1770 04/27/2023 07:39 | #296407
Before Fiona Apple there was Tori Amos and listening to this highly acclaimed debut the inspiration is clear. ‘Little Earthquakes’ can be a tough listen with the omnipresent “Me and a Gun” (which graphically narrates a sexual assault) casting a very dark shadow over the entire project
Jboy56 03/06/2022 15:41 | #282390
One of the Laura Nyro mantle inheritors has made a beautiful album. I have a problem with it. It is a dark and tad painful listen. Made for dark and rainy Novembers, not sunny March days.
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