Tori Amos: I Wanna Sell You A Tori
Terry Staunton, NME, 8 February 1992
Six months ago she was nobody, today TORI AMOS is well on the way to becoming a household name. The former LA 'rock chick' has been reinvented as an introspective singer/songwriter in the great tradition of Joni Mitchell or Suzanne Vega. A corporate makeover by a major label? Probably. TERRY STAUNTON wonders where it all went right.
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