Artist: Y Kant Tori Read
Genre(s):
Rock
Discography:
Y Kant Tori Read
Year: 1988
Tracks: 10
Y Kant Tori Read is a band founded by singer/songwriter Tori Amos before she achieved achiever as a tender substitute songstress. The name refers to Amos' years at the Peabody conservatory, where she played songs on her pianissimo after hearing them once, merely never mastered reading sheet music. The band performed around California before landing a contract with Atlantic, wHO accredited unlike musicians. The resultant Y Kant Tori Read LP showcases several big-name players, including Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander of Cheap Trick and future Guns N' Roses pounder Matt Sorum. Guitarist Steve Caton and percussionist Paulinho Da Costa worked with Amos beyond Y Kant Tori Read. Renowned keyboard sessionman Kim Bullard co-wrote many of the songs with Amos, wHO is known only as Tori in the lining notes which queerly give thanks an executive for "rental me make the platter I cherished to have." Amos graces the cover clad in tight bustier and sporting Vixen-ish hair. A video recording promoting lead track and first individual "Full-grown Picture" disappeared upon spillage; irregular single "Cool on Your Island" likewise sank. Amos persevered with Atlantic and became a condole with fame in the '90s. In interviews, Amos disavows Y Kant Tori Read, claiming that, while she doesn't hate the material, the album barely represents what she is now doing musically. She likewise declared that Y Kant Tori Read resurrects her struggles in California and other incidents (some addressed in "Me and a Gun") she'd rather blank out. Naturally, copies from the original pressing became collector's items, marketing at steep prices and triggering a rash of bootlegs, the most popular of which (from Pacific rather than Atlantic) even tacks on bonus Tori cuts. Like Wicked Lester or Fuse, this second of arcana is of use to completists only.
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