Re: beauty, meaning, and other things out of fashion...

[jeffy@syrinx.umd.edu (Jeffrey C. Burka)]

In article <NESSUS.94Feb14171443@twitch.mit.edu> nessus@mit.edu (Douglas Alan) writes:

>If it's any consolation, Tori Amos's first album went platinum (i.e.
>sold a million copies) based mostly on word of mouth and Tori's
>incredible touring stamina.

Gee, and I thought it had something to do with the amazing publicity blitz
that Atlantic launched after _LE_ was released...including the 1 hour MTV
special and the various talk show *performance* appearances (including both
Letterman and Leno).  And let's not forget the radio appearances...

I won't argue that Tori's touring abilities had nothing to do with her
success.  But I think you're missing a whole lot of willingness on Tori's
part to do extra sorts of publicity and Atlantic's willingness to push her.
KaTe and Columbia/EMI have done nothing of the sort.

Jeff






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