12 Strange Little Girls Ahead

Heads up, Tori-heads! One of Tori Amos greatest albums that hasn't made its way to vinyl before is finally doing just that in February -- the 2001 record Strange Little Girls can be pre-ordered over on her website in 12 count em' twelve variants, each one representing one of the twelve characters she embodied for this concept album, which had her playing a different role for every song thereon. To be honest I've watched other artists release ridiculous numbers of variants of records like this and found it somewhat obscene, but in Tori's defense...

... it kind of makes sense with this album. It was built into its concept twenty-four years ago. (JFC I am ancient; dust practically.) I will give her this, even if just barely. She does includes a package deal if you buy all 12 but much as I love her I am not that fucking psychotic, so I went with the one seen up top for two fairly random reasons -- it's the character for the title track, and I always loved the "Satin Worship" shirt she's wearing in that image. Anyway if you happen to buy one and are a super-fan like me tell me which one you got in the comments! That said what I really want are vinyl releases of the two albums that came before this -- To Venus and Back and From the Choirgirl Hotel. Perfect masterpieces the both!