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Extraordinary Machine
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Product Details/SpecificationsRecording label: Sony EAN: 0696998668324Binding: Audio CDRelease Date: 2005-10-04Universal product code (UPC): 696998668324Number of discs: 1Album Details
Critically Acclaimed Fiona Apple Returns with her First Studio Recording in Five Years. Fiona Apple Established Herself as a Visionary Singer/Songwriter at the Age of Nineteen with her Debut Album Tidal in 1996. This Stunning Album Went on to Earn her a Grammy Award in 1998 for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" Establishing her as an Uncompromising and Original Artist Gaining Intensely Loyal Fans all Over the World. CD/PAL Dvd - Live Performance Footage.
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Fiona Apple, brooding, brainy belter and capital-A artist of near forbidding depth, begins her much gossiped-over third CD on a lark. The title track, one of two songs produced by Jon Brion before the label dispute that prompted hip-hop producer Mike Elizondo (50 Cent, Eminem) to step in, sounds like a Judy Garland number slathered with irony or something Rufus Wainwright might have had a hand in--strings soar, beats bump around skittishly, and notes require a ladder. But playful as it is, by the time the chorus kicks in it's clear why the world has missed Fiona Apple so much. Young female artists who have stepped into the spotlight since she fled it six years ago-- Nellie McKay and Joss Stone spring to mind for their cleverness and heat, respectively--seem slight in comparison. With every track ticked off, in fact, Extraordinary Machine moves listeners a little closer to what might be a correct assumption: that everything they've dipped into since 1999's When the Pawn ... was filler. Fans will feel it especially on "O'Sailor," a gimlet-eyed lament, and "Tymps," a tight piano track with a tip of the hat to hip-hop. It's "Window," though, with its lyric about "a filthy pane of glass" fogging up a clear view, that sums up the experience of this CD best. "I had to break the window," Apple sings, smoky-voiced as ever. "It just had to be." With Extraordinary Machine, she shatters already sky-high expectations. -Tammy La Gorce
CD purchase.Review Date: 2010-02-22 Rating: 2 out of 10The CD was horrible. I'm so disappointed in Fiona Apple. However that has nothing to do with the merchant. It arrived on time and in Great condition. Just don't recommend it to anyone.
ReviewsEXTRAORDINARYReview Date: 2010-01-26 Rating: 10 out of 10What else can I say about this composition other than EXTRAORDINARY. Every album Fiona has generated is better than the last. Every song on the album has something special about it, but the last three tracks by themselves (Red Red Red, Not About Love, and Waltz) are worth the price of admission. If you only liked her first album than you cannot see the forest for the trees. I can not wait for her next effort.Not At First, But Definitely NowReview Date: 2009-03-13 Rating: 10 out of 10I've grown up to Fiona Apple's sounds. I have been in love with her melodies and inspiring lyrics.
When I first purchased "Extraordinary Machine" I nearly wrote it off as "trying too hard to adjust". But, with my love of Fiona's music, I put it in the cd player again... and again... and again. Now I am at the point where I can sing along with her.
This album is like her first, in that it has beautiful lyrics and interesting mixes of instruments- but it has more music, more sound, more instruments, and more "pop". Without knowing it was Ms Fiona, I may have described it as a bit "hip hop." The beats are a bit odd, and her mix of her lovely vocals is almost quirky, but so amazing.
Give it another listen. You'll love it.Now, I understand why there were problems getting this released...Review Date: 2009-02-13 Rating: 2 out of 10I've tried to like this album, but it is just painful to listen to. Tidal is by far her best work; and, I bought this CD in hopes that she was back in full force. Unfortunately, the lyrics were very flat and uninspiring. The piano was the only saving grace for this CD. If I could give it a half star, I would.Not her best, but still great.Review Date: 2008-11-24 Rating: 6 out of 10I don't know what happened during the record of this, but there's something missing. The thing is that after 'When the Pawn...', that was a masterpiece, I was expecting a great follow up.
The album lacks the power of her previous ones. Maybe Jon Brion's absence as the producer, I don't know. The highlights are the more direct songs like 'Window', 'Please Please Please' and 'Get Him Back'.
I hope she teams up with Brion again for a return to the glorious times!
Brand: SonyDisc 1 Tracks: 1. Extraordinary Machine2. Get Him Back3. O' Sailor4. Better Version of Me5. Tymps (The Sick in the Head Song)6. Parting Gift7. Window8. Oh Well9. Please Please Please10. Red Red Red11. Not About Love12. Waltz (Better Than Fine)Publishers: Sony
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