I got the new Fiona Apple...

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 10:02am

...but I can't listen to it until I get home tonight. Grr! Has anyone bought it yet? I would love to hear thoughts on it as a whole.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 10:16am

One word:

brilliant.

All the versions released on the internet are old cuts...this album flows perfectly, and is easily some of the best "pop" music of the last few decades.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 10:16am

Thanks, touch!

[Patronus]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 10:19am

I have to wait until after work to get it and I am not too happy about it at all.

She is performing live and signing copies of the album at the Tower Records in West Hollywood, but admittance is limited and there is no way I'd be able to get there and line up in time.

I'm rather bummed as I'd love to see it.

[shameless]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 10:22am

I'm listening to it right now on aol. I agree, it's amazing. It's not commercial, which to me, is a good thing. Hopefully, people will buy it. It'll be the first cd I've bought in months, not counting cast recordings.

[Kringas]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:10pm

I still prefer the leaked recordings over most of the revised versions, but new Fiona is still new Fiona, so woo hoo!

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:11pm

See, I felt like the leaked ones were a little over-produced and unnatural. These cuts I find perfect in their balance.

[Kringas]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:20pm

Interesting, touchme, because I find a lot of the revised tracks overproduced. Different strokes, I guess. Don't get me wrong, I still like the released album, but I feel like it lost a lot of its whimsy and humor with the direction she went. The leaked tracks had a sort of a nightclub act gone mad feel, which I loved.

And, oh how I miss all those crazy strings in "Not About Love."

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:24pm

I do agree about the strings in "Not About Love"...I htink the direction they went on that track was a bit off.

however, I think overall the CD seems classier now instead of crazy and manic. Which, I guess, given the craziness that is Fiona may have been better suited to her.

[Kringas]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:30pm

Well, I think you are and I are just going to have to agree to disagree on this one, as I quite prefer the crazy and manic, but that says more about me than it does about Fiona.

I've just started the new album over again, giving it another chance. At any rate, I hope it's a success for her, and that she gets her as on a tour that comes somewhere near me.

The new Liz Phair also came out today, but I can't bring myself to listen to it yet.

[touchmeinthemorning]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:32pm

ooo...I should get the new Liz Phair also. I just didn't budget it...damn me!

[Kringas]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:35pm

My love for Liz goes back farther than even my love of Fiona, but her last album was all over the place.

[katygrace84]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:52pm

Liz's last CD was all over the place, but I couldn't help but love it anyway. Especially HWC. Just totally cracked me up. I love to crank that and dance around in my underwear while I sing into a hairbrush. I love that she's got this happy little head-bopping beat under those raunchy lyrics. Brilliant!

[melissa errico fan]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:55pm

This is Fiona's masterpiece.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:56pm

Really, mef? Oh, I can't WAIT to get home and listen! This afternoon is sooooo slow.

[Kringas]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 3:59pm

It's certainly her best album to date. I adore her voice.

[keggss23]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 6:04pm

I am so glad to find fiona fans!!

Someone was asking about her touring. Here are the announced tour dates so far:

Nov. 22: Portland, Ore. (Roseland)
Nov. 23: Seattle (Moore Theatre)
Nov. 25: San Francisco (Warfield Theatre)
Nov. 26: Los Angeles (Wiltern Theatre)
Nov. 28: San Diego (House of Blues)
Nov. 30: Las Vegas (House of Blues)
Dec. 2: Denver (Paramount Theatre)
Dec. 4: Chicago (Riviera Theatre)
Dec. 5: Cleveland (House of Blues)
Dec. 7: Boston (Orpheum Theatre)
Dec. 8-9: Philadelphia (Tower Theatre)
Dec. 11: New York (Nokia Theatre)

(Tickets for any of the above dates are for sale yet)

Love, love, love this album so far =)

[LionessInWinter]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 6:06pm

I love it, but I agree with Kringas that some of the new versions sound overproduced. One was even speeded up a bit which I didn't like. I listened to them side by side last night. Some were better reworked IMO, and some not.

[TheHumanTorch]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 9:26pm

this album is FANTASTIC...

but its too bad its on DualDisc... it just gives me so much aggravation to make a copy of it to put on my iPod.... i know I could just download it off of iTunes...but I like having a hard copy...sorry back to the cd

Extraordinary Machine is fantastic...i'm so happy about this!!!

[Craig]

Posted: 10/4/05 at 10:34pm

Is that better than the Nano by Apple?

Posted: 10/5/05 at 9:04am

She's no Ruthie Henshell but she sure can write a song, play it and co-produce it!!

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 2:46pm

I finally got to spend some quality time with Fiona last night and this CD is so satisfying. She still sounds like Fiona, but she also sounds more much mature. (That "mature" is typed in the nicest possible way.) "Get Him Back" is incredibly catchy and I love "Window." I am not disappointed at all in this and I think it was absolutely worth all the waiting.

Has anyone watched the DVD side yet?

[keggss23]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 2:49pm

The DVD is awesome. She performs Extraordinary Machine, Paper Bag, and Fast as You Can with just her and a guitar. Amazing.

[SorryGrateful]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 2:51pm

Oo! I didn't know she played guitar. I love Fiona and all her talents.

[keggss23]

Posted: 10/5/05 at 5:57pm

Jon Brion plays the guitar for her.