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Old 24-07-2016, 23:11
spaceygal
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Any Fiona Apple fans here? I think she's a really talented and much underrated artist. Certainly she's not very prolific, having released only 4 albums in 20 years but those 4 albums are so damn good! Whilst I think her most recent album The Idler Wheel (2012) is a little hit & miss and perhaps more of an acquired taste I think her first 3 albums (Tidal, When The Pawn and Extraordinary Machine) are just brilliant. Full of inventiveness, creativity. Very unique sounding and full of emotion. Very expressive. She's a great singer, pianist and songwriter. I still can't believe her debut album is now 20 years old!!! Where has the time gone?! Anyway, seeing as her last album is now 4 years old I wonder if maybe next year she'll grace us with album number 5! I hope so. I wish she did release more music than she does but then, like with Kate Bush, when she does come back with something it's usually worth the wait!

For those not familiar with her these are just a few of my fave Fiona singles:

Sleep To Dream (1996)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L9Wnh0V4HMM

Never Is A Promise (1997)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5XptSCCciU

Fast As You Can (1999)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbxqtbqyoRk

Paper Bag (2000)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BK30r_SIZ-g

O' Sailor (2005)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azx6F2fYPa0

Not About Love (2006)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u09s0uz0tEU

Hot Knife (2013) not an official single but she made a video for it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG1VVFfOnYQ

Those who don't know her give her a go! Songs like Sleep To Dream, Fast As You Can, O' Sailor and Hot Knife are all very different from each other so if you don't like one song you may liike another.
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Old 25-07-2016, 07:56
mimicole
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I love Fiona Apple. she's a great songwriter. "When The Pawn...." and "The Idler Wheel...." have been in my car frequently.
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Old 25-07-2016, 09:52
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Big fan here! Love the last album.
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Old 25-07-2016, 10:49
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I was inspired to investigate her work after learning that she wrote the theme for "The Affair", and like what I've heard so far.
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Old 25-07-2016, 12:54
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I have the Pawn album.

My favourite song is I Know.

This live performance is very moving. She's so thin and vulnerable.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dg5ehfFXSQ
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