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90
Using the poetry and jazz that formed her, Fiona Apple grapples eloquently with isolation, retribution, and the oceanic ups and downs of being young and being a woman. Rare is a debut so fully formed.
8y
90
Fiona Apple’s Tidal is a stark, brutal, and often beautiful portrait about a young girl’s physical and emotional growth.
11y
80
Fiona Apple demonstrates considerable talent on her debut album, Tidal, but it is unformed, unfocused talent.
13y
80
Reminiscent of Nina Simone or Judie Tzuke ... languidly addictive, with some suitably atmospheric percussion and sonic weirdness from Jon Brion, who plays everything from the marimba and vibraphone to the chamberlain and tack piano.
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3y
60
Seductively miserable, Tidal was packed with jazzy torch songs and twitchy electronic flourishes.
3y
50
We ain't all that fragile, honey.
2y
one of the albums my mum used to play around the house sometimes when i was younger, and one we've both fallen back in love with recently
[Fiona Apple Album Discography Dive #1/5 - Tidal (1996)]
I’m back!
Hope everyone had a fantastic Christmas and New Year, super hyped to discover and review even more music in 2024! I’m back in time for what appears to be a pretty stacked January for music releases… Just wanted to note a couple of changes with how I review things for this year before I get into the review:
The first thing is that my reviews will be considerably shorter compared to last year unless there's ... read more
Very chill, jazz-like stuff. Piano playing is smooth, and the singing is on point. My highlights are The First Taste and Criminal. It might be something i'd rate higher the more I listen to it but as for now it's a good, but nothing crazy, record.
Listening to an album a day 2026 - June 1st
For this month's discography dive I wanted to look at an artist with only a few albums as there are loads of new releases quite early in the month that I'm excited for. Fiona Apple was the perfect choice for this as I have been meaning to listen to her for ages. She sort of comes in the middle of 2 generations of female singer songwriters that I adore (The 60s/70s of Joni Mitchell and Carole King to the Modern Era of Phoebe Bridgers, Lana ... read more
Sorry for being this person, but this album just makes me think that Fiona Apple, at 19, in her most immature and inexperienced moment, was capable of writing music and lyrics that could give any Swiftie an aneurysm. God, this album makes Taylor Swift's supposed creative and musical milestones look ridiculous.
Again, sorry for comparing two successful and talented women, but I wouldn't feel the need to do so if her fan cult didn't try to sell me the most basic and cringeworthy ... read more
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Track List
| 1 | Sleep to Dream 4:08 | 93 |
| 2 | Sullen Girl 3:54 | 92 |
| 3 | Shadowboxer 5:24 | 94 |
| 4 | Criminal 5:41 | 96 |
| 5 | Slow Like Honey 5:56 | 88 |
| 6 | The First Taste 4:46 | 92 |
| 7 | Never Is a Promise 5:54 | 89 |
| 8 | The Child Is Gone 4:14 | 87 |
| 9 | Pale September 5:50 | 84 |
| 10 | Carrion 5:43 | 91 |
Total Length: 51 minutes
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4d
all of the ballads are criminally underrated on here. never is a promise and the child is gone are both at least a 90
