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Fetch The Bolt Cutters (Album) by Fiona Apple
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Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart Is An American Singer Songwriter And Pianist. Apple Is An Eleven-Time Grammy Award Nominee And Three-Time Winner Whose Five Albums Have All Reached The Top Fifteen On The U.S. Billboard 200 Chart Stretching From 1997 To 2020. Her Albums Tidal When The Pawn... Extraordinary Machine The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do And Fetch The Bolt Cutters Have Sold Over Five Million Copies Worldwide. Born In Manhattan New York United States Apple Made Her Break Into The Music Industry When A Friend Who Babysat For A Record Executive Handed Her Employer A Demo. Apple's Husky Voice Nimble Piano Skills And Mature Lyrics Got The Attention Of Sony Executive Andy Slater Who Signed Her To A Record Deal. In 1996 Apple's Debut Album Tidal Was Released By A Subsidiary Of Sony. The Album Went On To Sell 3 Million Copies Certified Triple Platinum Domestically. "Criminal " The Fourth Single From Tidal Became Apple's Breakthrough Hit. The Song Garnered A Great Deal Of Attention In Part For Its Suggestive Lyrics "I've Been A Bad Bad Girl..." But Also For The Controversial Music Video Directed By Mark Romanek. The Video Featured A Waifish Half-Dressed Apple Surrounded By The Aftermath Of A Party Including Unconscious Party-Goers. The Video Received Heavy Rotation On VH-1 And MTV And Gained The Singer Immediate Notoriety. Years Later Apple Said "I Wasn't Comfortable . And You Can See That In The Video. It's Not Sexy. It's Disturbing." Other Singles From Tidal Included "Sleep To Dream " "Shadowboxer " "Never Is A Promise " And "The First Taste." In 1998 She Contributed Two Tracks To The Pleasantville Soundtrack "Please Send Me Someone To Love" And A Cover Of The Beatles Hit "Across The Universe". In 1999 Apple's Second Album Was Released With The Name "When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo You Hold Your Own Hand And Remember That Depth Is The Greatest Of Heights And If You Know Where You Stand Then You Know Where To Land And If You Fall It Won't Matter Cuz You'll Know That You're Right" But It Has Just Been Commonly Called "When The Pawn..." This Album Released The Singles "Fast As You Can " "Limp " And "Paper Bag." A Third Album Extraordinary Machine Which Was Produced By Jon Brion Was Submitted To Sony Executives In May 2003. Sony Was Reportedly Unenthusiastic About The Finished Product And The Project Was Shelved For Over Two Years. In 2004 And 2005 Tracks Were Leaked On The Internet In MP3 Format And Played On U.S. And International Radio Subsequently MP3s Of The Entire Album Believed Produced By Brion Although He Later Claimed The Leaked Tracks Were "tweaked" Beyond His Own Work Went Online. Although A Website Distributing The Album Was Quickly Taken Offline Via The DMCA Copyright Law They Soon Reached P2P Networks And Were Downloaded By Fans. In August 2005 The Album Was Given A Release Date Of October. Production Had Been Completed By Mike Elizondo Though Known For His Work With Hip-Hop Artists Such As Dr. Dre He Had Previously Played Bass For Apple On Pawn And Co-Produced By Electronica Experimentalist Brian Kehew. Spin Magazine Later Reported "Fans Erroneously Thought That Apple's Record Label Epic Had Rejected The First Version Of Extraordinary Machine... In Reality According To Elizondo Apple Was Unhappy With The Results And It Was Her Decision To Redo The Record Not Her Label's." Two Of The Eleven Previous Leaked Tracks Were Relatively Unchanged Nine Were Completely Retooled And One New Song Was Also Included. According To Elizondo "Everything Was Done From Scratch." Upon Its Release The Album Became The Highest-Charting Album Of Apple's Career Debuting At Number Seven And Before The End Of 2005 Had Sold More Than 300 000 Copies In The United States Alone. It Was Revealed In Late 2005 That Sony Was Initially Unhappy With The Work And Apple And Brion Sought To Rework The Album. Sony Made Caveats On The Process To Which Apple Balked. After A Long Period Of Waiting She Began An Attempt To Rework The Album With Close Friend Kehew Also A Friend And Former Roommate Of Jon Brion . Elizondo Was Brought Back As Co-Producer To Complete The Tracks He Had Begun With Brion And Apple. Despite Suggestions That The Album Had Caused A Rift Between Brion And Apple They Regularly Perform Together At Largo A Club In Los Angeles Including A Joint Appearance With Elizondo On Bass Just Before The News Broke Of An Official Release. Apple Went On A Live Tour To Support The Album In Late 2005 And From Early 2006 Supported Coldplay On Their Tour Of North America. The Album Has Yielded Four Singles "Parting Gift " "O' Sailor " "Not About Love " And "Get Him Back." In 2006 A Special Edition Version Of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" Was Released With Fiona Apple Contributing A Version Of "Sally's Song." In January 2010 Fiona Apple And Jon Brion Performed Together At "Love And Haiti Too A Music Benefit" A Charity Concert For The People Hurt By The Haiti Earthquake. Fiona Sang A Cover Of " S He's Funny That Way" Composed By Neil Moret With Lyrics By Richard Whiting Which Is Often Associated With The Singer Billie Holiday. In June 2010 Fiona Released A Song Titled "So Sleepy" Produced By Jon Brion Written By Children Involved With The Non-Profit Organization 826LA. The Song Will Be Included In A Compilation Album Released By The Organization Titled Chickens In Love. She Also Collaborated With Margaret Cho On Cho's Album Cho Dependent. The Every Single Night Songfacts Reports That Apple Began Recording New Material For Her Fourth Album The Idler Wheel… In The Late 2000s Keeping Her Sessions Secret Even From Her Label Epic Records. She Opted To Produce The Album With Her Touring Drummer Charley Drayton Rather Than Her Longtime Collaborator Jon Brion. Executives At Epic Only Discovered That Apple Had Recorded An Album In Early 2012 When She Presented It To Them. It Was Released On June 19 2012 To Success Debuting At Number Three On The Billboard 200. The Album Sold 72 000 Copies In The First Week And Was Nominated For Best Alternative Album At The 2013 Grammy Awards. In 2020 The Album Was Placed At Number 213 On The List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time By Rolling Stone. In 2020 Apple's Fifth Studio Album "Fetch The Bolt Cutters" Was Released To Universal Acclaim. The Artist Earned Two Grammy Awards For The Album Best Alternative Music Album And Best Rock Performance For The Lead Single "Shameika."
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Fiona Apple McAfee-Maggart Is An American Singer Songwriter And Pianist. Apple Is An Eleven-Time Grammy Award Nominee And Three-Time Winner Whose Five Albums Have All Reached The Top Fifteen On The U.S. Billboard 200 Chart Stretching From 1997 To 2020. Her Albums Tidal When The Pawn... Extraordinary Machine The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do And Fetch The Bolt Cutters Have Sold Over Five Million Copies Worldwide. Born In Manhattan New York United States Apple Made Her Break Into The Music Industry When A Friend Who Babysat For A Record Executive Handed Her Employer A Demo. Apple's Husky Voice Nimble Piano Skills And Mature Lyrics Got The Attention Of Sony Executive Andy Slater Who Signed Her To A Record Deal. In 1996 Apple's Debut Album Tidal Was Released By A Subsidiary Of Sony. The Album Went On To Sell 3 Million Copies Certified Triple Platinum Domestically. "Criminal " The Fourth Single From Tidal Became Apple's Breakthrough Hit. The Song Garnered A Great Deal Of Attention In Part For Its Suggestive Lyrics "I've Been A Bad Bad Girl..." But Also For The Controversial Music Video Directed By Mark Romanek. The Video Featured A Waifish Half-Dressed Apple Surrounded By The Aftermath Of A Party Including Unconscious Party-Goers. The Video Received Heavy Rotation On VH-1 And MTV And Gained The Singer Immediate Notoriety. Years Later Apple Said "I Wasn't Comfortable . And You Can See That In The Video. It's Not Sexy. It's Disturbing." Other Singles From Tidal Included "Sleep To Dream " "Shadowboxer " "Never Is A Promise " And "The First Taste." In 1998 She Contributed Two Tracks To The Pleasantville Soundtrack "Please Send Me Someone To Love" And A Cover Of The Beatles Hit "Across The Universe". In 1999 Apple's Second Album Was Released With The Name "When The Pawn Hits The Conflicts He Thinks Like A King What He Knows Throws The Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win The Whole Thing 'fore He Enters The Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo You Hold Your Own Hand And Remember That Depth Is The Greatest Of Heights And If You Know Where You Stand Then You Know Where To Land And If You Fall It Won't Matter Cuz You'll Know That You're Right" But It Has Just Been Commonly Called "When The Pawn..." This Album Released The Singles "Fast As You Can " "Limp " And "Paper Bag." A Third Album Extraordinary Machine Which Was Produced By Jon Brion Was Submitted To Sony Executives In May 2003. Sony Was Reportedly Unenthusiastic About The Finished Product And The Project Was Shelved For Over Two Years. In 2004 And 2005 Tracks Were Leaked On The Internet In MP3 Format And Played On U.S. And International Radio Subsequently MP3s Of The Entire Album Believed Produced By Brion Although He Later Claimed The Leaked Tracks Were "tweaked" Beyond His Own Work Went Online. Although A Website Distributing The Album Was Quickly Taken Offline Via The DMCA Copyright Law They Soon Reached P2P Networks And Were Downloaded By Fans. In August 2005 The Album Was Given A Release Date Of October. Production Had Been Completed By Mike Elizondo Though Known For His Work With Hip-Hop Artists Such As Dr. Dre He Had Previously Played Bass For Apple On Pawn And Co-Produced By Electronica Experimentalist Brian Kehew. Spin Magazine Later Reported "Fans Erroneously Thought That Apple's Record Label Epic Had Rejected The First Version Of Extraordinary Machine... In Reality According To Elizondo Apple Was Unhappy With The Results And It Was Her Decision To Redo The Record Not Her Label's." Two Of The Eleven Previous Leaked Tracks Were Relatively Unchanged Nine Were Completely Retooled And One New Song Was Also Included. According To Elizondo "Everything Was Done From Scratch." Upon Its Release The Album Became The Highest-Charting Album Of Apple's Career Debuting At Number Seven And Before The End Of 2005 Had Sold More Than 300 000 Copies In The United States Alone. It Was Revealed In Late 2005 That Sony Was Initially Unhappy With The Work And Apple And Brion Sought To Rework The Album. Sony Made Caveats On The Process To Which Apple Balked. After A Long Period Of Waiting She Began An Attempt To Rework The Album With Close Friend Kehew Also A Friend And Former Roommate Of Jon Brion . Elizondo Was Brought Back As Co-Producer To Complete The Tracks He Had Begun With Brion And Apple. Despite Suggestions That The Album Had Caused A Rift Between Brion And Apple They Regularly Perform Together At Largo A Club In Los Angeles Including A Joint Appearance With Elizondo On Bass Just Before The News Broke Of An Official Release. Apple Went On A Live Tour To Support The Album In Late 2005 And From Early 2006 Supported Coldplay On Their Tour Of North America. The Album Has Yielded Four Singles "Parting Gift " "O' Sailor " "Not About Love " And "Get Him Back." In 2006 A Special Edition Version Of "Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas" Was Released With Fiona Apple Contributing A Version Of "Sally's Song." In January 2010 Fiona Apple And Jon Brion Performed Together At "Love And Haiti Too A Music Benefit" A Charity Concert For The People Hurt By The Haiti Earthquake. Fiona Sang A Cover Of " S He's Funny That Way" Composed By Neil Moret With Lyrics By Richard Whiting Which Is Often Associated With The Singer Billie Holiday. In June 2010 Fiona Released A Song Titled "So Sleepy" Produced By Jon Brion Written By Children Involved With The Non-Profit Organization 826LA. The Song Will Be Included In A Compilation Album Released By The Organization Titled Chickens In Love. She Also Collaborated With Margaret Cho On Cho's Album Cho Dependent. The Every Single Night Songfacts Reports That Apple Began Recording New Material For Her Fourth Album The Idler Wheel… In The Late 2000s Keeping Her Sessions Secret Even From Her Label Epic Records. She Opted To Produce The Album With Her Touring Drummer Charley Drayton Rather Than Her Longtime Collaborator Jon Brion. Executives At Epic Only Discovered That Apple Had Recorded An Album In Early 2012 When She Presented It To Them. It Was Released On June 19 2012 To Success Debuting At Number Three On The Billboard 200. The Album Sold 72 000 Copies In The First Week And Was Nominated For Best Alternative Album At The 2013 Grammy Awards. In 2020 The Album Was Placed At Number 213 On The List Of The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time By Rolling Stone. In 2020 Apple's Fifth Studio Album "Fetch The Bolt Cutters" Was Released To Universal Acclaim. The Artist Earned Two Grammy Awards For The Album Best Alternative Music Album And Best Rock Performance For The Lead Single "Shameika."
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters Was Released During The COVID-19 Pandemic And Many Critics Found Its Exploration Of Confinement Timely. It Received Significant Critical Acclaim And Was Described As An Instant Classic And Apple's Best Work To Date. The Album Received A Nomination For Best Alternative Music Album At The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards Whilst "Shameika" Was Nominated For Best Rock Song And Best Rock Performance. The Album Debuted At Number Four On The US Billboard 200 And Number One On The US Top Alternative Albums And Top Rock Albums With 44 000 Equivalent Album Units. It Also Charted In The Top 15 In Canada Australia And New Zealand. The Piano-Playing Typical To Apple's Work Is Still Evident But Takes A More Percussive Form. As Well As Drum Sets And Traditional Percussion The Album Features The Use Of Found Objects As Percussion Such As A Metal Butterfly And The Bones Of Apple's Deceased Dog Janet. The Experimental Rhythms On The Album Evoke Industrial Music And Are Juxtaposed Against More Traditional Melodies. Stereogum's Tom Breihan Argues That While Percussive Music Is Typically "built Around The Idea Of Dancing Of Guiding And Channeling The Rhythms Of The Human Body" The Album Instead "plays As A Wild Feverish Attempt To Mirror The Chaos That Goes On In The Human Mind When It's At Its Most Overheated". Apple Has Attributed The Album's Prominent Use Of Percussion To A Childhood Habit Developed As A Part Of Her Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder In Which She Would Always Walk Rhythmically To A Strict Tempo. The Album Has Been Noted For Its Experimental Approach To Pop Music. Critics Have Noted Its Ambition And Originality. Nevertheless It Has Been Compared To The Works Of Joni Mitchell Tom Waits Nina Simone And Kate Bush Who Is Quoted On The Title Track.
The Album Often Rejects Popular Music's Traditional Verse-Chorus Structure. The Unpredictable Songs Feature Looped Sections Sudden Stops And Tempo Changes. It Has Been Noted As Less Melancholy Than Apple's Past Work With The Uptempo Songs Being Described As "funny Angry And At Times Triumphant".The Album Features Frequent Improvisation As Well As Background Noise Such As The Barking Of Dogs Largely As A Result Of Its Home Recording. On The Album Apple Approached Her Voice As A Musical Instrument Commenting "I Have Fun With My Voice But I'm Not Trying To Make It Pretty All The Time. I'm Not Trying To Convince Anybody I'm A Singer. It Just Turned Out To Be Another Instrument". Breihan Noted That Apple Demonstrates "a Rapper's Sense That Words Can Be Music" While The Guardian's Laura Barton Highlighted The Intimacy Of Apple's Vocals "half-Conversational Half-Self-Mutters Allowing Every Scuff Breath And Feral Yelp". Jon Pareles Of The New York Times Found That "whether She's Cooing With Sarcastic Solicitousness Or Rasping Close To A Scream She Articulates Every Word Clearly Emoting But Never Losing Control". Lyrically Apple Identified The Album's Main Theme As "not Being Afraid To Speak " With Barton Similarly Recognizing "a Refusal To Be Silenced". Apple Later Said That This Was An Oversimplification Elaborating That "it's About Breaking Out Of Whatever Prison You've Allowed Yourself To Live In " And Pinpointing The Message As "Fetch The Fucking Bolt Cutters And Get Yourself Out Of The Situation You're In". She Has Said That Writing The Album Helped Free Her Of The Ideas She Had Of Herself Explaining That "this Whole Album For Me Has Turned Into The Headache That I Had Inside Of My Head And Now That It's Released It's Like This Pulse That Now We Can All Share". Pareles Found That The Album Explored "both Past And Present Injuries Bullying Sexual Assault Destructive Mind Games Romantic Debacles Own Fears And Compulsions And The People Who Have Taken Advantage Of Them". The Album Explores Freedom With Breihan Writing That "we Can Hear The Euphoria Of A Great Unburdening".
Another Theme Apple Explores On The Album Are Her Complex Social Relationships With Other Women. Apple Commented That These Relationships Began To Suffer In Middle School And The Album Features Apple Trying To Make Peace With "the Sorts Of Women That Society Has Always Deemed Her 'competition'" Such As Subsequent Girlfriends Of Her Exes. Apple Summarized This Idea As "not Letting Men Pit Us Against Each Other Or Keep Us Separate From Each Other So They Can Control The Message".
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Fetch The Bolt Cutters Is The Fifth Studio Album By American Singer-Songwriter Fiona Apple. It Was Released On April 17 2020 Apple's First Release Since The Idler Wheel... In 2012. The Album Was Recorded From 2015 To 2020 Largely At Apple's Home In Venice Beach. It Was Produced And Performed By Apple Alongside Amy Aileen Wood Sebastian Steinberg And Davíd Garza Recording Consisted Of Long Often-Improvised Takes With Unconventional Percussive Sounds. GarageBand Was Used For Much Of This Recording And Apple Credited The Album's Unedited Vocals And Long Takes To Her Lack Of Expertise With The Program. The Album Explores Freedom From Oppression Apple Identified Its Core Message As "Fetch The Fucking Bolt Cutters And Get Yourself Out Of The Situation You're In". The Title A Quote From TV Series The Fall Reflects This Idea. The Album Also Discusses Apple's Complex Relationships With Other Women And Other Personal Experiences Including Bullying And Sexual Assault. It Has Nevertheless Been Referred To As Apple's Most Humorous Album.Fetch The Bolt Cutters Was Released During The COVID-19 Pandemic And Many Critics Found Its Exploration Of Confinement Timely. It Received Significant Critical Acclaim And Was Described As An Instant Classic And Apple's Best Work To Date. The Album Received A Nomination For Best Alternative Music Album At The 63rd Annual Grammy Awards Whilst "Shameika" Was Nominated For Best Rock Song And Best Rock Performance. The Album Debuted At Number Four On The US Billboard 200 And Number One On The US Top Alternative Albums And Top Rock Albums With 44 000 Equivalent Album Units. It Also Charted In The Top 15 In Canada Australia And New Zealand. The Piano-Playing Typical To Apple's Work Is Still Evident But Takes A More Percussive Form. As Well As Drum Sets And Traditional Percussion The Album Features The Use Of Found Objects As Percussion Such As A Metal Butterfly And The Bones Of Apple's Deceased Dog Janet. The Experimental Rhythms On The Album Evoke Industrial Music And Are Juxtaposed Against More Traditional Melodies. Stereogum's Tom Breihan Argues That While Percussive Music Is Typically "built Around The Idea Of Dancing Of Guiding And Channeling The Rhythms Of The Human Body" The Album Instead "plays As A Wild Feverish Attempt To Mirror The Chaos That Goes On In The Human Mind When It's At Its Most Overheated". Apple Has Attributed The Album's Prominent Use Of Percussion To A Childhood Habit Developed As A Part Of Her Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder In Which She Would Always Walk Rhythmically To A Strict Tempo. The Album Has Been Noted For Its Experimental Approach To Pop Music. Critics Have Noted Its Ambition And Originality. Nevertheless It Has Been Compared To The Works Of Joni Mitchell Tom Waits Nina Simone And Kate Bush Who Is Quoted On The Title Track.
The Album Often Rejects Popular Music's Traditional Verse-Chorus Structure. The Unpredictable Songs Feature Looped Sections Sudden Stops And Tempo Changes. It Has Been Noted As Less Melancholy Than Apple's Past Work With The Uptempo Songs Being Described As "funny Angry And At Times Triumphant".The Album Features Frequent Improvisation As Well As Background Noise Such As The Barking Of Dogs Largely As A Result Of Its Home Recording. On The Album Apple Approached Her Voice As A Musical Instrument Commenting "I Have Fun With My Voice But I'm Not Trying To Make It Pretty All The Time. I'm Not Trying To Convince Anybody I'm A Singer. It Just Turned Out To Be Another Instrument". Breihan Noted That Apple Demonstrates "a Rapper's Sense That Words Can Be Music" While The Guardian's Laura Barton Highlighted The Intimacy Of Apple's Vocals "half-Conversational Half-Self-Mutters Allowing Every Scuff Breath And Feral Yelp". Jon Pareles Of The New York Times Found That "whether She's Cooing With Sarcastic Solicitousness Or Rasping Close To A Scream She Articulates Every Word Clearly Emoting But Never Losing Control". Lyrically Apple Identified The Album's Main Theme As "not Being Afraid To Speak " With Barton Similarly Recognizing "a Refusal To Be Silenced". Apple Later Said That This Was An Oversimplification Elaborating That "it's About Breaking Out Of Whatever Prison You've Allowed Yourself To Live In " And Pinpointing The Message As "Fetch The Fucking Bolt Cutters And Get Yourself Out Of The Situation You're In". She Has Said That Writing The Album Helped Free Her Of The Ideas She Had Of Herself Explaining That "this Whole Album For Me Has Turned Into The Headache That I Had Inside Of My Head And Now That It's Released It's Like This Pulse That Now We Can All Share". Pareles Found That The Album Explored "both Past And Present Injuries Bullying Sexual Assault Destructive Mind Games Romantic Debacles Own Fears And Compulsions And The People Who Have Taken Advantage Of Them". The Album Explores Freedom With Breihan Writing That "we Can Hear The Euphoria Of A Great Unburdening".
Another Theme Apple Explores On The Album Are Her Complex Social Relationships With Other Women. Apple Commented That These Relationships Began To Suffer In Middle School And The Album Features Apple Trying To Make Peace With "the Sorts Of Women That Society Has Always Deemed Her 'competition'" Such As Subsequent Girlfriends Of Her Exes. Apple Summarized This Idea As "not Letting Men Pit Us Against Each Other Or Keep Us Separate From Each Other So They Can Control The Message".