Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
Brooding poetry that's perfect for brooding teens.
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Music details
- Artist(s): Fiona Apple
- Genre: Alternative Rock
- Label: Sony Music
- Parental Advisory: No
- Edited Version: No
- Release Date: 10/04/2005
Parents need to know
Parents need to know that Fiona Apple is the queen of brooding poetry, perfect for brooding teenagers. There isn't much of concern here aside from some vague sexual innuendo.
Families can talk about the value of following your own dreams, even if they don't fit the "popular" mold, and can try to identify the instruments in these quirky and interesting arrangements.
Families can talk about the value of following your own dreams, even if they don't fit the "popular" mold, and can try to identify the instruments in these quirky and interesting arrangements.
Message
Social Behavior:
If you're going to whine, might as well do it with exquisite poetic sensibility
Consumerism:
Drugs/Alcohol/Tobacco:
Love is the main addiction.
Violence
A dramatically (but metaphorically) broken window, a bit of blood.
Sex
Some sexual innuendo, all pretty poetically obtuse.
Language
Nothing bothersome.
Common Sense says
What's the story?
Reviewed by Kathi Kamen Goldmark
On EXTRAORDINARY MACHINE, her third CD (and the first in six years), Fiona Apple delivers quirky poetry in a multi-octave warble that ends up getting under your skin and staying there. Her lyrics, artsy and interesting, evoke moments more than they tell stories. She has an ear for language and engages in a sophisticated flirtation with word play. The album was produced by Mike Elizondo, who has also worked with Eminem, 50 Cent, and Dr. Dre. (Backstory: After a first version of the CD, produced by Jon Brion, leaked onto the Internet prerelease, Fiona re-recorded the CD with Elizondo as producer.)
Is it any good?
At once clever, angry, passionate, and playful, Fiona Apple ignores genre definition with intelligent songs that are all her own. Yes, the songs are self-indulgent and angst-ridden, but they are also musically unique as well as beautifully produced and performed (Apple plays piano in addition to providing enchanting lyrics and lead vocals), and follow their own rambling melodic paths. Fresh and brilliant, this work of art from Fiona Apple was well worth the wait.
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Posted on 10/26/05 by Anonymous Adult contributor
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