spare us the cutters
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 April 2020 18:02 (four years ago) link
this is great. "Ladies" has a bit of a Cat Power swagger.
― akm, Friday, 17 April 2020 18:13 (four years ago) link
i am reminded of suzanne vega's 99.9F°
― mookieproof, Friday, 17 April 2020 18:27 (four years ago) link
ladies ladies ladies ladies
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 17 April 2020 18:54 (four years ago) link
This whole album is incredible, but right now Ladies is the one.
― kitchen person, Friday, 17 April 2020 20:25 (four years ago) link
for me, it's been "Newspaper" and "For Her"
― winters (josh), Friday, 17 April 2020 21:38 (four years ago) link
just cranking the whole discography at this point, best artist of my generation
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 17 April 2020 22:11 (four years ago) link
imagine making a record better than when the pawn????? and i think she's done it twice now
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 17 April 2020 22:12 (four years ago) link
You'll laugh, but When the Pawn.. is the only album I haven't heard.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 April 2020 23:25 (four years ago) link
alfred
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 17 April 2020 23:28 (four years ago) link
production-wise when the pawn is a steely dan album of the '90s
a prime candidate for my Harvest Rule: a major album by a major artist I haven't heard.
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 17 April 2020 23:29 (four years ago) link
When The Pawn now and forever but this album is fucking amazing
― gman59, Friday, 17 April 2020 23:31 (four years ago) link
Hey this is really good.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:18 (four years ago) link
I didn't expect it to be so rhythm-focused. I said it after the last album, but this just reinforces it: she's trying to make her own Hounds of Love.
And whoever said Suzanne Vega is also spot on.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:26 (four years ago) link
i continue to be so happy this album exists
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:30 (four years ago) link
also alfred you need to listen to when the pawn right fucking now!!!!! it'll crush you!!!!!!
it's like imo in the constellation of your tastes that is a missing star, you gotta hear it
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:31 (four years ago) link
I will agree that When the Pawn is a total winner.
And I have to believe the her writing and arranging process is exceptionally intricate. She's become quite a masterful writer.
― Totally different head. Totally. (Austin), Saturday, 18 April 2020 01:32 (four years ago) link
yeah this album is exceptional. it's unhinged and mad at times, in a way that Brian Wilson's 70's output was mad.
― akm, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:05 (four years ago) link
Haven't heard her since the 90s, but so many different people were flipping over this today now I'm interested. Descriptions and references in this thread have me excited--"Jungle Line," 80s Tom Waits...
― Soundslike, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:06 (four years ago) link
My only issue with this album is there is going to be absolutely no suspense when it comes to the winner of our end of year album poll next January.
When The Pawn is still my favourite with The Way Things Are being my favourite song of hers.
― kitchen person, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:07 (four years ago) link
― akm, Friday, April 17, 2020
Not the defense I needed lol
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:08 (four years ago) link
Thanks, Brad. I will. I own the rest.
"heavy balloon" is a really sick r&b song about depression
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:19 (four years ago) link
I was working at a music store when The Pawn came out. I didn’t know anything about Fiona Apple and assumed she was boring angsty teeny pop. A promo of Pawn landed in my lap and I put it on in the car driving home from work and it blew me away. The production, the lyrics, her voice. Just the sound of the album is amazing, everything else is gravy.
Kept up with her since then, but I’ve never heard the first album.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:24 (four years ago) link
tidal's great, nothing but hits in her catalog
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:32 (four years ago) link
"the first taste" and "never is a promise," right in a row, is some '90s-ass sequencing but i love it
she has a pretty spotless discography, each album is amazing in it's own way.
― akm, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:40 (four years ago) link
Just heard about the 10! Wow, congratulations Fiano!
― frogbs, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:40 (four years ago) link
'90s-ass sequencing
against every instinct, i need to know more
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:44 (four years ago) link
"Fiano" lol
― we have no stan but to choice (flamboyant goon tie included), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:53 (four years ago) link
― mookieproof, Friday, April 17, 2020 7:44 PM (nine minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
"first taste" is this amazing tactile sade-esque groove thing, "never is a promise" emotionally shattering and spare
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:55 (four years ago) link
and i associate really intensely dynamic mood shifts between tracks with '90s albums
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 02:56 (four years ago) link
I keep trying to warm up to Fiona Apple, but I wish she would go into poetry slam mode at least 20% less often.
― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:00 (four years ago) link
i associate really intensely dynamic mood shifts between tracks with '90s albums
this deserves further exploration imo! (i don't think i agree that the '90s were special for this, but i'll bet we have opinions)
― mookieproof, Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:06 (four years ago) link
yeah on further examination i'm *certain* the '90s weren't special for that
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:11 (four years ago) link
nor for asses
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 18 April 2020 03:14 (four years ago) link
This is a terrific headphones album.
― "...And the Gods Socially Distanced" (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 18 April 2020 05:03 (four years ago) link
Ladies!!! Loving this.
Lately I’ve been working my way through stacks of cds that friends have given me as they spotified up. Good music but it’s all old stuff. John Prine, blues, singer-songwriters.
It’s great to hear something new and captivating. Just what I needed. Every song feels like an environment with a startling sense of space.
― Cow_Art, Saturday, 18 April 2020 05:41 (four years ago) link
I remember listening to I Want You To Love Me a lot in 2013 when it was on YouTube, so glad it made it all this way.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 18 April 2020 07:39 (four years ago) link
Out of interest, was this a "surprise" release?
I realise that reviewers obviously had it in enough to for all the reviews to drop on release day, but was it definitely coming out this Friday all along or was that only announced this week? There wasn't any mention of a release date in the New Yorker article last month as far as I can remember.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 18 April 2020 07:50 (four years ago) link
check out that rack of his
― Roz, Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:38 (four years ago) link
the release date was announced at the start of the month
― ufo, Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:43 (four years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_66Skytfh3Y
it's wild to compare this early version of "Ladies" to the final one
― ufo, Saturday, 18 April 2020 09:50 (four years ago) link
the release date was announced at the start of the month― ufo, Saturday, April 18, 2020 10:43 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ufo, Saturday, April 18, 2020 10:43 AM (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
ah right! thanks, obviously i totally missed that.
― in twelve parts (lamonti), Saturday, 18 April 2020 10:48 (four years ago) link
I liked the singles on the debut but never really followed her after that. I really like this. First thing I thought of was Tom Waits. I wish it was a little more melodically interesting - a lot of the vocal melodies are very sing-songy - but I see that the vocals are in service of the rhythm, which when combined with all the wordplay and internal rhyme makes me think of hip-hop.
She seems to be having a real good time on this album, even in moments of pain, there is a real confidence to her delivery. She is self-indulgent, but not self-conscious. I don't know anything about her now, but this strikes me as an album made by someone with a lot of time, money, and pot.
Newspaper is probably my favorite so far; when she double tracks the vocals on certain lines it kills. Is it just me or does it speed up in the second half?
― Fetch the Bolt Thrower (PBKR), Saturday, 18 April 2020 14:04 (four years ago) link
Its not just you! Very subtle tempo changes throughout the song ( around 3:30 , and 4:07 mark) Or it could just be us.
― aguzman1990, Saturday, 18 April 2020 14:22 (four years ago) link
I couldn't tell if it was just her vocal attack speeding up or the rhythm as well.
― Fetch the Bolt Thrower (PBKR), Saturday, 18 April 2020 14:27 (four years ago) link
took my first walk with this yesterday, it was pretty special. top 2 music walks of the year, along with a Saint Cloud one.
― last updated a group of five done twelve times ago (geoffreyess), Saturday, 18 April 2020 14:58 (four years ago) link