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Fiona Apple - Fetch the Bolt Cutters

Started by paulye, Apr 17, 2020, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. paulye
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    paulye

    Apr 17, 2020
    https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/fiona-apple-fetch-the-bolt-cutters/

    Nothing special IMO. 7.9
     
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  2. marshmallow
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    Apr 17, 2020
    Album is amazing
     
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  3. RetiredAccount
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

    Apr 17, 2020
    Best album I’ve heard since Yeezus
     
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  4. Goku187
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    Apr 17, 2020
    so so good
     
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  5. lil uzi vert stan
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    Apr 18, 2020
    probably my favorite project since haim's ep. and maybe best album this year besides MTBMB :)
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 18, 2020
    People been saying this is maybe the best album in a decade or so—only Fiona Apple I've heard is Tidal—should I dive right into the new one right away or go chronologically? Or is the there a better starting point?

    Was thinkin bout going straight into the new one, then going back chronologically from the beginning.
     
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    Juney Dark Illness of Lost Opportunities

    Apr 18, 2020
    Either way is fine, but you can't lose either way.

    this album is a masterpiece in every way, tops circles for me as album of the year (so far)
     
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    RetiredAccount Big Time Stuntin Like My Daddy

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    Start here and work your way backwards, you’ll enjoy the ride
     
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    lil uzi vert stan

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    @Donkey Kong Cuntry i assume u know the iconic stuff



     
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  10. Goku187
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    d--- Fiona came with bars this time smhhhh

    her discography is good enough that I don’t really think there’s a wrong answer. I’d say avoid Extraordinary Machine as an entry point because it’s probably her weakest (but still good)
     
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    Apr 18, 2020
    Is this the one where there’s two entirely diff versions? And die hard fans debate the superior version? Def more of deep cut not entry level
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

    Apr 18, 2020
    Didn't think she could have topped The Idler Wheel, this was truly a phenomenal experience!

    Gonna sit with it longer before I say something even more magnanimous, but it's practically the album Fiona Apple was destined to make at some point in her lifetime.
     
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    yep that’s the one
     
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    Apr 18, 2020
    so much praise gonna give it a spin
     
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    I thought the first few posts were trolling at first...mf’ing Fiona? I haven’t heard her name in years. Hype to give a spin
     
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    Zeugma thugger thugger my brother

    Apr 20, 2020
    Finally listened to this, and yeah it's really good. Surprising sounds and melodies, and probably golden replay value. "Rack of His" is quite the masterpiece.

     
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    It is really is an incredible album.

    She is a very interesting character

    https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/23/fiona-apples-art-of-radical-sensitivity
    v inteesting piece about her
     
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    Zeugma thugger thugger my brother

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    that pitchfork review is so lazy lol
    the album is so much more than a post-me too record against "toxic masculinity" ; it's personal, powerful and musically very, very inventive in lots of ways that a music writer should try to explain and put in perspective
     
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    liking this a lot tbh. gave it 5-6 spins today. replay value fs
     
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    I been in love with shorty since Criminal, but must admit that I hadn't heard much besides that. Gotta check her new s--- out, sahn.
     
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