Fiona Apple - When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King...
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Artist: Fiona AppleEdition: Music CD
Format: Extra tracks, Import
CD Release Date: 2002-03-12
Music Label: Japanese Import
Soundtracks:
- On the Bound
- To Your Love
- Limp
- Love Ridden
- Paper Bag
- Mistake, A
- Fast As You Can
- Way Things Are, The
- Get Gone
- I Know
- Never Is A Promise
- Across The Universe
Music reviews of When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King...
Music Review: "Pawn" becomes a queen
Rating: 5 Stars
Fiona Apple returns in rare form in "When the Pawn..." (plus about ninety more words), her sophomore album -- and one of the rare ones that actually improves on the first. Her passionate bluesy-jazzy sound is blended with her strong, sensitive vocals and one soul-baring song after another.
"Hell don't know my fury." You said it, Fiona. Anger and melancholy permeate her songs, including the rage of "Limp" ("But no matter what I try/You'll beat me with your bitter lies") and the restrained quality of piano-bombast "The Way Things Are." Even the musically gentle "I Know" has a deep sadness, starting to move past some of the bitterness and anger coming before it, and early on Apple seems to apologize for her romantic shortcomings. There are also two additional tracks: the powerful Beatles cover "Across the Universe," from the movie "Pleasantville," and the haunting ballad "Never is a Promise," which doesn't immediately blend in, but works wonderfully and subtlely.
Female singer-songwriters are a dime a dozen today, but few of them do much more than set basic pop songs to acoustic guitar and piano. But Fiona Apple forges ahead with a noncomformist attitude and strong songs. In a nutshell, she comes across as an excellent musician, with all the power you'd expect from such a singer. And every song is a winner, gut-wrenching and beautiful in its intensity.
Musically, it has almost as much impact as her writing does. The music is often led by Apple's piano -- not tinkly piano, but dark, fast melodies that match her songs in rhythm and intensity. Percussion booms in songs like "Limp," as if giving vent to Apple's feelings. And cropping up from time to time are odd gurgles and squiggles, as well as some well-blended horn arrangements in the background.
Apple's voice is strong and assured, but it also has that rare quality of expressing vast amounts of emotion. Without, I might add, sounding overwrought. Which, since the mood is that of an Angry Young Woman, is a hard thing to pull off, but Apple's richly poetic lyrics ("And you can use my skin/to bury secrets in") make her songs seem intensely personal.
"When the Pawn..." is an almost exhausting experience -- just try listening to the whole thing without getting your heart rate up. From rotten lovers to personal pain, Fiona Apple explores the bitter side of love... and despite its bitterness, it's a gem.
Description of When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King...
Japanese edition of the hit vocalist's 1999 & second album with two bonus tracks added, 'Never Is A Promise' & her cover of The Beatles' classic 'Across The Universe' that she contributed to the soundtrack to the hit 1998 film 'Pleas antville'. 12 tracks total.General CDs
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