Fiona Apple Pens Short Album With Tall Title
When the Pawn Hits ... will be preceded by
piano songstress' single 'Fast As You Can.'
Senior Writer Gil Kaufman reports:
Singer/songwriter Fiona Apple will break a three-year silence
Nov. 9 when she releases an album that may have the longest
title in the history of rock 'n' roll. It will be preceded by a single
whose title is a bit more succinct 霠86 words fewer, to be
exact.
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,
is the full title of the singer's sophomore album, according to
spokesperson Luke Burland.
Though Burland said she was not sure if
the title was the longest ever for a pop
release, she suspected it might be. It's
unclear, she added, how the 90-word
title 霠lengthier than some songs 霠will
be displayed on the album's cover or
spine.
The album, produced by musician Jon
Brion (Aimee Mann, Rufus Wainwright),
will be preceded by the first single, "Fast
As You Can."
The upbeat, almost frantic rock song is
propelled by a boogie-woogie piano riff,
Beatlesque backing vocals and a funky
drum beat that has the feel of a drum &
bass dance track. The enigmatic
songstress delivers the chorus in her
trademark throaty deadpan, singing,
"Fast as you can/ Baby, run free
yourself up/ As fast as you can."
"We are expecting a more mature version of Fiona," wrote two
28-year-old New York fans who gave only their first names,
David and Nanikita. They are the webmasters of the unofficial
"Fiona Apple 霠Never Is a Promise" website.
"Some of her music from her first album was written when she
was around 15 years old and was a culmination of a life's work
with insight that belied a very young person. Fiona has always
shown a depth in soul and spirit, and with this album we
expect to be touched with the same soulfulness," they wrote.
Guest musicians on the 10-track album include
session-drummers Matt Chamberlin (Macy Gray) and veteran
Jim Keltner (Bob Dylan, John Lennon) and Patrick Warren,
the keyboardist from Apple's 1996 debut. Drummer Butch,
from the pop-band the Eels, who uses only his first name,
plays on the songs "Limp" and "To Your Love."
Producer Brion plays a variety of instruments on all the
album's songs, which also include the tracks "Love Ridden"
and "Paper Bag," according to Burland.
Among the contenders for longest album title are a pair of
albums from hip-hop pop group P.M. Dawn and a 1998 effort
by former American Music Club singer Mark Eitzel. P.M.
Dawn did their best to stretch things out on Of the Heart, of
the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience (1991) and
The Bliss Album ... ? (Vibrations of Love and Anger and the
Ponderance of Life and Existence) (1993). Eitzel gave it a
shot on Caught in a Trap and I Can't Back Out 'Cause I Love
You Too Much, Baby (1998), but both lag behind Apple by
more than 70 words.
Apple has been at work in a Los Angeles studio honing the
album since January. The eagerly anticipated release is the
follow-up to the singer's multiplatinum debut, Tidal (1996),
which featured the emotive, piano-driven radio hits
"Shadowboxer" (RealAudio excerpt) and "Sleep to Dream."
The 22-year-old singer's debut mixed cathartic lyrics and
sultry, throaty singing over trip-hop drum beats and lush
arrangements from manager/producer Andrew Slater
(Wallflowers, Macy Gray). The album was not a strong seller
at first, but it slowly gained steam over the course of a year, in
part thanks to the video for the song "Criminal" (RealAudio
excerpt), which featured Apple in a variety of provocative
poses.
Apple took home the Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal
Performance for "Criminal" after performing the song on the
1998 show.
She recorded a cover of the Beatles song "Across the
Universe" for the soundtrack for the 1998 film "Pleasantville."
Her boyfriend, "Boogie Nights" director Paul Thomas
Anderson, directed the accompanying video.
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we have to hold onto,
death is the reason and living is the celebration
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