Fiona Apple broke her own record, again. In between the release of Tidal (1996) and When the Pawn... (1999), there was a three year gap. From the latter until the release of Extraordinary Machine (2005), there was a 6 year hiatus. Once her new record, entitled The Idler Wheel... was released last week, there was a long 7 year waiting for something new. Finally she managed to released it. And, although being in a way inferior to her previous albuns, it is not bad at all. But it is not that good either. The fact is - she really took too long. Expectations were really high. And the final product did not match such expectations.
The Idler Wheel debuted on number 3 on Billboard TOP 200, Fiona Apple's best performance in the United States. That was not a surprise. All her fans has been expecting her new album for about two years. Now they got it. Now we got it. But, was it worth the waiting? Honestly, it is a good album, although too short (only 10 songs). All Fiona's best features are there - the rustic drums, the heavy jazz piano, and her typical under control rage, expressed with irritated vocals and cynical lyrics. But there is not a great moment on the album. It is all too constant, with nothing particularly new. Maybe "Valentine" might be seen as a highlight. It is a very lovely song that reminds us of the Fiona from Tidal. Lyrically, the songs on The Idler Wheel... revolve around the same issues - auto critic and frustration in a fail to change. "How can i ask anyone to love when all i do is beg to be left alone", she spits in "Left Alone". In fact, that is the same thematic she explores since the beginning of her career, with few exceptions. But she does explore it quite poetically, always coming up with acid verses. Musically, the album resembles in general that first version of Extraordinary Machine, with Fiona's powerful vocals ready to explode. Her voice is gorgeous in songs like "Anything We Want" and the funny "Daredevil". Although it is not Fiona's best release, it is a record that does not lack good qualities. As a mentioned afore, the problem was that we perhaps expected something wild, bigger, given such a 7 never-ending-waiting years. But it's good to finally have Fiona back. Enjoy it. We never know how long she will take to produce another album.
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