I'm listening to an album from start to finish, in the sequence which
the artist and producer wants their audience to listen to.
Some years ago I fell out of love with Tidal. Not sure why that
happened, because when I first got my hands on it at 16, I was smitten
with it. I remember listening to the album in my bedroom, reading the
lyrics in the CD liner and trying to memorise all the words. But when
her sophomore album, When the pawn, came out, I thought it was a
better album, and when the two versions of Extraordinary Machine
(produced by Jon Brion before Sony nixed it and passed it on to
Timbaland) came out, I forgot about Tidal entirely. Like I didn't even
migrate the album onto mp3s, that's how much I drifted apart from the
album.
Why did I fall out of love with the album? Too much raw emotion? Too
emo? (I remember thinking that Sullen Girl (about Apple's rape) was a
very depressing song.) Too much personal baggage with the album?
(Fiona Apple was recommended by a cousin of my then best-friend, and
we definitely had a thing for each other then).
But whatever the reason, it was a pure coincidence that I managed to
chance on Criminal playing over local airwaves yesterday. Coincidence
because I hardly listen to local radio in the car anymore, I'll always
plug in my iPod or iPhone within the first few minutes of starting the
car. And coincidence because IT'S LOCAL RADIO, for crying out loud.
Fiona Apple isn't exactly Top 40, is she?
But whatever the case, I've started listening to the album and falling
in love with Fiona Apple all over again. Lubs.
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