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Edward Mass posted:First perfect 10 on Pitchfork since My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. It’s Perfect 10’s Across the Board for Fiona Apple’s Fetch the Bolt Cutters Fiona Apple has swooped in to save the world, once again — this time from the monotony of quarantine by releasing her long-awaited new album, Fetch the Bolt Cutters, her first since 2012’s The Idler Wheel. The reclusive performer has built her career on her terms, telling Vulture’s Rachel Handler, “Although it’s not so important to me what happens because of this album, it is important to me the way I handle how I’m presented. In the past, so much stuff would happen that just wasn’t me. Which is excruciating, if the whole reason you were doing anything was to be understood in the first place, you know?” It’s served her well once again, with critics declaring Fetch the Bolt Cutters a masterpiece, a classic, and possibly her best album yet. At the very least, it’s garnered instant acclaim, including a number of five-star reviews and Pitchfork’s first perfect 10.0 in a decade; it’s also currently scored a rare 100 on Metacritic. But don’t just trust us, read the reviews below — and for the love of God, give the album a spin!
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Let's say you're promoted at work because of the good job you do. Doesn't matter what you do right now, let's say you do a good enough job that you get bumped up the chain a bit. Your new boss says to you, "<you>, we really liked what you were doing. And we're looking forward to more of some of that effort in your new job. We're proud of the work you did. And we'd like you to help us back-fill your old spot and make sure the job gets done right. Could you do that for us?" Now, you really like your new boss and position, and you liked the last one too, and you feel like what you were doing mattered, at least a little bit, so you want whoever it is to at least put in a good solid effort to try at your old spot. So you sit in for some interviews. A few go pretty good. You get it narrowed down to one or two candidates, and it's down to the last few questions, and you REALLY want things to go well. So you ask the last person interviewing, just to be sure that they want and can handle this spot that's important to you and you know they can handle so you can move forward...well, you ask them, just to wrap things up, "Is there any reason you can think of you wouldn't fit in this position, I think you'd do good work, what do you think about it?" The candidate thinks for a moment. Puts their hands together and nods. Then begins to answer in a straightforward, clear voice. “Although it’s not so important to me what happens because of this interview, it is important to me the way I handle how I’m presented. In the past, so much stuff would happen that just wasn’t me. Which is excruciating, if the whole reason you were doing anything was to be understood in the first place, you know?”
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Apr 18, 2020 01:39
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For some reason the main thing I remember about Fiona Apple was in the late 90's (I think?) she tried to promote NOT eating turkeys on Thanksgiving. I remember a phone number you could call and hear a recorded message from her saying things link "don't kill these beautiful animals". People made fun of her but I thought she was cool for this. I too like animals.  Fake edit, I found this on the google http://www.mtv.com/news/1424975/fiona-cries-fowl/
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Apr 18, 2020 01:47
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And also this is kinda lol https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Hands
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Apr 18, 2020 01:50
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Big Beef City posted:Let's say you're promoted at work because of the good job you do. That's a pretty good answer tbqh, especially since the position I'm hiring for is that of a Popular Culture Act and the primary skills and background I'm looking for are emotional manipulation through media and performance art 
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Apr 18, 2020 02:08
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There’s a picture of me, and I’ve got all this black makeup on, and I’ve got short hair for some reason, and I’m going like this [makes angry face] in the camera. The reality of that situation was when I saw that picture, I was like, “What the gently caress?” Because I had no idea I had that makeup on my eyes. They chopped off my hair in post for some weird reason, and then somebody came up to me to touch up my eyes, but I didn’t know that they were blotting me with all this black stuff. It’s not such a big deal, it’s not a terrible look, but it’s just an example of how things went then. I can sit there and take a picture and then they’ll Photoshop me later so I don’t even look like myself, or they’ll put something on me to make me look like I’m mad and crying, and I don’t understand that there’s something in my eyes.
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Apr 18, 2020 02:18
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Big Beef City posted:Let's say you're promoted at work because of the good job you do. Sometimes artists, writers, musicians, and actors are those things, because they would literally be incapable of doing anything else with their lives.
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Apr 18, 2020 02:24
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Big Beef City posted:Let's say you're promoted at work because of the good job you do... is this an actual Pitchfork review?
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Apr 18, 2020 08:26
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Mechanical Animals was a p.dece album
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Apr 18, 2020 09:10
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the world is still bullshit. i feel like in a way fiona apple is the only voice of her generation who hit the big time who's still turning her pain into music. everyone else killed themselves, or sold out, or worst of all found some form of contentment
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Apr 18, 2020 09:34
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Meanwhile, Alanis Morissette is back in PAWG form
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Apr 18, 2020 09:37
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I’m pretty sure Billie Eilish is filling the eccentric female singer spot right now.
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Apr 19, 2020 12:11
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Telebite posted:For some reason the main thing I remember about Fiona Apple was in the late 90's (I think?) she tried to promote NOT eating turkeys on Thanksgiving. I remember a phone number you could call and hear a recorded message from her saying things link "don't kill these beautiful animals". That's hosed up, turkeys are easily one of the ugliest birds.
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Apr 19, 2020 14:29
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Big Beef City posted:Let's say you're promoted at work because of the good job you do. Good thing artists don't interview to work at your poo poo office job, I guess?
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Apr 19, 2020 15:15
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I listened to some of the songs, my vote for best anrgy 90's music girl is still ani difranco
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Apr 19, 2020 15:18
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pop fly to McGillicutty posted:Good thing artists don't interview to work at your poo poo office job, I guess?
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Apr 19, 2020 15:55
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Ocean Book posted:I listened to some of the songs, my vote for best anrgy 90's music girl is still ani difranco This reminds me of this time that rear end in a top hat teen aged me made fun of someone for listening to ani defranco and then they cried and I felt ambivalent. Good times.
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Apr 19, 2020 16:02
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Some motherfuckers itt forgetting about pj harvey
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Apr 19, 2020 16:12
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Turpitude posted:Some motherfuckers itt forgetting about pj harvey straight up. early Liz Phair was no slouch, either, not to mention Bikini Kill, Team Dresch, etc
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Apr 19, 2020 16:22
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funkybottoms posted:straight up. early Liz Phair was no slouch, either, not to mention Bikini Kill, Team Dresch, etc Okay, we can be friends now.
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Apr 19, 2020 16:24
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Literally A Person posted:Okay, we can be friends now. anyone who never had a crush on Kathleen Hanna can gtfo
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Apr 19, 2020 16:31
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funkybottoms posted:straight up. early Liz Phair was no slouch, either, not to mention Bikini Kill, Team Dresch, etc L7
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Apr 19, 2020 17:06
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the album is good, op
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Apr 19, 2020 17:18
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Turpitude posted:Some motherfuckers itt forgetting about pj harvey We’re not mentioning her because she’s so far above everyone else mentioned in this thread that she’s basically a different species.
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Apr 20, 2020 00:15
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I was holding out for the Fiona apple pog op you rear end in a top hat
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Apr 20, 2020 00:50
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discount annie defranco itt
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Apr 20, 2020 00:54
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Her new album is loving excellent and I've been listening to it nonstop for like 2 days.
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Apr 20, 2020 05:04
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Is it best to listen to The Idler Wheel before this new one? I like her first 3 albums and am willing to give her latest a shot but if the past decade has been as much of a departure for her as I've heard it might be best for me to catch up first. Or maybe it doesn't matter? I dunno!
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Apr 20, 2020 21:10
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Benny Harvey posted:Also, Maggie gylenhaal was hot at one point? No. Goodbye.
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Apr 21, 2020 02:56
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:Is it best to listen to The Idler Wheel before this new one? I like her first 3 albums and am willing to give her latest a shot but if the past decade has been as much of a departure for her as I've heard it might be best for me to catch up first. Or maybe it doesn't matter? I dunno! this is definitely continuing the trend of getting sparser and more raw musically like the idler wheel (a trend she even managed to pull off in between the releases of Extraordinary Machine and Extraordinary Machine)
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SidneyIsTheKiller posted:Is it best to listen to The Idler Wheel before this new one? I like her first 3 albums and am willing to give her latest a shot but if the past decade has been as much of a departure for her as I've heard it might be best for me to catch up first. Or maybe it doesn't matter? I dunno! It's on YouTube, you made a thread about it just listen to the loving album it's good what the heck are you doing with your life omg
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