Earlier this week, whilst discussing the competing versions of Fiona Apple’s new album Extraordinary Machine, I made the point that I have no allegiance to one version of any particular song. If you’ve got something better, bring it on. (This is a point I made back in August, explicitly discussing remixes.) So, I will provide [...]
“Here’s coming a better version of me…”
Here is the post from yesterday on Fiona Apple‘s Extraordinary Machine, versions BEM (bootleg) and OEM (official). We’re comparing the Jon Brion-produced version and the Mike Elizondo-produced version of a couple songs, just to see what we can see. Today’s song actually changed names along the way. On BEM, the song is called “Used to [...]
“Give us something familiar; something similar…”
Previously, I briefly covered the controversial history of Fiona Apple’s new Extraordinary Machine album. I am a huge fan of the bootleg version of the album, which I procured back in the Spring of this year. I spent most of the summer listening to it, on a daily basis for some of that time. Anyway, [...]
“I seem to you to seek a new disaster every day…”
If you’re not familiar with the minor brouhaha over the upcoming Fiona Apple album, I’ll catch you up. She recorded a complete set of tracks for Extraordinary Machine in 2002 with producer Jon Brion. Then, the album was reportedly being shelved indefinitely by executives at Apple’s label, Sony Music, who didn’t hear a potential single. [...]
Final registration
I swear, this is the last time I’m going to talk about Kanye West’s new album Late Registration — at least this week. I already posted two tracks — you want any more, go out and buy the damn album already. Of note is the song “Roses,” a track about Kanye’s sick grandmother and another [...]