Fetch the Bolt Cutters

PLACEHOLDER

I don't like this. I don't know what else to say.

There were some tracks I enjoyed but on others I found the vocals kind of annoying. It might need another listen or two.

Top Track - Shameika

The good tracks are incredible, and the filler is passable at the very least.

Regrettably, more Björk, and Chance the Rapper, than Janis Joplin, but still really quite brilliant since she sincerely has all three in her. I just wonder what it’d be like to hear her more purely than in an experimental tone. Not ersatz tho, just too heady at times, & I enjoy her more as an ambassador of soul qua the rawest soul than soul qua the voice of an oddball queen.

This is very meh for me

Fiona Apple didn't cook here. I like her earlier work, but this does little for me. It's certainly a bit more boundary pushing than her earlier stuff, so I can see why it works well for music nerds. Perhaps just a little too out there for me though, it kind of takes away from my enjoyment here.

solidno. raznovrsno i nedosljedno što je istodobno i dobra i loša stvar, i vrlina i mana. istakla mi se stvar »relay« kao daleko najbolja. neki repniškiji momenti pretkraj nisu mi nikako sjeli

Good addition. Mostly annoys me, personally. Got sick of hearing about it in 2020. Fantano music: minus 1 star.

To address a random review: I'm quite sure that more than 3 female artists debuted in the 90s. Liz Phair cooler anyway.

The Good: We are gonna get outta here!
The Bad: Turns out these bold cutters are made of cold butters…
The Ugly: Putting an apple on cold butter…

Yes, I agree, the above was stupid and silly… which is kind of the way I was feeling during at least half this album.
Tit for tat, I’d say.

Fiona does a good job in staying true to that ‘90s vibe that made her famous, yet also embracing the here and now of these shitty ‘20s—that could be my age judging the ‘20s.

I’ve listened to the album three times now and it has convinced me of the fact that I am done with the album… it can go onto the bottom of the pile, and remain there…

3* for effort though

Fetch The Bolt Cutters was a really damn good album. This one definitely feels very different from the last album i heard from her that being Tidal (man, its been nearly 3 years since i heard that album). That one heavily leaned into a very pop like style, however, this one honestly felt more like Tom Waits with some feminine attitude and that is something i really like. The general bases of the songs aren't anything to write home about but the melodies overlayed on top of them are honestly so good. The lyrics are also some really good ones too. A few iffy vocals do unfortunately prevent this album from getting 5 stars but this one still one very enjoyable listen.
Best Song: Newspaper
Worst Song: I Want You To Love Me

She has a decent voice. Seems like an album a young person would make. Very surprised she's knocking 50 years old

The beginning was really strange, then I thought it got better, and then it became a bit boring. I don't know, a 3 because I see great potential here, maybe I'll listen to it again, but anyway, I think it's another one of those that I could have done without.

I think I actually did listen to this album when it came out during covid lockdowns. I don't remember it but who really remembers anything they did at that time?
Ok so I don't know why this album would be included on the list. It's fine, not nearly as good as some of her older stuff from the 90s. This really does sound like the project of someone stuck inside by themselves for an extended period of time. Which is odd because this was released in April of 2020 and that was right at the beginning of the whole covid lockdown period. Maybe I just didn't get it? I'd never listen to this again. 2.5/5

Fiona's still got a great voice, even after almost 10 years without a release. I've got a lot of respect for the experimentation here, and love the idea that this is her, spending early COVID learning how to use GarageBand. That being said, it's just not a great album. Some good moments, but most of this almost hour long album feels like a demo that hasn't been fully fleshed out.

From the reviews, this clearly touched people deeply. I had no idea Fiona Apple had produced anything post-debut.

I appreciate the DIY sound of this album, but it's very late oughts/early tens, despite the 2020 release date - especially with its focus on cutesy harmonies and echoey drums. However, there's enough originality and creativity on this record to earn it three stars.

2.5/5.0: Mixed

this was a cool album. im not a huge fan the production but i found it interesting that most of it was done in garageband.

“I want you to love me” was my SOTY in 2020. Still good.

Was there a better year to release an album called Fetch the Bolt Cutters than 2020? It really resonated with me during lockdown, but it still sounds extraordinary when I don’t feel like I’m being held prisoner. (Although if I need to feel frustrated again, I could just remember that one of the highest-rated reviews for this album seems to suggest that a successful female artist in the 2020s couldn’t possibly still experience sexism before speculating that Fetch the Bolt Cutters only got rave reviews because male music critics fancied Fiona Apple in the 1990s.)