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Fiona Apple McAfee Maggart is an American singer-songwriter and pianist. Apple garnered international acclaim for her 1996 debut album, Tidal, which was a critical and commercial success   

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Song	Year	Album

Criminal	1996	Tidal
Every Single Night	2012	The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You Mo
Across the Universe	1998	Pleasantville
Paper Bag	1999	When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King...
Hot Knife	2012	The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You Mo
Anything We Want	2012	The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You Mo
Werewolf	2012	The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You Mo
Fast as You Can	1999	When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Like a King...
Shadowboxer	1996	Tidal
Not About Love	2005	Extraordinary Machine
Valentine	2012	The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You Mo
Sleep to Dream	1996	I Want New Music
Extraordinary Machine	2005	Extraordinary Machine
Never Is a Promise	1996	Tidal
Left Alone	2012	The Idler Wheel Is Wiser than the Driver of the Screw, And Whipping Cords Will Serve You Mo

Fiona Apple came to fame in the 90's during the Neurotic Age of Female Rock Empowerment. You know the sort, the Alanis Morissettes and Tori Amoses of the world. She basically gave a demo tape to her baby sitter who worked for a record company while she was staying with her father in LA. On the strength of the demo she was signed and became a huge star with her brand of introspective, lyrically rich, jazz-themed piano melodies.

Her lyrics have continually inspired me, defiantly rhyming and alliterating at the poetic end of the pop spectrum. Some of my favorite lyrics of hers include these from Tymps, off her third studio albumExtraordinary Machine:
"Those boon times went bust My feet of clay, they dried to dust The red isn't the red we painted Its just rust"

and these from Fast As You Can, off her second, When The Pawn.

"I may be soft in your palm but I'll soon grow Hungry for a fight, and I will not let you win My pretty mouth will frame the phrases that will Disprove your faith in man So if you catch me trying to find my way into your Heart from under your skin -Fast as you can, baby scratch me out, free yourself Fast as you can"

And HERE'S the video, which you should watch to get the full effect of the way she sings them and their intended meanings.

After a while I always find I'm a bit like OK FIONA CHILLAX FOR A GODDAMN MOMENT WILL YA?? But she admits that the songs come from a need to get out her strongest feelings. Invariably lots of these feelings are of the negative variety. Consequently the lyrics, while incredibly poetic and rich in imagery, contrast with her rasping, almost desperate voice to a powerful, truthful effect. You know how some singers chat shit a lot of the time just for effect (COUGH! LADY GAGA!)?? I always get the impression that these feelings almost by-pass Fiona's body, coming straight from the most honest part of herself.

She often describes her songs as 'pep-talks' to herself, as was the case of the title song of her third album Extraordinary Machine. Her fourth album is on the way and here she is talking about that process of creation and the urge she feels to write and perform, stemming back to her childhood: