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Tidal is the debut album by Fiona Apple, a New York singer-songwriter-pianist who was 18 years old at the time of its 1996 release. Apple is obviously talented--she has a dark, smoky alto and a knack for an arresting turn of phrase--but she's still several years away from realizing her potential. For every fresh lyric she writes ("Daddy longlegs, I feel that I'm finally growing weary of waiting to be consumed by you"), she provides two examples of embarrassingly precious schoolgirl poetry ("Adagio breezes fill my skin with sudden red," from the same song, "The First Taste"). She also has yet to refine her moody piano chords into actual melodies, though "Shadowboxer" comes close. --Geoffrey Himes

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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 09, 2007 Type: User Review When it's good, it's violent

Lots of missteps here, especially the 'soulful fuzak' approach, and less ear candy than later work, but the key tracks conclusively demonstrate Apple a master of the pissed off / vulnerable dichtomy not seen since Joni Mitchell stopped taking crap...
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 09, 2007 Type: User Review When it's good, it's violent

Lots of missteps here, especially the 'soulful fuzak' approach, and less ear candy than later work, but the key tracks conclusively demonstrate Apple a master of the pissed off / vulnerable dichtomy not seen since Joni Mitchell stopped taking crap...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 20, 2007 Type: User Review excelent debut

great album... no as complete as her second one "when the pawn" but definitely brought my attention to her awesome singing... "criminal" and "sleep to dream"my favorite songs.. and also the use of a mellotron keyboard stirs up memories of the 70's...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jan 20, 2007 Type: User Review excelent debut

great album... no as complete as her second one "when the pawn" but definitely brought my attention to her awesome singing... "criminal" and "sleep to dream"my favorite songs.. and also the use of a mellotron keyboard stirs up memories of the 70's...
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From: Amazon Posted: Dec 31, 2006 Type: User Review Excellent

Bought this cd site unseen. Heard the voice and the rest is history. Wish there was more material out there - but this is the first and best effort from Fiona. Every song is powerful and soulful that will move you. It is a pitty that there was not...
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From: Amazon Posted: Dec 31, 2006 Type: User Review Excellent

Bought this cd site unseen. Heard the voice and the rest is history. Wish there was more material out there - but this is the first and best effort from Fiona. Every song is powerful and soulful that will move you. It is a pitty that there was not...
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 29, 2006 Type: User Review sultry rock

this album is wonderful, it is blues based, with jazzy tunes, yet there is a rock /pop componenet as well. for those of you that love tori amos and the like. This album is a bit mellow and sad though. no real fast songs to groove to.
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From: Amazon Posted: Nov 29, 2006 Type: User Review sultry rock

this album is wonderful, it is blues based, with jazzy tunes, yet there is a rock /pop componenet as well. for those of you that love tori amos and the like. This album is a bit mellow and sad though. no real fast songs to groove to.
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From: Amazon Posted: Oct 04, 2006 Type: User Review Ahh! Bliss.....

Tidal is a lovely album, and for me can only be likened to the sensation of lying on a settee in that near sleep stage, warmed by an autumn sun streaming through the window. It is that post-lunch satisfaction, the lazy smoke off a fire of piled...
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From: Amazon Posted: Oct 04, 2006 Type: User Review Ahh! Bliss.....

Tidal is a lovely album, and for me can only be likened to the sensation of lying on a settee in that near sleep stage, warmed by an autumn sun streaming through the window. It is that post-lunch satisfaction, the lazy smoke off a fire of piled...
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