Released November 9, 1999 Length 42:39 | Recorded 1998–1999 Release date 9 November 1999 | |
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Studio VariousAndora StudioChateau Brion StudioNRG Recording StudiosOcean Way StudioOne On One SouthPresence StudiosWoodwinds Genres Rock music, Jazz, Alternative rock, Baroque pop, Piano rock, Jazz fusion Nominations Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album Similar Fiona Apple albums, Alternative rock albums | ||
Fiona apple when the pawn album full
When the Pawn... is the shortened title of the second album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple. The whole title is When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes to the Fight and He'll Win the Whole Thing 'fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body to Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might so When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth Is the Greatest of Heights and If You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right. The album was released by Epic Records in the United States on November 9, 1999.
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- Fiona apple when the pawn album full
- Fiona apple on the bound lyrics pics
- Title
- Promotion
- Track listing
- Charts
- Songs
- References
In 2010, Spin magazine named the album the 106th greatest of the last 25 years. A year later, Slant Magazine named it the 79th best album of the 1990s. The album was also critically and commercially successful and was certified platinum. The album earned a nomination at the Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album.
Fiona apple on the bound lyrics pics
Title
The album title is a poem Apple wrote on tour after reading the readers' negative letters about her in the December 1997 issue of Spin magazine.
Rolling Stone magazine made fun of the title/poem, calling it, "When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts He Thinks Oh the Hell With It". "It came from being made fun of," she rued, "and then, of course, it becomes a thing I'm being made fun of for."
The album's title has become a source of trivia. On its release, it broke the record for longest album title at 444 characters (previously held by a volume in The Best... Album in the World...Ever!). However, in October 2007 Soulwax released their remix album Most of the Remixes, which has 100 characters more in its title. This was surpassed in 2008 by Chumbawamba's The Boy Bands Have Won..., whose full title contains 865 characters of text.
Promotion
The first single, "Fast as You Can", was fairly popular and received moderate radio and video airplay. It reached the top 20 on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and became Apple's first top 40 hit on the UK Singles Chart. The follow-up singles, "Limp" and especially "Paper Bag", which was nominated for a Grammy Award, were less successful. Apple's boyfriend at the time, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, directed videos for all three singles.
Track listing
All tracks written by Fiona Apple.
Charts
Songs
1On the Bound5:23
2To Your Love3:41
3Limp3:31