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Extraordinary Machine - Fiona Apple
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84 out of 100

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8.7 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 139 Ratings

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  • Summary: The singer-songwriter's third album finally sees the light of day after originally being shelved by her record label in 2003 and then leaked onto the Internet. This official 'Machine' is a newly-recorded version (with producer Mike Elizondo taking over for the original's Jon Brion), so if you've heard the leaked tracks, you haven't heard this. Let the comparisons begin!… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 27
  3. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. Blender
    100
    This is one helluva piece of singer-songwriter art. [Nov 2005, p.129]
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  2. Entertainment Weekly
    100
    The cleaner take on Extraordinary Machine is like a trip to a less cluttered haunted house, and Apple's more nuanced delivery sticks the knife in, but slowly. It's both charming and devastating. [7 Oct 2005, p.72]
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  3. Stylus Magazine
    50
    A rudderless piece of work.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 91 out of 103
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 103
  3. Negative: 7 out of 103
  1. gagaforever
    10
    Such an amazing album!!!!!! I jknow ever word to every song and can hit all the notes...Fiona apple is such a good singer and deserves to be recognized… Expand
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  2. RobbieC
    5
    An utter disappointment. The original tracks sounded audacious, ostentatious, grandiose! Unlike any other music being made today. In their finished state, she is part Eminem, part Fiona-on-Quaaludes, all weak and compromised. The only reason this album gets so much as a 5 is because two of the tracks are unchanged and two others might have been improved.… Expand
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  3. EminS
    3
    Better version of me, the leaked version 4.0 was so much better than the actual released album version. I am a huge Fiona fan but honey this album plays like a party for a letter opening. The people are there, the booze is there but there's nothing to party about. First 3-4 songs are good and the rest I just can not bring myself to care about. Call it introspective, call it artistic, call it edgy, call it anything you want, this album is just not very listenable. I'm sorry Fiona, better luck next time.… Expand
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