• Record Label: Sony
  • Release Date: Oct 4, 2005
User Score
8.7

Universal acclaim- based on 221 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Negative: 12 out of 221

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  1. Jun 9, 2020
    3
    This album in simple terms describes chaos, even though the production might look like its all over the place its rawness is unparalleled in the grand scheme of her catalogue.Its the opposite of her last album where the lyrics this time seemed a bit dumbed down.
  2. Levi
    Jan 7, 2006
    2
    An absolute borefest. Yawn.
  3. Aaron
    Oct 6, 2005
    1
    Wow, is this one overrated. I hated, hated, hated this record. It should have stayed on the shelf. Sorry, but there was a reason she was hesitant about releasing this.
  4. scottO-
    Nov 9, 2005
    1
    overated. period, most interesting thing about the whole album is the producer controversy.
  5. DougH
    Oct 7, 2005
    3
    You people are kidding yourselves. There's barely a melody to remember on this wandering, unfocused, self-indulgent offering. And I like Fiona Apple.
  6. EminS
    Nov 16, 2005
    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, 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
  7. MinhN
    Nov 21, 2005
    2
    I am a huge fan of Fiona Apple and I found this album not even remotely as good as her previous works (tidal, when the pawn...) I've listened to it a half dozen times and have found nothing memorable about it. Sterile, lukewarm, and very very overrated.
  8. jim
    Nov 26, 2005
    0
    yawn.
Metascore
84

Universal acclaim - based on 27 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 26 out of 27
  2. Negative: 0 out of 27
  1. 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]
  2. The New York Times
    90
    There's a new layer of perspective on her magnificent third album. [3 Oct 2005]
  3. With a less confessional and more confrontational attitude, this long-gestating album has lost the tenderness found on "Tidal" and some of "When the Pawn . . .," but her execution still commands attention. [8 Oct 2005]