Tidal (album)

Tidal
Studio album by Fiona Apple
Released July 23, 1996 (U.S.)
Recorded Sony Music Studios, Ocean Way Recorders and 4th Street Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Genre Jazz fusion
Alternative
Baroque pop
Length 51:29
Label Work
Producer Andrew Slater
Fiona Apple chronology
Tidal
(1996)		 When the Pawn...
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Los Angeles Times [2]
PopMatters (9/10)[3]
Q [4]
Robert Christgau [5]
Rolling Stone [6]

Tidal is the first album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Work Records in the United States on July 23, 1996. It peaked at number 15 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and up to October 2005 had sold 2.7 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.[7] It was certified gold by the RIAA in December 1996, platinum in July 1997, two times platinum the following October and three times platinum in April 1999.

Tidal produced six singles: "Shadowboxer", "Slow Like Honey",[8] "Sleep to Dream", "The First Taste", "Criminal" and "Never Is a Promise". "Criminal", the album's most popular single, won a 1998 Grammy Award for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" and was named the single of 1997 in a poll of Rolling Stone readers.[9] The music video for "The First Taste" never aired in the U.S.[10]

The 2005 album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise by Bettye Lavette is titled after a lyric in "Sleep to Dream", and includes a cover of that song.

In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named Tidal the 20th Best Album of the last 25 years (1983–2008). In 2010, Rolling Stone placed it among the greatest albums of the 1990s, at number 83.[11] A year later, Slant Magazine placed it at number 74.[12]

Contents

Track listing

All songs were written by Fiona Apple.

  1. "Sleep to Dream" – 4:08
  2. "Sullen Girl" – 3:53
  3. "Shadowboxer" – 5:24
  4. "Criminal" – 5:41
  5. "Slow Like Honey" – 5:56
  6. "The First Taste" – 4:46
  7. "Never Is a Promise" – 5:54
  8. "The Child Is Gone" – 4:14
  9. "Pale September" – 5:50
  10. "Carrion" – 5:43

Personnel

Production

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 2
Chart (1997) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 15
Single Chart (1996) Peak
position
"Shadowboxer" U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 32
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 34
Single Chart (1997) Peak
position
"Sleep to Dream" U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 28
"Criminal" U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 17
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 4
U.S. Billboard Hot 100 21
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 18

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  3. ^ PopMatters review
  4. ^ Q review
  5. ^ Robert Christgau review
  6. ^ Rolling Stone review
  7. ^ "Loyal fans helped free Fiona Apple's CD". Associated Press/MSNBC Entertainment. October 5, 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2006.
  8. ^ Fiona Apple Slow Like Honey USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (115842)
  9. ^ ~~~~ www.rocklist.net ~~~~
  10. ^ mvdbase.com - Fiona Apple - "The first taste"
  11. ^ [1]
  12. ^ [2]

External links

Fiona Apple
Albums
Tidal (1996)  · When the Pawn… (1999)  · Extraordinary Machine (2005)  · iTunes Originals (2006)
Singles
"Shadowboxer"  · "Slow Like Honey"  · "Sleep to Dream"  · "The First Taste"  · "Criminal"  · "Never Is a Promise"  · "Fast as You Can"  · "Limp"  · "Paper Bag"  · "Parting Gift"  · "O' Sailor"  · "Not About Love"  · "Get Him Back"
See also