Fiona Apple - 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

One of Fionas most unique albums!

This is like Fiona Apple 2.0 Trip-Hop version.  There are just a lot more drum beats on this album then there were on 'Tidal'.  'Tidal' was basically a piano album, whereas this one breaks out and goes in all sorts of different uncharted directions.

Also Fiona sounds alot angrier on this one!  She is a little older here than on her debut so she is like an older chick that got dumped a few times and is all mad and stuff.  Hard Harry412 digs the authenticity.  Us Gen. Xers aren't going to be happy hippies, damn it!

'Fast As You Can' is one of the better more creative songs on here!  Had someone even thought of mixing jazz and trip-hop before this one?  I doubt it!  

It is cool in that it is almost like two songs in one!  There is the fast part and the slow part in the middle (and the slow part sounds like a 'traditional Fiona Apple song').  Soundgardens 'Rusty Cage' is alot like this as well!  It is like two songs in one man, that is sweet!

Another song on here I really like is 'Love Ridden'.  Man it is like a total solo piano song and shows the range and dynamics that Apple is capable of!  She can go solo or add in lots of musicians too and all of it sounds good!

Also I have always like the mid-tempo number 'Get Gone', it is just a good example of Fionas music all around and I have never understood why it was never more popular, well I like it so that is good enough.

None of Fionas other albums sound like this one, so it stands out to me and is a totally worthy addition to Fionas discography!