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Song of the Day #6,168: ‘Letter From An Unknown Girlfriend’ – The Waterboys feat. Fiona Apple

It’s tough being a fan of an artist who is the opposite of prolific. Take Fiona Apple, one of my very favorites — she has released just five albums in 30 years.

Given that dearth of content, any new recording by Ms. Apple is a cause for celebration. And recent months have seen a flurry of such activity, at least by her standards. I don’t know if a new album is forthcoming (it’s been five years since her last, 2020’s acclaimed Fetch the Bolt Cutters), but maybe her renewed interest in hitting the studio is a good sign.

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Song of the Day #6,000: ‘I Know (Live)’ – Elvis Costello

With apologies to Duran Duran, whose ‘The Wild Boys‘ would have been today’s Throwback Weekend selection, I’m suspending my usual programming to acknowledge another milestone for the blog.

Today is my 6,000th post, a number that frankly feels a little obscene. Have I really been doing this every day for 16 1/2 years? Apparently so.

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Song of the Day #5,983: ‘Waltz (Better Than Fine)’ – Fiona Apple

Another artist I’d love to see inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is Fiona Apple. The singer-songwriter has been eligible since 2022 but has not yet received a nomination.

Apple has earned the honor on a few levels. First and foremost is the sheer quality of her music. Each of her universally acclaimed albums has stretched her songwriting into new territory, experimenting with tempo shifts, discordant chords, and creative instrumentation. She has also been a strong influence on a generation of women mining similar emotionally raw territory outside of the mainstream.

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Song of the Day #5,920: ‘Get Him Back’ – Fiona Apple

Continuing a countdown of my favorite albums of 2005…

#2 – Extraordinary Machine – Fiona Apple

Here’s an album that could have been on this list twice.

Fiona Apple’s long-awaited follow-up to 1999’s When the Pawn… was initially recorded with producer Jon Brion before being shelved (either by the record label, the artist herself, or some combination of the two, depending on which version of events you choose to believe).

That “bootleg” version was later leaked in full to rapturous reviews, causing fans to lobby for an official release that never happened.

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Song of the Day #4,923: ‘The Child is Gone’ – Fiona Apple

Today’s Random Weekend selection is a late track on Fiona Apple’s 1996 debut album TIdal.

Ironically, Tidal is both the biggest success and the most forgotten record in Apple’s 25-year career. She has released only five albums during that span, and it was the second, 1999’s When the Pawn…, that made her a critical darling and indie icon. The three releases since have met with lavish critical praise as her music has become less commercially accessible.

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