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Universal acclaim- based on 1396 Ratings
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Mixed: 58 out of 1396
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Negative: 207 out of 1396
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Apr 17, 2020This is such a huge statement as an album. The lyrics are brilliant, incredible instrumental, incredible production, incredible everything. It feels almost like a new statement for music in general, it got too much going on and everything just works incredibly well, nothing like it. It feels like a huge fresh air of a completely original, innovative and refined masterpiece.
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Apr 17, 2020
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Apr 19, 2020
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May 1, 2020
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Apr 17, 2020Meh. It's good if you're already a fan of Fiona Apple. Unlikely to convince you if you're not.
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Jun 16, 2020if you don't like this album, you don't like music.
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Jul 7, 2020Anyone rating low didn't finish the album or can't comprehend human emotion.
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Jul 4, 2020It's about SONGWRITING. There are so many sharp hooks that multiple songs stick with you for months afterward. The Fiona we've known for decades is still here, with her magnificent, nearly poetic lyricism, sharp tongue, and legendary piano-playing. She yields a new set of weapons with this batch of tracks however; a raw, tactile sense of production.
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Jun 26, 2020Best I have ever heard. Amazing. So many layers and gets better and better over time. Learned you need good headphones to capture the nuances of the music. Amazing.
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Jul 27, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 18, 2020
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Jul 24, 2020Album of The year! Fiona DID that! Newspapper, Shameika, Relay and Heavy Balloon
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Jul 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 25, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 24, 2020Excelente album, con mucha razón es el mejor disco en criticas, y también por eso muchos comentarios negativos aquí de gentuza envidiosa y sin buen gusto. Sin duda uno de los mejores albums de todos los tiempos.
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Jul 25, 2020Perfeito incrível espetacular aclamadissimo memorável esse álbum é simplesmente incrível merece muito o AOTY esse ano isso se o Grammy não criar uma categoria especial pra esse ano especial
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Jul 1, 2020I'm not too sure what to think of this album. My overall impression is positive, as the album has its moments, but at times it's all a bit too mad for me. Fiona is clearly very talented and creative, but occasionally she just seems to try too hard.
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Aug 29, 2020Álbum bem ressoado vocalmente, sua interpretação é máxima. Liríca complexa e criativa; Destaco I want you to love me que é abertura estoante junto com Relay pelo fundo ofegante e Ladies pela letra interpretada.
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Aug 31, 2020La gente que dice que este album solo te puede gustar si te gusta Fiona Apple, estaaan bien? Mor por este álbum me gusta Fiona Apple, por este álbum no puedo odiarte, 2020.
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Nov 1, 2020
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Jul 11, 2020
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Sep 3, 2020Perfect! Iconic! Amazing! Acclaimed! Memorable! Through instruments and lyricals, Fiona was able to understand human emotion in a simple and real way!
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Jul 25, 2020uma obra de arte que vai ganhar muitos grammys. a fiona foi MUITO perspicaz aqui
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Nov 20, 2020APPLE, YET AGAIN, EXCELS IN WHAT SHE DOES BEST: CONVEYING EMOTION TO THE LISTENER USING WHATEVER MEANS POSSIBLE.
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May 24, 2020Fiona got herself a new fan. Every song stands great on its own. the hype is real
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May 28, 2020PERFECT
AOTY
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May 31, 2020Okay so i dismissed this album as some critic-pandering album that just wasn't for me. Then I actually listened to it. It wasn't that.
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Jun 8, 2020On the first listen, I was excited by all the different sounds I was hearing. Now, fifty or so listens later, it's catchy, it's clever, and it manages to stay fresh.
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May 29, 2020
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Sep 1, 2020I don't understand why they think it's the biggest album of the year, songs with lyrics and repetitive sounds on all 13 tracks are the best songs of the year?
The album is cool and I think it is one of the best of Fiona Apple but I don't think "Fetch the Bolt Cutters" is a totally cohesive album. It sounds kind of tiring when I reach the thirteenth track since all the songs have the same sounds. -
May 29, 2020It’s a masterpiece, it reflects what Fiona is...one of the greatest artist of our time
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May 30, 2020Brilliant!!!
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Jul 24, 2020the power that that has, the intelligence that that has, the clearance that that has, the access that that has, the influence that that has, the profile that that has, the international implications that that has
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Jun 3, 2020It gets better with every listen. My second favourite Fiona album behind When The Pawn. The production is great and some of the best songwriting of her career. Sone tracks are a bit to log but apart from that it’s pretty much perfect.
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Jul 3, 2020I love the upgrade, now she's angry not only at her lovers, but at every single men on earth
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May 29, 2020it is certainly one of the best albums of the year, thanks for this work of art fiona apple.
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May 21, 2020the queen of music!! the greatest THE GREATEST SONGWRITER ALIVE OR DEAD SHE IS THE MOMENT
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May 29, 2020this is literally the best album ever by the most amazing artist ever!
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Jul 8, 2020el álbum siempre mantiene un sonido constante, no hace que pienses que estás escuchando diferentes álbumes, pero implementa ritmos, sonidos y géneros diferentes, lo cual hace que no te quedes dormido. vocales excelentes, te hacen sentir en casa pero en una en medio de la naturaleza, donde lo único que puedes hacer ahí es vivir tu día a día cantando con tus perros y amando estar vivo.
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May 23, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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May 24, 2020Perfeito, coeso e maravilhosa Fionna se superando cada vez mais com esse álbum PERFEITO
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Jul 6, 2020Un trabajo que no teme mostrar la faceta creativa de Fiona Apple, entretenido de inicio a fin y con gran calidad, este álbum es de lo mejor que hay en pleno 2020.
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May 1, 2020FTBC is a radical reaction to all that is fake: autotune, glossy Instagram lives, unauthentic lyrics. This album has none of that. Fiona gives us a zero-bs approach to music, taking things even further than what she had done with "The Idler Wheel...". A raw, gritty masterpiece that is not only unafraid of its flaws, but builds on them, rises above them.
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May 27, 2020Uma lenda vivaaaaa!! Devolvam o 100 dela metacritic e apague os comentários de propósito desses haters.
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Apr 17, 2020This is easily the best album of the year, I don’t know what could possibly top it
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Aug 7, 2020
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May 2, 2020I have enjoyed the early releases by Fiona Apple but this release did nothing for me. No emotional connection, no earworms, no groove to nod my head to. I just didn't grab my ears.
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Apr 17, 2020Fetch The Bolt Cutters is a masterpiece. No one can express feelings and emotions like Fiona Apple. One of the greatest songwriters of our generation. Absolutely outstanding!!
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Apr 20, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Apr 17, 2020What a **** great start for a new decade of music!! Fetch the Bolt Cutters was indeed worth the wait!!
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Apr 17, 2020An amazing piece of art. The production here is what sets this album apart from her others, she really shines in her home studio, you can tell how comfortable she is singing these fierce, unabashed lyrics, using her voice as her strongest instrument. This album is so unique, authentic, and powerful. 10/10
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Apr 21, 2020An artist unleashed. It's Fiona Apple, we can't expect anything less. Unconventional and raw. Art at its finest.
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Apr 17, 2020Excelente, Fiona siempre ha hecho de su vida arte y este no fue la excepción
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Apr 17, 2020
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Apr 17, 2020Such a thrilling evolution of The Idler Wheel's sounds with a pen as sharp as ever and a constantly charming sense of playful inventiveness. I don't think I can quite pin down how exactly I feel about this. Wow.
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Apr 17, 2020The eight-year wait was absolutely worth it - Fiona's brilliant songwriting shines through on every single track on the album. It's so far removed from what conventional 'music' in 2020 sounds - her music and lyrics demand attention, and are so uniquely hers. By far the best album of the decade thus far.
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Apr 17, 2020Wow this album... It's do different yet exactly something you'd expect from Fiona. The charm that the self produced sounds creates, all the goofy gimmicks, the funky and experimental drum and bass, the repetitions of lines and the story telling lyrics. I'm in love with everything
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Apr 17, 2020It was amazing and breathtaking. Everybody moved!!!! Everybody said something!!!!!!
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Apr 17, 2020Musically this album is a stunning, unsettling tour-de-force. If you're willing to be challenged, and to truly immerse yourself, you will be rewarded. It is not background music; it demands more and deserves it.
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Apr 17, 2020Fiona unbound, wild, and let loose. And she is here to save us. Bow down. Thank you Fiona.
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Apr 17, 2020
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Apr 17, 2020I have been a fan for years but frankly, this album is one of the best I have ever head. An absolute gem of an album by one of the greatest songwriters still living.
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Apr 17, 2020I guess we have the best album of 20-s already in the beginning of decade, just mesmerizing
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Apr 20, 2020
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Apr 18, 2020Epic and beautiful album, it's maybe her best. The way she use her voice like an instrument it's really incredible and the melodies are really catchy but at the same time very experimental. The lyrics are the best, the way she takes ur hands and shows u sorority and love for her pets, it's to far for me a escape from the violent world when we live.
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Apr 17, 2020I can't even remember the last openin track that sounds too good as "I want you to love me", she shares with us the perfection of trying to be non perfect in a track. In the second one, she came with a type of progressive rock/alternative beat, that came inside my brain like an storm, the next, I doen't need to tell but i wanna... perfection
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Apr 18, 2020
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Apr 19, 2020Easiest 10 I ever gave. An thrilling album that never lets go. It’s the only album I have heard in the last 20 years than I could say dethrones my all time favorite album ever. Sublime.
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Apr 23, 2020
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Apr 17, 2020meu deus fiona vc se superou nesse, expressa a raiva e a insatisfação e ao mesmo tempo a neutralidade que eu sinto todos os dias muito obrigado pelo seu álbum
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Apr 19, 2020album is just Brilliant instant classic, best album of 2020 by far!!! would love to here more songs on a deluxe version.
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Apr 19, 2020I was captivated by the first song, fetch the bolt cutters sounds like the most beautiful cry for freedom, it’s been 8 years and Fiona Apple is free once again.
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Apr 19, 2020Amazing! A true artist and just what we needed during this difficult time. Bravo!
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Apr 21, 2020
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Apr 18, 2020Shameika said she had potential and shameika was damn right, loved the record and love fiona.
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Apr 19, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Apr 17, 2020A única coisa que eu posso dizer é que Shameika tinha razão. O resto é só pra bater o limite de carácteres.
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May 20, 2020Maybe Fetch The Bolt Cutters not perfect for emotional connections but this album has variation this makes Fetch The Bolt Cutters special album, even she yells it sounds great, Fetch The Bolt Cutters is a masterpiece.
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Aug 28, 2020Si te gusta Fiona Apple, este álbum te va a gustar. Pero si no eres fan de esta artista, posiblemente te termine cansando y hasta pareciendo aburrido. No puedo entender cómo tiene tantas críticas positivas, pero sin duda sí que puedo entender por qué las pocas ventas que ha logrado cosechar tanto en Estados Unidos como en el resto del mundo. Decepcionante.
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Oct 23, 2020I gave it a try but just couldn't even finish listening. Maybe it's just not my taste.
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Apr 17, 2020
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Apr 17, 2020this is literally perfect. one for the ages. it's such a total testament to fiona apple's qualities as a songwriter, as a performer, and a s a genuinely brilliant writer. you feel every single second of this.
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Apr 17, 2020
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Apr 17, 2020
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Apr 17, 2020Fantastic album. Really potent lyrics combined with unique and interesting instrumentals that make it one her best works. Every song hits, and has something to say.
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Apr 17, 2020
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Apr 17, 2020It's is exactly what I was expecting from her.
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Apr 17, 2020It's raw, it's unique, it's powerful, it's everything Fiona always was, but elevated, matured, refined. The lyrics are very particular to her experience and at the same time extremely universal. It's an album that demands attention. It's not easy, but it's necessary and it feels GOOD!
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Apr 17, 2020The best songwriter just made an amazing percussion-heavy, raw masterpiece. 8 years waiting and it was worth it.
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Apr 17, 2020Fantastic album. Experimental, wild, outspoken, and feisty. I'm in love. If she's gonna keep making music this good, I'm okay with waiting 8 years for new music.
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Apr 19, 2020This is such a great album, an instant classic. Great production, great lyrics, and great performance from Fiona on the whole record, just excellence. The production and her voice can go from sweet to insane in a heartbeat and the things she's talking about here shes doing it with such soul and in such a theatrically way that it feels like you listening to a play with amazing performances.
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Apr 19, 2020I did not know this girl but listen to her music and in sound it is an art, I can call that what is truly music, good work girl the album of the year so far
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Apr 18, 2020Oh my.. this is the one i didn't know i was waiting for!! Never heard of Fiona Apple before but after hearing this absolute masterpiece i have become a fan instantly. Already easily one of the best albums of the year!
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Apr 19, 2020Extremely well executed ideas, every song is meaningful and has intent. Visceral, unguarded emotion, intricate lyrics and production. Another masterpiece in Fiona Apple’s catalog, possibly even her best project. Well worth all the overwhelmingly cordial praise.
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Apr 18, 2020Queen is what you can call her. This woman keeps on bring in it to the table.
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Apr 18, 2020muy hermoso, delicioso, genial album, para todos los oidos, definitivamente este es el album del año!
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Apr 18, 2020Truly breathtaking and unique. I cried, laughed, danced and cried again. Every song really captivates an universal feeling while telling a story in a beautiful stunning way. Just like only Fiona could.
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Apr 18, 2020Another great album from Fiona Apple. This is a piece of art. It sounds even rawer than The Idler Wheel, very harmonic and experimental.
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Apr 18, 2020No one could make an album like this except Fiona Apple, it’s art rock meets jazz with a little hip hop. A very unique and experimental piece of art. It’s good to see her having a breakthrough again.
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Apr 17, 2020Fiona is proving, onde again, that she is the greatest songwriter os the past 25 years.
Awards & Rankings
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Aug 18, 2020Guttural, soft, cacophonous, and poetic, Fetch the Bolt Cutters is a reminder of Apple’s genius and that we are all interconnected, one people, existing in a pulse.
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Classic Rock MagazineJul 6, 2020Forget the bolt cutters, Apple's already shed her last shackle. [Summer 2020, p.87]
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UncutMay 22, 2020Fetch The Bolt Cutters is mostly the soundtrack of liberation, not recrimination, with Apple's piano keys, battering on the walls and barking dogs as its percussive, beating heart. [Jul 2020, p.27]