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Universal acclaim- based on 1396 Ratings
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Positive: 1,131 out of 1396
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Mixed: 58 out of 1396
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Negative: 207 out of 1396
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Aug 8, 2020I knew some Fiona's songs, i have never heard an album from her before, and this one fed me it was exquisite.
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Aug 7, 2020
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Aug 7, 2020Loved every second of it. From writing, production, vocals, and dogs barking. Fiona did an amazing job
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Aug 7, 2020It does not deserve all these good reviews, the album is a major flop from this artist.
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Aug 7, 2020
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Aug 5, 2020Perfect. Lyrical genius as ever with an Apple record. Considering some of the heavy subject matter, it’s light hearted and often amusing. The rhythmic almost rap-like way she delivers some of the lines is a joy and the melodies and piano parts are stunningly beautiful. A real gem.
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Aug 3, 2020
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Jul 31, 202010 out of 10!!! tracks feel like deep conversations...full of passion...awesome album!!!
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Jul 31, 2020
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Jul 27, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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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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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 25, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 25, 2020
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Jul 25, 2020I listened to the album on Apple Music. It's soft and swift omg i forgot what I felt when I heard the songs the first time
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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 24, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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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, 2020I find some very similar sounds this seems very repetitive no innovation in fiona
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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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Jul 24, 2020No me gusto el álbum. Simplemente siento que Fiona tiene mejores propuestas. Se quedo corta de creatividad.
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Jul 24, 2020Not my vibe. Too alternative for my personal liking. Couldn't really take a good listen to it.
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Jul 24, 2020I DONT LIKE THIS, HER VOICE IS SO DISG*STING AND THE ALBUM IS SO BORING WTF IS THIS
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Jul 24, 2020just amazing. right for this time we are going through. strong and sensitive.
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Jul 24, 2020I decided to give it a try after seeing all the praise being given to this album and I have to say, it's so boring. I love Fiona, Criminal is one of my jems but it's not nearly as good as I expected.
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Jul 23, 2020I've tried to like it but i just couldn't, it doesn't make me feel anything
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Jul 18, 2020
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Jul 11, 2020It's not an easy listen and doesn't fit fit the current sounds. What you get is a visceral, exciting album that is completely free in the choices it makes. Stunning.
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Jul 11, 2020
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Jul 11, 2020Wow just... wow. I agree that it isn't the BEST album of the year but it's still a fine piece of pop-rock filled with moving ballads. Fiona' voice is as strong as ever as well. Higlights: newspaper, the title track, shameika
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Jul 9, 2020Sinceramente, le di muchas oportunidades a este álbum y hasta ahora no entiendo como pueden alabar su deficiente composición musical, las letras son las que protagonizan este proyecto, pero la música va más allá de lyrics, si quería transmitir su mensaje sin interés de armonía, un podcast basta y sobra, no comprendo tanta devoción a un álbum tan malo
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Jun 1, 2020
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Jul 9, 2020Actually it`s 9/10. And the Idler Wheel is superior by melodies, more authenticwith more complex and less accessible melodies. New album got so much hype becouse of it`s long awaitning. But it obviosly not3/10 or 1/10 like some left here). Can't understand how patiently someone hates this album and Fiona which appears sooo rare. There might be most wise lyrics written for women.
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Jul 8, 2020
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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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Jul 7, 2020Anyone rating low didn't finish the album or can't comprehend human emotion.
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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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Jul 4, 2020
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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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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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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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Jun 29, 2020PLEASE. THIS album is something bored. The World don't needs It!!!! PLEASE!
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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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Jun 16, 2020if you don't like this album, you don't like music.
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Jun 16, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jun 10, 2020I very much do not understand why critics are all over this album, I mean the production is one of the worst ever and the vocals seem a little unfinished and unpolished but critics are saying the rawness of the album is amazing.
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Jun 9, 2020This is noise and I don’t mean that in any way that’s good.How have critics managed to overate this collection of sounds.It feels like she tried to recreate all of her albums in one. The result is not so pleasing!
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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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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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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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May 30, 2020Me pareció muy básico la verdad, tenia muchas más expectativas, no fue como esperaba me decepsiono bastante
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May 30, 2020Its not good on any way shape or forme . No artistic vision . Not good production not good vocals lazy lyrics . A five year old could do better
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May 30, 2020Brilliant!!!
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May 29, 2020
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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 29, 2020It’s a masterpiece, it reflects what Fiona is...one of the greatest artist of our time
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May 29, 2020this is literally the best album ever by the most amazing artist ever!
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May 29, 2020I didn’t listen to this album but I can tell it’s very bad. Idk how this high school drama teacher got a record deal
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May 29, 2020SOOOOO GOOD, SUCH AN AMAZING ALBUM
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May 28, 2020PERFECT
AOTY
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ -
May 27, 2020Uma lenda vivaaaaa!! Devolvam o 100 dela metacritic e apague os comentários de propósito desses haters.
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May 24, 2020Perfeito, coeso e maravilhosa Fionna se superando cada vez mais com esse álbum PERFEITO
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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 23, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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May 22, 2020A really good album with amusing lyrics. But not a single song is as good as "Every Single Night", and too much of the time she just rambles on not really singing. Overrated as hell but still great if it's your thing.
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May 22, 2020
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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 21, 2020incredible. Her Magnum Opus and is clearly showing her talent. Deserves the 100 it got. A legend.
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May 20, 2020well it's always refreshing seeing or hearing someone acting and talking like a kid, when the person's actually around 40yo. isn't it? duh.
unfortunately the ineptitude of behaving won't take the wrinkles away.
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May 20, 2020Wasn’t really for me. Pretty good but boring at times. Overall pretty good for the current state of music but there are definitely better albums out now.
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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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May 19, 2020The lyrics, the range in topics, the vocal ability, the beats, the way each song transforms into something new. A brave, cutting, uplifting, absolutely untouchable album.
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May 19, 2020This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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May 18, 2020Not nearly as good as I expected. A seriously overhyped record that's sometimes great, sometimes alright, but most of the time it's just meh. And, to be completely fair - Fiona's folky vocals over pots-and-pans instrumentation sounds refreshing in theory, but in practice it just doesn't work, at least for me. Another example of an album that suffers from the hype it's surrounded by.
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May 16, 2020Horrible sounds, all **** don't know why this album gets a 100, don't make sense
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May 16, 2020
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May 15, 2020
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May 15, 2020Percussion like I've never heard before. Fiona Apple's songwriting ability is on full display, touching on relevant topics with a razor's edge.
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May 12, 2020
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May 12, 2020Wow, Fiona desde álbumes anteriores nos ha demostrado la calidad en sus álbumes, gracias a ella un nuevo récord por una artista alternativa ha sido dado por el 100, merecido esperemos que los Grammy's no la ignoren por el AOTY que ella merece.
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May 12, 2020Perfect album. Definitely the best album of the year thus far. My ears were constantly surprised by the sounds it heard from Fiona and her band. So many twists and turns, so much storytelling, and unconventional sounds and beats. Just delicious.
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May 9, 2020
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May 8, 2020VERY creative and unique. I didn't know what to expect because I never heard this artist, but know I admire her. She did a spectacular work!
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May 8, 2020A bad bad album. Can't dance to it. Can't nod your head to the rhythm. Dogs barking through random beats does not make a good song. The only time this music could ever be played is in front of an abstract improv. Even then, people would be waiting for it to be over. Someone had to pay off the critics for their reviews or they aren't real people.
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May 7, 2020talented, brilliant, incredible, amazing, show stopping, spectacular, never the same, totally unique, completely not ever been done before, unafraid to reference or not reference, put it in a blender, **** on it, vomit on it, eat it, give birth to it
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May 7, 2020
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May 4, 2020Passionate, percussive, perfection! I love this. Every song is fantastic. Particular high points are Newspaper, Ladies, Heavy Balloon, and Shameika. Another classic in a Ling line of classics from Fiona.
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May 4, 2020
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May 3, 2020Lyrics! Lyrics are good, for sure. But it all sounds messy and faded. I'm obsessed with non-Pop music (Florence+Machine, the 1975, FKA Twigs and other), but this stuff left me unsatisfied and disappointed. The best music album ever by Metacritic score, but it's not looked and sound like that. Want through album once I realized that this is kind of experience I will never want to have again.
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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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May 2, 2020
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May 1, 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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Apr 30, 2020Honestly one of my favorite albums of all time already. I’ve loved Fiona for years and never has an album seemed so raw and personal
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Apr 30, 2020Genius; it’s definitely the most difficult of Apple’s albums but upon repeated listens it just keeps getting deeper and more beautiful. It’s fun to try to sing along to. This is is Fiona really being herself and I’m so here for it.
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Apr 28, 2020
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Apr 28, 2020Fiona apple is an artist that never really can't impress. Even though I am particularly a Hip Hop and Rap fan, I can see the artistry and brilliance of this album. I found the lyrics amazing and insightful. I truly think this maybe be the best album released this year within this particular genre. My only real complaint is the songs could blend a bit better.
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Apr 28, 2020Tremendo flop sobrevalorado por sus 3 fans, ya ni melosentada tuvo tanta sobrevaloración
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Apr 28, 2020Here it is - the most overrated album of all time. The ultimate definition of musical mediocrity that can be sold because talentless journalists said it`s good.
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Apr 28, 2020I thought it would be fun to go through some of the more asinine and truly senseless "reviews", [ https://bit.ly/3f1giEK ] since there really are so many that display what makes this album one of the strongest of the year so far.
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]