Fiona Apple's Extraordinary Machine Finally On The Move

According to all known reliable sources and facts, Fiona's long-awaited "Extraordinary Machine", re-recorded and fluffed up by Mike Elizondo (best known for his work with Dr. Dre and Eminem) and Brian Kehew, will see proper release in the United States on October 4th. Already, as of this writing, one track from the album, "O' Sailor" is available on Fiona's MySpace page and has been played nearly 37,000 times. Expectations are running high for this release as evidenced by the long-fought campaign for the original version to see release. That version, as you already probably know, has been available for stream from this site for months and will continue to be made available as a stream only.

I think you should be able to compare versions, personally & although the jury will remain out on this until I've heard the whole thing, I can already tell you -- I'm sorely disappointed with the remade version of "O' Sailor". There are vocal performances of such magnitude on the Jon Brion-produced version of this album, it's hard to imagine it any other way.

The original version is still over there on the right in "Radio EJ". Something to tide you over until the next wave happens October 4th.

But hey, I love Fiona Apple & I'm very happy she was able to work things out with Epic to get this three-year odyssey completed.

UPDATE: You can now purchase the single "O' Sailor" / "Parting Gift" from iTunes by clicking here for only 99 cents.