Tidal (album)

Tidal
Studio album by Fiona Apple
Released	July 23, 1996 (U.S.)
Recorded	Sony Music Studios, Ocean Way Recorders and 4th Street Recording, Los Angeles, CA
Genre	Jazz fusion Alternative Baroque pop
Length	51:29
Label	Work/Epic
Producer	Andrew Slater
Fiona Apple chronology
Tidal (1996) When the Pawn... (1999)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Los Angeles Times	[2]
PopMatters	(9/10)[3]
Q	[4]
Robert Christgau	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]

Tidal is the first album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Work Records and distributed by Epic Records in the United States on July 23, 1996 (see 1996 in music). It peaked at number 15 on the U.S. Billboard 200 and up to October 2005 had sold 2.7 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[7] It was certified gold by the RIAA in December 1996, platinum in July 1997, two times platinum the following October and three times platinum in April 1999.

Tidal produced six singles: "Shadowboxer", "Slow Like Honey",^[8] "Sleep to Dream", "The First Taste", "Criminal" and "Never Is a Promise". "Criminal", the album's most popular single, won a 1998 Grammy Award for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" and was named the single of 1997 in a poll of Rolling Stone readers.^[9] The music video for "The First Taste" never aired in the U.S.^[10]

The 2005 album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise by Bettye Lavette is titled after a lyric in "Sleep to Dream"^{[citation needed]}, and includes a cover of that song.

In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named Tidal the 20th Best Album of the last 25 years (1983–2008). In 2010, Rolling Stone placed it among the greatest albums of the 1990s, at number 83.^[11] A year later, Slant Magazine placed it at number 74.^[12]

Track listing

All songs were written by Fiona Apple.

1. "Sleep to Dream" – 4:08
2. "Sullen Girl" – 3:53
3. "Shadowboxer" – 5:24
4. "Criminal" – 5:41
5. "Slow Like Honey" – 5:56
6. "The First Taste" – 4:46
7. "Never Is a Promise" – 5:54
8. "The Child Is Gone" – 4:14
9. "Pale September" – 5:50
10. "Carrion" – 5:43

Personnel

• Fiona Apple - piano, vocals, optigan
• George Black - drums
• Jon Brion - guitar, piano, harp, marimba, vibraphone, chamberlin, dulcitone, optigan, tack piano
• Matt Chamberlain - percussion, drums
• Larry Corbett - cello
• Danny Frankel - drums
• Rob Laufer - guitar
• Sara Lee - bass guitar
• Greg Leisz - pedal steel, steel guitar
• Amber Maggart - vocals, harmony vocals
• Ralph Morrison - violin
• Claudia Parducci - violin
• Greg Richling - bass guitar
• Dan Rothchild - bass guitar
• Andrew Slater - optigan
• Patrick Warren - piano, chamberlain
• Evan Wilson - viola

Production

• Producer: Andrew Slater
• Engineers: Claude "Swifty" Achille, Niko Bolas, Mark Endert, Brian Scheuble, Jim Wirt
• Assistant engineers: Troy Gonzalez, Al Sanderson
• Mixing: Mark Endert
• Mixing assistant: Tom Banghart
• Mastering: Ted Jensen
• Production coordination: Valerie Pack
• Drum programming: George Black
• String arrangements: Van Dyke Parks, Evan Wilson
• Art direction: Fred Woodward
• Photography: Nathaniel Goldberg

Charts

Chart (1996)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	2
Chart (1997)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200	15

Single	Chart (1996)	Peak position
"Shadowboxer"	U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	32
	U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	34
Single	Chart (1997)	Peak position
"Sleep to Dream"	U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	28
"Criminal"	U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	17
	U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	4
	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	21
	U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	18

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ Los Angeles Times review
3. ^ PopMatters review
4. ^ Q review
5. ^ Robert Christgau review
6. ^ Rolling Stone review
7. ^ "Loyal fans helped free Fiona Apple's CD". Associated Press/MSNBC Entertainment. October 5, 2005. Retrieved February 12, 2006.
8. ^ Fiona Apple Slow Like Honey USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (115842)
9. ^ ~~~~ www.rocklist.net ~~~~
10. ^ mvdbase.com - Fiona Apple - "The first taste"
11. ^ [1]
12. ^ [2]

External links

• Tidal (album) at Allmusic
• Billboard chart history