released on:
July 23, 1996
- Fiona Apple was nominated for the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Artist.
- "Criminal" won the 1998 Grammy for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and was nominated for the 1998 Grammy for Best Rock Song.
Note: 年僅18歲既Fiona Apple憑住一把獨特沉厚既聲線同絕少同輩會做既soul-pop music而火速上位. 首張大碟集合左soul同jazz於一身, 充滿dark同murky既感覺. 一開始既'Sleep to Dream'以重beat作前奏, 配合帶有點點對男性憤怒既歌詞, 跟Fiona硬朗既聲線好配合; 'Sullen Girl'歌如其名, 越聽越陰沉, 最適合分手既時候聽; 其中一首主打'Shadowboxer'以Fiona最常用既低音鋼琴伴奏, 一首好catchy既soul, 歌詞亦好有詩意; 全碟最commercial最radio-friendly都應該係第一主打'Criminal', 值得留意既係首歌尾聲既鋼琴同長笛既伴奏; 'Slow like honey'好重jazz味, 好classic, 不過聽第一次未必會鐘意, 又係個d越搭越有味道既歌; 'The First Taste'好有拉丁味道, 聽落好relax; 'Never is a Promise'成首歌都好sad, 配合埋小提琴, 鋼琴同Fiona充滿感情既演繹, 簡單既arrangement但係精彩既效果, 所以雖然係好sad但係都有令人一聽再聽既衝動; 'Pale September'好有六,七十年代既懸疑味道, 一貫Fiona類型既soul; 最後既'Carrion', Fiona以好soft好mellow既聲線唱出, 同佢一貫唱開既有d唔同, 值得一聽. 總括成隻碟感覺Fiona作既詞遠比曲好, 有深度之餘亦好有詩意, 完全睇唔出係出自一個18歲既少女手筆. 期望Fiona下張大碟既曲會有進步.
| 01. | Sleep To Dream ** | 02. | Sullen Girl | ||
| 03. | Shadowboxer ** | 04. | Criminal **** | ||
| 05. | Slow Like Honey | 06. | The First Taste ** | ||
| 07. | Never Is A Promise **** | 08. | The Child Is Gone | ||
| 09. | Pale September | 10. | Carrion |
Released singles taken from the album
[ Criminal ]
released on: September 16, 1997
1.
Criminal
2.
Sleep to Dream [Live]
[ Sleep to Dream ]
released on: 1997
1. Sleep To Dream
2.
Never Is A Promise
3.
Sullen Girl (live at the Troubadour 9/10/96)
4.
Pale September (live at the Troubadour 9/10/96)
[ Shadowboxer ]
released on: 1998
1.
Shadowboxer (Single edit)
2.
Shadowboxer (Album version)
LYRICS
I tell you how I feel, but you don't care.
I say tell me the truth, but you don't dare.
You say love is a hell you cannot bare.
And I say gimme mine back and then go there - for all I care.
I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream.
You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem.
This mind, this body, and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways.
So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise.
I have never been SO insulted in all my life.
I could swallow the seas to wash down all this pride.
First you run like a fool just to be at my side.
And now you run like a fool, but you just run to hide, and I can't abide.
I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream.
You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem.
This mind, this body, and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways.
So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise.
Don't make it a big deal, don't be so sensitive.
We're not playing a game anymore, you don't have to be so defensive.
Don't you plead me your case, don't bother to explain.
Don't even show me your face, 'cuz it's a crying shame.
Just go back to the rock from under which you came.
Take the sorrow you gave and all the stakes you claim -
And don't forget the blame.
I got my feet on the ground and I don't go to sleep to dream.
You got your head in the clouds and you're not at all what you seem.
This mind, this body, and this voice cannot be stifled by your deviant ways.
So don't forget what I told you, don't come around, I got my own hell to raise.
Days like this, I don't know what to do with myself.
All day - and all night.
I wander the halls along the walls and under my breath.
I say to myself.
I need fuel - to take flight -
And there's too much going on.
But it's calm under the waves, in the blue of my oblivion.
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.
Is that why they call me a sullen girl - sullen girl.
The don't know I used to sail the deep and tranquil sea.
But he washed me shore and he took my pearl -
And left an empty shell of me.
And there's too much going on.
But it's calm under the waves, in the blue of my oblivion.
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.
Under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.
It's calm under the waves in the blue of my oblivion.
Once my lover, now my friend.
What a cruel thing to pretend.
What a cunning way to condescend.
Once my lover, now my friend.
Oh, you creep up like the clouds.
And you set my soul at ease.
Then you let your love abound.
And you bring me to my knees.
Oh, it's evil,babe,the way you let your grace enrapture me.
When, well, you know, I'd be insane -
to ever let that dirty game recapture me.
You made me a shadowboxer, baby.
I wanna be ready for what you do.
I been swinging all around me.
'Cause I don't know when you're gonna make your move.
Oh, your gaze is dangerous.
And you fill your space so sweet.
If I let you get too close,
You'll set your spell on me.
So, darlin', I just wanna say.
Just in case I don't come through.
I was on to every play.
I just wanted you.
oh- oh, it's so evil, my love,
the way you've no reverence to my concern.
So, I'll be sure to stay wary of you, love,
to save the pain of once my flame and twice my burn.
So, I'm a shadowboxer, baby.
I wanna be ready for what you do.
I been swinging all around at nothin
I don't know when you're gonna make your move.
yeah, I'm a shadowboxer, baby.
I wanna be ready for what you do.
I been swinging around me.
'Cause I don't know when you'll make your move.
I've been a bad, bad girl
I've been careless with a delicate man
And it's a sad, sad world
When a girl will break a boy
Just because she can
Don't you tell me to deny it
I've done wrong and I want to suffer for my sins
I've come to you cause I need guidance to be true
And I just don't know where I can begin
What I need is a good defense
Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal
And I need to be redeemed
To the one I've sinned against
Because he's all I ever knew of love
Heaven help me for the way I am
Save me from these evil deeds
before I get them done
I know tomorrow brings the consequence at hand
but I keep livin' this day
like the next will never come
Oh help me, but don't tell me
to deny it
I've got to cleanse myself
of all these thoughts that I'm good
enough for him
I got a lot to lose and I'm
bettin' high
so I'm beggin' you before it ends
just tell me where to begin
What I need is a good defense
Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal
And I need to be redeemed
To the one I've sinned against
Because he's all I ever knew of love
Let me know the way
before there's hell to pay
Give me room to lay the law and let me go
I've got to make a play
to make my lover stay
So what would an angel say
the devil wants to know
What I need is a good defense
Cause I'm feelin' like a criminal
And I need to be redeemed
To the one I've sinned against
Because he's all I ever knew of love
You moved like honey in my dream last night
Yeah, some old fires were burning
You came near to me and you endeared to me
But you couldn't quite discern me
Does that scare you? I'll let you run away
But your heart will not oblige you
You'll remember me like a melody
Yeah, I'll haunt the world inside you
And my big secret - Gonna win you over
Slow like honey, heavy with mood
I'll let you see me, I'll covet your regard
I'll invade your demeanor
And you'll yield to me like a scent in the breeze
And you'll wonder what it is about me
It's my big secret - Keeping you coming
Slow like honey, heavy with mood
Though dreams can be deceiving
Like faces are to hearts
They serve for sweet relieving
When fantasy and reality lie too far apart
So I stretch myself across, like a bridge
And I pull you to the edge
And stand there waiting
Trying to attain
The end to satisfy the story
Shall I release you?
Must I release you?
As I rise to meet my glory
But my big secret
Gonna hover over your life
Gonna keep you reaching
When I'm gone like yesterday
When I'm high like heaven
When I'm strong like music
'Cuz I'm slow like honey, and
Heavy with mood
I lie in an early bed, thinking late thoughts
Waiting for the black to replace my blue
I do not struggle in your web because it was my aim to get caught
But daddy longlegs, I feel that I'm finally growing weary
Of waiting to be consumed by you
Give me the first taste, let it begin heaven cannot wait
Forever
Darling, just start the chase - I'll let you win but you must
Make the endeavor
Oh, your love give me a heart contusion
Adagio breezes fill my skin with sudden red
Your hungry flirt borders intrusion
I'm building memories on things we have not said
Full is not heavy as empty, not nearly my love, not nearly my love, not
nearly
Give me the first taste, let it begin heaven cannot wait
Forever
Darling, just start the chase - I'll let you win, but you must
Make the endeavor
You'll never see the courage I know
Its colors' richness won't appear within your view
I'll never glow - the way that you glow
Your presence dominates the judgements made on you
But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch; I see from greater heights
I understand what I am still too proud to mention - to you
You'll say you understand, but You don't understand
You'll say you'd never give up seeing eye to eye
But never is a promise, and you can't afford to lie
You'll never touch - these things that I hold
The skin of my emotions lies beneath my own
You'll never feel the heat of this soul
My fever burns me deeper than I've ever shown - to you
You'll say, Don't fear your dreams, it's easier than it seems
You'll say you'd never let me fall from hopes so high
But never is a promise and you can't afford to lie
You'll never live this life that I live
I'll never live the life that wakes me in the night
You'll never hear the message I give
You'll say it looks as though I might give up this fight
But as the scenery grows, I see in different lights
The shades and shadows undulate in my perception
My feelings swell and stretch, I see from greater heights
I realize what I am now too smart to mention - to you
You'll say you understand, you'll never understand
I'll say I'll never wake up knowing how or why
I don't know what to believe in, you don't know who I am
You'll say I need appeasing when I start to cry
But never is a promise and I'll never need a lie
Darling, give me your absence tonight
Take the shade from the canvas and leave me the white
Let me sink in the silence that echoes inside
And don't bother leaving the light on
'Cuz I suddenly feel like a different person
From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion
And I ran my hand o'er a strange inversion
A vacancy that just did not belong
The child is gone
Honey help me out of this mess
I'm a stranger to myself
But don't reach for me, I'm too far away
I don't wanna talk 'cuz there's nothing left to say
So my
Darling, give me your absence tonight
Take all of your sympathy and leave it outside
'Cuz there's no kind of loving that can make this all right
I'm trying to find a place I belong
And I suddenly feel like a different person
From the roots of my soul come a gentle coercion
And I ran my hand over a strange inversion
As the darkness turns into the dawn
The child is gone
The child is gone
Pale September, I wore the time like a dress that year
The autumn days swung soft around me, like cotton on my skin
But as the embers of the summer lost their breath and disappeared
My heart went cold and only hollow rhythms resounded from within
But then he rose, brilliant as the moon in full
And sank in the burrows of my keep
And all my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet
And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep
He goes along just as a water lily
Gentle on the surface of his thoughts his body floats
Unweighed down by passion or intensity
Yet unaware of the depth upon which he coasts
And he finds a home in me
For what misfortune sows, he knows my touch will reap
And all my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet
And my winter giving way to warm, as I'm singing him to sleep
All my armour falling down, in a pile at my feet
Won't do no good to hold no seance
What's gone is gone and you can't bring it back around
Won't do no good to hold no searchlight
You can't illuminate what time has anchored down
Oh, Honey (I've gone away)
Honey (I've gone away)
(I've gone away)
Won't do no good to sing no love song
No sound could simulate the presence of a man
Won't do no good asking no questions
Your divination should acquaint You with the plan
Oh, Honey (I've gone away)
Honey (I've gone away)
Honey (I've gone away)
My feel for you, boy, is decaying in front of me
Like the carrion of a murdered prey
And all I want is to save you, honey
and the strength to walk away
Won't do no good to go no distance
The space between us is as boundless as the dark
Won't do no good to throw no fist, babe
You can't intimidate me back into your arms
Because, Honey (I've gone away)
(I've gone away)
I've gone away
I've gone away
I've gone away
I've gone away
I've gone away
My feel for you, boy, is decaying in front of me
Like the carrion of a murdered prey
And all I want is to save you, honey
and the strength to walk away
My feel for you, boy, is decaying in front of me
Like the carrion of a murdered prey
And all I want is to save you, honey
or the strength to walk away
repeat
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