Post by themakshack on Mar 31, 2005 20:28:27 GMT -5
From this week's ''Ask Billboard''...
www.billboard.com/bb/ask/index.jsp
FREE FIONA
Hello Keith,
I am fan of the amazingly talented American singer songwriter Fiona Apple. I heard a rumor that she was supposed to have an album released but that executives at her label refused to release it, saying Apple wasn't popular. The music scene is in need of this singer/songwriter. She has so much ability, it would be a shame to see someone so young not use her talent for the good that she does.
Orville Douglas
Hi Orville,
Fiona Apple worked on new material following the 1999 release of her last album, "When The Pawn..." However, the new songs she finished have yet to be officially released.
Here's where the plot thickens. An entire album's worth of unreleased material has been leaked onto the Internet, but the original source of the leak is unknown. The publicized title of the album is "Extraordinary Machine." Additionally, Epic Records, the singer's label, does not have a release date for any upcoming Apple product.
Fans of Apple maintain that Epic did not find the album commercially appealing, and thus decided not to release the album. However, there has been no comment from Epic regarding the label's views on the set nor why the album has not been issued.
A fan Web site, www.freefiona.com, has been set up by fans of the singer in order to promote the awareness of the album and the plight of Apple.
In recent MTV News and Newsweek stories, Apple and her management have declined to comment. In the same Newsweek story, Epic's parent company Sony Music stated "We join music lovers everywhere in eagerly anticipating her next release."
Apple's last album, "When the Pawn Hits the Conflict He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth is the Greatest of Heights And if You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where To Land and if You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right," but typically referred to as "When the Pawn," has sold 913,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Her 1996 debut set, "Tidal," has shifted 2.7 million copies.
Apparently that title has 90 words? Oh my god! I would just like to point that out...
www.billboard.com/bb/ask/index.jsp
FREE FIONA
Hello Keith,
I am fan of the amazingly talented American singer songwriter Fiona Apple. I heard a rumor that she was supposed to have an album released but that executives at her label refused to release it, saying Apple wasn't popular. The music scene is in need of this singer/songwriter. She has so much ability, it would be a shame to see someone so young not use her talent for the good that she does.
Orville Douglas
Hi Orville,
Fiona Apple worked on new material following the 1999 release of her last album, "When The Pawn..." However, the new songs she finished have yet to be officially released.
Here's where the plot thickens. An entire album's worth of unreleased material has been leaked onto the Internet, but the original source of the leak is unknown. The publicized title of the album is "Extraordinary Machine." Additionally, Epic Records, the singer's label, does not have a release date for any upcoming Apple product.
Fans of Apple maintain that Epic did not find the album commercially appealing, and thus decided not to release the album. However, there has been no comment from Epic regarding the label's views on the set nor why the album has not been issued.
A fan Web site, www.freefiona.com, has been set up by fans of the singer in order to promote the awareness of the album and the plight of Apple.
In recent MTV News and Newsweek stories, Apple and her management have declined to comment. In the same Newsweek story, Epic's parent company Sony Music stated "We join music lovers everywhere in eagerly anticipating her next release."
Apple's last album, "When the Pawn Hits the Conflict He Thinks Like a King What He Knows Throws the Blows When He Goes To The Fight And He'll Win the Whole Thing 'Fore He Enters the Ring There's No Body To Batter When Your Mind Is Your Might So When You Go Solo, You Hold Your Own Hand and Remember That Depth is the Greatest of Heights And if You Know Where You Stand, Then You Know Where To Land and if You Fall It Won't Matter, Cuz You'll Know That You're Right," but typically referred to as "When the Pawn," has sold 913,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
Her 1996 debut set, "Tidal," has shifted 2.7 million copies.
Apparently that title has 90 words? Oh my god! I would just like to point that out...