Another gift from reader extraordinaire Andy.
The full name of this album is “When the Pawn Hits the Conflicts 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’ll Know Where to Land and If You Fall It Won’t Matter, Cuz You Know That You’re Right.”
So, now I only have less than 100 words to review it. Oops, and that used up a few more!
As you can guess from the title, Ms.Apple is a rather wordy lass with a few angst issues. This album sits squarely in a genre occupied by fellow reviewees Higgins and Di Franco.
The musicianship is top notch, with a nice balance of orchestration and rawness, and Fifi can hold a tune better than most. She structures her laments to a world of difficult loving in an approachable conversational tone.
I find a few too many tracks here to be pedestrian and same, same, but she can nail it:
File under: iLike