When the Pawn

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When the Pawn...
Studio album by Fiona Apple
Released November 9, 1999 (U.S.)
Genre Alternative rock
Length 42:39
Label Clean Slate/Work
Producer Jon Brion
Professional reviews
Fiona Apple chronology
Tidal
(1996)		 When the Pawn...
(1999)		 Extraordinary Machine
(2005)

When the Pawn... is the second album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Epic Records in the United States on November 9, 1999. The full album title contains over 400 characters of text.

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[edit] Background

The album came in special packaging that contained sheer red paper around the inserts. The title was written as a poem over Apple's face on the cover. The title is a poem Apple wrote after reading the readers' letters that appeared in Spin after an article had cast her in a negative light in an earlier issue. The full title reads:

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 before 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

The album's long title has become a source of trivia, and when it was released held the world record for longest album title. However, in October 2007 Soulwax released their remix album Most of the Remixes, which has 100 characters more in its title. This was later surpassed in 2008 by the Chumbawamba album The Boy Bands Have Won..., with its full title containing 708 characters of text.

The first single, "Fast as You Can", was fairly popular and received moderate radio and video airplay. It charted within the top twenty on the U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart and became Apple's first top forty hit on the UK Singles Chart. The follow-up singles, "Limp" and especially "Paper Bag", though it was nominated for a Grammy Award, were less successful. Apple's boyfriend at the time, filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson, directed videos for all three singles.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Fiona Apple, except where noted

  1. "On the Bound" – 5:23
  2. "To Your Love" – 3:40
  3. "Limp" – 3:31
  4. "Love Ridden" – 3:22
  5. "Paper Bag" – 3:40
  6. "A Mistake" – 4:58
  7. "Fast as You Can" – 4:40
  8. "The Way Things Are" – 4:18
  9. "Get Gone" – 4:10
  10. "I Know" – 4:57

[edit] Bonus tracks

  1. "Across the Universe" (Lennon/McCartney)
  2. "Never Is a Promise" [live]
  • "Across the Universe" and "Never Is a Promise" appeared as bonus tracks on the Japanese edition, and were not included on other editions.

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Production

[edit] Charts

Album Chart (1999) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 13
U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 1
Single Chart (1999) Peak
position
"Fast as You Can" U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 29
"Fast as You Can" U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks 20
Single Chart (1999) Peak
position
"Fast as You Can" UK Singles Chart 33

[edit] External links

v • d • e
Fiona Apple
Awards and nominations
Albums
Tidal · When the Pawn... · Extraordinary Machine · iTunes Originals
Singles
"Shadowboxer" · "Slow Like Honey" · "Sleep to Dream" · "The First Taste" · "Criminal" · "Never Is a Promise" · "Fast as You Can" · "Limp" · "Paper Bag" · "Parting Gift" · "O' Sailor" · "Not About Love" · "Get Him Back"
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