Tidal (album)

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Tidal

Studio album by Fiona Apple
Released	July 23, 1996 (U.S.)
Genre	Piano rock Alternative rock
Length	51:29
Label	Clean Slate/Epic
Producer(s)	Andrew Slater
All Music Guide (4/5) link SoundStage! (4.5/5) January 1998 Rolling Stone (favourable) link In Music We Trust (favourable) July—August 1997
Fiona Apple chronology
	Tidal (1996)	When the Pawn... (1999)

Tidal is the debut album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released by Epic Records in the United States on July 23, 1996 (see 1996 in music). It peaked at number fifteen on the U.S. Billboard 200 and as of October 2005 had sold 2.7 million copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan.^[1] 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",^[2] "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.^[3] The music video for "The First Taste" never aired in the U.S.^[4]

1 Track listing
2 Personnel
3 Production
4 Charts
5 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Fiona Apple.

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

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Charts

Album	Chart (1996)	Peak position
	U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers	2
Album	Chart (1997)	Peak position
	U.S. Billboard 200	15
Single	Chart (1996)	Peak position
"Shadowboxer"	U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40	32
"Shadowboxer"	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
"Criminal"	U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks	4
"Criminal"	U.S. Billboard Hot 100	21
"Criminal"	U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream	18
"Criminal"	U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	10
Single	Chart (1998)	Peak position
"Never Is a Promise"	U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	27
"Shadowboxer"	U.S. ARC Weekly Top 40	32