When the Pawn...

When the Pawn...
Studio album by
Fiona Apple
ReleasedNovember 9, 1999
Recorded1998–1999
Studio
Various
    • Andora Studio
    • Chateau Brion Studio
    • NRG Recording Studios
    • Ocean Way Studio
    • One On One South
    • Presence Studios
    • Woodwinds
Genre
Length42:39
Label
ProducerJon Brion
Fiona Apple chronology
Tidal
(1996) 		When the Pawn...
(1999) 		Extraordinary Machine
(2005)
Vinyl cover
Singles from When the Pawn...
  1. "Fast as You Can"
    Released: October 5, 1999
  2. "Limp"
    Released: February 15, 2000[2]
  3. "Paper Bag"
    Released: June 2000

When the Pawn...[a] is the second studio album by the American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple.[3] Released by Epic Records in the United States on November 9, 1999, When the Pawn... was wholly written by Apple, with production by Jon Brion.

The album received a Grammy Award nomination for Best Alternative Album.[4] In 2010 Spin named the album the 106th-greatest of the last 25 years,[5] and Slant Magazine named it the 79th best album of the 1990s.[6] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked When the Pawn... at number 108 on its "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.[7]

  1. ^ Abdel-Gawad, Minna (November 6, 2023). "When the Pawn...'s 24th Anniversary: How Fiona Apple Shaped a Generation of Singer/Songwriters". Atwood Magazine. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
  2. ^ "Alternative: Going for Adds" (PDF). Radio & Records. February 11, 2000. p. 110. Retrieved January 24, 2023.
  3. ^ Eliscu, Jenny (2004). "Fiona Apple". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian D. (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). New York: Fireside. p. 23. ISBN 0-74-320169-8. Archived from the original on 2021-06-24. Retrieved 2020-10-03.
  4. ^ "Fiona Apple". GRAMMY.com. 2018-05-22. Archived from the original on 2020-05-28. Retrieved 2018-06-25.
  5. ^ "125 Best Albums of the Past 25 Years". Spin. 15 February 2012. Archived from the original on 29 September 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2016.
  6. ^ "Best Albums of the '90s". Slant Magazine. February 14, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-02-18. Retrieved 2011-05-06.
  7. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Archived from the original on October 8, 2020. Retrieved September 24, 2020.


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