Fiona Apple - The Idler Wheel... (2012)
Tracklist front / back album covers
1. "Every Single Night" 3:29
2. "Daredevil" 3:28
3. "Valentine" 3:32
4. "Jonathan" 5:03
5. "Left Alone" 4:50
6. "Werewolf" 3:12
7. "Periphery" 4:58
8. "Regret" 5:17
9. "Anything We Want" 4:40
10. "Hot Knife" 4:02
Total length: 42:39
iTunes deluxe edition bonus track
11. "Largo" 2:41
Total length: 45:20
Deluxe edition bonus DVD – filmed at SXSW, March 14, 2012
1. "Every Single Night" (live) 3:19
2. "Anything We Want" (live) 5:00
3. "Fast as You Can" (live) 5:15
4. "A Mistake" (live) 5:53
5. "Sleep to Dream" (live) 4:40
Total length: 24:07
FIona Apple Band Members / Musicians
Fiona Apple (credited as "Feedy") – field recording, loops, truck stomping, dance partner, thighs on "Daredevil", percussion, piano, celeste, timpani on "Hot Knife", voice strings, singing, artwork, bass keyboard, production
Charley Drayton (credited as "Seedy") – kora, autoharp, truck stomping, dance partner, percussion, guitar, bouzouki, marimba, drum set, voice strings, thighs on "Daredevil", field recording, pillow, voice of pain, baritone vocals, string harp, Teisco guitar, production
John Would – recording
Eddison Sainsbury – recording
Dave Way – mixing
Howie Weinberg – mastering
Dan Gerbarg – mastering
Sebastian Steinberg – acoustic bass, Harmony guitar
Maude Maggart – high harmony on "Hot Knife"
Eric Roinestad – art direction, design
Andrew Slater – management
The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do, frequently abridged as The Idler Wheel..., is the 4th studio album by Fiona Apple. Like her second album When the Pawn..., its title derives from a poem written by Apple herself. It was released in the UK on June 18, 2012 and in the US on June 19 by Epic Records. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, her highest debut yet, selling 72,000 copies in its first week. The album received a nomination at the 2013 Grammy Awards for Best Alternative Album. The album received widespread acclaim from critics, and was frequently included in year and decade-end lists by several publications; in 2020, Rolling Stone placed the album at number 213 on its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
