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==Reception and promotion== {{Album ratings <!-- Aggregate scores --> | MC = 84/100<ref name="Meta">{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/extraordinary-machine/fiona-apple |title=Reviews for Extraordinary Machine by Fiona Apple |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=May 5, 2016}}</ref> <!-- Reviewers --> | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/extraordinary-machine-mw0000398095 |title=Extraordinary Machine – Fiona Apple |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 19, 2005 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> | rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]'' | rev2Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1793 |title=Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=42 |date=November 2005 |access-date=July 25, 2007 |last=Tucker |first=Ken |author-link=Ken Tucker |page=129 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070607232735/http://www.blender.com/guide/articles.aspx?id=1793 |archive-date=June 7, 2007}}</ref> | rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' | rev3Score = A<ref name=EW2005>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/10/03/extraordinary-machine |title=Apple 2.0 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |issue=843 |date=October 3, 2005 |access-date=July 25, 2007 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |page=72 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118121242/http://ew.com/article/2005/10/03/extraordinary-machine/ |archive-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]'' | rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2006/jan/06/popandrock.shopping1 |title=Fiona Apple, Extraordinary Machine |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |date=January 6, 2006 |access-date=July 25, 2007 |last=Petridis |first=Alexis |author-link=Alexis Petridis}}</ref> | rev5 = ''[[NME]]'' | rev5Score = 7/10<ref name ="nme">{{cite journal |title=Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine |journal=[[NME]] |date=January 14, 2006 |page=34}}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' | rev6Score = 6.2/10<ref name=Pitchfork>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11639-extraordinary-machine-jon-brion-version-extraordinary-machine/ |title=Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=October 4, 2005 |access-date=May 15, 2025 |last=Mitchum |first=Rob}}</ref> | rev7 = ''[[Stylus (website)|Stylus]]'' | rev7Score = C<ref name=Stylus>{{cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3471 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060329213519/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3471 |url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-03-29 |title=Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine |work=[[Stylus (website)|Stylus]] |date=October 4, 2005 |access-date=October 19, 2005 |last=McKeating |first=Scott}}</ref> | rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' | rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Fiona Apple: Extraordinary Machine |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=234 |date=January 2006 |page=126}}</ref> | rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' | rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=RS2005>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/extraordinary-machine-20051006 |title=Extraordinary Machine |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=984 |date=October 6, 2005 |access-date=February 5, 2007 |last=Walters |first=Barry |pages=147–48 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060901025246/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/fionaapple/albums/album/7670833/review/7671925/extraordinary_machine |archive-date=September 1, 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref> | rev10 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' | rev10Score = B<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PcKFY39WueAC&pg=PT19 |title=One Bad Apple |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |volume=21 |issue=11 |date=November 2005 |access-date=May 5, 2016 |last=Beaujon |first=Andrew |page=46}}</ref> | rev11 = ''[[The Village Voice]]'' | rev11Score = A−<ref name=ChristgauCG>{{cite news |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/cg/cgv106-06.php |title=Consumer Guide: Extraordinary Machines |newspaper=[[The Village Voice]] |date=January 10, 2006 |access-date=December 5, 2011 |last=Christgau |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Christgau}}</ref> }} The official version of ''Extraordinary Machine'' was ranked number one on year-end top albums lists of ''Entertainment Weekly'', ''The New York Times'' and ''Slant'' magazine; within the top five in ''The Village Voice'', ''Blender'' magazine and ''Rolling Stone''; and in the top ten in the ''Los Angeles Times'' and ''Spin'' magazine.<ref>[http://www.metacritic.com/music/bests/2005.shtml "The 30 Best-Reviewed Albums of the Year"]. [[Metacritic]]. Retrieved June 1, 2005.</ref> Some publications regarded the album less favorably; ''[[Stylus Magazine|Stylus]]'' described it as "a rudderless piece of work" and "a bitterly disappointing listen",<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3471 |title=Fiona Apple – Extraordinary Machine – Review – Stylus Magazine<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-06-01 |archive-date=2006-03-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060329213519/http://www.stylusmagazine.com/review.php?ID=3471 |url-status=dead }}</ref> ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' stated "it's kinda been done", and noted Apple reined in the penchant to overwrite; and ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' (which placed the leaked version of the album at number 46 on their "Top 50 Albums of 2005" list<ref>[http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/38517/Staff_List_Top_50_Albums_of_2005 "Top 50 Albums of 2005"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070226092447/http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/38517/Staff_List_Top_50_Albums_of_2005 |date=2007-02-26 }}. ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''. Retrieved February 5, 2007.</ref>) wrote, "The shame of it all is that Apple, after six years of silence, could've made a more definitive, progressive statement rather than something familiar and similar—and we've got the bootlegs to prove it".<ref name=Pitchfork/> ''Extraordinary Machine'' was nominated for the 2006 [[Grammy Award]] for "[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]]".<ref>[http://www.grammy.com/Grammy_Awards/Annual_Show/48_nominees.aspx "48th Annual Grammy Awards Winners List"]. [[National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences|NARAS]]. February 8, 2006. Retrieved June 1, 2006.</ref> [[Image:Fiona-Apple.jpg|thumb|left|175px|Apple performing in [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]] while on tour with [[Coldplay]] in January 2006.]] During mid-August 2005 and ahead of the album's release in October, both "O' Sailor" and "Parting Gift" were made available as a bundle download at the online [[iTunes]] Music Store. While "O' Sailor" was released separately at other digital music stores, [[music video|video]] promotion for "Parting Gift" began later that month. ''Extraordinary Machine''<!-- $$ unsourced $$--> received the best reviews of Apple's career, and was placed as the number one album of the year at ''[[Slant (magazine)|Slant]]'', number four at ''Rolling Stone'' and number ten at [[Amazon.com]]. It debuted at number seven on the U.S. [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart with 94,000 copies sold in its first week of release, making it Apple's first top ten album;<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Harris|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511338/10122005/nickelback.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051220055024/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511338/10122005/nickelback.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=December 20, 2005|title=New releases from Fiona Apple and Franz Ferdinand make albums chart's top 10|work=[[MTV News]]|date=October 12, 2005|accessdate=February 12, 2006}}</ref> however, it fell out of the top ten in its second week with a sales decline of almost 50 percent.<ref>{{cite web|first=Chris|last=Harris|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511752/20051019/story.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060213160912/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1511752/20051019/story.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 13, 2006|title=Alicia Keys Scores Third ''Billboard'' #1 With ''Unplugged''|website=[[MTV News]]|date=October 19, 2005|accessdate=February 12, 2006}}</ref> The video for "O' Sailor" began to receive television airplay in November, and the following January the "Not About Love" video made its Internet premiere; early the next month, "Get Him Back" was released to radio stations. None of the singles attracted substantial airplay or digital downloads, and consequently they did not appear on the U.S. [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] or Billboard's [[Modern Rock Tracks]] chart. As of June 2012, the album has sold 1 million copies according to [[Nielsen SoundScan]] in United States.<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/1093344/fiona-apple-banked-on-buzz-to-build-anticipation-for-new-release|title=Fiona Apple Banked on Buzz to Build Anticipation for New Release|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|first=Steven J.|last=Horowitz|date=June 15, 2012|access-date=October 20, 2019}}</ref> Prior to receiving a [[gold album|gold certification]] from the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]] in January 2006 for shipments of 500,000 copies, it was nominated for the New Pantheon award, which honors "left of center" albums that shipped less than 500,000 copies in the U.S. between July 2004 and October 2005.<ref>{{cite web|first=James|last=Montgomery|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1519924/01092006/death_cab_for_cutie.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060416065805/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1519924/01092006/death_cab_for_cutie.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 16, 2006|title=Death Cab, M.I.A., Fiona Among New Pantheon Finalists|website=[[MTV News]]|date=January 11, 2006|accessdate=February 12, 2006}}</ref> Apple went on a three-week U.S. tour from November 22 to December 11 to promote the album,<ref>{{cite web|first1=Gil|last1=Kaufman|first2=John|last2=Norris|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510911/10052005/apple_fiona.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001105327/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1510911/10052005/apple_fiona.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2007|title=Fiona Apple Announces ''Extraordinary'' Tour Dates|work=[[MTV News]]|date=October 5, 2005|accessdate=May 31, 2006}}</ref> and from January 25 to March 5, 2006 she supported British band [[Coldplay]] on the first half of their North American ''[[X&Y]]'' tour.<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Jonathan|last=Cohen|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/60750/coldplay-drafts-apple-ashcroft-for-2006-tour|title=Coldplay Drafts Apple, Ashcroft For 2006 Tour|magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]|date=November 9, 2005|accessdate=May 31, 2006}}</ref> Apple also appeared on her own headlining summer tour from April 10, 2006 to October 29, 2006, with [[Damien Rice]] and [[Davíd Garza]] as her supporting acts for the 35 shows.<ref name="Billboard Apr-2006">{{cite magazine|first=Jonathan|last=Cohen|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/58703/fiona-taps-rice-garza-for-summer-trek|title=Fiona Taps Rice, Garza For Summer Trek|magazine=[[Billboard magazine|Billboard]]|date=April 19, 2006|accessdate=May 31, 2006}}</ref>
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