Album artwork for The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple

'the idler wheel is wiser than the driver of the screw, and whipping cords will serve you more than ropes will ever do' is fiona apple's fourth studio album. the album contains 10 tracks and is the follow-up to her third album 'extraordinary machine' and her first studio offering for seven years. it is the second time in apple's career that she has named her album after a lengthy poem. in 1999 she released her second album, which has the full title of '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 'fore 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, cause you'll know that you're right'. the title of apple's second album is the longest ever, according to the guinness book of world records, and contains 90 words in total.

Fiona Apple

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Album artwork for The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple
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Released 18/06/2012Catalogue Number

88725406372

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Fiona Apple

The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do

Album artwork for The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do by Fiona Apple
CD

£6.99

Released 18/06/2012Catalogue Number

88725406372

Learn more

'the idler wheel is wiser than the driver of the screw, and whipping cords will serve you more than ropes will ever do' is fiona apple's fourth studio album. the album contains 10 tracks and is the follow-up to her third album 'extraordinary machine' and her first studio offering for seven years. it is the second time in apple's career that she has named her album after a lengthy poem. in 1999 she released her second album, which has the full title of '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 'fore 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, cause you'll know that you're right'. the title of apple's second album is the longest ever, according to the guinness book of world records, and contains 90 words in total.