Home / Music / The Idler Wheel strips Fiona Apple down to percussive pianoMusic linernotes album music fiona-appleThe Idler Wheel strips Fiona Apple down to percussive pianoFiona Apple’s The Idler Wheel is built on sparse, percussive piano with minimal accompaniment. The sound is intimate and raw — every vocal crack and breath is right there in the room. Search Amazon As an Amazon Associate, Work Notes may earn.Related NotesFetch the Bolt Cutters hit No. 1 on three US chartsFiona Apple took eight years between The Idler Wheel and Fetch the Bolt CuttersFiona Apple's The Idler Wheel was recorded live in the studio with minimal overdubsFiona Apple's core message: Fetch the fucking bolt cuttersFiona Apple's fourth album title is a full-length sentenceExploreSoul Limbo is famous as the BBC cricket themeSpirit of the West's 'Home for a Rest' is a Canadian folk-rock anthemSteve Goodman's 'City of New Orleans' found a second life through Arlo GuthrieStraight No Chaser started at Indiana University and never stoppedSufjan Stevens' Songs for Christmas boxes up five years of holiday EPsPrevious The Takács, Juilliard, and Emerson Quartets all recorded definitive Bartók cycles.Next The Hammerklavier's slow movement is one of music's greatest