Little by little, small details about the songs were revealed through newspaper and magazine articles.

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Uploaded by Extraordinary Machine Marimba, Arranged By [Orchestra], Producer – Jon Brion Recorded By – Tom Biller: 3:43: 2: Get Him Back Bass – Mike Elizondo Drums – Ahmir '?uestlove' Thompson Keyboards – Keefus Ciancia Piano – Fiona Apple: 5:24: 3: O' Sailor

Ideally, we would combine some of this with that, but obviously we can't. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. The controversy surrounding the album and leaked recordings of the Jon Brion sessions were the subject of substantial press attention, as well as a highly … Playing via Spotify Playing via YouTube. An August 2003 article on Jon Brion in In late June 2004 the song "Extraordinary"—which had since been retitled as the title track—was leaked onto the internet. Sigh. 6

Josh Korr of the After months of no official news, an article about Jon Brion appeared in an October 2004 issue of Shortly thereafter, Fiona Apple fans organized a week-long mail campaign to flood Sony with support for Apple and for the release of the album.

One new song, "Despite rumors that the album had caused a rift between Brion and Apple, they performed together at Largo the Friday evening before Epic's announcement.