Tidal is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Fiona Apple, released in the United States, Canada, Argentina, and Europe on July 23, 1996, by Work Records and Columbia Records (Sony Music). According to Nielsen SoundScan, it was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA in December 1997.
Tidal produced six singles: "Shadowboxer", "Slow Like Honey", "Sleep to Dream", "The First Taste", "Criminal" and "Never Is a Promise". "Criminal", the album's most popular single, won a 1998 Grammy Award for "Best Female Rock Vocal Performance" and was named the single of 1997 in a poll of Rolling Stone readers. The music video for "The First Taste" never aired in the U.S.
The 2005 album I've Got My Own Hell to Raise by Bettye LaVette is titled after a lyric in "Sleep to Dream", and includes a cover of that song.
"When I did Tidal," she said in 2000, "it was more for the sake of proving myself; telling people from my past something. And to also try to get friends for the future."
The album was very well received upon release and continues to be highly regarded. In 2008, Entertainment Weekly named Tidal the 20th Best Album of the last 25 years (1983–2008). In 2010, Rolling Stone placed it among the greatest albums of the 1990s, at number 83. A year later, Slant Magazine placed it at number 74.The album is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
Tracks
1."Sleep to Dream"
2."Sullen Girl"
3."Shadowboxer"
4."Criminal"
5."Slow Like Honey"
6."The First Taste"
7."Never Is a Promise"
8."The Child Is Gone"
9."Pale September"
10."Carrion"
