Song · Fiona Apple
“The First Taste” by Fiona Apple
From the album Tidal (1996)
“The First Taste” by Fiona Apple appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2023. It was first released in 1996 on the album Tidal. Its best result is #710 on The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s.
Fiona Apple wrote "The First Taste" by herself for Tidal, her debut album, released by the WORK Group on July 23, 1996, and she sings it from the piano. Around her, Andrew Slater's production gathers a curious, lovely band: Jon Brion on marimba, vibraphone, guitar and tack piano, Patrick Warren on chamberlin, Sara Lee on bass, and Matt Chamberlain on drums and percussion, with Danny Frankel adding more. Mark Endert recorded and mixed it.
Slater was the Los Angeles producer who signed her in 1995 and at first thought someone was pranking him, unable to believe a woman that young had written her songs. "The First Taste" wasn't one of the album's three singles, but it belongs to the record Apple later said she made to prove herself to people from her past.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 710 | The Current | The Current's 893 Essential Songs of the '90s | 893 |
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