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Some of you are no doubt aware that there is a new Fiona Apple Album, Extraordinary Machine, which Sony has declined to release for over two years, having decreed it has "no commercial appeal" (NY Post link, BugMeNot (or Registration, ugh) required). Well, I wasn't familiar with Apple's music at all prior to hearing this news, but the last time I heard the phrase "no commercial appeal" applied to an album, it was referring to Yanke Hotel Foxtrot, so my interest was piqued. ( And I have to say, avoiding for the moment the glaring question of whether Sony's opinion on the commercial viability of <i>anything</i> has merit (cough, pushing minidiscs over mp3 players), in this case they are completely puffing on the stupid pipe. )