Extraordinary Machine given October release date

Mike Elizondo , who played bass on Pawn , was brought back as co-producer to complete the tracks he had begun with Brion and Apple. Spin later reported: “Fans erroneously thought that Apple’s record label, Epic, had rejected the first version of Extraordinary Machine … in reality, according to Elizondo, Apple was unhappy with the results, and it was her decision to redo the record, not her label’s.” In August 2005, the album was given an October release date. Production had been largely redone “from scratch” by Elizondo and was co-produced by Brian Kehew . Two of the 11 leaked tracks were relatively unchanged, and one new song was included. Despite suggestions that the album had caused a rift between Brion and Apple, they regularly perform together at Largo , a club in Los Angeles, including a joint appearance with Elizondo on bass just before the news broke of an official release. Extraordinary Machine debuted at number seven and was nominated for a Grammy Award for ” Best Pop Vocal Album “. It was eventually certified Gold , though its singles (” Parting Gift “, ” O’ Sailor “, ” Not About Love “, and ” Get Him Back “) failed to enter any Billboard charts. Apple went on tour to promote the album. Beginning in the mid-2000s, Apple dated writer and television creator Jonathan Ames .