Hot Knife (track)
by Fiona Apple
Year: 2012
From the album The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (track #10)
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Hot Knife appears on the following album(s) by Fiona Apple:
- The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do (track #10) (this album) (2012)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 4 days ago |  HoldenM | 9,496 | 91/100 |
| ! | 03/06/2026 22:41 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,060 | 71/100 |
| ! | 02/11/2026 04:24 | iceblink555 | 24 | 62/100 |
| ! | 12/13/2025 09:45 | SD100852 | 12,060 | 77/100 |
| ! | 11/24/2025 05:59 | brent13 | 11,318 | 85/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.1/100, a mean average of 86.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.8/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.9.
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It feels like you're inside of Fiona Apple's head, listening to her thoughts
Super catchy closer, the layering is immense
HE. EXCITES. ME!
eclab 01/08/2013 13:06 | #60709
For a song called "Hot Knife", it's oddly one of the only songs on the album that doesn't cut the listener.
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