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Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

Jagged Little Pill

by Alanis Morissette

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Released
25/07/05
Music Genre
Pop

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Description

With exuberant vocal gymnastics, Alanis Morissette offers chilling monologues from an outspoken and aggressive young performer. Her straight-for-the-jugular lyrical stance is given ample room to flex its muscles, and because of that very fact, JAGGED LITTLE PILL is indeed a tricky swallow. Pushed into the public eye by the scathing single "You Oughta Know," Morissette's American debut (she had two Canadian releases as a teen popster) lives up to its title. Recalling Siouxsie Sioux and Sinead O'Connor, Morissette's vocals coo and writhe, exuding a spectacular confidence of self, and letting her get away with lines like "I recommend biting off more than you can chew." The audio palette of flamenco guitar fills, distortion-drenched power chords and house-ready drum beats allow for Morissette to weave her songs in and out of genres, as easily as she goes through moods. Seemingly contradictory emotions come through in her feelings on falling in love on "Head Over Feet" ("You've already won me over in spite of me./I couldn't help it/It's all your fault"). JAGGED LITTLE PILL is modern and aware music from a daring young songwriter.

Product Details

Artist
Alanis Morissette
Recording Environment
Studio
Label / Studio
WEA
WOW HD Sales Rank
#445
Media Content Format
Album
Original year of release
1995
Media Format
Audio CD
Year of release
1995
Number of Discs
1
CD 30days Sales Rank
#390
Cast & Crew
Alanis Morissette (Music Performer)
Glen Ballard (Producer)

Press Reviews

7 (out of 10) - "...sufficient a mixture of clean-cut looks and post-teen angst to be pop's very own Winona Ryder. Graphic enough in her lyrics, yet demographic enough in post-grunge sound to be the mainstream Liz Phair....Even more amazingly, she's quite good....if this is illusion, Alanis Morissette is mighty good at using it... Melody Maker (9/9/95, p.47)

Ranked #42 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime Q (10/01, p.48)

Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s. Q (12/99, p.84)

Included in Q's 50 Best Albums of 1995. Q (2/96, p.66)

4 Stars - Excellent - "...Caught somewhere between Tori Amos and a souped up Liz Phair, just a few bars of the opening `All I Really Want' should be enough to convince that she really is a bit special... Q (9/95, p.118)

Ranked # 31 in Rolling Stone's "Women in Rock: The 50 Essential Albums Rolling Stone (10/31/02, p.136)

Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's. Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.60)

Ranked #16 on Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums Of '95. Spin (12/95, p.63)

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. All I Really Want
  2. You Oughta Know
  3. Perfect
  4. Hand in My Pocket
  5. Right Through You
  6. Forgiven
  7. You Learn
  8. Head Over Feet
  9. Mary Jane
  10. Ironic
  11. Not the Doctor
  12. Wake Up
  13. You Oughta Know [Alternate Take]
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