Alanis Morissette – Jagged Little Pill

Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill I really wasn’t planning on getting this until I heard “Head Over Feet” a few times on the radio. I know some people thought “Ironic” and others from this album were “really deep songs,” but I wasn’t convinced of Alanis’ musical merits until I heard “Head Over Feet”, which, if you can stomach the well-worn sound of Alanis’ voice after months of repeated airplay, actually has some rather nice romantic lyrics that manage to avoid the realm of bubblegum-pop fluff. As it so happens, that song is the exception rather than the rule on this album. While I usually tend to like Alanis’ lyrics if nothing else, there is a sameness that 3 out of 4plagues every song on this album – it all seems to come down to Alanis singing, a drum machine and the occasional splash of real percussion, and grungy guitar playing. A so-so album at best, though I guess I can see why there are so many die-hard Alanisites out there.

Order this CD

  1. All I Really Want (4:45)
  2. You Oughta Know (4:09)
  3. Perfect (3:08)
  4. Hand In My Pocket (3:41)
  5. Right Through You (2:56)
  6. Forgiven (5:00)
  7. You Learn (3:59)
  8. Head Over Feet (4:27)
  9. Mary Jane (4:41)
  10. Ironic (3:50)
  11. Not The Doctor (3:47)
  12. Wake Up (4:54)

Released by: Maverick
Release date: 1995
Total running time: 57:33