Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill

Artist:

Morissette, Alanis

See Also:

Dylan, Bob Gabriel, Peter Mitchell, Joni Nyro, Laura Various Artists - A Tribute To Alanis Morissette

Description:

Personnel: Alanis Morissette (vocals, harmonica); Glen Ballard (guitar, keyboards, programming); Basil Fung, Joel Shearer, Michael Landau, Dave Navarro (guitar); Benmont Tench, Michael Thompson (organ); Lance Morrison, Flea (bass); Rob Ladd (drums, percussion); Matt Laug (drums); Gota Yashiki.
Engineers include: Christopher Fogel, Glen Ballard.
Recorded at Westlake Studios and Signet Sound, Hollywood, California.
JAGGED LITTLE PILL won the 1996 Grammy Awards for Album Of The Year and Best Rock Album. "You Oughta Know" won the Grammys for Best Rock Song and Best Female Rock Vocal Performance. "You Oughta Know" was also nominated for Song Of The Year, and Alanis Morissette was nominated for Best New Artist.
"Ironic" was nominated for the 1997 Grammy Award for Record Of The Year.
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.

Track Listing:

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)

Album Information

Release Date:

06/13/1995

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Rock & Pop

Subgenre:

Alternative

Label:

Maverick

Producer:

Glen Ballard

Catalog Number:

45901

Original Release Year:

1995

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

Dave Navarro; Flea

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