Jagged Little Pill

Isn’t it iconic?

She's quite cross, and with good reason. One of the earlier rock albums to assert an unashamedly female-perspective and it delivers some absolute bangers. Including a candidate for best revenge break-up track ever. A solid 4*

Après 3 chansons elle casse les oreilles

I had "Court and Spark" by Joni Mitchell just before Alanis. I have listened to the "Jagged Little Pill" thoroughly. I have then played Joni again. Joni is better. She does not sound like a suffering deer. Nothing personal, Alanis, it's just my ears bleed from your pitch.

My ears are bleeding

Not all winners (several bangers) but she’s a true crazy bitch and I love her for that

this rocks

better than celebrity skin but too 90s for me ironic will always be iconic

1/5 Not interested didn’t rly listen

One of the first CDs in my collection. Crazy how many hits this spawned and how many of the album tracks are great alt rock.

Pretty good all around. Some songs didn’t stand out as much as others but many were amazing and there’s some real big hits on here.

I was quite young when this came out, and I’ve heard it a lot. It feels like a pop album, but the sort of truly exceptional album that pop music should strive for. It’s vulnerable without being self-pitying, and angry without being self-righteous (for the most part). It’s remarkable that she has sole writing credit on the lyrics, and that this came out just a few days after her 21st birthday. ‘You Oughta Know’ is an awesome, angry song. Alanis makes it iconic; she makes it about the subject rather than herself. Taylor Swift could never.

It's Jagged Little Pill! Kind of crazy how hard this still goes. The hits are all hits for a reason. Fantastic twentysomething energy, anger, passion, insight.

She sounds like she really wants to be a rockstar

Oh man, I haven't listened to this album in, uh, nigh-on 30 years! That said, I wouldn't say that it's particularly tied to that timeline from an objective perspective, more that for me it's interwoven with my own teenage timeline! Like Dookie, everyone I knew at the time, irrespective of regular tastes, had this album. Which must be a testament to it in one way or another. Would I like it now if I heard it in isolation? Doubtful. But Ms. Morissette still deserves some kudos, and certainly the role of God in Dogma, at least. Last thoughts... her voice is really dodgy at some points of this album; exhibit A: Perfect. Far from it, alas. Ironic, don't you think?

Well, that must have been some breakup. I've known this album for some years, but never really took to its confused production. This time I listened to an extended version, and actually found the acoustic version a bit easier.

For an album so weird in terms of production, with a honky bass, piercing guitar and sampled drums over real drums, I don’t know what it is but this album has magic in it. It’s nostalgic and modern at the same time, hard to fault, hard not to enjoy.

Not my favorite. Enjoyed some of the more famous hits here, but it din't do much.

I hate it when my streaming service has the 10 hour anniversary deluxe remix edition. Anyways, to this album. I recall it being all pervasive at the time. I also recall not liking her country-ish inflections in every line she sang. She has a good voice i think but there is aomething about this mix, too forward in the vocals, the bocals too trying to be who she is perhaps. The first song i thinm she is trying to get the emption on there but it just sounds shouty. While she wont attain Geroge Jones level expression, i think she has sjownmon other recordings she can express a range of wmptions better than most, but it comes across on this album at best as one emotion, whiney, at worst, a put on. I wonder if the anger she seems to want to express is righteous or is it induldgent? You outta Know is maybe the biggest hit but rather than a fuck you, you hurt me you bastard song, i have always felt a bit ‘shit man, you dodged a bullet there’ when i listen to it. Maybe that’s the point of the song but if it is i doubt it was consumed that way by most that pushed it up the charts. I dont mind the measiness of the lyrics, life is like that and people are imperfect. But the backing doesnt gel with that for me, too pop perfect. I would have liked a more subtle mix of the lyrics, the bocals, the back band. Feels like the back band is just a taxi to get her across town to the audience, which i feel is a missed opportunity.

The thing is, even if you don't love her music, Alanis Morissette was a bad ass woman when it was still more popular for woman artists to be a certain acceptable type. Mostly the type that sang a certain octive (yes, really, Britney Spears famously sang out of her actual comfort sound), had a girlish innocent look and sold sex as young as possible. And for that thid album has my respect.

I forgot how awesome this record is.

Hall of Fame album by an Iconic Artist.

F-ing great classic album

How is this album 3 decades old? I love the scene (in a not-so-great movie) in HOLY SMOKE! where Kate Winslet’s character is driving and singing along with “You Oughta Know.”

Damn this shih 90’s as fuck bro. She’s a great singer but some of the vocal inflections are kinda silly paired with slightly cheesy lyrics at times, but overall her voice is insanely impressive and when it fits it really fucking fits and elevates the tracks to amazing heights. All I really want sounds very Madchester.

I reeeeeeeaaaally don't like her voice.

Lo disfruté bastante porque me recuerda pues mi niñez y mi adolescencia, pero ahorita lo escucho de diferente manera puedo ver que es bastante visceral es como un juego de lo que uno le gustaría decir en voz alta pero no se atreve porque es muy inmaduro decirlo así como va jugando de cómo transitar con la vida con las diferentes incertidumbres que uno tiene y que uno puede estar bien como al mismo tiempo, puede estar enojado o mal o confundido

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There aren't a lot of albums that walk this line. Which line? Well, let's just say that You Oughta Know was a controversy. Like, it's hard to picture now, but the absolute EVERYTHING about it… the frank talk of sex acts… the palpable rage… it felt like a cataclysm. It kinda still does. Alanis is not a sweet trained vocalist, and her anger is obvious, barking, seething over a no less ominous sonic landscape (courtesy in large part of Dave Navarro and Flea, proving One Hot Minute is the only relevant era of the Chili Peppers). But as much as it exploded with feminist catharsis that threatened generations of mediocre men, it also was SO pop radio friendly. This was huge, seismic, even despite Alanis’ not always obvious vocal talents. That venn diagram of feeling like a protest and also a mass market cultural moment is rare at this size. For my money the big single was All I Really Want, which is a real succinct summation of the album. Alanis weaves her hippier-dippier ideas about wanting a kindred, a wavelength, etc. Her voice goes all over the place, her lyricism is at its most clever, there's no question about it being a rock track. It gives a Janis of the Grunge Age vibe. This is an album of a LOT of singles, and this lesser played one simply always hit best for me. “You Learn” maintains a bit of freshness for similar less-played reasons, too. But the rest? Hand in My Pocket? It's got a definite retro vibes that is easier to appreciate now, but the perfunctory harmonica, contain-multitude conceit, and those ragged post-stanza inhales are a lot. Head Over Feet? Besides that being where your head and feet always are, it's way too schmaltzy, too much of a harbinger of what Morissette's later work would be. The less said about Ironic lyrically, the better, but it was also played to death, and then played to dust, and then played to disintegration and nothingness. These aren't bad songs, but they're songs that have lost their flavor. I wonder how they taste to someone who doesn't have the baggage of the 90s behind them. If the singles were wrung out until they were empty, though, the deep tracks still hit. “Right Through You” is a perfect companion to “You Oughta Know,” another man acting like a big shot and being seen through, the general indignity of being a woman instead of the specific anger at Dave Coulier. “Forgiven” probably was the gateway for thousands of people starting to question and creep away from abusive religious upbringings (this was the song i remember kids whispering about in awe at the time). More reflective songs like “Perfect” still mine the quiet moments of women on the edge (it's amazing how well “Mary Jane” holds up as an adult, because it was definitely the weak link to me at the time). On the other hand, “Not the Doctor” goes a bit more fun and snarky, a bit more of a chaos relationship than a fraught one. And of course, there's official final track “Wake Up” which feels like it exists on a razor edge of tension the whole time. Throughout there is that sense that something slightly feral got a big flashy production contract. In retrospect that production reins in the rough gem that is Alanis. At the time, it felt dangerous in its way, not gritty like punk but tense, like there's a possible agitator in a normally safe space. I couldn't tell you if the second mix of “You Oughta Know” is better or worse, but I can tell you that skipping it means skipping one of, I'd argue, the more important “hidden tracks” of the hidden track era. “Your House” is stark, a capella, that haunted voice echoing as though it is, indeed, alone in an empty room. It's a song of indiscretion… reveling in your own, being shattered by someone else's, the fragility of letting yourself succumb to a forbidden desire and also of letting yourself be emotionally shattered. It's a cherry on top of an album that occupied a major place in 30-odd-years-ago culture but is somewhat less certain in stature in the vacuum of today. It's sometimes fun to wonder how Alanis could have matured in this vein instead of going the much more bland direction that defines her later work. But for me, this still rates a ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Surprised myself enjoying this as much as I did. Yes it’s very 90s nostalgia now but it’s super consistent and I think her voice is so original for someone who sold truck loads of CDs.

Would be lower but Ironic is a banger

Good album, a couple great songs

Knew the big hits before listening fully which are solid. Couple other tunes on here that I enjoyed as well!

2.5

Excellent vocal and instrumental style! Brings a fun rough tenor to a lot of songs. Strong artist with a strong theme

Occasionally bland, often great

Great-looking album cover. Wondering how she made something like this in 1995. This is very much a hit album, its got 3 amazing songs, You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, Ironic. Everything else is great, but not excellent. The first song is ok, not my favorite. Her voice is really interesting to listen to and shes got creative lyrics. The remix isnt bad, AND its the perfect length, she got everything she needed to say within it. I added some songs to my real playlist. Best Song: You Oughta Know. Worst Song: All I Really Want

This album had 4 hits songs and the rest are listenable. Albanis has a unique sound and she’s makes being a lyrical misfit work. The songs lasted the rest of time!

I hate her voice and her inflections, I hope she doesn’t do that the whole album… oh, she doesn’t? Awesome! When I started, I thought this album was going to be terrible, but I found myself able to like the vocals as the record progressed. The amazingly diverse instrumentals, catchy melodies, and angry, yet articulate lyricism is captivating. The only misstep in this album is the purposeful voice cracks, an element heard all throughout the first track, where it is overdone. Luckily, the other songs are more reserved in this aspect, and the inflections add to the tone in many instances.

Alanis Morissette war 21, als „Jagged Little Pill" im Juni 1995 erschien, und die Kanadierin aus Ottawa hatte schon zwei Dance-Pop-Alben hinter sich, die nie über die Landesgrenze hinauskamen. Das hier war etwas anderes: Alternative Rock, gemeinsam mit Glen Ballard geschrieben, der das Album auch produzierte, aufgenommen 1994/95 in den Westlake Studios in Los Angeles und im Signet Sound in Hollywood. Veröffentlicht wurde es bei Maverick, dem Label, das Madonna mitgegründet hatte. „You Oughta Know" ist der Song, an dem sich alles andere messen lassen muss: eine Abrechnung ohne jede Höflichkeit, bei der man die Wut hört, bevor man den Text versteht. Danach wird es nicht leiser, nur vielfältiger. „Hand in My Pocket" bleibt lässig. „Ironic" wird seit Jahren dafür belächelt, dass kaum eines der Beispiele wirklich ironisch ist, und trotzdem kennt jeder den Refrain. „You Learn" klingt nach einer Lektion, die jemand teuer bezahlt hat, und „Head Over Feet" erlaubt sich sogar Zärtlichkeit. Mehr als 33 Millionen verkaufte Exemplare und vier Grammys erzählen von der Wirkung, nicht vom Klang. Der klingt stellenweise nach Mitte der Neunziger, mit Gitarrenwänden und Drumloops, die ihre Zeit nicht verleugnen. Die Songs tragen das trotzdem mühelos. „Perfect" soll in gut zwanzig Minuten entstanden sein, und es klingt nicht nach Eile. Die Wut auf diesem Album hat Melodien, und deshalb hält es bis heute.

Enjoyed. Still a good album!

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of irony

Bueno, bien. 4/5

nostalgia gave me a found feeling with this album

I owned this album back in the times when you had to pay cash money and not just download things. I thought it was great back then, and clearly it deserves a spot on this list as it topped charts and smashed sales in almost every country. And yet for all that I don’t feel it has aged particularly well.

I owned this CD when It was new and I didn't have many CD's played on repeat until I could feel the entire album in my bones. This collection has become part of me. If this isn't 5 stars, nothing is.

*all-time.

Released in 95 so there is a 98% chance it sucks. Yup. 2.0

(Strong 8/10 to a light 9/10) Honestly this album is essential listening for 90's radio-ready alt rock and pop period. Alanis brought something to the table that was open and soul baring to an industry that was all too eager to exploit. She killed it of course.

Many listens. One of my favorite pop albums.

Está bueno, tiene temas que me gustaron. Las baterias que suenan como programadas por momentos, como loops, me gustan. Siento que en cierto punto empieza a volverse algo repetitivo para mi, pero tan solo lo escuché una vez. Me gustaron los temas mas "pesados".

Almost nightmare fuel coming straight out of my childhood. I am a 90s kid, and when this album came out, it was everywhere, and that's not hyperbole. And thanks to my sister, it was in my house, all the time. All. The. Time. If you decided to try and watch VH1 or MTV, at least one song from this album played every hour. Jagged Little Pill is not only one of the definitive alt-rock albums, but also of the 90s. I describe this album as almost nightmare fuel, not because I don't like it (surprisingly, I do think it's a great album), but because of how often I had to listen to it. So getting it on my path through these albums was very amusing. I do actually highly recommend this album to people who've never heard it before.

It's a classic. Definitely should be on the list. But for me, is this a three star or a four? On the one hand, the songs get in my head - both listening now, and hearing them around the place. It was a huge album, one of the greats from the 90's. But, it also sounds very 90's - the production, the guitar tones (ugh, the chorus!!). Some albums are timeless. Some albums are a product of their time and become dated. And some are a symbol of their time. This is the third.

Not my style.

Dude I love her voice. So many female vocalists sing the same way, and that way is really good, but it’s a little boring when they’re all so similar. She is different and it’s wonderful. Reminds me of Exile in Guyville by Liz Phair in that way, which is an album I really love a lot. When she does sing more typically, her voice is still amazing!!! She does the traditional singing AND the nontraditional singing so well. Wow this is really good. I love it when an album is good. Also I love a harmonica in a rock song. That’s great.

Another case of 'the radio hits do a lot of carrying this album'. Great vocals tho

Dated? Perhaps. It's got a lot of those typical 90's production sounds, the occasional fuzzy guitar and univibe combo. Shimmery chorus/reverb combo's. A harmonica gets thrown in once or twice. That sort of thing... Joke's on all of you, I'm into that shit.

Some of the well known songs are good and a few others but it's tiresome to listen to whole way through

Alternative, pop rock con vene grunge

The og teenage rebellion album. Still holds up, despite it slightly losing momentum in the middle. Also, why is You Outta Know basically on here twice? I know it’s a different version, but they sound almost identical!

4.65

Favorite track(s): You Oughta Know I was looking forward to this one but it doesn't hold up well. The angsty lyrics and mediocre vocals don't allow Morissette to escape the flat pop songwriting and production that presumably pervaded her first two albums. She once said she was upset that she never got acceptance in the grunge scene; she could've at least tried heroin.

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There's no two ways around it: this album definitely sounds dated. And for whatever reason, that just makes me love it more. Morissette's songwriting is just so sticky and affective, it manages to make the tackier elements of the production feel charming. Hearing trip-hop drums mixed with post-grunge power chords and a snarling vocal delivery are SO 90s... and I love it for that. There are better singer-songwriter albums, and certainly more timeless ones, but "Jagged Little Pill" has enough spit and spirit to always keep it close in my rotation. Fav Tracks: All I Really Want, You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, Head Over Feet, Ironic Least Fav: Forgiven Score: 7.5

I just couldnt stand her vocals

All the classics I never knew belonged to one person

starke Verwendung von Mundharmonika, extrem großer Fan. 3.6

JL : 3, You Oughta Know

El canto de una época…y la mejor época

Jagged Little Pill is one of those albums I can still listen to from start to finish. It is full of great songs — You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, Ironic and You Learn all still sound brilliant. I love how direct and personal it feels. A proper 90s album that has really stood the test of time. Five stars.

Really good songwriting. Bassist is having so much fun on so many tracks. I'm not a huge fan of Alanis' voice but she does have some great moments, especially on the heavier tracks. 7.5/10

Lots of catchy pop rock tunes, there's a good reason this dominated 90's radio

All I Really Want and Hand in my Pocket are bangers. This isn't to my general listening taste, but it was still an enjoyable listen.

this was one of the first cds i owned an i was always a little bummed by how the energy drops off through the album and adult me still feels that way. the bad lyrics bother me more now than then but i still like the really good ones. the production made me nostalgic, i dont think it's dated just of its time. still has too many skips to keep revisiting imo

5 alltid. Jag har älskat detta album sedan första gången jag hörde det när det släpptes. Jag lyssnar fortfarande ofta och jag älskar det fortfarande lika mycket. Naturligtvis är det en 5:a. You oughta know är en av de bästa låtarna jag vet.

you know what, fuck it, this is a 4. you oughta know is a classic that has gone platinum in my house over the years.

This is so good. I love her vocals, how she changes her whole singing voice for those fast build up parts and totally lets rip for the choruses, but she's also got such a great way of accenting the important, often acerbic, lines. The instrumentation is pretty dated sounding, pretty standard 90s rock for the most part. But there are some really interesting elements hidden among the tracks, though I'm not sure the opening harmonica was necessary. Her lyrics leap from aggressive and clever to a bit weird and cheesy. But mostly they're great, even the poor grasp of irony has good lines in it. The songs are tremendous. I got a bit bored in Mary Jane, but the other album tracks are all pretty strong and the singles are killer and there's what, like 6 on here? Incredible album. I'm debating a really high 4, but I feel like that might be a bit mean spirited, so let's be generous.

Wow. This album has ALL the hits. I was so surprised to recognise so many songs that I hear all the time on the radio. This album was really great to listen to, both the hits and the lesser-known tracks. "You Learn" and "Perfect" were two tracks I hadn't heard before but they were real highlights of the album. I was going to take away a point for a slight lack of variation, but after a second listen I've gone back on that. The tracks do mostly have their own identity, and it doesn't really take away from the record. 5/5 from me! #198

Hook after hook after hook.

Honestly forgot how many of her great songs were all on this one album. In my mind I had thought they were probably across two albums. Easily better than a lot of other stuff that came out in the 90s, and that's saying a lot from me since I liked a lot of what came out.

Blimey this album was absolutely everywhere. I always thought it was ok, and I stand by that

This is a truly 3 album for me. It defined the sound of a moment in time. Undeniably. I can’t say I was excited about it at the time. It felt like a celebration of alternating screechy and precious girlieness to which I didn’t relate. I still don’t. What I DO appreciate now is its production value. Aside from some of the artificial vocal choices that Alanis makes, which get very annoying, the mix of “pop” and “grunge” elements is actually done with finesse. There’s a reason this album did as well as it did and had as many hits as it does. It’s THAT to which I can relate. 3 Boolean: True

Very cool and infatuation-focused album! Ton of hits in here. Standouts are All I Really Want, Hand In My Pocket, You Learn, Head Over Feet (of course), Mary Jane and Wake Up.

A powerful and stylish one

The only thing that would have held me back from rating this a 5 is my own hang-ups about some of her inflections and vocal styling. It’s nice to hear something other than the maybe 2-3 songs that got played to death.

"It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" Wow finally an album that gets me

#145 Average track rating: 2.2 | FT: Right Through You | LFT: Perfect A curious addition to the list. It's definitely had a cultural impact and is so distinctly nineties that it feels almost criminal to listen to it now. I would say the lyrics are the strongest aspect of this album (discounting "ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife"), specifically in tracks like "Right Through You" and "Forgiven". The pure anger and passion that shines through is striking and gives a certain sense of empowerment. For me, Alanis' voice is simply too shouty/grating for me - most notably in "Perfect" - but it does serve the album well. It's a 2 for me, but I appreciate it's appearance on the list. ಄ Albums remaining: 944 ಄ Albums I agree with being on the list: 64 (+1 Jagged Little Pill) ಄ Albums I would consider for my list: 29 ಄ Albums I would not include on my list: 116

Very enjoyable, I knew more songs than I thought I would.

Alanis rules and so does this album. Pop perfection but with 90s-angst sensibility.

What a fun time. I’ve heard all the singles but never done a full listen through. Emotional, angsty, and a great blend of grunge and alt with some pop elements.

An excellent album packed with some real bangers (especially for a singer-songwriter). You Oughta Know is probably the most famous track on the album, along with Hand In My Pocket. Both are great, and for my third favorite pick I'd go with You Learn. Just an incredible album that holds up... Oh jeez, 31 years later.

This is another album that I have never hear the entire album, but the singles were fairly ubiquitous. It's also fair to say that I wasn't a fan and I wasn't looking forward to this. It took me a few times to finally get into the album and now by the time I get to the end of it, it's fine. It's probably not something that I will actively go back to, but I'm also not going to actively avoid it. One of the things that I realized I hadn't noticed about the album are the electronic elements to it, particularly the drums. That's tied into a high production style that I really wasn't a big fan of at the time, but am now more accepting of. Morissette is a compelling singer and the lyrics are decent. She also knows how to write a hook. This falls into the not for me but I can understand why it was so significant. There are also moments when I also enjoyed it.

justice for horrible women!!!!!!!!

Vaca catch up

OOOH! Truly one of the best albums in the harrowing, horrible, really annoying genre or Adult Alternative. Before even going into this, I had more than a decade of exposure to the incredible emotional catharsis of “You Oughta Know,” the catchiness and use of melody on “Head Over Feet,” as well as “Ironic” (though less likeable, still an undeniable hit). What I didn’t expect was to like so many songs on this album at a similar level as I did those. Opener “All I Really Want” at times matches the catharsis of “You Oughta Know,” and Morrisette gives a surprisingly incredible vocal performance. A lot of these sound like that awful Sheryl Crow album if it was really fucking good. It sounds like Tori Amos made that album instead of Sheryl Crow. Her voice? Can sometimes be annoying. Her attitude? Can also be annoying, except for I know and love many women who have this attitude in them; it’s a very “defiant white woman” disposition that I have a soft spot for, for better or for worse. The musical choices here are really fucking great too. Across the album, there’s the use of these really great downtempo-esque drums, very much in fashion at the time, but truly this album makes them its own. I also LOVE the way everything is mixed; you can hear every single instrument just enough to appreciate everything it does for the song, and Morrisette’s voice is mixed just so that you hear every single word she says, but so that you can’t quite hear the more glaring flaws in her voice enough to complain about them. Please, I beg of you, do not listen to the 2015 remaster; it is one of the worst remasters I’ve ever heard. Specific standouts other than the big hits are "Perfect," one that, despite its circumstance as a VERY cliché song, hits pretty close to home, I suppose. I truly cannot believe how great "All I Really Want" is. "One Hand In My Pocket" is actually really annoying, but surprisingly Morrisette saves it with the performance and some actually well-written lines. "Right Through You" has that same vibe of catharsis that's so addictive on this album, as does "Forgiven," which I like sort of for the opposite reason that I do "Perfect," in that it's not super relatable to me, but it's a concept I haven't heard much done this well. So many of these songs feel like the soundtrack to something like Gossip Girl, a show that in the eyes of many, like this album, could and should be very much below someone like me, a seventeen-year-old Arnold Schoenberg fan. But no, this album is actually fucking incredible. Absolutely recommend. 9.5/10 DOES IT BELONG ON THE LIST: YES REASON: IMPACT AND QUALITY

A woman scorned makes a damn near perfect album. Gen X guy here and I liked the songs then and now.

I'm certainly more emotionally invested in a 90s pop rock album about a woman trashing her ex than most of the other variations on the same topic. What blew my mind this time is that I couldn't stop hearing the influence Alanis Morissette had on Shakira's early rock albums. I know it's the other way around, but I couldn't stop thinking this is just Shakira trashing Pique in English. As fun as all this is, this album is, well, old. It is more 90s than than me, and we were both born then. That's not necessarily bad, but for me it means I'd only listen to it for the nostalgia. Problem is, I don't feel nostalgia for this record or any of the songs in it. Not because they're bad, just because I never got into Alanis Morissette when I had to.

Really like the attitude in her voice. Great guitars too. Very catchy.

Gut

This is a great album from the 90s full of angst and delivered with in raw, aggressive style. The voice has depth and emotion and is everything I love about music. I have had this album on CD since its release but bizarrely I purchased it on vinyl only last week.