Jagged Little Pill

Alanis made a wonderfully delightful album that was one of the defining albums of the 90s. The production is great, the singing is excellent, and the lyrics are fantastic. At a little under an hour long runtime, the album does feel a little stale towards the end, but the whole record is also so original and very fun that it doesn't bother me. 4/5

Surprisingly catchy throughout. She has lyrics I didn’t appreciate in the 90s

This album made me want to give up on day 1. Kept checking back to spotify to see how many songs were left.

Good

All time great fuck you album

90s banger

Awful

Jagged Little Pill by Alanis Morissette. Now here's an album that's stood the test of time. Now, when I first heard this album, I was like, "Whoa, what is this? Is this a breakup album? Is this an empowerment album? Is this a therapy session on a disc?" But then I realized, it's all of the above, baby! From the moment "All I Really Want" starts, you know you're in for a wild ride. Alanis has got some serious feelings she wants to share, and she's not holding back. "You Oughta Know" is the ultimate breakup anthem, and let's just say, if I ever broke up with Alanis, I would be scared to listen to this song. Like, seriously scared. But it's not all anger and angst. "Hand in My Pocket" is a feel-good bop that makes me want to dance around in my underwear. But my favorite track on the album has got to be "Ironic", as yours should be too. It's a classic sing-along that reminds us that sometimes life just likes to mess with us. How's that for relatable? Overall, Jagged Little Pill is a great frickin' album. It's raw, it's honest, and it's catchy as hell. If you haven't listened to it in a while, do yourself a favor and give it another spin. And if you're going through a breakup, you oughta know: Alanis has got your back.

Someone in the other reviews called this a time piece, and that's absolutely true. The 90s bleed through in every aspect of this record from production to arrangement to sentiment. Amazing album. Standouts: You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, Forgiven, You Learn, Ironic

All I Really Want - Great opener You Oughta Know - ANTHEMMMM Perfect - Relatable but I feel like there's smth missing idk Hand in My Pocket - Oh this slay Right Thru You - 69 line gathered me omg Forgiven - Religion can be so horrible sometimes You Learn - ANTHEMMMMMMMMMMM Head over Feet - rlly rlly cute, i need this so bad Mary Jane - (Definitely going to be about weed) Ok so it wasnt about weed- this song is actually rlly fckng heartbreaking Mary Jane I'm here 4 u Ironic - Songwriting masterpiece. period. Not the Doctor - TELL EMMMM, relatable pt.2 Wake Up - yasss

Dated, but like, in a good way.

Was king of its time

I love this record. Ever since it came out when I was 9. Yes there are many common places from the 90’s in it but man, those hits are really great and also, Alanis has an incredible voice. Now 28 years later I can truly say that Head over feet is my favorite. Yes it has that cliche harmonica but it does work on it.

Alanis is a very high maintenance ex

Kaikissa biiseissä on suht sama rakenne: lyriikkapainotteisia, tietty lauserakenne/sanapari/idea toistuu, popkitaratausta on vain tausta. Mut on siitä silti saatu omaperäinen albumi aikaan. Myyntiluvut silti ihmetyttää

Ansaitsee kaksi tähteä, koska onnistuu siinä, mitä yrittää - eli luomaan päähän soimaan jääviä renkutuksia. Siitäkin huolimatta, että laulajan ääni on aivan saatanan ärsyttävä, ja suuri osa levyn sisällöstä jonkinlaista popiksi standardisoitua Pearl Jamia.

90s angsty Canadian goodness

Schwaganis Boringette

Sounds like Disney Channel music (no hate)

Kan förstå exakt varför vissa bottenlöst skulle älska denna skiva och varför andra skulle avsky den, vilket är ovanligt för mig. Whateva. .. Personligen tycker jag att hitsen äger, resten är trevligt men inte särskilt inspirerande.

Ihan ok ysäri rockia. Vähän ehkä laimean makuista isoimpia hittejä lukuunottamatta

Wasnt a huge fan of the way she sang. Kinda unintelligible. Still appreciate it tho

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Rock

It is absolutely no wonder this is a ‘90s alternative staple. The angst, anger and unbridled emotion that Morissette dispels here is so raw and really lets the audience appreciate her writing.

Don’t break up with Alanis

You outta know this is a good album

Probably a 3, but Alanis kinda scares me.

Favorites: -You oughta know -Hand in my pocket -Right through you -Forgiven -Ironic This was such a great experience

Not a fan of her voice, it gets pretty grating after a while. A few good songs here no doubt, but this is supremely overhyped IMHO. Solid 3.

I know every word of this album. But listening back as a 40-something I’m surprised by how much I dislike it. It over-emotes which makes it tough to listen to.

I was 14 when this came out and I still remember every word. I am the perfect demographic for this album and it shows. Love love love.

She truly has an iconic voice that resonates throughout the album. Her emotions can be felt throughout the body and you jam along to You Oughta Know with the spite she has, even if you haven’t experienced something like that before. I also didn’t realize how many of her hits were on this album, great listen!

This has a wildly strong start, and caps things off with proof the clean vocals aren't just a grunge gimmick. But there's a lot of filler, and half slips by. Somehow the first I've heard from Canadian Ms. Morissette.

One hand in my pocket, and the other hand in my other pocket

Still great. You oighta now, Ironic and Hand in my pocket, still top rock of the 90s.

Ok, but not to interesting to me

Even though there are moments on this record I still enjoy, I find a large portion of it unlistenable. I think it was the first album I ever bought, and I loved it until I found grittier stuff, but good golly that harmonica playing is some of the worst I’ve ever heard. Its a tough listen for me now.

I’m sorry but no

Enjoyable for sure, but it something I would regularly listen to. Good writing, such a unique voice. Glad to listen with my wife.

An incredibly powerful piece of little evil

alanis morisslay

Gosh, this album reminds me so very much of the mid 1990s. Of course I had (probably still do) this on CD. Lots and lots of people did. What strikes me about it now is how hilariously emotionally undeveloped it is. "I'm here to remind you of the mess you left when you went away" - sorry pet, he went away. Your emotional response is no longer his concern. How can we forget her breaking into another guy's house and getting upset to find a letter from another woman. Hyew lass, why not try not being a creepy stalker, laying in this guy's bed so you can, um, smell him? Honestly, it's the 90s equivalent of going through somebody's text messages. For all the emotion and talent on display in this album, I'm fairly sure that the problem was her. This thought is pretty much solidified by "head over feet" - the man she describes is doing the minimum fucking possible. He listened to her. He held the sodding door open. Clearly the catch of the century. Um, yeah. I'm guessing that she'd been self-selecting asshole blokes then getting upset upon finding out that he's an asshole. Finding a Prince has nothing to do with kissing frogs. Probably a better place to start is "Not a pond". Get some self respect. I guess that this album is quite good in that we'd had decades of whiney white boys being able to put their teenage inexperience and dismal ineptitude onto vinyl, and yeah, it's sure nice to have a woman do that, but it's still whiney emotional ineptitude being shown here. All that being said - this album was massive, and did shift a paradigm or two, which has to be acknowledged. And I mostly enjoyed listening to it again for the first (maybe second) time in a decade or more. Biggest surprise was the absolute reawakening of my hatred of "Mary Jane". I had completely mentally erased it from my memory of this album. For the aged familiarity of non-single tracks like Perfect or Right Through You, Mary Jane stirred memories of having to skip the track as the only genuinely bad track on an otherwise great album. I was honestly surprised at both how much I disliked it, and how completely I had managed to remove it from my memory of an album I must have listened to hundreds of times. Rating this album may be tricky. Because I really do find it (now) to be painfully immature, with a hilarious lack of self awareness or introspection (something most whiney white boy music has in nauseating overabundance) present. The music slaps though, and her vocals are generally pretty good. The production is great, and it genuinely is an album that changed music. I'd err towards 5 stars due to the impact of the release, but its underdeveloped character and the inclusion of the godawful Mary Jane does have to lock it down to a high 4.

good album...every other song is a hit

Absolutely miserable experience. Lyrics and vocals are annoying, over-the-top making this album a chore to listen to. If you never liked listening to 'Ironic' then skip this one. Best song: Right Through You (the least irritating song, very radio-friendly) Worst song: You Oughta Know (someone was very salty about their ex)

Didn't like this

I haven't listened to this record since the 90s. It was better than I expected/remembered.

Epic album. Amazing

A 90s mega-smash hit. A bit grungy, a bit poppy and very melodic and catchy. The confessional 'therapy rock' doesn't sound as edgy in the 2020s as it did in the 1990s, or perhaps it is just that the words of a 21 year old Morissette resonated more when we were in our teens. It remains a very listenable record, with a handful of bangers. Rating: 3.5/5 Playlist track: Ironic Date listened: 15/01/23

lindo album

If ratings and reviews exist to inform others, it hardly seems necessary to rate or review this album, as everyone is likely to know the music! Needless to say, there are some now-legendary songs here that definitely deserve their status. Alanis properly established her own niche in the world of alternative rock with this album, which I'm so close to giving a 5.

It’s funny I guess my 10 year old memories only hung onto the few hits and tricked me into thinking this whole album was great, it’s not. It’s not terrible, the warbling vocal delivery grows a bit thin as this nearly 1 hour album chugs along. The hits are still hits and you gotta respect Alanis for the amount of albums she moved in the 90’s so I’ll give it 3 stars

Pretty good punkish type effort.

This album just did too much to define a musical movement, a generation, to get anything less than a 5. My favorite has long been “Mary Jane,” with “Ironic” and “You Oughta Know” close behind. I loved revisiting this album and I played it loud in the car as nostalgia washed over me.

I was resistant to give this a 5 because I'm sort of embarrassed about how much I love this album. But Mike's right, it's iconic. It's a 5.

Le pop

Alternative pop sang by a great artist with some rock elements, it felt like it had the same impact as Taylor Swift but during the 90s

Got quite a few catchy tunes; hand in my pocket was a surprise to the eardrum. Some offalty lyrics, but during listening I sweated profusely from the right armpit and that only happens when we're onto something. Strong 3 to a light 4.

Only listened to one song

1/5 graphic design Choons aren’t much better

Feel like I’m sat watching SMTV Saturday morning . Some well written pop songs in there though got to say. Stand out tracks: - You Oughta Know - Hand in My Pocket - Head Over Feet - Ironic 2.5/5

Honestly pretty fantastic

People love this album but I think it’s kinda dated and get annoying after a while the first two tracks are great though

I've had some really good moments with this album haha! Right now there's currently a lot of hype about Alanis Morisette in popular culture. I enjoy Hand in My Pocket and a couple of the tracks but in between these I find her almost waily singing style can get a bit irritating after listening in a big chunk like a whole album. However, listening to this while working from home is very different to drunkenly belting the lyrics using a bluetooth karaoke microphone which is very fun and satisfying. There is definitely something very cathartic and satisfying about this album in the right contexts and I definitely don't hang my hat with the groups who find her too angry which is reductive and annoying, I love that she openly explored themes of female sexuality with this album. Overall some fun catchier songs which are great in a certain context but not the most chilled listening, and I think the album has importance for the world of music.

Well this felt like quite something - of a time and great fun! I don't know how much I'd regularly go back and listen but I certainly enjoyed it on this run through. Some classic songs in there you would forget about. Feels really 'girl power' and I like that she's aggressive and rude in her lyrics. Makes a change from the similar songs of the same era

I think this is an absolute belter of an album. I love Alanis Morissette's voice. I think the lack of ironic things in the song Ironic have unfairly hampered Alanis' respect as an excellent artist.

I don't like her vocals

"Jagged Little Pill" is the third album from Canadian singer Alanis Morissette. It was a change in style from her two previous more dance-pop albums into more alternative rock with guitar, keyboards, harmonica and drum machines. Morissette co-wrote the songs with producer Glen Ballard; they recorded rough versions of the songs as they were written, later re-recording them. She signed with Maverick, the only label willing to sign her. And it paid off. This album was a huge success topping the charts in 13 countries and becoming one of the biggest selling albums of all time. It also won the Grammy for album of the year. "All I Really Want" begins the album with swirly guitars, harmonica and drums. Her lyrics are kind of stream conscience even comparing herself to Estella from Dickens' "Great Expectations." And her lyrics are a strength of this album. Very 90's sounding and I can't quite place the guitar riff. At first I thought it was the Toadies but it's someone else. Not so stream of conscious is "You Oughta Know," her breakthrough. Directed anger of betrayal at none other than Full House's Dave Coulier. Dave Navarro on guitar. Flea on bass. This song still rocks. Fuzzy guitar, a harmonica and a drum machine drive the second single "Hands in My Pocket." A song about contradictions and I think more about reluctantly growing up becoming adults. "We'll be fine, fine, fine, fine." "You Learn" has a great catchy chorus. Sometimes Morisette's vocal delivery can be annoying but hear it works to perfection. A smooth pop-rock song. About self-help and my favorite song on the album. And the fifth of six singles is "Head Over Heels." A ballad. Falling for someone she was scared to fall for. "Ironic" was actually the biggest sing on the album. I didn't know that. A pop-rock song. Clever lyrics about situational irony. Goes soft-hard-soft-hard. I'm always a sucker for that. I've always been middle of the road about this album. I liked the songs but was not over the top about them. It actually sounded really good today, somewhat dated. But, there really are a few great songs. The lyrics and production are solid. Sometimes her approach is overwrought and sometimes it works really well. I figure most of you will have gotten this album if you liked it and others didn't because you didn't.

3/5

Staan wel wat bangers op die ik van naam nooit kende maar wel dronken kan meezingen op een feest, zoals Ironic en You Ougtha Know. Alles daartussen is een beetje geschreeuw maar toch krijgt dit 3 sterren door mijn dronken meegebler

Peak 90’s, stem is vervelend

Always enjoyed the hits, never listened to the album. Good stuff

I think this might be the most definitive album of the entire 1990s? It certainly evokes what the 90s *felt* like more than any other album, for me. If I had to knock it for something, it would be that a lot of the songs are a bit same-y. Similar tempos, rhythms, and musical compositions. But it's a winning formula and I never got sick of it. Probably closer to 4 than 5, but I've had some really dogshit albums for almost 2 weeks straight, so I'm high on this right now!

T3B 1. You Oughta Know 2. You Learn 3. Ironic Album full of hits, not perfect but damn close. Was hard not giving a 5, but a HEAVY 4!

Best ok

Vroeger al niet echt geïnteresseerd geweest in Miss Morissette en nu nog steeds niet. Saaaaaiii!

Goeie plaat hor!

Tja, een lastige. Inmiddels héél erg gedateerd qua sound, maar destijds vond ik het fantastisch: Wat een stoere chick! Geweldige stem maar mis nu ook wel wat diepgang.

De werkster zei: ‘Ik luister dit ook graag. Ze is moslima geworden en haalt veel steun uit haar geloof.’ Ik zei: dat is Sinead O’Connor. Enfin; fijne plaat en fijne zangeres.

Women have always taken a back seat in popular music. They've fought and thrown some elbows to take their seat at the table, so when Alan's Morissette's Jagged Little Pill 'shocked' and drew gasps from the pearl clutchers that this docile little Canadian former children's television star burst onto the 'Alt-Rock' scene and sang about such things was released, it was fire. And it still is.

Such a unique singer and songwriter. The uniqueness and style is so different from tune to tune too. Great album. I thought Uninvited was on this album but it’s not- that recording is also incredible.

This is such a perfect 90s album. So many iconic songs. I love the classic 90s drums sound and all the guitar parts and tones. The songwriting is so great and the arrangements are really interesting. The tonal center changes in head over feet are so cool. Favorite moment was guitar noise in right through you

This was the first album I ever bought myself (in third grade). It has been such a pleasure listening to this album throughout time and 1) figuring out what she was talking about 2) actually experiencing so much of what she is talking about long after I knew the words to the songs. Each song is so special. She’s mad and they added nothing “pretty” to her vocals. All I Really Want- Its throughout the album but it was so cool for a woman to be demanding without being teeny-bop sexual. My idols up until this point were Britney and Spice Girls. Also, “why are you so petrified of silence? Here can you handle this…” so cool. You Oughta Know- HBK used to do this song. Her vocal delivery in the beginning of each verse is so awesomely creepy. I remember how shocking it was when I heard “are you thinking of me when you fuck her.” I don’t even know that I completely understood what sex was. Bass on this track makes everything which I know is Flea and so maybe I would like RHCP if Anthony Keidis wasn’t so horrible. Perfect- Listening back on this song this time made me realize that she was the OG pop artist calling out what we expect of young women. Hand in My Pocket- This is another moment in this album that my 3rd grade self couldn’t believe she sang “chicken shit”. Probably my least favorite track on the album Right Through You- Top 3 songs on this album. I love the unhinged backup vocals. “Took me out to wine, dine, 69ed me but didn’t hear a damn word I said”. Every woman can relate. Forgiven- This is probably my favorite on the album. Each lyrics is so good. Her delivery is so haunting. Best lyrics “You know how us Catholic girls can be…We make up for so much time a little too late” and “I confessed my darkest deeds to an envious man” You Learn- I don’t love this chorus anymore but I remember relating so much when I was younger. Head Over Feet- What an adorable love song. I wish someone picked this for weddings. Mary Jane- this is my second favorite song on the album. Vocal delivery is the best. Ironic- not a huge fan but the chorus is so catchy. Not the Doctor- “I don't want to be your glass of single malt whiskey. Hidden in the bottom drawer” and “I don't want to be the sweeper of the egg shells that you walk upon” Wake Up- I don’t remember this song. The only song I don’t know all the words too. Your House- This was the reason I knew about ghost tracks. It’s so creepy. Love that is a capella and so different than the rockiness of the rest of the album.

I recommend biting off more then you can chew to anyone I certainly do I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time Feel free Throw it down (the caution blocks you from the wind) Hold it up (to the rays) You wait and see when the smoke clears One of the top 100 albums of all time. Every track is solid, and the theme is outstanding. 5/5

A classic of the 90s.

An angry classic.

Where do I begin with but excellence A masterclass in lyricism. the 1996 grammys was a hot mess but i am happy she won aoty, also she's not a one hit wonder, homegirl wrote so unsexy for fucking sake I find it quite interesting how young women in their brutal coming of age albums, they are able to communicate what seems so difficult to explain It's not just a good band, good production, good singing but superb lyrics I feel at one with this album because it's more than the acclaim but it touches every soul it encounters All I Really Want: it screams so absurdist theory, harmonica queen, that is how you OPEN A FUCKING ALBUM You Oughta Know: dump your ex now, i don't care if you don't want to, headbanger, Hayley Williams origin story Perfect: the African child in me is screaming, I am tired of pleasing parents who don't even care about me Hand In My Pocket: very social change, ce n'est pas un pipe, love it, harmonica icon You Learn: life lessons, very croony, join Mitchell would be proud, troubadour alert Head Over Feet: swoony girl beat, still catchy tho, love a good harmonica break, Alanis is really good at those, she's those folk men a run for their MONEY Not The Doctor: awesome work ironic: the bridge actually gives me mental strife sometimes, that's how good it is, i love a good life lessons song, you'd hear this song and think homegirl has lived a lifetime but nope, only two decades. excellent, English teachers around the world are itching to use this in their lesson plan, they complain too much but there is irony. I REALLY WANT TO USE THIS IN A JUKEBOX MUSICAL, i am kinda upset at the musical version of this still good stuff the bass! i don't know how she casually got RHCP to play for her at times but i love that for her this album belongs in the louvre (no I'm not listening to melodrama again for the 250th time crying at 3am, YOU ARE!) in all seriousness, God bless this piece of work, cemented her in greatness from one Canadian gal to another, thank you so much Alanis

On repeat the year it came out. Some songs still hold up, others rather dated.

I understand how iconic is Alanis's voice, but I think this album is a little flat in the sonority, except for the hits (such as Ironic, You Oughta Know and Hand in My Pocket), the other music sound the same.

I don't think going down on someone in a theater is particularly "perverted," and that line has always annoyed me since 1995. It's potentially rude, classless, inconvenient, uncomfortable, or any other number of adjectives, but unless you're at a Sunday matinee kids musical or something, it doesn't really scratch the surface of perversion.

Fun to listen to

Uplifting music.

This is one of the most perfect 90s albums

There are some very solid songs on this album, but it doesn’t hold up to what it used to be back in the day.

Love perfect, like head over feet Alanis at her most alanis Not 100 percent for me but I get where she’s coming from

When you realise the bass on You Oughta Know is one of the best lines of all time, it's no surprise that Flea played it. Just a great album. Several songs that are played way too often but they're so good they never lose their freshness. Always something else to please your ears.

Love the rebellious energy at the first half of the album!

Ça me fait l'effet d'un plat un peu trop salé

mimi geignarde if you ask me

Ehhhh. When this album came up I was balking at the idea of having to sit through it. I remember it well as i grew up with Alanis Morissette in the background - and I remember this album too as we had it at home on cassette… Does it stand the test of time and can one forgive it for being so overplayed? I have to say it just about makes a ‘yes’ on both counts. For starters - Alanis is unique in many ways - and yes maybe very easy to parody beside her ludicrously whiter than white girl silly name - her naivety and her youth but at the same time the songs are truly honest - imperfect and human - and her voice is undeniably unique and strong. And the vast majority of this album is greatly crafted pop songs. Now test of time? It’s very uniquely 90s that’s for sure - but the themes and the point of view and the honesty of Alanis is actually very ahead of her time… I feel it’s urgency might have been a laughing matter at the height of its popularity but now it’s a truly strong feminine point of view of the world. However It’s ironic, don’t you think at how a wholly misunderstanding of the concept of irony made it the most iconic inclusion of ‘ironic’ in a song in the history of pop music.

A classic 90s album, but it turns out I only really know the singles, which are rightly renowned. Angst and angry, but also tender. Good guitar pop.

Angst filled classic.

Listened to on 12/05/22 3.5/5 Favorite song: you oughta know, hand in pocket This album was so 90s grungy angst but that’s was made Alanis an institution so I’m not mad about it in the slightest

It's exceedingly 1995, no doubt about that. It's also another one of those albums that's a real outpouring of emotions and might come across as angsty, but it's still full of bangers in my opinion, and it's one of those albums that kind of defines the 90s. Some of the songs were misses to me, but it was mostly excellent with some impressive lyricism. Favourite: Ironic

Catchy, annoying, bad and good. A snapshot of the 90’s worth a listen but I still have trouble liking this

I liked it way more than I thought I would. A pretty overall kickass album with a great mix of 90s rock with in your face lyrics, and soft delicate ballads. Morissette's vocals have a decent range depending on the song too. You Oughta Know and Ironic I've heard before but only on the radio, so it was nice knowing where I can find them in the future. Came away liking Hand In Hand and You Learn a lot as well. It does go a bit too 90s and in your face with Morissette's vocals so its not for every mood, but is a fantastic one for most.

82/100: I love getting albums like this one. That is, I love getting albums that I think I've never heard of before, only to find a bunch of songs that I've heard and loved but never knew the name of or who wrote them. "You Oughta Know" and "Ironic" immediately stuck out as songs like that on this album, but I also found so much more to love in this album than just rediscovering songs I'd heard in the past. Most of all, this album sticks out to me for the way Alanis unabashedly and expertly throws a harmonica onto otherwise very grunge-heavy distorted electric guitar riffs. That's such a cool pairing that on paper shouldn't work, but absolutely does. It's also something that fuses two of my favorite genres that I hitherto thought were unpairable. I never would've thought you could create a listenable middle ground between Bob Dylan and Nirvana (with a healthy dose of Olivia Rodrigo), but Morissette has proven me thoroughly wrong with this album. Fantastic album and a fantastic artist whom I hope to listen to more of in the future.

Total classic. No bad songs

Pretty much a perfect time album. Pra tically half the songs were successful singles back during my youth. Made her an international star. Easy to listen to, alternative but with huge crossover appeal.

1. All I Really Want- got that sheen early 2000s instrumental, like the lyrical choices, harmonicas rock. Pretty good 2. You Oughta Know- cmon, this song is AWESOME. great chorus, great instrumental, the silent bits a cool, a classic 3. Perfect- slower, sadder, song about parents 4. Hand in My Pocket- another classic, another harmonica rocks 5. Right Through You- this ones fine, not much to say 6. Forgiven- Like this one, really reminds me of another song I cant think of, underrated cut. 7. You Learn- Obligatory "THE SAID THE ALBUM NAME" moment, i've definitely heard this one way back when, very very catchy 8. Head Over Feet- also familiar, also catchy, starting to thing I mustve heard the last half of this album somewhere and its so catchy that its stuck with me almost 20 years later. More harmonica 9. Mary Jane- sad, slower song again. cool lyrical choices 10. Ironic- Another CLASSIC, catchy, a banger 11. Not the Doctor- good metaphor, underrated cut 12. Wake Up- fine, catchy Overall: The underrated slower tracks, and lyrics make this go from a good album to a great album, the three classic hits dont hurt either. 4/5

Her best work I think, some great songs on this a rightfully on the list. I love "All I really Want" "Ironic" and "You Oughta Know"

I never really went with the adoration in the 90s but it's great set of angry songs with a good vocal delivery and some tunes that delivere hits. I want to dislike it but you have to admire the sheer force of nature. It doesn't merit a 5 but its damn good.4

Peak 90s and a guilty pleasure. One of those acts I was too cool to admit enjoying. I still think Jagged Little Pill is criminaly over produced, especially You Oughta Know. Alanis's voice is perfect and she captures the angst of the era and the age she was when writing the album

Not bad. I’ve heard the ironic Sind before (worst song on that album) Usually I’m not a fan of female artists but this is good. 7/10

I already liked this one

Second listen. 👍: You Oughta Know, Not The Doctor, Forgiven, Right Through You, Head Over Feet Eh: Perfect, Mary Jane, Ironic, Wake Up 👎: All I Really Want, Hand In My Pocket, You Learn This one was more of a mixed bag than I remembered. I like a couple of the songs. You Oughta Know was my favorite, which was not a surprise. I was surprised by how much I liked Head Over Feet this time. My biggest problem with it is Alanis’s voice, which I still dislike. My true score for it is probably a 3.5, but I’ll give it a 4 since at least the bad parts stand out.

Mostly great album, couple of tracks are not to my taste. Haven’t listened in 20 years or so.

Definitely a product of its time and I suppose a lot of my enjoyment comes from nostalgia but this album really does have a bunch of great songs on it. I “faved” just about every song on the album.

Don’t mind her music.

Her voice is really terrible at points and really good at others. Very odd inconsistency for what is consider one of the best albums of all time. There are a lot of classic 90s bangers on here though.

Queen shit

The butt of so many jokes and for me the epitome of uncool back then. I'd not listened to the album for decades but knew at least half the songs, best one being Head Over Feet. Big surprise was just how not bad and sometimes enjoyable it was. Now, isn't THAT ironic? (No.)

It's Alanis, she paved the way for a whole bunch of others so that alone warrants a high rating. Listening to it now doesn't give the same impact anymore - maybe because some of these songs I've heard hundreds of times. But it's a great time capsule for what music was like in the mid-90s and what eventually became a precursor to all the other cool stuff from the same decade and beyond. Besides the singles which are frankly pretty overplayed at this point, the standout tracks here are Forgiven, Mary Jane, Not the Doctor, and Wake Up.

A bit dated music wise but great writing and emotion and fun to listen to

Holds up pretty well, at times a bit ridiculous, but I went with it.

I felt nostalgic for the times I didn't have. But maybe this album found me in the right time anyways.

Good but not my style

This is great. It’s confessional and blistering and FURIOUS. I was 16 when it came out and I remember thinking I hadn’t heard anyone being so honest on a record before. Haven’t listened to it all through for probably 20 years, but it still sounds painfully honest. A brilliant record.

I found it quite derivative and this sound isn't my cup of tea Fav song: You oughta know least fav: ironic

Very good album - gets a little bit samey over the whole album.

This was a pretty decent rock record! I'd already heard about half of this on the radio, which just goes to show how strong the songwriting is here.

Did I know all the words, scream sing the very loudly, and listen to the full album twice? 1000p!!

Can see why everyone loved it at the time, but the production is horrible and her voice really grates. Extra point for nostalgia.

Didn't own this album in the 90s, but it was everywhere. The songs that you remember are the better ones. It's pretty obvious why the album tracks weren't chosen as singles, as they're just not as good. Production and instrumentation is so dated that it's not surprising so many 5 star reviews here are based purely on nostalgia.

4.5. It is so iconic.

So I gave this a good listen, setting aside the longstanding household impersonations of Alanis' voice. I didn't dislike it after all, and indeed found a lot to appreciate. It has, I think, earned its place as one of the classic breakup albums. I can't say the same for its newfound love songs - to be fair, they seem to be harder to write for just about everyone - but there are only a couple of those. The thing is, I'm never in the mood for a breakup album.

I have no memory of ever listening to this cd, but I realised quickly that I was familiar with a good 80% of the tracks. I had never taken much notice of the lyrics - I think I wrongly assumed that this was a musical version of a rom-com. Couldn’t be more wrong. And musically, the only issue I had was with the singer’s harmonica playing. A little dodgy. But, overall, I really enjoyed this. A standout.

This is one of the biggest albums of the 1990s, and one that got quite a bit of play in our house. It burst onto the (mainstream) stage like something fresh and new; an honest, angry young woman with an individual and distinct voice (both sonically and lyrically). And it went gangbusters; over 33 million copies sold. Having worked for years at Scratches, I had already had my ears opened to honest, angry young woman with distinct voices, so this did not feel particularly revolutionary to me. I found it highly reminiscent of Sinead O'Connor or even Tori Amos, but there are a bunch of other women who also paved the way for this. It's OK. I liked that it had a higher rock component than most female-fronted pop of the time, and the singles are pretty catchy (especially You Outta Know, which was pretty attention grabbing at t he time for a mainstream single, although not particularly shocking when compared to, say, Karen Findlay or the Yeastie Girls). The canned beats, woeful harmonica playing, and sometimes clumsy lyrics aside, I enjoy her idiosyncratic vocal delivery. It underlines the honesty of the emotions, which gives the album its frisson. Clearly, the massive success opened the doors for a more forthright female singer-songwriter style in the late 90s. This isn't the first album in this mold, but certainly the most successful. I think the mistreatment and hurt that she documents in this record was magnified by the impact of massive success, which was clearly pretty traumatic, as shown in the Jagged documentary (which she has disowned, but still makes a pretty fascinating watch). I admire Alanis for doing her own thing and speaking her truth, and making a massive success of it. There was clearly a cultural appetite at the time that this album really connected with directly. This is an album I can happily listen to, but, given my tastes run a little edgier, this is a 'like it' album rather than a 'love it' album for me.

AS a point of principle, I'm not going to listen to this. I still have fond memories of it, memories that I've allowed to lie undisturbed for the better part of 20 years. (Occasional radio flashbacks aside.) I really don't want to have to overthink this now. And I know I will.

Great rock album with a ton of classic tunes

One of my favorites. I just relate to her.

This is a tough one. I'm not a huge fan of the 90s era music and this one reeks of 90s production, but I understand how influential this album was and how well selling it was but it just sounds too aged for me. Plus it's overly long. There are some good songs on here but like so many albums from the 90s, it's 15 minutes too long. 3.5/5

2-3, neke pisme su teški smor

No.

Great unique voice, but this just feels tired now. Which is ironic.

Didn't like it then, not in the mood to try liking it now.

very good

An album essential to my emotional growth as an adolescent girl. It still packs a punch, but it does start to all sound the same after a while. My favorite songs are the essential You Oughta Know, Hand in my Pocket, and Ironic, as well as You Learn and Head Over Feet.

A fantastic album which should be a surprise to nobody. I have many nostalgic memories of listening to this on cassette. Too many good songs to list!

I'd forgotten how angsty and angry this album was. Loved this as a teenager. Love Right Through You, You Learn and Head Over Feet. Thought for a short time that Ironic was the most ironic song ever as none of the things in it are actually ironic, but it turns out that AM thought those things were ironic, thus cancelling out the irony...

I just really hate this album. The only thing stopping this from being a 1 star album is You Oughta Know

Hit songs from the 90s, not my thing.

Perfect time capsule.

Let’s all take a moment to acknowledge and appreciate that Alanis Morrissette was only 21 when this album was released, and yet she writes and sings with the maturity, years, and experience of someone far older. Angry, but never broken and actually quite hopeful in many places, ‘Jagged Little Pill’ (with the exception of a couple of dud tracks) is quite excellent.

This album is much better than I remember from my teenage years. Alanis's voice is awe-inspiring, and her angry lyrics are very modern (since the emo is coming back, it's very contemporary). I enjoyed it very much.

Kickball, weird walk vibes

I love this album. One of my first CDs!

this hasn't aged well

Not my cup of tea if I'm honest. Didn't dislike the instrumentals but the vocals and lyrics were not particularly appealing.

I really dont care much for this 90s family tv opening theme sound: Fav track:none Least fav:none

good songs

Fy fuck vad bra det är

Wat een album. In 1995 was alternatieve rock ongeveer op z’n grootst op de radio (in Nederland KinkFM) en op de (toen nog) muziekzenders MTV en TMF. Een sterke stem, ijzersterke composities van Glen Ballard en de teksten die oprecht, gevoeld, en met humor of een middelvinger gezongen zijn. En dan ook die sterke eerste single You oughta know met Flea en Dave Navarro maakte alles vloeibaarder. Zes sterke singles van één album. Ze heeft het niet meer kunnen evenaren, maar goed, als dít je legacy is dan mag je dik tevreden zijn. Het is rock, stevig genoeg (legit) maar ook poppy en meezingbaar.

This was a massive hit of nostalgia, and it still bangs. 4/5

This album has not aged well. It really sounds like it's from the 90s. But I guess it's not terrible? I also hope you're not listening to this album for the lyrics: "You took me out to wind dine 69 me".

Pure 90s grunge-pop singer-songwriter angst; all confessional lyrics, drum machines, harmonicas and misuses of the word "irony." Highlights: All I really Want, Hand in Pocket, You Oughta Know, Forgiven

first listen enjoyed this album very much

all killer, no filler.

This is the first album I’ve been generated which I’d say I’m already very familiar with. It has been a few years since listening to it in full, but there will certainly be a somewhat positive leaning bias going into this. Songs I already know: all of them Favourite after listening: You Oughta Know, Hand In My Pocket Overall: 10/10 Now I know that it might seem like a high score, and you might be wondering how this album can rank as one of the best of all time but hear me out. Every ranking is personal to my own enjoyment, rather than how revolutionary the music might be. With that in mind, I can honestly say there is not a single song on here that I would ever skip past. Every song could have been released as a single (and a lot of them were). My partner and I often finding ourselves singing songs from this album when going about the house - “I’ve got one hand in my pocket, and the other one’s washing the dishes!” I know that the song Ironic doesn’t actually contain any Ironic situations, but I’d say that’s pretty ironic in itself. All in all, I’d say this is a must hear for anybody with at least a slight interest in 90’s alt music.

This was good! Went into it not knowing what to expect but really enjoyed it

lmao i'll pass.

Juvenile, petty, mediocre pop music. Does not stand up to multiple listens

great album - powerful and authentic. some beautiful songs on there

I absolutely loved this album! The lyrics were hella relatable and I love her pop rock style - her voice is a slay too\ favorites: Perfect, Forgiven, You Oughta Know

Quintessential 90s.

When you see Robin Daggers in “How I Met Your Mother”, you think she’s an exaggerated version of Alanis Morissette and her angsty version of herself from this album. Then I heard this album and realized maybe it’s not that exaggerated. The pill here is serrated and likely venom filled, intended for all those who’ve wronged her. And it’s clear to see how this became such an iconic album. It’s filled with so many of her iconic songs, that represent such a clear time in Canada…at least for those who were struggling to cope with a broken heart. Does every song hit? No…but overall, this is worth a listen, if only to pump up some feelings and relive a slice of life in the Canadian mid 90s.

The photo of her on the cover makes her look model like beautiful. In reality, she looks quite normal - good looking but normal - which, in her case, makes her music more sensible.   Her voice drove a lot of people crazy. I  eventually agreed but not until after this album.  One Hand in my Pocket is an excellent song - squeaky voice and all.  I like  the other hits and most of the songs. Today, you would have to pay me to see her live but when this album was released I quite liked her. My rating is based on where I was with her  in 1996

We owned this LP in 95. Around that time an old high school friend of Sue's surprised us and invited herself and her two kids to stay for the weekend. She drank way too much rum and played "You Oughta Know" so loud I thought the speakers (and maybe her kids' eardrums) would break. After that we didn't didn't listen to the LP much. Listening again to the the first song I think it's great that an album so raw, lyrically and musically, could win all those Grammy awards. But much of it is mellower and more commercial sounding than I remember, though the singing is still emotive. The hits are good, especially Ironic. I'll add a point for being the youngest artist to sell Diamond and I bet this will be better than The Britney Spears LP that stole the title a few years later.

It was interesting to read the reviews for this one, lots of loving 5s but also lots of hateful 1s. She definitely captures the angst and zeitgeist of the 90s, maybe that’s why there are so many 5s. My complaint is a common one, her annoying shrieky, whiney voice which I really couldn’t get past. Isn’t it ironic was a catchy single when it first came out but the intervening 27 years have not been kind to it, and that’s the best song on the album.

þarna

I listened to this in high school... too much

I'll take "albums that defined a generation" for 200.

That's a lot of radio hits!

Paar bekende nummers wel chill niet bijzonder

A great debut album. She’s still as gorgeous as she was back then too

Damn didn't listen enough but i liked it

some great songs. got annoyed mid album

Fun listen. Her voice really grew on me throughout the album. I almost skipped the first track because of how shrieky her voice was. But then I remembered how many good songs she had. And most of them are on this very album. I definitely see why it’s on the list. Love her lyrics. Still not crazy about her voice at certain points, but there’s no denying she has immense talent.

Split up with boyfriend, throw troll at 14-inch TV with built in VHS recorder, watch Friends, have terrible hair, get shot by your brother's supersoaker, listen to Alanis Morissette. Because it's great. Especially You Oughta Know. And the typewriter font everyone used everywhere.

Didn’t make it through, too whiny

Just meh? Will revisit one day.

Highlight: Forgiven

Dobre, nie znałem z imienia artystki ani albumu, ale piosenki kojarzyłem.

Somewhere in the vein of RSJ and Fiona Apple. Good not great.

5/5 This album is so classic. I know every song so well. I thought that when it came up on the list I would think it was dated and lost some of its power, but nope, still great. love it.

Wel wat hitjes op deze plaat. Maar de rest lijkt allemaal net te veel op elkaar

first listen classic 90s

Ugh, just no.

I remember Alanis being a more proficient singer. This and being quite shouty, which was the accurate part.

It was nice to hear this. As a teenager I was very unfair about this album as my sister loved it. I realise now it's pretty darned great.

Real good stuff here. Alanis knows how to write a great song, doing so multiple times on Jagged.

I found her singing style to get a little tiring. This is a very important album to the 90s though.

Great album

It's been easily a decade since I've listened to this album from front to back but the summer of '95 is was on perpetual repeat. That year I was a theater projectionist, but also for extra cash I cleaned three of the theaters in that six plex 3 mornings a week. Those audiences were absolute pigs. Endless popcorn spills, sitting on top of endless streams of sticky gross pop spills. SO. MUCH. MOPPING. This album helped me through that time, blasting it through the speakers. I can honestly say this album is as solid as it gets from start to finish with great songs to empower you through a time when for me things were not great. She was going through some shit. I was going through some shit of my own. She was a great shoulder to lean on. Great nostalgia trip going through this one again.

Este fue de los primeros CDs que tuve y la verdad es que qué buen disco. Me da gusto saber que ha envejecido con gracia y en esta ocasión me gustaron más las letras, supongo que de lo que habla me es más cercano ahora que cuando salió. You Oughta Know y Hand In My Pocket fueron las mejores, pero todas las canciones son buenas.

No se puede más noventero: el tipo de letras, el tipo de efectos en la guitarra, la forma de cantar, hasta el nombre del disco y la tipografía. No acuso a Alanis de cliché, porque de hecho este disco es parte de lo que sentó las bases para esos clichés, y entonces tiene much mérito. Obviamente los sencillos destacan, pero en general es un disco entretenido que en un rato de nostalgia (que en mi caso prácticamente no existiría porque nunca la oí en su época original) puede ser agradable para oír de nuevo.

One of the best pop albums of the 90s. Not a bad song on this album.

Full disclosure: I hated this album when it came out. The songs were freaking everywhere and I couldn't stand it. Nearly 30 years on, and I can see I can see why these songs resonated so deeply with a lot of women my age. It's a really strong album that's dark and incisive, but also with a legitimate pop sensibility. That's a hard balance to maintain, and Alanis Morissette has a knack for it. Fave Songs: Head over Feet, You Learn, Hand in My Pocket, Wake Up, You Oughta Know, Ironic

-you oughta know -hand in my pocket -ironic

This is one of those names i hear in Media and recognize then realize I've never actually listened to. Serious angsty 90's vibes, elementary school me thinking i was so cool, would've fit really into the whole "Boulevard of Broken Dreams Vibe" Ironic, iconic but most importantly memeable. This low key just brings a flood of memes to my mind. Quite the flip from what the last generation thought of this song.

Trash

It's ok. Other than the 2 singles I'd heard previously, "You Oughta Know" and "Ironic", I don't know why this album resonated with so many people, idk

Buen disco con muchos éxitos. Vinilo.

En su tiempo no la soportaba. Pero ...

(3.5) Angsty!

I'm gonna copy and paste an excerpt of the wikipedia article, which perfectly encapsulates what I'm thinking about this one: "Other critics were less favorable. David Browne of Entertainment Weekly was intrigued by "You Oughta Know" but found the rest of Jagged Little Pill "much harder to swallow", continuing, "What sounds arresting on a single grows wearing over a full album. Producer-co-songwriter Glen Ballard's arrangements are clunky mixtures of alternative mood music and hammy arena rock, and the 21-year-old Morissette tends to wildly oversing every other line." Greg Kot of the Chicago Tribune wrote that Morissette "strives for catharsis but often merely sounds histrionic". When listing the album at 45 on the "100 Best Albums of the Nineties", Rolling Stone commented: "Jagged Little Pill is like a Nineties version of Carole King's Tapestry: a woman using her plain soft-rock voice to sift through the emotional wreckage of her youth, with enough heart and songcraft to make countless listeners feel the earth move"." In other words, nice topical lyrics but generally awful music. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 859 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 77 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 35 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 30 (including this one)

Flawless right down to the terrible harmonica on One Hand.

sounds like something avril lavigne would release if she was active in 1995

violent flashbacks to every tv show and movie playing these songs

Been a while since I heard this. Voice is still nasal and shrill. The singles are pretty catchy though.

Pretty dope! Mitski but better >B] Sex

Ohhoh kun on ajan hammas puraissut aika saamarin lujaa! Tosi moni näistä biiseistä on sellasii jotka on saanut aivan järkyttävän määrän toistoja radiossa ja leffoissa joten ne on syöpynyt aivoihin aika pahasti. Ihan hyvä tällännen ysärin rakkaus-voimaantumislevyhän tää varmaan on mut liika on liikaa. 2/5

Ei huono, mutta ylipitkä ja vähän huonosti ikääntynyttä ysärimenoa. Jossain omakotitalolähiössä pyöräillessä ihan jees. 2,5/5

En varsinaisesti välitä tästä levystä. Ois muuten ehkä 2/5, mutta Ironicissa yksikään asia ei itse asiassa ole *ironista* vaan enemmän huonoa onnea. Tästä vitutuksesta vähennän yhden tähden eli Phil Spectorin joululevyn kanssa samaan koriin.

Lots of hits here - way more than I thought. This album holds up well. Her voice is so unique and communicates so much emotion. The band is just classic 90's. You Oughta Know still hits like a sledgehammer.

Absolutely ubiquitous in the 90s. So ubiquitous that I have a hard time judging it. It's like judging bottled water. It does make me feel nostalgic though, and it really captures the mainstream zeitgeist of its time very well. The fact that she was 21 when she made this amazes me. She is definitely getting some real shit off her chest and her vocal style is intense - like a human bagpipe. I'm gonna say I absolutely respect this, but ultimately, I never felt compelled to go out and buy this back in the day, and despite a fun nostalgia detour, it doesn't grab me on a deeper level than that.

This completely transported me back to when I discovered MTV in a late elementary school summer on my 13" TV. If all the tracks were as good as "You Oughta Know", "Hand in My Pocket", and "Ironic" I'd say this would be a 4-5 in terms of what she was going for. I do like her vocal cadence, kind of reminds me of Bjork sometimes. Unfortunately almost all the other tracks fall flat for me, which as an album doesn't do it for me. Shame.

You oughta know it's ironic how i fell head over feet for this album. Pocket hand Sha Sha Sha. 4

Love this album

Wow forgot about this one. Great 90s memories

3.5/5 interesting maybe, I'll have to relisten

As much as this may be a quintessential 90s pop album I don’t find it too exciting. Morrisette’s voice isn’t the most pleasing to hear for an hour. The songwriting on some of the songs is relatively dull. Her ironic song is comically named wrongly but it is somewhat catchy. You oughta know isn’t too bad either but the rest of the album feels a bit dated already. 3.9/10

Alanis Morissette was inescapable in the mid to late 90s. I'm 95% sure I never owned this album, but the 5% is there because I know several of these songs by heart anyway. A fresh listen several years later reveals something raw and brutally honest, not to mention replayable. This album was lightning in a bottle. Best track: You Oughta Know

You oughtta know

It is very, very mainstream. And some of the songs jar but only because you have heard them too many times

Banger 4

Lacks irony

'You oughta know' is the standout. Lots of other very decent songs, but some bad ones drops it out of 4 star country.

I really liked this back in the day, but it sounds dated in places and lacks consistency

The singles drag this up to a

I didn't really like this album when it came out and some how it has gotten worse and even more irritating.

Hated this album when it came out. Gave it a genuine listen and I still don’t like it and I don’t get why it became such a big deal. I can see how stitched together it could work as a broadway show soundtrack. That’s as positive a comment as I can make.

Maybe it's just nostalgia but this really worked for me. I forgot how many singles this album had and how much radio airplay it got. I won't say I'm an Alanis fan but it's hard not to give something 5 stars that I had so much fun listening to.

I have listened to this album 10,000 times because my sister played it that many times when we were in high school, but I probably haven't heard it all the way through in 20 years. The first song is brash and abrassive and almost makes me turn it off. But after that it settles into an album of hit after hit, and I enjoyed listening to it again after all these years.

Saw her live at the time and she was a bad ass performer. Now somehow most of the album irritates me, a pity. Nevertheless some really good songs still.

I had a vague memory this was supposed to be good, but I didn't like the album recording at all. To jog my memory I watched bits of her live performance at Woodstock '99 on youtube and that sounded so much better. Since we are reviewing the album and not any live versions, I can only give this 2 stars.

Long time ago that I listened to this album as a whole. And it turns out to be even much better than I remembered. Not just the singles but all songs are top class: golden melodies, passionate vocals. It's aggressive and moving, tender and strong. A landmark of the nineties.

Much as I hate to say it, it’s a good enough album

Constant play of the singles on alternative tending radio and the videos on TV in its day. Another where I doubt I ever listened to the actual album. I scorned this pretty heavily when it was new - a lot of the lyrics simultaneously ostentatious yet kind of incoherent, all the examples of things that were not actually ironic... I'm more forgiving of it now. Morissette's youth at the time factors into my modern assessment, as does a basic recognition that releasing a slew of banger hits is no small feat, whether the genre and content are quite to my taste or not.

23rd May 2022 Listened at home. Had Seb and Justo round for dinner and signing house documents. Classic 90s fare, can spot Alanis a mile off.

One of the best...

Excelente disco con ciertos toques de rock, acompañados de una gran voz. Y con canciones muy bien construidas y pegadizas

Really enjoyed that album, listened to it on a lovely sunny drive down to football and it hit the spot in lots of ways. And will relisten too.

Quick re-listen, as I listen to this quite often anyway. It's really, really good - crackles with energy, switches moods all quite smoothly, and there's not a bad song on it I don't think? 4/5, great stuff.

One of the formative albums of my youth. Forgive me for my biased opinion.

Haha god damn I like Alanis. So many choices she makes on here that should be obnoxious on paper, but just end up being extremely charming *“HOWWwOWWowwW apprOAHpriaTe”* absolutely delightful

Didn't love every song, but this is an absolute 90s classic.

I loved listening to this again- it took me back to my angsty teens!

I’d forgotten how great some of this album is. There’s a few songs that I’ve skipped over the years. They felt new to me this time. I guess I’ve always skipped them.

Second Canadian singer in 2 days which is nice, and this was an album that was everywhere when it came out. Listening to it now, not sure if it's familiarity but from my viewpoint it still holds up really well. Not my go to for listening but massively influential and I get why it's on the list.

Not my jam.

Easily one of the greatest debuts ever.

An interesting middle ground between alt and pop rock with an undeniable bitterness surging through it's songwriting. Alanis Morissette's votes will grate but I can look past it for the better songs.

Meh

ainda bem que não morreu 8

My sister bought this record and I acted too cool for it even though I was intrigued. There were so many singles from the record. And Taylor Hawkins was her touring drummer. He slays in a performance of "You Oughta Know" on Letterman. This record is Morrissette's finest moment, by far.

When this album first game out, I liked it enough. Then I hated it because it seemed like every song on the radio was Alanis. I think there were like 7 singles off this album? But I’m glad I got a chance to listen to it again and surprised at how well it holds up. Sure, her voice rakes on you after a while, but her sound is unique and her lyrics are oddly hopeful and inspiring. She’s both timid and angry and shy and won’t take any shit - it’s cool. Plus - honestly - how many legit female rockers came out of the 90s? Not many.

Soars and digs deep. Cutting, honest words that rock.

This album is pretty typical of the era, an enjoyable enough pop rock album. If you've only ever heard a few of Alani Morissette's songs they're likely represented here, with You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket and Ironic. All in all, a good album!

Un dels àlbums més recordats dels '90. Una Morisette emprenyada i angustiada deixa enrera el pop teenager dels seus primers dos discos i carrega amb la mala llet pròpia de l'època. Un número apreciable de hits de la década es condensen aquí, des de 'You Oughta Know' a 'Hand in My Pocket' o 'Ironic', passant per 'All I Want' o 'Head Over Feet'. Molt a prop de ser un clàssic 5* noventer

Reminds me of Kevin, coincidentally my heart rate monitor wouldn’t connect. Coincidence? You oughta know.

3.5

Gen X's "Blue", which means that "Exile In Guyville" is Gen X's "Tapestry". I had those albums reversed at first until I remembered that, like Joni Mitchell, Alanis is from Canada. Besides, I prefer Guyville-Tapestry over Jagged-Blue, and I'm an actual Gen Xer, so I'm allowed to make my own silly rules. Your mileage may vary, but apparently Liz Phair and Alanis have become good friends. I guess it depends on whether you prefer blow jobs in a theater or getting fucked until your dick turns blue. They both sound like fun to me. A song as great as You Oughta Know deserves to be about someone other than Dave Coulier. I prefer the deep cuts over the hits here, and that's surely because everything released as a single after You Oughta Know was overplayed to the point of exhaustion. Alanis may not appreciate that. She doesn't seem to fully understand irony. But we shouldn't begrudge Alanis Morissette for that. She made a kick-ass album.

didn’t realise how much of this album i knew. good vibes

Ooh. Hasn't aged well. Oozes 90s angst but in a nicely packaged form.

I loved this when I was 13. Very much grown out of it.

How good is this

slice of 90's fired gold, great writing, just a solid record start to finish.

It's fine. My main problem getting through the album was just that all the songs sound so similar. In terms of the song topics, Alanis is just so bitter (except for like Head Over Feet), but the rest is just pure angst from her. WHO HURT YOU, ALANIS?! Yeah, it's fine. 5/10

Good album. Brought me back to middle school. There's enough catchy little ditties here to make this a 4/5

Fucking love the over-the-top vocal performance on this, it has so much character. I remember enjoying her singles quite a bit when I was young, and I still do. Lyrics are angry and edgy. So many memorable choruses that have stuck with me forever, even though I haven't listened to this album in maybe over 20 years. Could've been a song or two shorter but apart from that, I still love this.

I'm old enough to remember- vaguely, mind you- when Alanis broke big and how ubiquitous this album was. Maybe not THAT ubiquitous, since my mom didn't have it, but You Oughta Know was clearly a big deal. It's honestly kind of surprising that Alanis could break so big with how raunchy it gets when pop was mostly pretty sterile back then. Like sure, this is basically just proto-Good 4 u and back then, rappers and grunge bands could get away with f bombs, but imagine Mariah. The rest of the album is pretty good too, although I never liked You Learn. A perfectly solid pop album. B

Pretty much perfect. Alanis rules. ‘Nuff said. 4.5

Another surprisingly great record. Alanis is a great songwriter, and you can tell by the composition of these songs that the production was also top notch.

An interesting mix of singer-songwriter downtempo ballads and high-energy rock tracks. Alanis' domineering vocals and unique songwriting means the latter land in unforgettably catchy territory, though that's balanced out by the more generic, ho-hum ballads. Tried my best to give this one a fair shake, nearly 1/2 of the album was already engraved in my mind from listening to the radio in the car as a kid.

Feels like being a teenager

A good record, lots of great music and some songs I wasn't too hot on. 3.5/5

I don't think 90s music is my thing. So many people say the 90s were the best decade for music, but I'm really not seeing it. Maybe the 4th best decade. A lot of it sounds like music you're supposed to listen to with your head out the window of a car, feeling your youthful angst being washed away.

This is a fine album and You Oughta Know is a GREAT song. And there are other good songs as well. It does get a little precious at times and perhaps a little self indulgence too but ot doesn't detract enough to think of Jagged Little Pill as anything less than a very good album. 3.75 🌟

Familiar with a couple of tracks so expecting more of the same. Unfortunately this wasn't delivered. Somewhat ranting in places which diminished the lyrics.

Blast from the past. Didn't like her ballads very much, but the upbeat songs were all strong. Unique voice and a very memorable style.

Eat your heart out, Dave Coulier! Fav Tracks: "All I Really Want" "You Learn"

Excellent album at the time of release, does sound a little dated now, but still good quality.

I don't think I'm the right audience for this album, but it sure is classic to me. I also mentally tie it a bit to Wildflowers, in the way the singer partnered with a producer to make a mid-90s emotionally resonant classic. Yeah, she oversings, but the rough takes make it even better. Hadn't pulled this out in a very long time. Oh, and that song with Navarro and Flea makes me think of an alternate history of Alanis over Chili Peppers compositions.

Strong 3, Lots of good ones on this

Alanis Morissette rocks, that was awesome 7.5/10

Classic 90's stuff. Was a MASSIVE hit when I was a teen. Still holds its own. Bonus points for having RHCP members as the backing band.

Granie i spiewanie z kanady, ktora jak do tej pory zbyt duzej reprezentacji nie miala na liscie, ale jak miala to raczej hitowe, tym razem jak dla mnie jest to calkowity miss, tak okrutnego zawodzenia dawno nie slyszalem, jak na tym co oferuje Jagged Little Pill, ktory jest trzecim albumem w dyskografii pani Alanis Morissette, na tej prawie godzinnej torturze mozna odchaczac czekliste jak stworzyc radiowe brzmienie w muzyce rokowej, chociaz lepiej okreslic to jako pop rock, blendowanie roznych styli od elektronicznego brzmienia po akustyka przy wykorzystaniu poteznej ilosci sesyjnych grajkow, czek, liryka ktora kreci sie wokol biednej mlodej baby, jakom oczywiscie jest artystka osadzona w tak okrutnym swiecie, czek, ekspresja liryczna zeby jeszcze bardziej podkreslic dramaty z jakimi musi sie ona zmagac tworzac muzyczny kontent, czek, ponad 10 ludzi siedzacych nad produkcja, bo im wiecej glow przy projekcie tym bardziej mialkie i podobajace sie kazdemu brzmienie mozna wycisnac z danego traka, czek, wiec nie dziwne ze w latach 90 byl to dobrze sprzedany krazek, bo ona to wszystko robi, robi to tak dobrze, ze po tej godzinnej torturze nie jestem w stanie nic dodac na plejke, bo takie plyty trzeba przezyc tylko raz w zyciu, zeby uzmyslowic sobie dlaczego muzyka popularna jest popularna

This was my first time listening to Alanis Morissette and I enjoyed a lot! Of course the album is super dated, it has the full essence of the 90s. But thats not a bad thing. Super fun to listen to! Favorite tracks: * Ironic * Hand In My Pocket * You Oughta Know

It's very decent pop/rock album and Alanis sure can sing. But it never rises above that sublime single "You Oughta Know" with its Chili Pepper basslines and guitar. The rest of the album never gets bad anywhere, but it's all very radio-friendly produced pop music. I would've loved for this album to just be that bit more Flea and Navarro and a little less Glen Ballard. It's an album I wouldn't turn off when it's playing, but also not one I'd put on myself