Reviews (page 8 of 16)
Alanis Morisset very much has her own sound, and it is really not my thing. For a couple of songs, she's pretty good. For an hour? Not as good.
Unbelievably i've never listened to this all the way through. I get why it was massive but by god, some of these sound choices - what were we thinking back then
was a nice rock record to listen to, the production was nice and the album cover actually goes kinda hard. don't have much else to add
I really appreciate the production on this album. Alanis is right on top of the mix, loud and clear. I just can't understand why this isn't the norm. When I say Alanis has a great voice, I mean her singing voice and also her narrative style. Even as a middle-aged man, there isn't a single song on this album that isn't highly relatable to me. I think she has a way of connecting to pretty much everyone, even if they haven't had the same experiences. It's incredible to believe she wrote and recorded this album at 19. I listened to this in my mid teens when the album came out, and I really don't think I was prepared for what I was listening to. I liked the music and thought she had a great voice, but none of the experiences really resonated with me at the time, and she's only 5 years older than I am. Wise and perceptive beyond her years, for sure. I wasn't this perceptive until I was probably twice as old, and I still can't articulate these feelings so simply and impactfully. Alanis deserves every bit of credit and hype she ever got. That first belt of "It's like RAAIIAIIN" gives me goosebumps every time (and for this, I can absolutely forgive the misuse of the word 'ironic") ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
In 95 I was deep into hip-hop, had no time for the likes of Alanis Morissette. Wasn’t for me, wasn’t my thing, wasn’t good. Now here I am scratching 50 and I’ve taken the time to listen to jagged little pill and it is good very good in fact I’m gonna actually give it a 5. Isn’t that …..
I hadn’t listened to this in many years. However, after listening to it today, I realized what I had been missing. This is really a great album.
Fun album . Great to listen to.
Best breakup album of all time. So many emotions and they are all right on the surface. No one sings like Alanis
Yet another artist I know plenty of song from with out actually being aware of who they are. This album was very enjoyable.
I was already familiar with the hits. The rest is alright. She can sing, the high pitch robot voice gets old. Just let it rip naturally 1001 album worthy: yes - 99/180
This is my first time listening to this album, although nearly half the tracks are familiar as singles. 1995 for me was a year of Trip Hop and Progressive House and Brit Pop associated albums. This isn’t bad 30 years on now, dismissed at the time by me as being too commercial and pop. I could probably let it become a grower.
I remember sitting at Hungry Jacks (the Aussie equivalent of Burger King) with my family, circa 1995, when Hand In My Pocket came on the restaurant radio. I'd been made aware of this new song via my group of friends, largely due to the fact that it featured a very naughty lyric. I waited patiently to see what would happen, and much to my disbelief, without the tiniest bleep of censorship, Alanis exclaimed at the top of her angsty lungs: "I'm brave but I'm chicken shit". My 11-year-old mind was blown.
That moment when you already late and then a traffic jam hits 🤣🤣
Begint nie best. Paar van de meest onuitstaanbare vocal inflections ooit opgenomen. Zeer uniek though. Lyrics zijn dat ook, best wel lak aan rijmstructuren, en vaak onvoorspelbaar. Ik heb een zwak voor die trage early 90s drumcomputer beats met gitaren op You Learn / Ironic. Ironic is tevens nog steeds een absolute banger. 'Is dit wel hoe ironie werkt?' Who gives a shit. Beste: Perfect / You Learn / Ironic Minste: All I Really Want Albumhoes: 3/5
Unieke sound, weinig bereik. Toch kan ik hier wel een uur naar luisteren omdat de nummers onderling genoeg verschillen en er vaak genoeg een nummertje langs komt die me ligt. 3/5.
Op dit album staan natuurlijk twee bangers die iedereen kent. De andere nummers heb ik denk ik nog niet eerder gehoord. Ik denk dat veel mensen een haat-liefde verhouding met haar stem hebben. Zelf vind ik die prima om naar te luisteren, op een aantal zeurderige uithalen na. Het probleem is alleen dat ze deze best vaak doet. Ik wilde eigenlijk 3 sterren geven, maar nu ik nog even snel door wat nummers skip merk ik dat het album voor mij toch wat minder luisterwaardig is dan eerder gedacht. Shoutout naar Riko voor het attenderen op de mondharmonicas. Nu kan ik ze niet meer negeren. Thanks I hate it.
Bas was best tof. Niet echt mijn ding vooral
Ik was wat sceptisch toen ik dit aanzette maar was aangenaam verast met de kwaliteit. Dit is peak GenX radio rock, met een goede dosis 20s angst. Haar stem is super cool en er zijn meerdere nummers die ik nooit gehoord had die lekker in het oor lagen. Oh en love Canada
Dit album luisteren voelde een beetje als erachter komen dat een product uit een film toch wel echt bestaat en niet alleen voor de film ontworpen is. Ik luister nooit naar de radio dus was de hits van dit album compleet vergeten. Verder ook nooit de naam van deze artiest gehoord of geweten. De rest van het album doet erg weinig voor me en hoewel ze geen slechte stem heeft, vind ik het whine gehalte te hoog en die harmonica spelende kameel hadden ze beter in de woestijn kunnen laten.
Brengt me terug naar de vakantie CD's van vroeger in de auto naar Frankrijk. Alanis heeft een uitgesproken zangstijl obviously, niet helemaal mijn ding, maar wel respect voor hoe ze met gestrekt been erin gaat en gewoon haar ding doet. Zitten best een aantal nummers bij die vet in elkaar zitten en eerlijk gezegd heb ik het album easy door geluisterd. Ben zelfs tot een tweede luisterbeurt gekomen. Misschien lichte nostalgie bias, maar deze plaat mag er best wezen :)
Pretty cool album. Hadn’t heard several of them.
One of my faves. A 4.5 because some of the songs (e.g. perfect, forgiven) kinda suck. Otherwise a real banger. "You took a long hard look at my ass And then played golf for a while". Yes.
Actually own this. Hadn't listened to it in a long time. Very happy to be reminded as it still sounds pretty good.
The power force of the 90s that sparked a revolution.
2.5
Estupenda artista y magnífico álbum.
I liked this album in its time and I still like it now. I don't think I realized just how successful it was -- 33 million records sold, that puts it in the same league as Michael Jackson's "Bad" (45 million). There are so many strong tracks in one album, it's a borderline 5.
I feel like I've gone full circle on this album: Initially enjoying it -> Thinking it was overplayed -> Being a little embarrassed for her liking it -> Enjoying it again. While feeling very "of its time" now, it's hard to deny why this album sput out a kabillion singles the year it was released.
Like Pearl Jam's Ten, I was a little worried this would be a combo of 1) dated, and 2) hard to hear with fresh ears given how much some of the singles were overplayed at the time. Like Pearl Jam's Ten, I was surprised by how much this held up - despite being unmistakably, solidly 90s in every possible way. & only 'Ironic' was hard to listen to. The hits still hit, even if Courtney Love was angrier, Liz Phair is more timeless, and Ani Difranco has more indie cred ('Napoleon' might be a better music industry skewering).
A fantastic story teller and singer. This album is a classic and a treasure.
This is one of the albums that defined the sound of the nineties. I was mostly familiar with the hits that were hugely popular in my childhood. I loved them back then even if I wasn't necessarily interested enough to pursue her albums. Now, I finally got to sit through it and despite some issues I have with some of her vocalisations, I would say it's a very strong and deeply personal album. Ironic is a major classic for a good reason.
I forgot how much Alanis Morissette rocks
This is a record of it's time that does not date well, I did buy it at the time. I saw her live at a festival and did enjoy the experience. The problems I find now are several: schreaching ( who ever is torturing stop you cruel bastards), lyrics some of the worst angry teen lyrics of all time and ones written to shock (but don't) like the sexual references clumsy. It's so contrived and lacks any sophistication. FUCK ME JUST READ THE REVIEWS YOU LOVE HER OPEN YOUR EARS. DATED MUSIC MEANS IT IS SHIT NAME ME ONE CLASSIC THAT SOUNDS DATED. DON'T EVEN MENTION THE IRONY THAT ISN'T
32/1001. This probably is the soundtrack of mid 90's for many: the drum patterns, the guitars, the typography and graphic design, the videos, the voice. For me not so much, back then I more or less dissed anything that went top 10. I don't think I ever listened to the whole album before, the hits were pouring in and that was plenty. So, what is revealed after 30 years? Nothing that gets me excited about now either. Yes, some young energy and freshness is there, no fancy overproduced shite, pardon me stuff, like so much of today's music. Songwriting is at times great, I guess the hits are hits for a reason, although the chord progressions are nothing new. But somehow I can't get this out of 1995-96, ghosts of trip-hop drums and grunge guitars apart from the Spice Girls, who were much more fun and still raise a heck on the dance floor when played today. Somehow the album holds through, although I don't see a reason to listen to it again. Perhaps it is just the the amount of distorted guitars of 1995.
Great album! Love Alanis's lyrics and energy. Have listened to it many times and will listen to it many times again.
Although the big hits are good, I kinda liked the lesser known songs better. Although most people know other songs off of her “Jagged Little Pill” album, some of the lesser knownn tracks are just as charming. “Ironic” was on the radio ALL the time (which the lyrics have NOTHING to do with irony, which irks me.). I can imagine she got tired of “You Oughta Know”. Eddie Vedder had written “Alive” to mean one thing, but the audience changed it to be more life-affirming. I don’t know you can do that so easily to that one. “Head Over Feet” has a charm to it which I always liked. Enjoyed this album more than I expected. Top tracks “Head Over Feet,” “Not the Doctor,” “Perfect,” “You Learn”
Most people are likely unaware that Alanis first hit the music scene as a dance pop diva. But I remember her first hit Too Hot in 1991. Ugh. All kinds of cheesy 80's faux instruments and sounds (carrying into the 90's) - like a Rico Sauve or Marky Mark effort. Which is what makes this self-chosen alternative rock transformation so remarkable. There's still a tinge of pop sensibilities at times on the album, but it is an edgier rock sound. And her vocals no longer sound like she's trying to emulate Paula Abdul but there's maturity, grit, and a hardness to it. And then there's her lyrics - talk about edgy, but also sardonic and clever as hell. Sort of a big F you to all the celebrities and industry folks who just wanted a piece of her (often literally) when she hit the scene, as well as a commentary on all of life's complexities. And in the latter it's a bit softer and she expresses vulnerability. I really love this album, have for a long time. It's got depth, it can be tender or it can rock. On the tender side, I think Perfect, Head Over Feet, and Mary Jane are sweet and powerful. And on the rock side, All I Really Want, You Oughta Know, and Right Through You bring the energy (and the F you attitude). Hand in My Pocket is a different style of rock, almost a Dylanesque sound (and poetic meter) and commentary, but one of my favorites. You Learn and Ironic are softer rockers but solid rockers nonetheless. Again, I really love this album.
Like plenty of people my age, this was in heavy rotation in my car CD player back in the day. You could easily spot this CD in someone's collection because so many people owned it and it had a very distinct pattern on the CD case spine. Listening to it now, it still sounds good, but it's very much Of Its Time. Maybe that's just because it was a very different time in my life, but there it is. The music rocks (although the guitar sounds are a little tinny), the lyrics are powerful, and she sings...angry? Powerful? Just ok? She always had an unusual voice, that's for sure, but it worked here. The lyrics really resonated with 20-something me, but not as much anymore with 50-something me. I feel almost wrong giving it a 4 rather than a 5 given how much I used to like it, but (right or wrong) it didn't grow with me. Favorite tracks: You Oughta Know (the angry break up song to end all angry break up songs - I always knew it was Flea on bass but didn't notice until today it was Dave Navarro on guitar), Perfect, Hand in My Pocket (GenX ultimate feel good song?), Right Through You, Mary Jane, Wake Up. Oh, and I agree that nothing in "Ironic" is actually ironic. But I loved the MTV taxi driver who sang "It's like raaain, on a rainy day."
Pretty good
90s Rock. Boring White people stuff.
"And what it all comes down to is that everything's gonna be fine fine fine. 'Cause I've got one hand in my pocket, the other one is giving a high five." That might be the most perfect encapsulation of being an upper middle class white kid in America in 1995 ever written. GenX was able to be the "whatever" generation by virtue of coming to age at the absolute peak of western society, 1985-2000. The feeling that no matter what bad things happen, the arrow will still be pointed up and it will be alright. Before the Internet was monetized and ruined by social media. Before 9/11 made us all collectively paranoid and started us down the road to the political polarization that is tearing us apart 30 years later. Alanis tapped a cultural vein in at the perfect time in the Lilith Fair era, and wrote some absolute banger pop songs with just enough non-conformity to give them a genuine/honest vibe. It may not be what I want to listen to anymore, but it's a great album.
Not a massive fan of Mary Jane, don’t like you oughta know but overall I like the sound.
Didn't even need to listen to this one. Bought the CD when it came out. Great album.
This has some classics and a fair amount of nostalgia. My sister was going through a tough relationship when this came out, and she had seen Alanis at the Masquerade before she blew up. This album was big for her during this time. I can't really relate to it, but it's a solid album. 3.
I surprisingly didn't have this album despite being in its target demographic, but I knew a ton of songs anyway from all of the massive singles. I remember driving with a friend who was listening to this album and I realized how many hit songs there were on one album, so that's pretty impressive. 3.5
I've never listened to an Alanis Morissette album. When this came out, the kind of music I was into was so much different from what is on this album. Despite that though I think Alanis has a good voice and some.unique and recognizable ways of using it (the Delores O'reardon type vocal pops.when she switches some of the notes). The album still is not my kind of thing but respect for making a memorable album for so many. The tone of it is like she is going through some things.
Cheesy, seemingly passionate and overall tireing vocals, themed young woman angst making up one 90s Alternative Rock.
The 90s were a fantastic time.
hell yeah
⭐️Mary Jane
Cover: 7 Great album. Several radio hits, spaced out perfectly. The other lesser known are also good, so it's doesn't slog things down.
A standout album by an original artist and voice (often shrieking).
3 stars
The song writing is so good, the voice is absolutely one-of-a-kind, the production adds flavor. She's obviously a soul singer influenced by 70s rock and whatever was on the radio. Its hard to imagine what happens on this album that didn't happen on any other album she's made. This is a gem of an album and the rest of her catalogue is pretty ho-him. Which is sad because it's an incredible debut.
You can't deny it, 95% is really fricking good. Despite the ironys just being poor luck. Was great to listen to it again all the way through, it's been a few years. Every single song is brilliantly produced, some beautiful words throughout and a top voice.
Yeaaah
There are some clunkers…. But overall a great album
4/5 was great
84% Best: You Oughta Know; Right Through You; You Learn; Head Over Feet; Ironic; Wake Up Must-Hear? Sure
Like Taylor Swift but really angry.
Fun album that is such a specific place in time for me. 3.5 stars
-if this album came out when I was teenager, I honestly might be president or soemthing because this shit is anthem -10/10, no notes, the musicality, the lyricisms, the through line, the diversity of sound, the guitar ??? Are you kidding -this is a 90s album that stands up today if not stands taller
Sure, whatever.
I hadn't listened to this since high school, and it mostly holds up! Unreal how many classic singles there are on this, but also a couple album cuts that stand out, namely Forgiven and Not the Doctor. The vocals grate a little sometimes, but there's no denying how iconic this album is.
Nä, inte alls min grej. Alldeles för mycket 90-tal, och inte på ett bra sätt. Typ One Tree Hill-soundtrack.
I really enjoyed this album. I've probably heard it before and will happily listen to it again.
So many bangers.
I knew more of these songs than I remembered. Good record.
Solid album. Made me think how the music of the time was so chaotic as a scene, so many artists lumped into “alternative” with no rhyme or reason because they just didn’t fit anywhere else. Been a long time since I listened to this last, did not realize it was not her debut album so may need to go back and see where it started.
Rv/g
Serieuze banger
Such a unique voice and nice little collection of tunes. Ironic is one of the feel-good songs of the century
Great album!
Ugh. Fine
*Fistpump This album came out when I was 12 but didn't really grab the attention of radio until I was 13 or 14 and then it was absolutely everywhere. I was an edgy teen who was in to Nirvana and therefore this kind of music "was the enemy" I recently bought a copy of it for my wife on vinyl for her birthday (she loved the album when she was a teenager) and I have grown to appreciate how damn good it it is. Lots of highlights... All I really want, Head Over Feet... actually there isn't a bad song on here.
Favorite Songs: You Oughta Know / Ironic
Have you ever wanted to be transported back to the 90s but in a really matter of fact way, not like in a cool nostalgic wet dream kinda way? Well, this gets pretty damn close. It is far from moving the needle. Nothing about it screams innovate or singular. It serves as a great signpost for time travelers more than anything. There were hundreds if not thousands of albums that didn't reach these heights, so Alanis can die happy to some extent. 6.4/10 Favorite Song: Right Through You/ You Learn
Hit and miss. Out side of the hits, the songs don’t stand up. Her voice can be a little too much and she doesn’t have much diversity. I do like the intensity she brings.
Ah, Alanis Moriessette: teaching people the wrong definition of 'ironic' for 30 years now.
Alanis logró con este disco un merecidísimo éxito de ventas y crítica. La producción de Glen Ballard, que ya había tirunfado unos años antes con las Wilson-Phillips, le dio millonarias ventas record de Grammys y la gloria eterna. Aquí nos llegó Oughta now, apoyada en los Chili Peppers Flea y Navarro, que no era poca cosa. Su influencia es ubicua en cualquier cantante: desde las obvias Avril Lavigne, Sheyrl Crow o Meredith Brooks hasta otras como Fiona Apple, Cat Power, Beth Orton, Aimee Mann, Pink... desde ella, las chicas son autónomas y molan más. Temazos : You learn, Ironic, Hand in my pocket y obviamente You oughta now. Otro estupendo disco suyo fue el posterior Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie con Thank you como puntal.
I looked over the track listing before I hit play and I guessed that I know all but a few of these songs via general exposure, but I haven't ever sat down and just listened to them before. I think the thing with me and Alanis is that I needed to just accept that her voice is unconventional and that if I could just go with that and listen to the songs I could get a real sense of this album. It was hard for the first song as it starts off with a bit of a caterwauling but things settled in and since I was already sort of familiar with this, it wasn't all that shocking as it progressed. I think most of the songs are good, the backing guitar is nice and they are catchy and memorable. Some of the lyrics are a bit cringey but whatever. It's different, it's unique and I like and respect that from an artist. I think I kind of liked it.
Nice one, Alanis! A couple of pretty big songs here, the rest were decent. Overall a good album! 4 ⭐️
Loved this album! Her voice and her attitude!
fun
nice rock pop
En till klassiker. Ett mästerverk i en mix av singer songwriter traditionen och alt rock/indie. Femma
I was really expecting to hate this but it was nowhere near as bad as the hits I've heard a billion times over the years. Way better than Radiohead.
Fantastic album! Love every song on this album.
her voice is fun. This is surprisingly trip-hoppy. Obviously it's still primarily rock and it isn't every song, but there are so many trip hop sounds here. The harmonica is also pretty interesting. The lyrics combine with the vocals sometimes in a weird vibe that I'm not sure if I like. Otherwise pretty good. 8/10
I don't think this is supposed to be funny, but I find it quite humorous. The whiny voice, the various things she has in the hand that isn't in her pocket.
I didn't realize how great this album was until I heard it in its entirety.
Helt ok.
So good. So many hits. 5/5
YES! A classic
Better than I thought. Sounds very 90s, especially the rhythms.
Favourite songs: hand in my pocket (I guess). Albums fairly diverse which is nice but it didn’t really enthrall me at any point. 5.9/10
Didn’t need to listen to know this would be a 5. So many memories listening to this album growing up. An early “name that tune” mishap where dad asked me to fill in the lyrics for “Hand Over Feet” and I said “baby” and listening while playing in my closet with Mary and the Benage girls. So many bangers! I didn’t know the music videos but Joe showed me a couple, notably “Ironic,” which was apparently mind blowing in the late 90s.
Lots of familiar hits, most of them still appealing. A solid 4 here.
Has its place in time, songs I've never listened to yet recognise and enjoy
Listened in March 2020. Iconic 90s pop rock. Not something I listen to often but it has at least 3 classic singles.
Pure and powerful 90s rock/pop, perfectly emblematic of the musical landscape of the time period. Absolutely gritty, with a (strong) touch of cynicism - but still just so much FUN to listen to. This album is an icon of the 90s, but still has a timeless quality to it.
Love this album, seen her perform it live. Listened to the original and acoustic back to back, thank you for that excuse.
I first heard this album the summer before I turned 15. Listening now 30 years later was a trippy experience. Beyond the hits it was good to hear some of the other cuts like Forgiven with fresh ears. The production is crisp and holds up too.
One of my favourite 90s albums
The type of album where I like the deep cuts more than the singles in a lot of cases. That could be because the singles have reached cultural ubiquity, though. A really impressive album. Probably on my list of the best albums of the 90s. Not a 5-star because some of the more ubiquitous songs verge on annoying.
Angry girl rock! I'm still amazed at how many of these songs were radio hits. It was such a big deal at the time. Still fun to listen to.
Love it
Great album. I really enjoyed the energy and the lyrics behind the songs. Nice to hear where the Ironic song originated.
This is just an okay album, neither special nor bad.
Ah, Jagged Little Pill. Everyone's guilty pleasure from the 1990s. It has been the butt of innumerable jokes since its 1995 release which, unfortunately, masks just how good this album is. It was a huge album at the time, driving up the charts on the strength of the angry, bitter You Oughta Know and decidedly unironic Ironic. The latter should have been called Unfortunate but being "ironic" was a thing back then, so we have this title. Hand In My Pocket is a dose of optimism in a world full of difficulty, beautifully capturing the things suck/things are great zeitgeist of the 90s. This is the brilliance of this Jagged Little Pill. It is a cultural time capsule of the 90s that today offers feelings over nostalgia. So, if you are want to piss all over this album, keep in mind it has spawned a hit jukebox musical, showing just how much beloved, it is. It's also a good listen no matter what the age.
This shit sounds terrible in hindsight, it just sounds old af but it’s still a phenomenal album with classic records that will never go out of style!
Loved it cause I felt like I was in a 90s movie
love this album, one of my favorites
There are some classic 90's songs on here, however, there are a lot of songs that I don't care about. She does some strange things with her voice and I wish I liked it more than I do. 4/10
I love this album, the passion and the unfeigned anger; it grabs you and flings you about the room and by the end you're lying on the couch, exhausted from all the emotions.
It's kind of insane to me how many songs from this one album got radio play/used in tv and movies: "All I Really Want", "You Oughta Know" (which featured Dave Navarro on guitar and Flea on bass), "Hand In My Pocket", "You Learn", and "Ironic" are all iconic 90's tracks. Even the non-singles are pretty great ("Right Through You" was a favorite). "Mary Jane" felt like a low point on an album that is otherwise stacked with great songs. Absolutely deserves to be here
and every time you speak her name does she know how you told me you'd hold me until you die? 'til you die? but you're still alive!
I recognized a few of the songs and I was like wow I actually know these I really liked the album.
I appreciate the emotion and energy this has, but I just can't get past not really liking her voice, and the instrumentals are whatever for me. All I Really Want and Right Through You are pretty good.
The hits are great for a reason. Rest of the album was just kinda bland
clasicazos, voz mega iconica, mu bien
Very obsessed with this album, love that it sounds incredibly 90s, I am obsessed with the lyrics and Alanis’s voice is perfect. Standout tracks (all 5/5 completely perfect): - All I Really Want - You Oughta Know - Hand in My Pocket - Right Through You - Head Over Feet - Ironic
I hated it at the beginning, but you’ve gotta give credit from one album being so jam-packed with so many radio hits. Hats off, Alanis.
So I knew of Hand in My Pocket, of course it’s a popular song, and I was like “oh I like this song this’ll be a good album.” But through listening to this album Morissettes voice got a little more shrill each track and I was thinking this is kinda eh. Then I got to the song I knew, and I realized after really listening that it’s actually ANNOYING! So unfortunately this album did the job of changing my mind and I was not exactly enjoying my time listening to it : Okay update (I wrote the previous without yet finishing the album) I did also know the song Ironic and I still do think it’s a good song, so that one did save it a bit.
A wonderful female rock statement, influencial for other female artists.
I would recommend doing a chunky goon tribute to James Stewart
I’m Not the Doctor, but You Oughta Know this album had my Hand in My Pocket and my Head over Feet.
Obviously
perfect album
Pre-listening thoughts: LETS GOOOO oh hell yes bro this is gonna be so good. How many albums can you say got a musical dedicated to them just because they were that good huh? Not that many Post/during listening thoughts: yeah I already knew basically this whole album. Alanis has a powerhouse voice and this is just amplified by these “rage in your room” kind of songs. Cohesive, upbeat, and every song could be the lead single (and a lot made it to radio!) 10/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: yes Fav tracks: no skips but You Learn is a fav of mine, also You Oughta Know Least fav tracks: n/a
Such a 90s album - with You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, and Ironic scattered throughout, it’s super catchy. Alanis’ voice is hard to get used to though, and kind of takes away from my enjoyment.
Ich werde mit ihrer Stimme nicht so richtig warm. Andererseits ist dieses Album konstant so ein Vibe, dass ich es mir denke ich noch öfter anhören werde. Ich runde die 3 1/2 Sterne einfach mal auf.
I was expecting a bit more of this as I’d heard a lot of good things about it. It was good but outside of some of the hits, it was a little underwhelming. Solid 90s album though.
E star
O disco do ano em 1995, sem sombra de dúvidas!
Based purely on the name I was expecting Alanis Morissette to be a techno band similar to Depeche Mode. Was pleasantly surprised that I had heard of a couple songs and overall really enjoyed the album. Reminded me of an grungier Avril Lavigne. 8/10
The 90s were such a weird time for music. "All I Really Want" is not what I thought it was going to be. I was expecting it to be slower paced singer-songwriter type music, but she's got some fun vocals and production going on. "You Oughta Know" is a powerfully nostalgic song. Listening to it is a single highly concentrated dose of 00s school dances. I couldn't have told you this song was by Alanis Morissette. It's a fun song. It's one of those songs thats transcended being a standalone piece of art, and now occupies some other ambigous place in culture. I'm not sure if that's a good thing. "Hand in My Pocket" was OK. I wonder if she's figured it out yet. The songs are all kind of blending into one 90s/00s blur now. Wow, "Ironic" is another song everybody knows. This song to me is mostly a meme because half of the situations aren't irony. It's a classic 90s jam though. This album was better than I thought it would be, but it also wasn't anything special. This era of music doesn't do much for me, maybe because it's all I heard growing up? It all kind of blends together into the sounds of the 90s/00s, and I don't like those sounds that much. I didn't dislike it, but I didn't like it either. 5/10
++: All I Really Want, You Oughta Know, Forgiven, You Oughta Know Your House (a Capella) +: Hand in My Pocket, Right through You, You Learn, Head over Feet, Not the Doctor +-: Mary Jane, Ironic, Wake Up -: Perfect 6,3/10
I thought I would like this more than I did. Up through “Perfect,” all these songs were hitting me wrong. Her voice, the tone, the 90s-ess of it all. “Hand in my Pocket” felt a little better. I wasn’t expecting to love this, but it just didn’t hit me right. Her tone reminds me of someone who smirks and makes fun of everything I do: “Guess you sit at tables now.” **smirk, smirk chuckle** “Oh, okay, CAR DRIVER. Sure.” There are enjoyable moments.
Some good tracks. Some unpleasant sounds.
It's a pretty good album, definitely some songs I didn't know but surprising looking back at how many of these tunes got mainstream media play/legit hit. generous 4 star
Serious cultural moment. A lot of good stuff here; hard to argue with a 4-star rating. Still, can only listen so much before needing a palate cleanser. Hand in my Pocket works best for repeat
Fav: You Oughta Know Notes: High school flashbacks with this one...scared to talk to girls who were Alanis-heads. Shame really. Some good tracks but not one I'll likely come back to.
Kinda hard to overstate the cultural impact this one had for those of us who "were there" when Alanis' voice started hitting the airwaves with this record. The "Seattle Sound" grunge era was well underway and actually starting to wane, and the Madonna wave was crashing. Funny enough you can actually hear some of Alanis' Madonna influence in here, along with her signature vocal style that was ripped off by Meredith Brooks et.al. as the copycats tried to cash in on the zeitgeist. The number of radio hits on this one is impressive, and it still holds up pretty well imo, though the vocal style can get to be a bit too much of a unique thing
90's classic
Inte för mig
It smacked everyone in the face when it debuted and today it still....sigh...slaps. Already had 5 songs in my library, I can remember both of my sisters playing the shit out of this album growing up.
Ha this album was crazy to get. So many of these songs were familiar, this album seemed to big when it came out. The mix on this is just not for me--vocals to the front and everything else is pretty minimized. Cleary this worked for a lot of people though. Interesting to listen to in terms of snapshot from the mid-90s.
I wasn't crazy for it then less so now.
I understand this was a great album but it was beat to death. I was forced to hear the songs on the radio and in public venues, so I’m not listening to it now.
Angry 90s woman sings about her ex. There is probably also something about pain, healing, and empowerment in there, but honestly I'm just here for Alanis' distinctive singing, the unmistakable 90s sound, and a little nostalgia. Although well-known musicians in their own right have worked on the album and everything sounds great, not all tracks carry equally over the running time of almost an hour. Impact wise, Jagged Little Pill might be the reason why a whole generation doesn't actually know what "ironic" really means. 4.5/5
5 stars
I love the music, but absolutely hate her voice.
I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. I'd certainly heard the big hits and they were better than I remembered. Hard to believe she was only 19 when this was released. It definitely works well as a package, some very strong songs here. I probably won't come back to this repeatedly, but when my wife plays it, I'll enjoy it that much more having listened to the whole thing.
this kicks ass! I love the rock-y/grung-y sound and the power in her voice. the instrumentals and production might be dated, but her voice and energy are timeless. the jaggedness of the sound does get a tad repetitive and overwhelming towards the end though, but the album still has some iconic tracks.
No sir , I don’t like it.
I saw someone on Musicboard describe this as the ultimate divorced mom music. Lol! And honestly, they’re not wrong. The lyrics are driven with angst, which fuels the vocal delivery. But if I’m being honest, this album kind of burned me out back in the 90s when it was getting played to death.
Listen— this is probably the first time I’ve heard this album in its entirety this millennium as a full grown adult. This is dated. I don’t even fault anyone coming into this fresh and not liking it. But this absolutely deserves to be here. The singles for this album were everywhere, and the amount of them was staggering. My dad bought this album and played the hell out of it for awhile. I remember watching the Head Over Feet video and wondering how she was singing with her mouth closed (I was 5). This album was huge, and I really enjoyed revisiting it. Sure it’s cringey, sure she taught a whole generation the incorrect usage of “ironic”. But she dated the worst men Canada has to offer and for that she deserves our respect and space to work that out in her music.
I was born the year this album came out and I didn’t listen to it in full until I was 16. It was transformative for me then and I still love it today. I’ve seen Alanis live twice and she’s an incredible live act.
Jagged Little Pill definitely wears its heart (and fury) on its sleeve, and those grungy guitar textures give it that extra punch.This one’s all about catharsis—anger, heartbreak, vulnerability, defiance—and she owns it. The vocals swing from whispery to howling in seconds. It’s confessional without being soft, and feminist without being preachy—just intensely personal and musically gripping. My standouts are the obvious ones "you oughta know" & "all I really want", but the whole album resonates.
It’s very 90s, but it’s also very good. Something of a rarity from the period.
Pretty good
This album opens with some lovely angst accompanied with a great voice to match. Morissette’s voice remains interesting to me through the whole album and is easily one of my favorite things about it. And (to my pleasure) the angst continues all throughout as well. The songwriting is also excellent, I really saw this especially with the progression of the track Forgiven. This is the kind of album that you already know halfway through that the whole thing is gonna be great and won’t get boring, uninteresting, or repetitive by the end.
I’m old enough to remember the Too Hot, Too Cold Alanis. When she came bursting back onto the scene it was a welcomed sight. this was really the worlds first taste of angry woman music. Sure there were others before her but they were all mostly relegated to the underground scene. Alanis kicked down and burned that door. This album touches on all of the feeling a woman, showing signs of being on her period, would exhibit in a turbulent relationship. You’d be hard pressed to not like this album. Don’t get me wrong, there are some weak songs on here, like Perfect and Not the Doctor, but all in all it’s too hard to deny it’s greatness. And let’s face it, you don’t need me to explain this album to you. Even aliens who haven’t been on this planet yet know of this album. Choice cut: Head Over Feet
Bottled up 90s female rage. She lead that scene!
The singles got a lot of radio play at the time, but I found them whiney and annoying, so never listened to the album. I've now listened to it all, and I find it ... whiney and annoying.
The album that launched Alanis onto the world. Ironic and You Oughta Know are of course the highlighted tracks, but the rest are excellent too. An assured debut.
Hard to argue with the sheer amount of charting, recognisable and quotable songs. Otherwise a pleasant listen
Feels like a greatest hits album when it isn't, there are so many classic songs on here. The mix isn't great and some songs didn't work for me - the vocals on Perfect sound pretty out of tune at points - but not enough to lose points.
Highlight Song/s: Hand In My Pocket Alanis sounds at times a Mishmash of Billy Corgan and Dolores (The Cranberries)
Takes me back! So many great songs
A perfect album in my opinion, love it
Great song writing, great production, great performances (Flea and Taylor Hawkins played on this album.) Top notch.
I can see the appeal, but these little pills are not for me.
Not a huge Alanis fan (although I had an old boss who was, and it seemed out of tune with the rest of his personality). I think a lot of the songs are boring
Honestly I don’t fully understand the hype on this one. Not bad I guess but not extraordinary either. I guess it doesn’t help that I don’t much like her voice
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This was awesome! Nicolette and I watched her documentary this passed Saturday. I was wondering if this album would come up here. I’m sure you can imagine my shock when this album was revealed on Monday 😊. Nicolette told me to think about her as an 8 year old listening to this album and learning to be fierce 😊. This is just an album of bangers. It is terrific. Kieran I think you and Hannah will love it. Dad 🧑 I’m guessing you are a fan of this record? Five starts. Awesome album.
Great album. Her voice can be a little jarring at times, but I think that’s more because it’s so distinctive that it’s almost become a parody of itself (cant knock it for its cultural prominence!) I love how Ironic is just quietly buried away late in the album. To that point been some real bangers, and you think ok we’re winding down now, just a bit of filler to finish up. And that track just dials it back up to 11/10. I wonder if they knew what they had with that track at the time.
6/10
I’m not sure how or why, but the second I saw the name of this album it struck a nostalgia cord for me. I knew, of course, the big hits off the album. Morissette is an incredibly talented singer and songwriter, and her vocals were phenomenal on this album. She’s a powerhouse, but there were also songs where she dialed it back and sounded like I’d never heard her before. She’s wildly talented. I would add any song to my everyday playlist without a second thought.
Nostalgia from the first note to the last, especially when the harmonica first comes in. Definitely took me back to a clear time and place. An enjoyable listen
Why did every woman in the 90s sing like this?
I remember this album. Not my type of female music
I’m tempted to dismiss this record out of hand – those awful gated drums so common in 90s/00s pop; that bouncy-bouncy vocal rhythm in every bridge that’s, and perhaps sensibly on reflection, just shy of an actual rap; that overwhelming feeling throughout of being trapped in a teen drama with a legion of floppy-haired, lachrymose middle-Americans – before arriving at a totally transformative perspective: this 90s tropeapaedia feels so not because it was a product of its time, but because it did so much to produce its time. Today, Alanis is here to remind us of the mess they made in the nine-ta-heys. And, yes, you ought to know – it feels a shame that the corporate grunge inspired production choices betray not much more than an opportunistic short-termism. (It’s not quite Avril levels of insincerity, but it’s far from PJ levels of authenticity.) Can’t blame an artist for wanting to sell some records, though – and you’d have to be a total bore to call “Ironic”, “Hand in my pocket” and “You oughta know” any less than classic. Fave song: “Wake up”. (Ironically, the worst offender for trope soup!)
90s SCREAMING out this album
Amazing album and a blast from the past. I really enjoyed this one
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Alanis has a pretty unique voice and I enjoy her attitude. This album in particular contains some of her top hits and they are still bangers today. Standouts You Oughta Know Hand I My Pocket Head Over Feet Ironic 4/5
A staple in the CD collection of every girl I dated in high school, along with Tori Amos, Ani DiFranco, and the soundtrack to Rent. I will say I had an affliction for arty girls. This album pulls at the strings of my nostalgia. I was 13 or 14 when this record came out, working at an ice cream shop and having a side hustle with the gas station across the street where I would give them free malts/shakes for packs of cigarettes that I would later sell to kids at a mark up. It was a lucrative venture. This album and Better Than Ezra were the soundtrack of that Summer. Late nights slinging ice cream, flirting with girls, and using my ill begotten gains to buy bottle rockets that my friends and I would have wars with. The album hasn't aged well but it is a perfect moment in time. I would put August and Everything After by Counting Crows in the same category. In that I have so many memories where the music was playing. It is strange sometimes how we can pinpoint moments from a single song. I don't love the record but I cannot hate it either.
N'étant pas une adolescente de 12 ans en 1995, ça m'a pas emballé.
Loved it then and love it now. Great storytelling with young woman angst in every note……had me singing/yelling along at 52!!!
A great album with solid 4-star energy. The sound is excessively 90s, but in the 90s I doubt that was considered a bad thing. And it's not the worst decade you could excessively be. The synths and beats are a little simplistic and repetitive, but they're full of energy that could fire up a department store in an instant. I'm impressed by the harmonic experimentation in some of these tracks. Morissette will add a sly blue note here, a tritone substitution there – to catch you off guard without you quite understanding what's happening. Along with fairly dynamic bass and vocal lines, the listener is kept fully engaged with what's happening for the entire 57-minute runtime. Then there are songs like You Oughta Know whose chord progressions aren't creative at all, but they're exciting and raised to the next level with some incredibly dense, exhilarating textures. Speaking of which: the songs on Jagged Little Pill do an excellent job of juxtaposing thick and thin textures. Even the most popular track, Ironic, does this – starting and ending with a quiet acoustic guitar and vocal and then escalating the song from there. That being said... Ironic irks me. Though I normally ignore lyrics, these ones are plain incorrect and I had to be that "well, actually" guy when listening to them. Here's a guide for the next time Morissette writes a song called Ironic: Rain on your wedding day: not ironic Rain on International Drought Awareness Day: ironic A free ride when you've already paid: not ironic A free ride the day you launch your taxi app: ironic A death row pardon two minutes too late: not ironic A death row pardon signed by the guy you were jailed for killing: ironic Sure, these lines are rhythmically terrible, but the important thing is that they're accurate. Morissette's producers can fix that in post. 4/5 Key tracks: You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, You Learn
I was certainly prepared to give this a go, and thought I might quite like it, but I have to say I found it rather grating. It doesn't help that she has pitch issues, particularly noticeable in the slower songs.
Great
I don't like 90's. she seems angry.
Pas mal
Not for me, isn't it ironic.
She's the best.
Nem volt rossz, mérgeslányzene
No está mal, pero si se vivió la época en la que este disco salió, creo que hoy en día parece un tanto exagerada la reacción. Era la época, y que trajera canciones tan directas como You oughta know, hizo temblar a muchos sectores de la música, para después irse en picada con los siguientes álbumes. No está mal, pero 30 años después siento que no funciona tan bien. ¡Hasta hubo un musical en Broadway basado en este disco!
Great album!
Excellent album. Hit after hit and for good reason.
Pumpkin's favorite. I hadn't listened in a long time and it seemed a little squelchy at first; but there's good stuff here.
Nothing really had this complete angst, joy, and 90’s feel combo.
Half the songs on this record are standard 90s anthem singalongs.
3.5
What a great album. Almost every track is a proper 90s tune and there are so many hits as well. This is one of those albums that you expect to be on this list. Morissette has such a unique voice that is easily recognizable and fits the music so well.
A very hit or miss. the recognizable tracks are pretty good. I can bop along to Ironic and a couple others that are catchy and the vocals aren't too obnoxious. About half the tracks are just unenjoyable mostly because of the wacky singing.
Aside from the 2 or 3 popular tracks on here, how did she get famous? Terrible “singing”, feel like she wanted to start yodeling at one point
I disliked the vocal tics on the first track, things got better. A decent album overall but not really 'my thing'. 3/5.
1.5/5.0: Bad
enjoyed this immensely. i grew up hearing this album though the only tracks that I really remember are the singles. ironically the album cuts are just as good if not better than the singles.
Well-made with a few baubly bits but too obviously commercial (playing up crazy ex-girlfriend angle, eg) to make much of a personal impact. Granted, one was never the target and great if she inspired other women artists, but one always found it more annoying than anything else, "Ironic" especially so (how, exactly, is rain on one's wedding day ironic? In the '90s, "ironic" was used the way "literally" is now, which is to say, almost always incorrectly). Indeed, the lyrics are silly. And could the guitar playing be any more generic in the vein of '90s alt rock. Never liked – and generlly didn't like the people who liked – and still don't. One's not sure one'd put Alanis in his top 50 all-time female artists – and it's seems more bug than feature that she made the world safe for Avril Lavigne, say. To call this average even feels rounding up and she should feel lucky for the reward she got when Juliana Hatfield, say, or Sarah Harmer, deserved so much more.
I wrote an actual review the first time I listened to this front to back. Great album. Life changing to consume.
Interesting start with the weird vocal techniques on All I Really Want. The *Five* big singles are nicely sprinkled throughout, and they are still good. One that I liked I didn't know before was Not the Doctor. This album still holds up.
Lovely 90's sound ballads and alternative rock sounds
Enjoyed this album. My kind of music and a few songs I recognised.
Too yodelly. Ironic is a bop.
Peak angsty '90s girl rock. Holds up well.
lemppari: all i really want vähiten lemppari: hand in my pocket
Album reminded me of my childhood
It’s like if tori Amos made poppier music but it was also grungier
From the first three songs I thought this would join Bjork in the one-star category. Saved by that one rly catchy song Ironically
This was good, it felt quite familiar, but I'd not been able to name this artist before.
Just fucking talent. Another album where every song is a single. And man, the bass player! Absolutely dominating with a warm, mid-forward bass tone like Jaco on a P-bass. Something out of an earlier era that works on every track. I'm not the single biggest fan of this sound, but goodness the artistry and tracks are a consistent banger.
Brilliant album
Pretty good! So many hit singles and while not all of them are my favorite, some of the songs hit so hard and the song writing is genuinely creative.
She just goes off, and It's at its best when backed with those incesent funky grooves, though the albums lyrical themes, vocal style, and very 90s guitars and production do get a bit tiring by the end.
A straight up Canadian legend.
Nice music, bit samey
jagged freaking crazy pill
She’s got one type of song absolutely nailed - I don’t really like it though 😭 Head over feet harmonica solo went crazy Mary Jane and Ironic d-_-b
I was gonna also point out how 90s it sounds but then I saw everyone and their mothers were talking about it so I'm gonna point something else out; in the middle of the album it hit me...she sounds like Gayle from Bob's Burgers so i may have stopped taking it seriously at some points This was my first time to actually listen to Alanis Morissette properly and wasn't too disappointed or mind blown 3.5/5 (not on the lower side tho)
Not my kind of music but it's absolutely classic. 6 singles I hear all the time. Every women I know loves this so ot must be good. 5 stars.
Мощный бодрейший. Вам в ухо кричат, что мужики -- мудаки, а вам приятно. You oughta know -- бомба.
fun 90s rocker
Solid album the whole way through.
I always mix up Alanis and Fiona apple sorry. Both good but not the same. This is great. Packed with all time greats. I couldn't belive how many hit hit hiiittts were on this. Like every other song was mega. The less popular stuff is still pretty great too. She has a very unique voice and I love it. Like for real not just is soooo unique and fun and wow omg. Not that. It's sick. It feels a bit childish at points but she was a child so it's understandable.
not for me. Powerful voice used to only do one thing mainly. Couldn't get to the second half. The many singles are well done though
It's hard to imagine anyone in the US that hasn't heard this album at least in passing. 4 stars in recognition of its unbridled success.
This is about as quintessential 90s as you can get. Has a couple weaker tracks, but several monster hits that still get regular airplay.
Really solid album, didn’t realize it woudl be so rock based. I knew you aughta know and a few other hits but thoroughly enjoyed the whole album overall, I’d give it a listen a few more times.
the bass on the dave coulier song cross eyed bear chiming one chord guitar on chickenshit felt like skipping forgiven. christian rock. love an album title taken from a line in a verse. head over feet is the sound of riding in the back of the minivan to buy furniture in amish country
This album has really stood the test of time. But I can’t help thinking about Dave Coulier from Full House, having to listen to these songs—written about him—year after year. What a brutal breakup legacy…epic. I remember my mom had this CD in her player for years. It was her top album—she absolutely loved it—and she definitely tortured us with it. The very first track floods me with memories. And honestly, listening to it now, it’s actually not bad at all. A couple of songs feel a bit forgettable and don’t really go anywhere, but her vocal range and style are so distinct. Now that I’m in my 40s, I find myself really enjoying the album. Some of the tracks hit hard. It’s awesome, and I totally get why it made the list. But maybe my favorite part? It inspired Wesley Willis to write the song “Alanis Morissette” https://youtu.be/7_fg_D1noOY?si=W118n6FWsEg7aeom
Here we go, first album. Album art is peak 1995. All I Really Want is this to be over. You Oughta Know is a banger. Hand in My Pocket of course is great. TAXI-cab. I'm wondering if I'll like anything that's not a single. I don't but there are a lot of singles.
"You Outta Know" is still the angry girl breakup anthem of all time. Was genuinely very excited to get this album this morning. I was too young for Alanis to really make an impression when this was first released, but I can absolutely hear the blueprint here for future Canadian pop rock girls like Avril (who I did love as a tween/teen).
I'M CANADIAN!!!!!
One of the 90's best albums, with great songs and songwriting.
I don’t have the nostalgia for this album that I have for many others of this time period. I think it’s a combination of overplaying and it being a favorite of an ex girlfriend of mine. But beyond that, a lot of her vocals are just grating. She makes a lot of weird noises like she is having convulsions and then sings with a harsh nasal twang that pierces through my brain. Add to that a lot of dated production and buzz saw guitars and effects and it just wears me out.
wow, reaaly interestin’z
🎧 Review of Jagged Little Pill Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ / 5 Cry-Screams This album is a time capsule full of jagged feelings, diary entries written in Sharpie, and the sound of a woman who found out you cheated and wrote a platinum-selling album instead of texting you 87 times at 3AM. It feels. And it makes you feel. Loudly. Messily. Perfectly. Alanis didn’t just make an album—she gave us all a permission slip to be emotionally unhinged and poetic at the same time.
You don’t have to ask me twice. Exquisite, no notes.
strong female voice and good rock instrumental part.
Caylum - 8/10 Keith - 6/10 Ross - 6.5/10
There's something fundamentally dishonest about this album of slickly produced pop tunes. It captured a moment in the 90s when girls could be angry, but Alanis never actually seemed angry. It was all a put-on. Alanis has a great voice and might have thrived as a singer-songwriter singing honest, heartfelt tunes, but instead the legacy is this. At the height of the "alternative music", borrowing heavily from Seattle sound, a Canadian pop teen and former television personality pretending to be tough and perverted.
Great album holds up wasn't into as a kid but as an adult came to it.
great album. it reminds me of chris cornell’s solo debut and i mean that in all the best ways. so many iconic tracks and the lyricism on this record are just so raw. fav tracks: forgiven, you outta know, ironic
Nah
The album comes shooting out of a cannon. Big and bold, really interesting sonic choices made with conviction. The lyrics and the vocals stay are incredible throughout, though I feel like the arrangements became a little less eclectic in the second half and bordered on filler. Great album!
Even though bits are a bit grating, i still like it
🤷♂️
Fucking love this album
Heard it a bunch. Pretty good. Never needed to buy it.
Probably the most 90s album ever made. The hits are great, but there's a lot of misses in here too.
Five excellent songs. Some good others too. Hard not to give it a five star.
4+ Stars (12/15)
LFG
Too pop. A couple absolute classic gems, but overall album not to personal taste.
Haven’t ever had the chance to listen through this whole album & unfortunately not sure if I’ll sit down for the whole thing again. The hits are still as good as I remember of course, but most of the remaining album is slower for my taste than I prefer.
Isn't it ironic that I have never heard this album until only last year? No, I guess that's not a definition of irony, but that doesn't stop Alanis. One of the greatest hits from 90s, a really solid record to come with it and my absolutely favourite You Oughta Know. Amazing song, transcendental, epic, essential, worthy of adjectives. Very emotional song that perfectly encapsulates a certain mood in one's life. Let's go Canada, best singer from the country by far, Celine Di-who? But seriously, really good album that has a nice spot in my small collection of vinyls on the shelf.
Just wasn’t really my thing
Very good album. It was played to death and in the 90s and I think I heard every song on it. I'm not sure I'd want to be the guy in a romantic relationship with Alanis based on "You Ought to Know". Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
OVERALL: I was aware of Alanis' existence, and this specific album, but I've never heard any of her songs. Now I understand why this got so much praise and why this was so popular. There is no filler. Pretty much every single song has really good instrumentals, lyrics, and/or vocals. She has really emotional vocals and pretty interesting inflection. She does have some pretty dogshit lyrics ("It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife" and "I recommend sticking your foot in your mouth at any time" are pretty bad out of context). For every bad lyric, though, there are at least two good ones, such as the first verse on the album. Also, this production is super good for 1995, didn't age at all. SONG AVG: 8.5375/10 PERSONAL RATING: 8.25/10 All I Really Want: I think I like this. The singing is something that you kinda need to get used to, but I don't really mind it that much. Really good instrumental and really good lyrics. I love the guitars, and the harmonica usage is interesting but not that bad. Also uses a fade out outro. 9.87/10 You Oughta Know: Really good vocal performance, she sounds very angry and betrayed. Absolutely incredible instrumental, pretty much perfect and matches her vocals really well. The lyrics are okay I guess. 9.31/10 Perfect: That bridge is amazing. I can kinda relate to the lyrics, so I like it from that standpoint. The instrumental is great, and the vocals are too, but it feels like its all buildup for the bridge. After the bridge, the song kinda dies. 8.75/10 Hand In my Pocket: Very optimistic, but it kinda feels boring compared to the other songs so far. I like it, but it's kinda just All I Really Want but less. Still good though. 7.95/10 Right Through You: Banger. Really good chorus, but I feel like the context is really needed to understand some of the lyrics. Pretty good lyrics and very good vocal performance. Also really good instrumental, but that's expected at this point. 8.35/10 Forgiven: I am not Christian, so I don't think I can really talk about the lyrics here. All I can really say about them is that the lyrics are very powerful and feel honest. Pretty good instrumental and unbelievably good vocal performance. 9.73/10 You Learn: Pretty good. The chorus is very good. The lyrics are a bit corny, but are still fine and work well. Great instrumental, also the intro is kinda boring. 7.25/10 Head Over Feet: Really nice. Just really nice overall. I guess it's maybe a little boring, and the lyrics are pretty simple, but it works pretty well. Also the music video kinda feels like they had no ideas at all. 8.15/10 Mary Jane: That short section after verse 3 is incredible. The instrumental is basically just accompaniment to her vocals, which are really good but kinda need instrumental. The instrumental isn't bad, but it's much more... less than the other songs. Still sounds super good. 7.36/10 Ironic: This is Alanis Morissette's biggest song, and I have never heard it before. I get why this was so popular, it's very catchy, relatable (kinda), and just sounds really good. The lyrics are kinda corny but aren't that bad, and the instrumental is pretty good. Overall, pretty good. 9.21/10 Not The Doctor: This feels a lot messier than the other songs. There are also some pretty corny lyrics, and the instrumental is usually pretty boring. The chorus carries so incredibly hard. I guess the meaning is good. 7/10 Wake Up: Great instrumental, great lyrics, fine vocal performance. This song is really good in basically everything except for the vocal performance, which is a bit blander compared to the rest of the album. The chorus is fantastic though. It still sounds absolutely incredible. 9.52/10 You Oughta Know (Jimmy the Saint Blend): Read what I gave to You Oughta Know. I can't really notice much of a difference. Gets no rating.
Had a wave of nostalgia come back after realizing that I'd heard some of the songs off this album as a kid and thought that they were quite unique for pop songs, but the lesser known tracks def were different even for alt rock
Okay, so "Jagged Little Pill" by Alanis Morissette? Huge deal, right? It's basically a massive dose of pure, honest feelings, especially when it comes to being a woman and just being pissed or vulnerable. The music itself is a cool mix of rock and pop, making it super catchy. Yeah, some people nitpick about her singing or how "Ironic" isn't, well, ironic, but honestly, who cares? This album hit a nerve, changed the game for female artists, and still feels real today. It's like a time capsule of 90s angst, but in a good way.
zapravo mi je bas loše sjeo na novo slušanje nakon 25 godina
Ne mogu bit tako oštar ko ti. meni je ovo vrhunac alter rock konfekcije devedesetih i performativnog angsta kao studijske muzike a da je od svog vremena, to nedvojbeno je.
That was alright
Pop-type alt rock with some creative freedoms/changes. Interesting listen but not my preference
This one's part of the music during my childhood. Hugely influenced into it by my elder sisters, I think. Favorite picks: "Ironic", "Hand in my Pocket"
It was alright. Liked some of the songs but found it a bit repetitive. 6/10
I remember when the album came out. It was very popular among my friends. And I loved it too. Rarely before have I heard such a powerful female voice. Unfortunately, especially in the first track, there are a couple of squeaks that are vaguely reminiscent of yodeling. Perhaps this was a must at the time, dictated by Michael Jackson, who does it unbearably often. Anyway, a great album, nice to have heard it again. (And whenever I hear Alanis Morisette I think of her performance as God in the movie Dogma. God has spoken) 5/5
some good stuff, some screechy stuff
Oh hi, it's the 90s. I grew up knowing her as Alanis Marmoset, thanks to a joke from my Mum. She really owns her own voice and confidently delivers vivid lyrics, with a tasty (but slightly overplaying) band behind her - way better than I expected! Favourite tracks: You Oughtta Know, Perfect, One Hand In my Pocket (unexpected nostalgia from 25+ years back), Head Over Feet, Wake Up
Favorite track: you oughtta know. Overall score: 6.8/10
amazing, did not realize how many songs ive already heard off this, great listen
she is so angsty and cool I love her. I can't believe uncle joey drove her insane smh
Joah kann man sich anhören
90s, fands nicht so überragend. i.O. Ironic ist natürlich 5/5 Banger, ab auf die Playlist damit
If there was one album that epitomized the post-grunge mechanisms that defined the industry, and the culture, by 1995 it is Jagged Little Pill. And it is an effective one, as Alanis Morrissette's half- screech/half-whine vocalizations embedded itself into the subconscious of listeners who were curious about the Hole's and Bikini Kill's of the world but felt too timid to dip their toes in the waters. That's not to say it is all bad, there are plenty of moments throughout the album that makes the listening experience worth it (Right Through You, Forgiven, You Learn) but this really is a time capsule of what was and what may never be again. Favorites: All I Really Want, You Oughta Know, Hand in My Pocket, Right Through You, You Learn, Head Over Feet, Ironic, Wake Up.
Many standout songs. Great voice. Stellar album
ironic is not even in the top 3 tracks from this album. really good
Banger album from God herself.
This was the first commercially popular album that allowed a women to express rage.
Some real bangers even if I thought it was called jagged little phil
One of the great groundbreaking albums. It always has a position on my top albums list. Every song is great.
Gotta love this iconic album from Alanis - powerful lyrics and vocals, easy to jam to.
Good rock pop stuff. You oughtta know was particularly good. Good voice. Ironic is my favourite song in the album. The last song was weird.
This one was tough, not because it's bad but actually the opposite. There is a lot to like about this album, but some of the choices for the singing were really a hit or miss for me. On some songs it fit perfectly (mostly the closer it got to the end.. maybe during making, what they were going for started to settle better? I'm not sure, since I don't know the order they actually made any of these songs or the actual process lol), but on some songs it sounded way too aggressive and felt too distracting. I understand why they went with this style of singing though and I think it was actually the best choice, I guess it's more the execution? Genuinely everything else is amazing, but due to the singing style being so 50/50 for me I can't go full five stars which is a shame.