Alanis Morissette , Jagged Little Pill , 20th Anniversary

If you were lucky enough to be of an age in the 90s you will probably have heard or heard of the album Jagged Little Pill , released in 1995 it launched the career of young Canadian singer / song writer Alanis Morissette , selling a massive 18.7 million copies in 1996 and taking the musical world by storm.

Jagged Little Pill was in my view a very special album , it charted the loves and hates of an angry young woman through songs finely crafted with passionate intelligent lyrics delivered with fire and fine vocal range , the album was then sprinkled with musical magic by legendary producer Glen Ballard , the end product was nothing short of magnificent.

If you loved Jagged Little Pill back in the day but haven't heard it for years do your ears a favour and press play , if you've not heard the album before then you really need to listen to this....

01. "All I Really Want"
02. "You Oughta Know
03. "Perfect"
04. "Hand in My Pocket"
05. "Right Through You"
06. "Forgiven"
07. "You Learn"
08. "Head over Feet"
09. "Mary Jane"
10. "Ironic"
11. "Not the Doctor"
12. "Wake Up"

20 years !

a reply to: gortex

Oh good god I feel old.
I had such a crush on her..I still do.
Amazing LP.

Here she is as God.



Cheers dude I know what I'm listening to tonight now .

I actually loved this entire album. I remember the first time I heard 'You Oughta Know' and I was hooked. Such anger and angst back then by young Alanis. Thank you for bringing it up!

How many singles on that album?

Classic and timeless imo. Taylor Hawkins on the drums as well, lol!!

originally posted by: Metallicus

I actually loved this entire album. I remember the first time I heard 'You Outta Know' and I was hooked. Such anger and angst back then by young Alanis. Thank you for bringing it up!

One of the all time misquoted song lyrics, 'The crossed eyed bear that you gave to me.'

Never personally got in to it, to be honest.

But the album was huge when I was 13 and heaps of chicks I used to hang out with were obsessed with it and various songs from the Album were constantly on MTV, so I guess I was most certainly influenced by it.

It was actually the year when I first hooked up a genuine girlfriend.

How Ironic, lol.

a reply to: AugustusMasonicus

She really doesn't know the meaning of Ironic though.

Here.

a reply to: boymonkey74

Spooky, Ed actually looks like her in certain lighting.

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Metallicus

I actually loved this entire album. I remember the first time I heard 'You Outta Know' and I was hooked. Such anger and angst back then by young Alanis. Thank you for bringing it up!

One of the all time misquoted song lyrics, 'The crossed eyed bear that you gave to me.'

It was supposed to be "cross Owlbear that you gave to me", she lied. Still, it was a great night.

Geez I'm old.

Have that CD in my vehicle right now.

You oughtta know big while going through my divorce from crazy man.

Then Head over feet When I started dating Mr. hubby.

a reply to: gortex

Absolutely one of my favorites! 20 years? WOW!

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus
One of the all time misquoted song lyrics, 'The crossed eyed bear that you gave to me.'

LOL! That's a good one!

originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic

LOL! That's a good one!

Yeah, it's right up there with Creedence's 'There's a bathroom on the right.'

originally posted by: AugustusMasonicus

originally posted by: Benevolent Heretic

LOL! That's a good one!

Yeah, it's right up there with Creedence's 'There's a bathroom on the right.'

Don't forget hendrix
"Scuse me, while I kiss this guy" lol

I was in my first year of marriage when this album came out....oh I'm old..
Still got the whole album on my phone. It's my guilty pleasure.

a reply to: Bluntone22

Make a good thread..guess this one.

“Calling Jamaica.”
“Call me when you try to wake her.”

She was one wigged out chick, man. I think she had some serious issues. Dave Coulier must have really rattled her brains. She was a little too Canadian for me.
The big album of '95 was Mellon Colie And The Infinite Sadness by the Smashing Pumpkins. Fo sho.

The two things that stand out to me about that influential, creative album were.. .the deep embarrassment felt for her over her misunderstanding of the meaning of "ironic"... on display to the whole world .. . for all time... admittedly all the way to the bank, for her, but egads...

and the other thing was the blurred out nether regions in one of her videos where she's naked on a subway, and the dark, lower blur makes it look like she had a fright wig attached...er, "down there." Leading to her nickname in my house... monster box.

a reply to: Baddogma

Gonna have to find that one what is the song called?.

Oh and monster box lol.

jagged little pill is one of the best albums of all time.
love it.
one of the few albums(cd's) where every song is killer

I saw an interview with her years ago.
Seems like it was set at her home or apartment in Canada.

The interviewer asked her if she was still angry and she replied something to the effect of...
"of course not! I'm rich!".

Just made me chuckle at the time...here's to Alanis

Child prodigy, world traveler, athlete, mother, and very talented and wealthy musician!

BTW: I still have both the cassette and CD...helped me through many a "hard time"!

a reply to: gortex

Those were the days. I still listen to that album too.

She is such a special lady. Artists nowadays just don't have that personality, uniqueness and realness.

90's were the best.