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Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill results

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Snake5555555555 (16)
FoolFantastic (18)
VeryInsane (18)
neonreaper (20)
Seanchan (20)
Epyo (22)
Raetsel_Lapin (22)
BlueCrystalTear (26)
Johnbobb (26)
HBJDubs (28)
ZeroSignal (28)
hotdogturtle (30)
ChichiriMuyo (34)
MetalmindStats (34)
darkx (36)

General Album Comments

Seanchan: Nothing amazing to me but I was surprised that like half this album was already known to me via singles. I do remember Jagged Little Pill being a big deal back in the day but it was still shocking how much of this got significant radio play. Even back then, I remember kind of liking some of the singles.

This may be completely off base, but I put Alanis Morissette in that group of what I'll call "female empowerment rock" from that period. My mind started making connections to singles from other female artists of the time like Sarah McLachlan and Melissa Etheridge. Spotify lists Jewel as a related artist, and I was like "oh yeah, she's in that group too!". Basically all the artists that would have headlined Lilith Fair.

FYI, Jewel's Pieces of You is another "Jagged Little Pill" for me. Probably heard half that album as radio singles despite never hearing the full thing. She has such a beautiful voice too! Maybe one for a future ranking...

hotdogturtle: Overall this album was very samey, and on my first listen there wasn't a single song that stood out to me as a #1 (it took me a second listen to pick one). I could probably shuffle the middle half of my ranking in any order and not feel any worse about my list. The only thing I really got out of this was realizing that I've heard a few of these songs before without knowing what they were.

BlueCrystalTear: I'm just happy this is an album I own so that means I've heard it before. Because this is good shit. Yes, there are a few songs that are a bit redundant of each other, but there are a few different blueprints here. And the attitude permeates throughout the album. But, really, the album is divided between the singles and the non-singles - the album tracks do many of the same things as the singles, but for the most part not as well.

ChichiriMuyo: The most amazing thing to me is the sheer number of hits that came from this album, yet I don't remember it feeling oppressive at the time. How can somebody be everywhere like that and not get old? Must be because the music is that good. Maybe that's why she played God in Dogma. Though I will say, listening to the whole album does leave me a little tired of her vocals. Maybe that's why God didn't speak in Dogma! Seriously, though, this is a really good album.

Epyo: Ohhhh this is one of my favorite albums, top 5 I think!

I always loved the singles in the 90s, but never heard the album, until one day in 2016 or so, I was reading the tracklist, and thought "wait those were all on ONE album???" That's as many banger hits, as like, Nevermind!

So I tried out the full album and fell in love, hasn't really left my rotation since.

VeryInsane: pretty straightforward album but still good

ZeroSignal: I haven't listened to Jagged Little Pill in well over two decades and yet still remembered a good chunk of it thanks to my family playing this regularly when I was 11. An incredible release for Alanis Morissette and an iconic 90s album.

HBJDubs: Great album! You Oughta Know, being one of my go-to karaoke songs is solidified as my #1, but Ironic through Forgiven can all be shuffled around any given day as the #2.

Epyo: BTW for anyone that likes this album, and hasn't heard the Acoustic version of the album, I super recommend it!

It's not a simple live unplugged thing, they went all out, in-studio. The songs were significantly rearranged/reworked/rewritten to have a different (usually darker) vibe, taking advantage of loud reverberating acoustic guitars that sound huge, and sick af.

In general I think it's better than the original, except perhaps Hand in my Pocket which sounds a lot sadder. Also they added actual instruments to "Your House" (the secret track) and turns out, that's a good song.

It's on most streaming services I think--in Youtube Music, it's the later tracks on the "Collector's Edition", the one with the brown/tan cover image.

Johnbobb: man every single song on this album is worthy of being a single

Seanchan: I have to agree with the general sentiment about this being a sneaky good album. I wouldn't call it a favorite of mine but it goes pretty deep with the singles and then after that you've still got a bunch of pretty decent songs.