It’s been 25 years since Alanis Morissette released her breakout third album, Jagged Little Pill, kicking off not just one of the most influential careers of the alt-rock movement, but also god knows how many arguments about the meaning of irony, the alleged sexual improprieties of Full House stars, and what that hand may or may not be doing in that pocket. To commemorate the milestone, Pitchfork reports that Morissette is releasing an anniversary edition of the album, containing not just the original tracks, but also an acoustic live set of JLP that she performed in London earlier this year.
What it all comes down to, then, is that Morissette was originally supposed to be touring on the anniversary right around now, a plan that was delayed by the COVID-19 quarantines. (Those dates have all been moved to summer of 2021.) And while the Jagged Little Pill re-release is set for June 26, Morissette also announced today that she’s set a new date for her next album, Such Pretty Forks In The Road. Originally set for May 1, it’ll now be coming out on July 31. You can hear a track from the new album, “Diagnosis,” below.
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As a Canadian I’m proud that we punch above our weight when it comes to musical stardom. Given our teeny population, over the years we’ve repeatedly produced some of the biggest stars in a broad variety of genres. I’m not the world’s biggest Alanis fan but I’m proud she’s Canadian. I was travelling in Europe when this went album went supernova-huge and people would see the maple leaf and say “Alanis!” I still remember it fondly.
You’ve already won her over, in spite of her. And don’t be surprised if she falls…head over feet.
Then again, there is always Nickelback, Thoery of a Deadman, Simple Plan, Sum 41, Celine Dion, Bryan Adams, Avril Lavigne and of course, Anne Fucking Murray.
Aside: I actually went to school with Anne Murray’s kids for a couple of years (I was a few grades ahead). Never got to meet Anne but the kids were pretty level-headed. You’d never know that their mom was world famous talking to them.
..you forgot the musical stylings…of …William (pause for effect) Shatner.
Anne Murray spent a few years being the spokesperson for a bank my Mom worked at. I got to meet her at an event. Nice woman. That’s neither here, nor there. Her music, now, is pretty bland. But she had her day. Why take a shot at her? Trini Lopez, Buffy Saint Marie, Nana Mouskouri, Roger Whittaker, Roberta Flak, et al, were of their day. Pap, to us now. But they were a thing once……..Now if you were gonna pick on Rita McNeil….well.
I can’t for the life of me conceive of labelling Buffy Sainte-Marie as pap.
Buffy Saint Marie is second only to Nana Mouskouri on the pap scale. I feel like there’s someone else……ENYA! Yeah, Enya might come third. Shit. It’s a toss up.
Wow, we definitely have a different (although probably overlapping) definition of pap. I find most of her stuff pretty fierce, even her 2015 album, which has some dodgy electronic production, is otherwise fabulous. Raw and intense, and so far from the work of the other artists you’ve listed. To each their own, I guess.
The woman literally wrote and performed “Love Lifts Us Up Where We Belong” That, my internet friend, is some Adult Contemporary, Easy Listening, Pappy, shit.
Ha ha, no doubt that song is pap by any measure. But to be fair to Buffy, she only wrote the melody (as one of the composers of the film). She did sing it though, and even with her “stripped down” version, it’s still awful. But I hope that’s not the measure of her (give Saskatchewan a listen sometime).
Hey, nobody’s perfect! But you prove my point, that’s like what, two or three hundred million albums sold? (Not defending the work itself except for certain songs by certain listed artists.)
Well, you oughta know.
you gave us Rush. your legacy has been noted.
okay fine, but she blew dave coulier in a theatre, i think
Punching above your weight more literally, in that you’ve got more than your fair share of very talented pro wrestlers. The Hart family, Chris Jericho, Kenny Omega, Lance Storm, Edge and Christian, Chris Benoit (sorry for that one), Roddy Piper, Sami Zayn, Kevin Owens, and that’s just some of the men.
Dude I’m from Calgary, home of the Hart Foundation. I see Brett around town at least annually.
You’ve also got the pure delight that is Carly Rae Jepsen.
Another great example
Pitchfork that Morissette is releasing an anniversary edition of the album, containing not just the original tracks, but also an acoustic live set of JLP that she performed in London earlier this year.There was already an acoustic version of the album released in 2005 (the tenth anniversary), so I can’t imagine too many people are clamoring for another one.
The new album will include “My Humps,” right? Because if it doesn’t… whatcha gonna do with all that junk?
Cut. It. Out. You can’t do that on television. And her other hand is hailing a taxi cab. And I really do think. Well, isn’t that nice? It’s like ray-e-ain!
You’re not leaving any for anyone else.
Mr. Play It Safe was afraid to fly.
This was too hot, never too cold. I’m just gonna walk away and say goodbye now.
I’ve never been a big fan, but I still remember the cultural impact of JLP when it came out during my high school years. It cannot be overstated how huge this album was. The singles were on the radio and TV almost non-stop, and almost seemed like everyone and their mothers were listening to it, which is part of the reason I couldn’t really get into her music – not because it wasn’t great (it was), but because it was fucking overwhelming. Isn’t that ironic? Don’t-you-think?Also, I can’t believe she’s only 46. She was already successful at 21, while I’m still the same slob I was back in high school.
She’s got one hand in your pocket and the other one’s buying another Porsche.
I like when her name is used as a verb. (As in, I got Alanised at the movies.)
Goddammit, 2020, when will you let us have a breather?
Now that twenty years have passed and we’re seven thousand miles away from each other, I’d like to tell my sister to turn that shit off.
The 25th Anniversary Edition of “Oh God, I’m So Fucking Old Now.”
A friend of mine saw her way back when, and while he thought it was a good show, he also noted that there was no chatter from her with the crowd nearly at all. She performed, said thanks between songs, and that was it. And the show was over an hour. Weird.Personally I can’t stand the way she overenunciates when she sings (‘in a thee-ah-terrr!’), but the best part of ‘You Oughta Know’ is the instrumentation by Flea and Dave Navarro. Flea is a fucking maniac on that song. Listen to the second clip.
Always liked the bass on You Oughta Know. Never realised it was Flea playing it. Makes sense.
Her voice is crazy powerful, but her breathing is like nails on a chalkboard.
I don’t get it. I’m a Canuck and listened to this album. I quite liked it. 25 years later, it’s still the same album. If Alanis re sings the songs, they mean FAR less to her than they did when she wrote them before half of the people on this site hit puberty. If she adds new songs, then it’s not the same album. Who gives a shit? Do people actually still think about her as an act, all these years later?