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It's hard to overstate how much the songs of Jagged Little Pill — released on feminist pioneer Madonna's Maverick label at a moment when Hootie & the Blowfish and the theme from Friends were anesthetizing America — shook up pop radio in 1995. No one was prepared for first single "You Oughta Know," which stormed into ubiquity in a blaze of raw fury aimed at a "Mr. Duplicity" who rebounded too soon. Often mis-characterized as pure vengeance, the dynamics-propelled rocker (with bass and guitar from Flea and Dave Navarro, then of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) was really about being forthright and staking a claim to un-pretty feelings: "And every time you speak her name/ Does she know how you told me/ You'd hold me until you died." Of course, Morissette had no choice but to be divisive. From the album's opener "All I Really Want," you'll know if you love or hate her voice, with its affected tics and shrieks. Let it also be said that Jagged Little Pill is not an album for those who find harmonica grating, and that jaunty hit "Ironic" may drive literalists crazy with its litany of inconveniences ("It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife"). But it's that lack of self-consciousness from Morissette (19 years old at the time) that makes songs such as the grungy "Forgiven" — a defiance against patriarchal Catholic guilt — and self-empowerment bop "You Learn" a clarion call of independence for young women looking to ditch fear. It also let her create a completely new sound that didn't draw directly from typical female influences (save for the folksy "Hand In My Pocket", which comes on like the spiritual descendent of Edie Brickell's "What I Am") and left a mold for countless female artists after. © Qobuz
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Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Gota Yashiki, Percussion, Programmer - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer, Engineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick/Reprise Records, Inc.
Benmont Tench, Organ - Matt Laug, Drums - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer - Chris Bellman, Engineer, Masterer - Flea, Bass Guitar - DAVE SCHIFFMAN, Audio Recording Engineer - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer, Audio Recording Engineer - Jimmy Boyelle, Mixer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick Recording Company
Michael Thompson, Organ - Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Lance Morrison, Bass Guitar - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Guitar, Writer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - FRANCIS BUCKLEY, Mixer - Basil Fung, Guitar - Rob Ladd, Drums - Ted Blaisdell, Audio Recording Engineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick/Reprise Records, Inc.
Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Mixer, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick Recording Company
Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Benmont Tench, Organ - Matt Laug, Drums - Lance Morrison, Bass Guitar - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Writer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Joel Shearer, Guitar - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer, Audio Recording Engineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick/Reprise Records, Inc.
Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Benmont Tench, Organ - Matt Laug, Drums - Lance Morrison, Bass Guitar - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Keyboards, Writer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer, Audio Recording Engineer - Michael Lindau, Guitar - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick/Reprise Records, Inc.
Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Benmont Tench, Organ - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer, Audio Recording Engineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick Recording Company
Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Benmont Tench, Organ - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, Harmonica, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick Recording Company
Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Benmont Tench, Organ - Matt Laug, Drums - Lance Morrison, Bass Guitar - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Guitar, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer, Audio Recording Engineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick/Reprise Records, Inc.
Michael Thompson, Organ - Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Lance Morrison, Bass Guitar - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Guitar, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - FRANCIS BUCKLEY, Mixer - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer - Basil Fung, Guitar - Rob Ladd, Drums - Ted Blaisdell, Audio Recording Engineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick Recording Company
Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick/Reprise Records, Inc.
Suzie Katayama, Strings Arranger - Benmont Tench, Organ - Matt Laug, Drums - Lance Morrison, Bass Guitar - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programmer, Writer, Audio Recording Engineer, Strings Arranger - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Mixer, Audio Recording Engineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick/Reprise Records, Inc.
Benmont Tench, Organ - Matt Laug, Drums - Alanis Morissette, Vocals, Writer, MainArtist - GLEN BALLARD, Producer, Programmer, Writer - Chris Bellman, MasteringEngineer - Flea, Bass Guitar - DAVE NAVARRO, Guitar - CHRISTOPHER FOGEL, Audio Recording Engineer - Jimmy Boyelle, Mixer - David Schiffman, Audio Recording Engineer - Victor McCoy, SecondEngineer - Rich Weingard, SecondEngineer
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick Recording Company
Album review
It's hard to overstate how much the songs of Jagged Little Pill — released on feminist pioneer Madonna's Maverick label at a moment when Hootie & the Blowfish and the theme from Friends were anesthetizing America — shook up pop radio in 1995. No one was prepared for first single "You Oughta Know," which stormed into ubiquity in a blaze of raw fury aimed at a "Mr. Duplicity" who rebounded too soon. Often mis-characterized as pure vengeance, the dynamics-propelled rocker (with bass and guitar from Flea and Dave Navarro, then of the Red Hot Chili Peppers) was really about being forthright and staking a claim to un-pretty feelings: "And every time you speak her name/ Does she know how you told me/ You'd hold me until you died." Of course, Morissette had no choice but to be divisive. From the album's opener "All I Really Want," you'll know if you love or hate her voice, with its affected tics and shrieks. Let it also be said that Jagged Little Pill is not an album for those who find harmonica grating, and that jaunty hit "Ironic" may drive literalists crazy with its litany of inconveniences ("It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife"). But it's that lack of self-consciousness from Morissette (19 years old at the time) that makes songs such as the grungy "Forgiven" — a defiance against patriarchal Catholic guilt — and self-empowerment bop "You Learn" a clarion call of independence for young women looking to ditch fear. It also let her create a completely new sound that didn't draw directly from typical female influences (save for the folksy "Hand In My Pocket", which comes on like the spiritual descendent of Edie Brickell's "What I Am") and left a mold for countless female artists after. © Qobuz
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 13 track(s)
- Total length: 00:57:10
- Main artists: Alanis Morissette
- Label: Rhino - Maverick Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1995 Maverick Recording Company. All Rights Reserved ℗ 1995 Maverick Recording Company. Marketed by Rhino Entertainment Company, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
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