Jagged Little Pill

Ah, Alanis Moriessette: teaching people the wrong definition of 'ironic' for 30 years now.

Nice one, Alanis!

A couple of pretty big songs here, the rest were decent. Overall a good album!

4 ⭐️

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.

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.

It’s like if tori Amos made poppier music but it was also grungier

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

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

90s, fands nicht so überragend. i.O.
Ironic ist natürlich 5/5 Banger, ab auf die Playlist damit

Absolute classic of an album.
Excited to get this one, because I remember listening to it years back and not really being able to get into it aside from the big singles.

But for some reason it's hitting right today. Kinda got that grunge edge to it, really raw and hurt lyrics. Of course the singles are great with You Oughta Know clearly being the highlight of the album (And one of my go-to karaoke songs, although Right Through You might be added to that, haha).

Really want to give it a 5, but think I'll settle on a 4 simply because I can't put it into the upper echelon of albums like Abbey Road, Dark Side of the Moon, To Pimp a Butterfly, etc. It's an amazing, classic album, but not quite a masterpiece.

So very 90's and angsty. It feels a little dated, but also a little iconic. It is very distinctive and overall I quite enjoyed it.

If only this album had decent vocals.

Thank you

One of my favourite albums ever. My first concert ever (that I wanted to go to) was a couple of years ago to see the anniversary tour for this album.

Good album but sounds dated … enjoyed it more in the 90s.

Some real classics on here. Her vocal tics can grate after awhile but she wasn’t afraid to go in hard!

I liked this more than I expected to. I just have memories of laughing at how terrible Ironic is and flinching at how nasal her voice is. But I ended up liking how she uses her voice and she doesn't seem to have other lyrics as bad as Ironic.

Aw! I feel like I manifested this one since I've been talking about it a lot lately. I don't have this album, but my mom does, so I've listened to the whole thing before. It's got a lot of qualities I like: 90s, female singer, Canadian, unique voice, it's now a musical. Fun fact: Alanis (as God in Dogma) was the very first "celeb I was told I look like" (although I don't see it, I think we both just had very long hair). Speaking of long... this album is a little bit long. A little bit samey. But it produced a lot of hits, and I still like it.

Highlights: 'You Oughta Know', 'Right Through You', 'You Learn', the line "you held your breath and the door for me" (I have a draft about these funny half-idiomatic conjunctions waiting to be published.... waiting....), 'Ironic'

Amazing voice and lyrics backed by a 90’s signature band. Such raw energy. Nobody sounds like her.

Oooooh. Now this is an interesting one. 15 when this came out and it was EVERYWHERE. And by everywhere, I mean ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE, I'm pretty certain some radio stations had an Alanis track every 3rd song. And to be fair, it was very different and tapped into that grungey era.

Listening back, hell yeah there's some nostalgia there, but I actually liked it more than I thought I might. That vocal is very distinctive and the writing is excellent. It's a little bit samey, but not hearing it played every. single. day. has certainly helped.