In third place we find the latest output from Alanis Morissette, the brand new Such Pretty Forks in the Road.
Notable are tracks like The Front Row and Baba. Singles like Thank U and So Pure came from this record. Surely the album could have benefited from removing some songs (it has 18 tracks). Second place is no surprise either: While Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie fell short in sales expectations, compared to its predecessor, it is still a good record. The entire album is excellently crafted, with an impeccable production by Glen Ballard, high level songwriting and a fresh sound for the time. A real classic, it spawned successful singles like You Oughta Know, Ironic, Hand in My Pocket. Obviously, the first place is the aforementioned Jagged Little Pill. Which are Alanis Morissette´s best albums? Personally, I consider it to be far from his best efforts such as the well-known Jagged Little Pill (1995), Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998) and Under Rug Swept (2002). With the recent release of Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020), Alanis Mosissette presented a kind of return that was initially praised by critics. Source: Alanis Morissette on Album of the Year However, in retrospect, most Jagged Little Pill's lyrical contact eschews the angry heartbreak found on "You Oughta Know." Rather, the songs are about life and the meaning - or lack thereof - behind it.Here is Alanis Morissette‘s discography ranked according to specialized metacritics: The press quickly typecast Morissette as the angriest of angry women who isn't taking any more of your shit. (The album would top the Billboard 200 on October 7.) The 13-track album quickly found success on the heels of its first single, "You Oughta Know," which peaked at atop the Hot 100 on July 22, 1995. Out of that tide came Jagged Little Pill, with every song co-written by Morissette. Also on the charts were bonafide singer-songwriters Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge. On the charts the week of Jthe week Jagged Little Pill was released - Madonna's "Take a Bow" had been on the Billboard Hot 100 for six months. While it's not at all uncommon now for women in the music industry to arise almost out of nowhere based on music they wrote (see: Lorde, Billie Eilish), it was rare in the years preceding Jagged Little Pill. The new ingredient that helped Jagged Little Pill sell more than 30 million copies? Authenticity. But she was able to work in anonymity to come up with a new formula. While that schtick turned Spears into a cultural phenomenon, it didn't work for Morissette, whose biggest success in '95 consisted in opening for Vanilla Ice. Morissette's first two albums, Alanis and Now Is the Time, also share DNA with Spears dance-pop, in that they feature an underage artist marketed as a jailbait sex symbol. Both were child actors who found early casting success, Britney on the Disney Channel's Mickey Mouse Club, Alanis getting slimed on Nickelodeon's You Can't Do That on Television. While it seems like comparing apples with candy canes, the two stars shared many similarities.
Only four years separated Morissette's breakthrough album from the other touchstone female singer of the '90s, Britney Spears. (If you can't make it, it's worth digging out your - or your parents' - old CD book and giving it a listen with fresh ears.)
On Wednesday, August 18, thousands of people will be singing along as Morissette performs her 1995 breakthrough album in its entirety at the iThink Financial Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. But we can all agree sufficient time has passed since Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill was an everpresent part of the culture that it now can be properly celebrated.
Twenty-six counting a pandemic is even longer.
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