Alanis Morissette

Jagged Little Pill

Angry Girl Therapy

Review Score:

(8/10)
Alanis Morissette's debut is probably considered one of the highlights of the '90s. Her angry and edgy lyrics would definately appeal to rock lovers but the songs (which are surprisingly radio friendly) would appeal to pop lovers. Her lyrics are quite pessimistic- sometimes I feel like I wrote them. I was a little surprised at first, I thought this CD would be a bit more 'rock' but I quickly grew used to it. It's a great pop/rock CD. Some of my favorite songs are:

1.) All I Really Want- wow, as soon as I heard this song I felt like I had wrote down some of the lyrics myself. "And there I go jumping before the gunshot has gone off/slap me with a splintered ruler".

2.) You Oughta Know- probably the first released single (not sure though). Great, you can really feel her anger, loss, and frustration. "And everytime I scratch my nails down someone else's back, I hope you feel it".

4.) Hand In My Pocket- in this song she is very sarcastic ("Everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine"). The part where she says "No one's really got it figured out just yet" is so true.

5.) Right Through You- this is another song where I feel like I could have wrote the lyrics, they are so true. She isn't bashing men (people who say she is sexist never even listened to her songs) she is just bashing a certain 'type' of man. "You took me for a joke/you took me for a child/you took a long hard look at my ass and then you played golf for a while".

8.) Head Over Feet- I've heard this song before on the radio, I'm familiar with it. It's actually the only love song on the entire CD but at the same time she is almost pessimistic about falling love.

10.) Ironic- again I've heard this song a lot before. It's a great song, you can see her pessimistic outlook on life. "He waited his whole damn life to take that flight/and as the plane crashed down he thought, well isn't this nice."

Overall this is a great CD that definately deserves a place in your collection. Ignore all those people who say she has a terrible voice, it works great with the music. They can go listen to their Celine Dion crap instead.

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