Comments

1. attack-nyc Said,

   Like a bad recurring nightmare, here she comes again, screeching and howling her way through this set of self-obsessed, navel-gazing songs that attack the ears like a blast of pins. Owch! Forced to do some ‘remote officing’ at a internet hotspot at the local Starbucks this week, I am beaten into a pulp by this grating CD which is on a non-stop loop. The perfect spot for it actually, a crass, corporate slice of muzak – shows that she has no artistic integrity left – but must hop up and down on the same spot she wore out years ago. Tragic.
   Rating: 1 / 5

2. Swami B Said,

   Alanis Morrissette’s original “Jagged Little Pill” was one of the biggest-selling debut albums of all time, and paved the way for a generation of self-absorbed and whiney brat rockers (Avril Lavigne comes to mind). “You Oughta’ Know” is still one of the greatest exclamations of rage by a scorned woman, but the acoustic version on this album doesn’t have the emotional weight of the original. Actually, she should have sung it accapella, as she had done in concert (most famously at the Kennedy Center with President Bill Clinton in the audience). Listening to “Ironic” reminds me that Morrissette misunderstands the meaning of the word. Overall, though, this album is a sad indication that Morrissette has not grown artistically in 10 years, and somehow has to rehash her best-selling debut album to rescuscitate her spiraling career.
   Rating: 1 / 5

3. Matthew R. Daniels Said,

   We all know how Alanis was defined as a very angry person when “You Oughta Know” first hit the airwaves. Jagged Little Pill was an impressive, wonderful album. This new version is simply just as impressive and wonderful as the original. You can hear how her voice has matured, while it’s the same songs, they all have a whole new feel to them as they are done acoustically. The only song I feel didn’t do well in this version was the infamous “You Oughta Know.” this is an angry song, and it was written to be sung angrily. Which Alanis doesn’t do. And sad to say, it just.. doesn’t work. But I still give this album 5 stars because it’s amazing. I love the new line in Ironic. “It’s meeting the man of my dreams and then meeting his beautiful husband!” You go Alanis! Again!
   Rating: 5 / 5

4. Anonymous Said,

   I simply cannot get over “you oughta know”. I heard the non-acustic virsion before this one,(well, duh!) and i fell in love with it.The acoutsic virsion is just as great.Other songs like
   
   “perfect” and “mary jane” where the same way.I really suggest this album, becuse some of these new virsions are a bit more
   
   “glossy” than the origanal.
   Rating: 4 / 5

5. Joey Said,

   Simply stated… WOW! It’s a great CD, a wonderful tribute to the first CD. Of, course, it’s a little altered, but I don’t think the changes are for the worse. It’s just a new way of listening to a “classic” song. For those of us who remember when Alanis’s “You Oughta Know” first came out on the radio and got hooked then… this CD is just… WOW!
   Rating: 5 / 5