Alanis
Morissette
Jagged Little Pill - Acoustic
Maverick
Records
ASIN: B0009WFF0Y
2005
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JAGGED LITTLE PILL - ACOUSTIC
BY ALANIS MORISSETTE
Has the phenomenally powerful, multi-award winning, angst-ridden album
of 1995 faired well during the years? Yes is the answer; like a bottle
of vintage Champagne - or Chardonay, to pinch a lyric - it bubbles and
satisfies at every newly recorded track so to leave the listener refreshed
and thirsting more.
Tracks best suited to the acoustic treatment
on offer here are Ironic, Right Through You, Mary Jane
and You Learn. You Oughta Know has changed from the rage
encrusted bunny boiler song of the original album and appears here as
a melancholy ballad that is so moving that it echoes of late original
Floyd.
What is most striking throughout though
is the versatility that Morisette has managed to inject into her singing.
Always powerful, it did tend to screech when at its most urgent. No
longer. Every word here is discernible, clear and emotive as it swoops
and dives throughout.
Never mind that you've got the original,
buy this album. It's a whole new deal and its quality is guaranteed
to last far longer than ten minutes.
break the rules as I see fit.” - Chris High 2003.