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8/28/2005
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Alanis Morissette
“Jagged Little Pill (Acoustic)”
Alanis Morissette’s new CD is both a step backward, yet forward.
It’s hard to believe that it’s been now a decade before a twenty-year old Canadian songstress could capture hearts of young post-X women with “Jagged Little Pill.”
Here first claim to fame was as a Canadian child TV star. From humble beginings, she was able to bankroll some initial dance-pop recordings that were modestly success. Actually she had two Canadian release before relocating to L.A.. Where they had enough to attract noted pop producer Glen Ballard to produce “Jagged Little Pill. ” With her he crafted an album that tapped into the emotions of young women
“Pill” was Alanins’s embittered musings on relationships gone bad, and all the associated angst and personal garbage such situations produce. In the process they took home a fistful of Grammys
It must have struck a chord, because it sold about sixteen million, maybe thirty worldwide..
It’s not unusual for an artist to revisit their previous work. What is unusual is to faithfully re-craft the original disc verbatim, doing all the same songs in the same order.
The album isn’t “unplugged” in the same sense as the MTV show (she’s already released one of those),. It is acoustic, so softer. As such the songs sound a little more, restrained, and thoughtfully reflective. The raw emotions she was pouring out last time had raw edge to he voice that isn’t on this one. There are drums, but of the music is built with acoustic guitars..
Now that she’s in her thirties, she has the benefits of her age in interpreting the work. The CD cover is a sepia version of the first one, and that seems rather appropriate.
The new toned-down less strident sound could have been at partially responsible for what then a rather unique partnership with Starbucks, the CD was only available in those chain coffee shops until a month or so ago. That was the only place to buy the title.
This has apparently been quite successful with a number artists. Spoonfeeding the reflective , familiar music to a captive crowd in a place where they’d have a few minutes to digest the music was smash idea.
Now the rest of us can run down to big-box discounters and and snatch it up. There’s probably not as much angst in our lives now as there was ten years ago, .either,
Read Mike online at www.music-syndicate.com
Copyright reserved, 2005, the Music Syndicate.
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