Alanis Morissette - 'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie' - 2020 rate

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It's put me in an Alanis mood though. I was gonna list my Top Ten Alanis songs but it's almost entirely the first 2 albums. They're just so good.


08 All I Really Want
10 You Oughta Know
10 Perfect
10 Hand In My Pocket
09 Right Through You
10 Forgiven
10 You Learn
06 Head Over Feet
10 Mary Jane
09 Ironic
08 Not The Doctor
06 Wake Up
- still one of my favourite albums ever.


06 Front Row
04 Baba
10 Thank U
08 Are You Still Mad
04 Sympatheric Character
10 That I Would Be Good
08 The Couch
10 Can't Not
09 UR
08 I Was Hoping
10 One
05 Would Not Come
10 Unsent
07 So Pure
09 Joining You
06 Heart Of The House
06 Your Congratulations
- much patchier but still so many highs

The only other 2 songs I go back to are Uninvited (09) and Receive (11) which is my favourite Alanis track.
 
10 Front Row
09 Baba
10 Thank U
08 Are You Still Mad
09 Sympatheric Character
10 That I Would Be Good
09 The Couch
07 Can't Not
08 UR
10 I Was Hoping
10 One
08 Would Not Come
09 Unsent
08 So Pure
10 Joining You
08 Heart Of The House
07 Your Congratulations
 
11 Front Row
08 Baba
10 Thank U
09 Are You Still Mad
05 Sympatheric Character
10 That I Would Be Good
10 The Couch
07 Can't Not
08 UR
10 I Was Hoping
10 One
07 Would Not Come
10 Unsent
08 So Pure
10 Joining You
07 Heart Of The House
10 Your Congratulations (because it's utterly unthinkable that anyone else would do such a thing)
 
Well it's probably my favourite album of all time so this is going to be a proper loon rate.

10 Front Row
10 Baba
10 Thank U
08 Are You Still Mad
10 Sympatheric Character
08 That I Would Be Good
10 The Couch
10 Can't Not
10 UR
11 I Was Hoping
10 One
10 Would Not Come
09 Unsent
10 So Pure
11 Joining You
09 Heart Of The House
07 Your Congratulations
 
It's far from perfect technically but as a whole experience it's quite something. And it was released at such a pivotal moment in my life so I have a personal connection to it. I've said it before here but I had lived through my own I WAS Hoping experience and hearing the song was just such a moment.

I had to watch my tongue
For fear of having you feel judged
 
07 Front Row
07 Baba
10 Thank U
10 Are You Still Mad
07 Sympatheric Character
10 That I Would Be Good
10 The Couch
08 Can't Not
08 UR
10 I Was Hoping
09 One
10 Would Not Come
10 Unsent
10 So Pure
10 Joining You
07 Heart Of The House
08 Your Congratulations
 
For singles, I'd have gone:

1. Thank U
2. Joining You - but not 5 months later!
3. UR

Kind of a hard album to find singles from though.
 
I should know this but is there a studio version of 'No Pressure Over Cappuccino' anywhere? I'm pretty sure it's not on the 4-disc JLP reissue..
 
Suedey Baby said:
I should know this but is there a studio version of 'No Pressure Over Cappuccino' anywhere? I'm pretty sure it's not on the 4-disc JLP reissue..
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Sadly not. I think a studio demo is in the background of Jagged Little Pill Live at some point. She said in 1999 I think that she was going to go into the studio to record it, but it either never happened or was never released. I suspect it never happened or it would have been on the 4-disc JLP you mentioned
 
IguanMoreSleep said:
Sadly not. I think a studio demo is in the background of Jagged Little Pill Live at some point. She said in 1999 I think that she was going to go into the studio to record it, but it either never happened or was never released. I suspect it never happened or it would have been on the 4-disc JLP you mentioned
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Yeah I was totally obsessed with the snippet (I think it played over the credits) on my JLP, LIVE VHS tape and was so pleased when we got it on Unplugged.
 
GALA said:
Oh I remember the name!

I'm going to have an Alanis binge after the gym. She's not really a pre workout kinda gal.
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I've got some Alanis songs on my running playlist, namely -

  • Excuses
  • So UnSEXY
  • 21 Things I WANT in a Lover
  • Surrendering
  • Receive
  • Underneath
  • Sister BLISTER
  • Versions of VIOLENCE
  • Woman DOWN
  • Would NOT Come
 
Her best album

08 Front Row
06 Baba
10 Thank U
08 Are You Still Mad
06 Sympathetic Character
10 That I Would Be Good
09 The Couch
07 Can't Not
07 UR
10 I Was Hoping (The Alanis Unplugged version is where it's at)
07 One
08 Would Not Come
10 Unsent
07 So Pure
10 Joining You
10 Heart Of The House
06 Your Congratulations
 
08 Front Row
08 Baba
10 Thank U
09 Are You Still Mad
07 Sympathetic Character
06 That I Would Be Good
07 The Couch
09 Can't Not
08 UR
08 I Was Hoping
07 One
07 Would Not Come
07 Unsent
10 So Pure
11 Joining You
05 Heart Of The House
05 Your Congratulations
 
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AND she reprises it later in the song. Ugh so good:

Hey I'm not mad at you guardian
I'm mad at myself for spending so much time with you and your Jekyll and Hydeness
I'm glad I figuratively slapped you on the wrist
You laughed a wicked laugh and said 'come here let me clip your wings'
(I know he's blood but you can still turn him away you don't owe him anything)
 
12 Front Row
10 Baba
11 Thank U
07.5 Are You Still Mad
09 Sympathetic Character
09 That I Would Be Good
10 The Couch
07 Can't Not
09 UR
10 I Was Hoping
09 One
08 Would Not Come
09 Unsent
10 So Pure
10 Joining You
08.5 Heart of the House
09 Your Congratulations
 
straightorbroken said:
So the front cover. Does a version exist a) without the words, or b) zoomed out (without text)?
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I think the answer is no, but this is the picture used for the smile on the cover:

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