"Jagged Little Pill Acoustic" is an album by Alanis Morissette. As the title indicates, it is an acoustic version of her third album Jagged Little Pill (1995), released by Maverick Records.
"Jagged Little Pill Acoustic" is the sound of an artist who is comfortable and settled, fondly reminiscing about her crazy past for an audience that is also comfortable and settled.
While there are acoustic guitars at the foundation of each of the 12 tracks here (plus the unlisted 13th bonus track), this isn't strictly acoustic, at least by most standards: with original JLP producer Glen Ballard, who never met a production he couldn't overdub a few more times than necessary, on board as well, it's not surprising that Acoustic winds up being a subdued adult alternative pop album filled with strings, keyboards, and production instead of a stark acoustic record. Since Ballard is a pro and since Alanis has lived with these songs long enough to find different, yet comfortable, ways to rephrase these familiar melodies, it's a pleasant enough listen, but it's hard to see the point of the album. That is, unless it is really for the kind of crowd she serenaded in that episode of Curb Your Enthusiasm a very satisfied, very comfortable audience that prefers to see the past only through rose-colored glasses that present their history in terms that are more acceptable to who they are now than who they were back then.
Track listing
01. All I Really Want (Morissette, Ballard) - 5:24
02. You Oughta Know (Morissette, Ballard) - 4:58
03. Perfect (Morissette, Ballard) - 3:26
04. Hand in My Pocket (Morissette, Ballard) - 4:32
05. Right Through You (Morissette, Ballard) - 3:40
06. Forgiven (Morissette, Ballard) - 4:43
07. You Learn (Morissette, Ballard) - 4:10
08. Head over Feet (Morissette, Ballard) - 4:17
09. Mary Jane (Morissette, Ballard) - 5:08
10. Ironic (Morissette, Ballard) - 3:57
11. Not the Doctor (Morissette, Ballard) - 4:26
12. Wake Up (Morissette, Ballard) - 5:18
13. Your House (hidden track) (Morissette, Ballard) - 9:56
Released: June 13, 2005
Genre: Acoustic Rock
Length: 54:37
Label: Maverick
Producer: Glen Ballard
Mixed and Recorded by: Bill Malina
Personnel
Alanis Morissette - Vocals, Harmonica
David Levita - Guitars, Marxophone, Perapaloshka, Mandolin
Blair Sinta - Drums, Percussion, Maraca, Cajon
Zac Rae - Pianoforte, Keyboards, Organ, Pump Organ
Jason Orme - Guitars
Cedric Lemoyne - Bass
Glen Ballard - String Arrangement
Suzie Katayama - String Arrangement, Conductor
Ralph Morrison - Violin I
Sara Parkins - Violin II
Roland Kato - Viola
Steve Erdody - Cello
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