Jagged Little Pill - Definition and Overview

Jagged Little Pill
Album by Alanis Morissette
Released	June 13, 1995
Recorded	Westlake Studios and Signet Sound, Hollywood
Genre	pop-rock
Length	57 min 33 s
Record label	Maverick
Producer	Glen Ballard
Professional reviews
Q review	4 stars out of 5	September 1995, p.118 (http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=126639&resource=126639&fixture_artist=142190)
Melody Maker review	7 out of 10	September 9, 1995 (http://rollingstone.com/reviews/cd/review.asp?aid=39076&cf=)
Allmusic.com review	4.5 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70402061625231325&sql=Aos47gj4ro6ia)
Toronto Sun (John Sakamoto) review	Favorable	June 11, 1995 (http://www.canoe.ca/JamAlbumsM/morissette_a.html)
Robert Christgau review	B+	link (http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=26&name=Alanis+Morissette)
Alanis Morissette Chronology
Now is the Time (1992)	Jagged Little Pill (1995)	Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998)

Jagged Little Pill was Canadian singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette's third album, released on June 13, 1995 (see 1995 in music). Morissette's confessional lyrics and emotional vocals helped Jagged Little Pill dominate the year's sound in music. It spawned six massively successful hit singles:

• "You Oughta Know"
• "Hand In My Pocket"
• "All I Really Want"
• "Ironic"
• "You Learn"
• "Head Over Feet"

Jagged Little Pill won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year. The record has sold 30 million copies worldwide. It is the second best-selling album of the Soundscan era.

In 1998 Q magazine readers voted Jagged Little Pill the 19th greatest album of all time.

Track listing

1. "All I Really Want" (Ballard/Morissette)
2. "You Oughta Know" (Ballard/Morissette)
3. "Perfect" (Ballard/Morissette)
4. "Hand in My Pocket" (Ballard/Morissette)
5. "Right Through You" (Ballard/Morissette)
6. "Forgiven" (Ballard/Morissette)
7. "You Learn" (Ballard/Morissette)
8. "Head over Feet" (Ballard/Morissette)
9. "Mary Jane" (Ballard/Morissette)
10. "Ironic" (Ballard/Morissette)
11. "Not the Doctor" (Ballard/Morissette)
12. "Wake Up" (Ballard/Morissette)
13. "You Oughta Know" [alternate take] (Ballard/Morissette)
14. "Your House" [hidden track] (Ballard/Morissette)

Personnel

• Michael Thompson - Organ
• Glen Ballard - Guitar, Keyboards, Programming, Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Benmont Tench - Organ
• Ted Blaisdell - Engineer
• Francis Buckley - Mixing
• Flea - Bass
• Basil Fung - Guitar
• Michael Landau - Guitar
• Lance Morrison - Bass
• Dave Navarro - Guitar
• David Schiffman - Engineer
• Gota Yashiki - Rhythm
• Alanis Morissette - Harmonica, Vocals
• Rob Ladd - Percussion, Drums
• Matt Laug - Drums
• Joel Shearer - Guitar
• Jolie Jones Levine - Production Coordination
• Chris Bellman - Mastering
• Tom Recchion - Art Direction, Design
• Victor McCoy - Engineer
• Chris Fogel - Engineer, Mixing
• Rich Weingart - Engineer
• John Patrick Salisbury - Photography

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

1995	The Billboard 200	                No. 1
1995	Heatseekers	                        No. 2
1997	Top Canadian Albums	                No. 7

Billboard (North America) - singles

1995	Hand In My Pocket	Mainstream Rock Tracks	                No. 8
1995	You Oughta Know	        Mainstream Rock Tracks	                No. 3
1995	All I Really Want	Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 14
1995	Hand In My Pocket	Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 1
1995	You Oughta Know	        Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 1
1995	Hand In My Pocket	Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 4
1995	You Oughta Know	        Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 7
1995	Hand In My Pocket	Adult Top 40	                        No. 25
1996	Hand In My Pocket	Adult Contemporary	                No. 30
1996	Ironic	                Adult Contemporary	                No. 28
1996	You Learn	        Adult Contemporary	                No. 23
1996	Ironic	                The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 4
1996	Ironic	                Mainstream Rock Tracks	                No. 18
1996	You Learn	        Mainstream Rock Tracks	                No. 40
1996	Head Over Feet	        Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 25
1996	Ironic	                Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 1
1996	You Learn	        Modern Rock Tracks	                No. 7
1996	Ironic	                Rhythmic Top 40	                        No. 11
1996	You Learn	        Rhythmic Top 40	                        No. 32
1996	Ironic	                Top 40 Adult Recurrents	                No. 1
1996	Hand In My Pocket	Adult Top 40	                        No. 26
1996	Head Over Feet	        Adult Top 40	                        No. 1
1996	Ironic	                Adult Top 40	                        No. 5
1996	You Learn	        Adult Top 40	                        No. 3
1996	Head Over Feet	        Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 1
1996	Ironic	                Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 1
1996	You Learn	        Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 1
1996	You Learn	        The Billboard Hot 100	                No. 6
1997	Head Over Feet	        Adult Contemporary	                No. 27
1997	You Learn	        Top 40 Adult Recurrents	                No. 1
1997	Head Over Feet	        Top 40 Mainstream	                No. 5
1997	Head Over Feet	        Top 40 Adult Recurrents	                No. 1