Maverick Records releases Alanis Morissette‘s third album, Jagged Little Pill, featuring the singles “Ironic”, “You Oughta Know”, and “Head Over Feet”. 
I really wasn’t planning on getting this until I heard “Head Over Feet” a few times on the radio. I know some people thought “Ironic” and others from this album were “really deep songs,” but I wasn’t convinced of Alanis’ musical merits until I heard “Head Over Feet”, which, if you can stomach the well-worn sound of Alanis’ voice after months of repeated airplay, actually has some rather nice romantic lyrics that manage to avoid the realm of bubblegum-pop fluff. As it so happens, that song is the exception rather than the rule on this album. While I usually tend to like Alanis’ lyrics if nothing else, there is a sameness that plagues every song on this album – it all seems to come down to Alanis singing, a drum machine and the occasional splash of real percussion, and grungy guitar playing. A so-so album at best, though I guess I can see why there are so many die-hard Alanisites out there.
- All I Really Want (4:45)
- You Oughta Know (4:09)
- Perfect (3:08)
- Hand In My Pocket (3:41)
- Right Through You (2:56)
- Forgiven (5:00)
- You Learn (3:59)
- Head Over Feet (4:27)
- Mary Jane (4:41)
- Ironic (3:50)
- Not The Doctor (3:47)
- Wake Up (4:54)
Released by: Maverick
Release date: 1995
Total running time: 57:33
1996 music review by Earl Green