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Flavors Of Entanglement

EMAILPRINTby Alanis Morissette

Alanis Morissette reviews
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8.9 User Score:

Generally favorable reviews

Based on 18 critic reviews
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Album Info

Label: Warner Brothers

Release Date: 10 June 2008

Discs: 1 disc

Genre(s): Rock, Singer-Songwriter

Summary

The Canadian singer releases her latest album, produced by Guy Sigsworth.

What The Critics Said

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83

Entertainment Weekly

Somehow, a devastating personal experience has galvanized her songwriting in a way that domestic bliss, as showcased on 2004's disappointing "So-Called Chaos," could not.

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80

Billboard

Morissette's superb lyrics leave you cheering for her--and assured that she's going to be just fine.

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70

All Music Guide

It's a lot like "Jagged Little Pill," but musically this is far closer to the muddled mystic worldbeat of "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie," thanks in large part to her collaboration with Guy Sigsworth, best known for his productions with Björk and Madonna.

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70

Rolling Stone

Scarjo may have her man, but Morissette has something Johansson doesn't: a heartfelt record.

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70

Boston Globe

It's a cluttered affair with bleeping, buzzing lows (harshly ambient tracks like "Straightjacket" and "Versions of Violence") and a handful of humble high points in a pair of lovely piano ballads.

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60

NOW Magazine

While Morissette’s weaknesses are the same--her lyrics are still overwrought, as though torn from some broken-hearted schoolgirl’s diary-–this disc is an easier pill to swallow than her last couple.

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60

PopMatters

Flavors of Entanglement is better than expected, but not as strong as we hoped it would be.

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60

Hot Press

Canadian firebrand loses her spark.

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60

Mojo

The Ottawan's new record abounds with moments most arresting for the crazy chutzpah with which she'll shoehorn a line of verse into a line of music whose rhythm puts the stresses on all the wrong words. [July 2008, p.104]

60

Q Magazine

Morissette is rarely dull, but she can occasionally be wearying. [July 2008, p.107]

60

The Guardian

As ever, she provokes both compassion and impatience.

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60

Blender

Producer Guy Sigsworth (Seal, Björk, Madonna) adds a touch of Eurodisco to her infatuation-junkie rambles.

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60

musicOMH.com

If Alanis lacks breadth in terms of her subject matter, and she does, she makes up for it in the rich variety of styles that have influenced each track.

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50

Slant Magazine

"Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" was emotionally complex but never without a nerve; the new Alanis, it seems, has many things to say, but they're all half-formed and stuck inside her head.

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50

Hartford Courant

She has fresh relationship issues to work through on Flavors of Entanglement, her first set of new tunes since 2004, but she has difficulty striking a balance between soul-searching and dance grooves on a set that doesn't distinguish itself with either.

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50

Paste Magazine

On some tracks, Morissette’s voice channels Björk (with whom Sigsworth has also worked), but the mood ultimately switches to watered-down Evanescence.

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50

Spin

Psychology textbooks are less linguistically challenged and just as littered with cases of emotional breakdowns. [June 2008, p.114]

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40

Uncut

It's the no-frills productions like 'Not As We' which stand out, although these are marred by the lyrics--a mess of self-help-manual platitudes and environmentally minded bollocks. [July 2008, p.104]

What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 8.9 (out of 10) based on 46 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

OsAzE R. gave it a10:
I often wonder what these critics do. Do they sit there waiting on an artists new material with a long list of prefabricated "critiques" that, to me at least, just seems a little bit preposterous? At times I have to ask myself, do these people even listen to the music, or do they have the same damn songs in their heads playing over and over and over? This album is first of all intelligent, and most definitely a bold creative work that tops anything I have heard since "In Rainbows." Every song has lyrics that make you think, emotions that make you feel, music that makes your head bounce and your ears stand at attention. I just can't understand why people fear a little originality. Shut Up! Pop "Flavors of Entanglement" in your CD player, and fucking LISTEN!! Maybe you will learn something!

Robbie C gave it a7:
OMG. She's breathing! There might even be a heart beating in there! Heartbreak is so good for art. I swear. Her best record since Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, this is truly a different sound for her... and somehow, she pulls it off!

Jennifer A. gave it a9:
Fantastic! I'm glad and appreciative that she gave the reigns over to someone else to work his magic. Her best since "jagged"!

Rushell T. gave it a9:
After all the hype surrounding the new release of Flavors, I was ecstatic to get my copy of the cd. A true Alanis fan, I was not let down. She still has it, and then some. Like many others, I was expecting the rage and angst/sadness from her recent breakup, but was surprised (in a pleasant way) that that was not the case. That being said, it's a superb album with tracks that will have you close to tear with the lyrics and bouncing in your seat, head nodding along, thumb tapping on the steering wheel. I think my fav. track was Torch, followed closely by Citizen of the Planet and Straightjacket.

Linda G. gave it a10:
Alanis had done it again with a personal and raw album. I don't think there are any songs on this album that I do not like.

Kyle D gave it a10:
This is her best album in years!!!

Tom H. gave it a3:
From critical acclaim back to early 90's mainstream pop, this is really a disappointing album from every angle. If the lyrics twist about without reconciling, the music is borderline Euro-trash dancepop and the only worthy songs with content are the two slow tracks along with lead single, Underneath. A bare, 'orangic,' form of this album might help.

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