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Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
by Alanis Morissette


5.4

based on 14 reviews
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To celebrate the 10th anniversary of her debut, 'Jagged Little Pill,' the Canadian singer-songwriter has re-recorded all of that album's songs using acoustic instruments. (It's certainly easier than writing new songs!)

LABEL:	Maverick
RELEASE DATE:	26 July 2005
DISCS:	1 disc
GENRE(S):	Singer-Songwriter, Rock, Adult Alternative

NOTES: Originally available in Starbucks retail locations in June 2005.

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Entertainment Weekly

Though pretty, the stripped-down treatment... is mostly free of innovation, softening rather than sharpening the originals' enjoyably jagged edges. [17 June 2005, p.79]

Q Magazine

A nice enough idea, but being much quieter and more pastoral, it is also somewhat anti-climactic. [Aug 2005, p.128]

Amazon.com

For a woman who once used lyrics to shock listeners, there's nothing terribly shocking about this new CD.

All Music Guide

It's a pleasant enough listen, but it's hard to see the point of the album.

Rolling Stone

Morissette turns in a powerful and nuanced vocal performance over these lighter but layered arrangements. [16 Jun 2005, p.98]

Slant Magazine

For the most part, what was once electrifying is now stripped of almost all of its energy and novelty.

Blender

Despite scattered flashes of uncharacteristic lightness, she rarely tempers the fury that drove the originals with the more accepting perspective that's guided her subsequent efforts. [Jul 2005, p.119]

Mojo

A second rate version of the original. [Sep 2005, p.102]

PopMatters

The once fist-raising anthems for the Lilith generation have been replaced by the bland.

The Guardian

Like Mike Oldfield's Tubular Bells II and Meat Loaf's Back Into Hell, it doesn't so much play as fall out of the speakers with a flump: the sound of a towel being thrown in.

Uncut

It was the anger and angst of a jilted 20-year-old that gave the original songs their edge--something entirely absent from these blandly matured acoustic versions. [Aug 2005, p.90]

Drowned In Sound

Where the was once teen angst, there is nowt but middle-aged resignation. And no, the lyrics to ‘Ironic’ still aren’t bloody ironic.

Dot Music

Stripped of the rough guitars and eclectic production of the original, two things are exposed - those words and that voice. Neither fare well.

New Musical Express

In the end, this can't even make you feel angry; just desperately sad. [16 Jul 2005, p.50]

The average user rating for this album is 5.4 (out of 10) based on 41 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Izat A gave it a9:
don't believe the critics... they're deaf....seriously! the album is very heartfelt n touches ur heart with tracks like Perfect, You Oughta Know. Buy Buy Buy!

Juan Pablo Cebollòn H gave it a9:
I think that the record is not the best but it shows the other side of alanis's vocal evolution and her voice is wonderful and amazing but some tracks from jagged little pill acoustic are a little boring.

Morph gave it a0:
If the first pill was so jagged... why in the world would she want to swallow another one... and to top that, why in the world would she try to make us swallow another??? Wretched!

Ino gave it a10:
Raise up) take stand, Alanis One more pill?...ok) why not thru chemisytry to better life

Rage Enraged gave it a0:
The album sucks, it's a debasment....i'd give a 10 to the critics for giving their correct judment...yuck....

Wolfii gave it a9:
Great work and I believe every word - but why are you getting so sad, Alanis... :(

Damian M gave it a10:
No, Alanis is great. Buy the album. She is an amazing and gifted and HONEST artist.

Jagged Little Pill Acoustic by Alanis Morissette

Jagged Little Pill Acoustic
by Alanis Morissette