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UncutSep 14, 2012Mostly, though, Morrisette succumbs to her dual predilections for quasi-spirituality and stultifying sappiness. [Oct 2012, p.84]
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Sep 5, 2012Morissette's poetic discourse of intimately describing her feelings still abounds, but is elegantly emoted here with cool restraint.
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Aug 30, 2012While it may be a difficult task to get through all 12 psycho-babble-filled tune on havoc, it's not entirely a wash or without merit. Ultimately, if you're not into hearing someone use their artistic expression to vent their frustrations and contemplate fairly uneducated meanderings on the current social state, or you're not struggling with your own identity lacking the mental capacity to understand your surroundings, you need not apply.
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Aug 29, 2012There are a couple of clunkers, including the finger-wagger "Celebrity," directed at those who seek fame as its own reward, and the droning "Win Win." But for the most part Morissette and producers Guy Sigsworth and Joe Chiccarelli keep the proceedings crisp, tuneful, warm, and sincere.
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Aug 29, 2012Havoc embodies relief, release and refuge.
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Aug 28, 2012Her seventh LP brings the mama drama.
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Aug 28, 2012Her syntax can look clumsy on paper, almost like she's trying too hard to express sentiments than make statements, but on record her words seem to flow and fit the music perfectly.
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Aug 28, 2012This is a slew of hackneyed teenage poetry, trowelled onto a bed of sift-rock cliché.
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Aug 28, 2012Like Morissette, Havoc And Bright Lights remains fearless and vibrant despite its shortcomings.
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Aug 27, 2012For the most part these songs are entirely lacking in bite, dragging through limp soft rock and even softer sentiments.
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Aug 27, 2012Unfortunately, too many of the songs on Havoc lack that specificity and Morissette's inimitable POV. Her best material has always traded in forces of tension and change, but she spends most of the album sounding like she's leading a meditation.
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Aug 27, 2012Morissette is the sort of woman who does yoga to ensure she can still gaze at her navel... Self-obsessed.
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Aug 27, 2012Not even some admittedly slick production can drag this out of the mire.
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Aug 24, 2012Sometimes the production is too slick, but Morissette avoids blandness because she's so idiosyncratic.
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Aug 24, 2012Havoc and Bright Lights is as soothing as a Sunday afternoon nap or a warm bath: it's music for when you know you're right where you want to be.
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Q MagazineAug 24, 2012By the end you might feel like you've just had your ear bent by a particularly forthright mum outside school gates, but Havoc and Bright Lights is Alanis Morissette's most inviting album in a long, long time. [Sep 2012, p.103]
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Aug 24, 2012Sometimes it gets too cheerful.
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 37 out of 54
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Mixed: 10 out of 54
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Negative: 7 out of 54
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