• Record Label: Maverick
  • Release Date: Jul 26, 2005
Metascore
40

Mixed or average reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Negative: 6 out of 14
  1. It's a pleasant enough listen, but it's hard to see the point of the album.
  2. For the most part, what was once electrifying is now stripped of almost all of its energy and novelty.
  3. For a woman who once used lyrics to shock listeners, there's nothing terribly shocking about this new CD.
  4. Q Magazine
    60
    A nice enough idea, but being much quieter and more pastoral, it is also somewhat anti-climactic. [Aug 2005, p.128]
  5. Rolling Stone
    50
    Morissette turns in a powerful and nuanced vocal performance over these lighter but layered arrangements. [16 Jun 2005, p.98]
  6. Mojo
    40
    A second rate version of the original. [Sep 2005, p.102]
  7. Blender
    40
    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]
User Score
6.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 68 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 39 out of 68
  2. Negative: 24 out of 68
  1. Apr 4, 2012
    8
    Jagged Litte Pill was a fantastic album and this stripped down acoustic version just shows how excellent the songs on the original are, aJagged Litte Pill was a fantastic album and this stripped down acoustic version just shows how excellent the songs on the original are, a great take on a classic album Full Review »
  2. Apr 18, 2022
    10
    Uno de los mejores álbumes de la historia. Alanís se convirtió en leyenda.
  3. Aug 15, 2020
    10
    Whilst this album does not contain anything groundbreaking, there are a few standouts:

    There's the "Ironic" acoustic rendition with updated
    Whilst this album does not contain anything groundbreaking, there are a few standouts:

    There's the "Ironic" acoustic rendition with updated lyrics supporting marriage equality for gay people.

    There's the "You Oughts Know" acoustic version with echos of her haunting performance at the Grammys back then.

    And there's "Forgiven" with its new melody and a drastically different atmosphere.
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