Jagged Little Pill Acoustic - Alanis Morissette
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40 out of 100

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5.8 out of 10

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  • Summary: 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!)

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 14
  3. Negative: 6 out of 14
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    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]
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  2. Q Magazine
    60
    A nice enough idea, but being much quieter and more pastoral, it is also somewhat anti-climactic. [Aug 2005, p.128]
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  3. All Music Guide
    60
    It's a pleasant enough listen, but it's hard to see the point of the album.
  4. Uncut
    30
    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]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 35
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 35
  3. Negative: 17 out of 35
  1. Ino
    10
    Raise up) take stand, Alanis One more pill?...ok) why not thru chemisytry to better life
  2. mrjeffsir
    8
    Jagged 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… Expand
  3. Bna
    6
    I was a HUGE Alanis fan of "Jagged Little Pill". I love Alanis' easy to relate to music and her bitter, angry edge. I wasn't overly impressed with the acoustic version at first. Right when she would hit an edgy part, she would almost immediatly soften it. Her voice has matured, as she has, and you can appreciate her wanting to show that.....But why touch a classic??? The original will remain in my cd player.… Expand
  4. AleksC.
    4
    While it is nice to hear "Jagged Little Pill" acousticly, I kinda figured out that Alanis was over it about half a decade ago.

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