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It's a pleasant enough listen, but it's hard to see the point of the album.
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For a woman who once used lyrics to shock listeners, there's nothing terribly shocking about this new CD.
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BlenderDespite 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]
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Stripped of the rough guitars and eclectic production of the original, two things are exposed - those words and that voice. Neither fare well.
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Where the was once teen angst, there is nowt but middle-aged resignation. And no, the lyrics to ‘Ironic’ still aren’t bloody ironic.
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Entertainment WeeklyThough 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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MojoA second rate version of the original. [Sep 2005, p.102]
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New Musical Express (NME)In the end, this can't even make you feel angry; just desperately sad. [16 Jul 2005, p.50]
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The once fist-raising anthems for the Lilith generation have been replaced by the bland.
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Q MagazineA nice enough idea, but being much quieter and more pastoral, it is also somewhat anti-climactic. [Aug 2005, p.128]
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Rolling StoneMorissette turns in a powerful and nuanced vocal performance over these lighter but layered arrangements. [16 Jun 2005, p.98]
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For the most part, what was once electrifying is now stripped of almost all of its energy and novelty.
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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.
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UncutIt 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]
Awards & Rankings
User score distribution:
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Positive: 39 out of 68
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Mixed: 5 out of 68
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Negative: 24 out of 68
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Apr 4, 2012
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Apr 18, 2022Uno de los mejores álbumes de la historia. Alanís se convirtió en leyenda.
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Aug 15, 2020