Under Rug Swept
by Alanis Morissette
  • Record Label: Maverick
  • Release Date: Feb 26, 2002
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 63 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 48 out of 63
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 63
  3. Negative: 6 out of 63

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  1. izata
    Jun 3, 2006
    6
    not her best album... still preferred SUPPOSED FORMER... i love the first 6 songs, but then the other 5 songs.... blaghhh!!!! note to alanis: please get back to your edgier side n make true rock music!!!! U ROCK!
  2. RobbieC
    Oct 4, 2007
    6
    This album is pretty. Pretty mediocre! Her first album was a classic, her second was an amazingly nude and honest confessional that was nothing if not unconventional. Her songwriting was challenging and her sound seem to be growing. But here, she has cleaned up her act, gelled her hair, polished her nails, and produced everything so slickly as to make one sickly. This was her last decent This album is pretty. Pretty mediocre! Her first album was a classic, her second was an amazingly nude and honest confessional that was nothing if not unconventional. Her songwriting was challenging and her sound seem to be growing. But here, she has cleaned up her act, gelled her hair, polished her nails, and produced everything so slickly as to make one sickly. This was her last decent album, however, so if you like her first two records, and want JUST ONE MORE half-decent sounding Alanis, then check this out, but don't expect to be blown away.… Expand
  3. Felipecritic
    Oct 24, 2017
    6
    Definitivamente não é o melhor álbum de Alanis, aliás foi nele que começou uma queda até o de 2008 que foi bem fraco. Mas fico feliz que o álbum teve certo sucesso comercial.
  4. someonewhocares
    Jul 12, 2022
    6
    Under Rug Swept struggles to keep a sense of nonsensical conversation in Morrisette's Music - and perfectly represents it.

Awards & Rankings

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#33 Most Discussed Album of 2002
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#48 Most Shared Album of 2002

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
61

Generally favorable reviews - based on 20 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 20
  3. Negative: 4 out of 20
  1. E! Online
    67
    Her stream-of-conscious lyrics about self-esteem and troubled relationships are just more of the same medicine that went down better with 1995's Jagged Little Pill.
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  2. New York Magazine (Vulture)
    40
    Morissette seems unwilling to step into unfamiliar territory.
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  3. Billboard
    90
    Although 2002 is still young, consider Under Rug Swept one of the year's best.
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