Biography

Alanis Morissette was one of the most unlikely stars of the mid-'90s. A former child actress turned dance-pop diva, Morissette transformed herself into a confessional alternative singer/songwriter, in the vein of Liz Phair and Tori Amos. However, she added enough pop sensibility, slight hip-hop flourishes, and marketing savvy to that formula to become a superstar with her third album, [roviLink="MW"]Jagged Little Pill. A former cast member of [roviLink="VW"]You Can't Do That on Television, a children's television program, in 1991 she released her debut album, [roviLink="MW"]Alanis, a collection of pop-oriented dance numbers and ballads that was successful in Canada, selling over 100,000 copies. Following the release of 1992's [roviLink="MW"]Now Is the Time, Morissette relocated to Los Angeles, where she met writer/producer Glen Ballard in early 1994. Despite the duo's mainstream pop pedigree, they decided to pursue an edgier alternative rock-oriented direction. The result was [roviLink="MW"]Jagged Little Pill, which on the strength of the single [roviLink="MC"]"You Oughta Know" rocketed into the Top Ten and multi-platinum status. The second and third singles from [roviLink="MW"]Jagged Little Pill, [roviLink="MC"]"Hand in My Pocket" and [roviLink="MC"]"All I Really Want," kept the album in the Top Ten. Her fourth single, [roviLink="MC"]"Ironic," proved to be her biggest crossover success. Morissette won several Grammy awards in 1996, including Album of the Year and Song of the Year. Her much-anticipated follow-up, [roviLink="MW"]Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in the autumn of 1998.~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Top Tracks

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• 21 Things I Want In A Lover

• All I Really Want

• Bent 4 U

• Eight Easy Steps

• Everything

• Giggling Again For No Reason

• Hands Clean

• Head Over Feet

• I Was Hoping

• Ironic

• Joining You

• Knees Of My Bees

• No Pressure Over Cappuccino

• Offer

• Right Through You

• So Pure

• So Unsexy

• Straitjacket

• Thank U

• These R The Thoughts

• Torch

• Uninvited

• You Learn

• You Oughta Know

Discography

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• Flavors of Entanglement

  Maverick

  2008

• Jagged Little Pill Acoustic

  Maverick

  2005

• So-Called Chaos

  Maverick

  2004

• Under Rug Swept

  Maverick

  2002

• Alanis Unplugged

  Maverick

  1999

• Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

  Maverick / Maverick/Reprise

  1998

• Jagged Little Pill

  Maverick / Maverick/Reprise

  1995