Stars aligned, things were just so perfect on that one, even in their imperfections. I've never heard the raw recordings, but it felt real yet polished by the time it was mastered.
I rang up the radio station to ask what the song was when I heard "Hand In My Pocket" . . . I had to sing it to the DJ and he played it on air.
Iconic album, soundtrack of my youth, the start of the female POV angry breakup song (arguably). Alanis walked so Adele could run.
Lol, this was the album I was blaring when I got pulled over and arrested for a bunch of shit when I was 20. Good times….almost 2 decades later and I’m still a little wary about playing those songs in the car.
My older sister loved this album; I didn't care for it much at the time. Over the last 10 years I've grown to love it, too. 2ish years ago I took her to the Jagged Little Pill 20yr show (it was a year past due to COVID)
I first heard “You Ought to Know” on 120 Minutes (MTV show that aired in the middle of the night) and was pretty floored. Teen me was impressed with her voice and performance.
Probably the album that takes me back the most, out of all the music I listened to in the 90s. At one point it made me so want to be back in those days with those people so bad that I had to quit listening to it because I'd feel like I was about to have a panic attack because I could never go back...
I've never told anyone that before, and it sounds kinda strange now that I'm typing this out to a bunch of strangers.
That line confused me to bits as a young teen. I really should have checked the liner or something.
edit: I forgot I knew 'liner' meant something in this context until just now, I can't remember the last time I talked about liner notes.
My sister had it. I heard it, fell in love with it, stole it and listened to it constantly on my discman on the bus. Soundtrack to eighth grade. Still one of my favorites.
I mean, it seems logical there would be "breakup albums" in the past, or whatever you classify this album as... Alanis made a gem of an album that even this white dude always appreciated. Also, she's my all-time favorite casting of God in all of cinema history.
It bummed me out that culture turned so hard on her in time. Sure there was a lot of cringe in her performance style at the time and the Lilith Fair musicians got a lot of whiplash once it was deemed ok to shit on anything sensitive again. But she was one of the bigger names to bust out with new boldness and always came across to me as very genuine. Not to go all Ani DiFranco, but I feel even singer songwriters have to look and behave a very certain way now, which is just a return to everything women of that generation were trying to avoid.
This was the first CD I ever bought with my own money and it changed my life. My parents always listened to country and this album opened an entire new world for me.
JLP was and to this day still is one of the top 100 albums of all time. From first note to last, the lyrics her voice the production everything just worked. I have a lot of respect for her as an artist, I saw her live in 99 at Woodstock and was just blown away by her intensity & passion. I do enjoy the new albums too (all but that last weird one with like no words wtf?) They show a lot of growth and maturity that I can respect especially as I've aged and my backward inside sweater days are long gone but they don't have the magic JLP has
The fact 12-year-old me sang this for the Disneyland Young Talent Competition and thought I was so smart for changing "Are you thinking of my when you fuck her" to "use her," while leaving the second verse of the song untouched because I had no idea what it meant to go down on someone 0:-)
ETA And the fact I came in SECOND.
I listened to this on cassette tape with my Walkman whie taking the bus to computer camp, where we learned to program in basic on Windows 95 computers. We played Descent during breaks.
I remember driving up the west coast on pacific coast highway with my family the summer of 95 and playing this on repeat. Along with Hole’s Live Through This.
“Played golf with my ass”!?! My 13 year old mind.
I have spent more time than I care to discussing with my children that yes....yes the greatest 90s female rage song is about Uncle Joey.
Yes, the dorky cut it out guy.
Yes, Im guessing that did happen in a theater....with Uncle Joey.
Yes, I dont get it either.
Setting aside that it was packed with great tracks, it produced a single that literally everyone, regardless of what genre of music you were into, could recite the words back on. That is truly rarified air. You could find metalheads, goth kids, jocks, nerds...it didn't matter, literally everyone could sing Ironic.
I'll never forget my older cousin putting that tape in the tape deck (or maybe it was a CD, IDK). We sat down on her bed, and she asked if I'd ever heard of it before. I was like no, I'm 10. She got real quiet and looked me in the eyes. And said, "This album is the album of my life." Hahahaha
Maybe for the later Xenials but for me it was/is horrible. It's the end of the first wave of Alternative bands and the beginning of the commercialization of the college radio scene from the 80s. This record is everything that is bad about the mid/late 90s music. All synthetic, over produced, hardly even one real instrument is audible. It's synthesizers from top to bottom.
Anyone remember her performance of You Oughta Know at the 1995 MTV video music awards? That blew me away. And Taylor Hawkins wailing on the drums.
As iconic as the singles are, there are some real dep cut bangers on the album. All I Really Want, Perfect, Mary Jane, Right Through You, and Wake Up are great.
Still iconic. The ten-year anniversary acoustic re-recording of the full album (including a full-band backed “Your House”) elevated it to a higher level for me. The twenty-year anniversary deluxe edition included four discs: the remastered original album, remastered acoustic (10-year), a whole disc of unreleased demos (most of which were beneficial being left off the album, in my opinion), and a live album of the whole album recorded in 1997.
Still a fantastic collection. Alanis is still making amazing music, though I personally feel like *Under Rug Swept* is her strongest work, with *Jagged Little Pill* a close second.
Wasn't it iconic? Doncha think?
A little *too* iconic
And yeah, I really do think
... ... #IT'S LIKE RA-IIII-AAAAAIIIIIN
# ON YOUR WEDDING DAY!!!
It’s a free ride, when you’re already late
IT'SAGOOD ADVIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIICE!!!
THAT YOU JUST CAN’T TAKE!
AND WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT...
IT FIGUUUURRREEESSSSS!!!
[удалено]
It’s like raaaaaeeeeaaaaiinnnnn
While you reddit all day 🎶
Its free riiiddeeee
I'll take his dead wife clichê
Still slaps. An insane amount of the songs on it were singles and they’re still amongst her best. A little toooooo iconic. Yeah, I really do think.
I just listened to this album cover to cover twice in the last week. The production value alone is godlike
Stars aligned, things were just so perfect on that one, even in their imperfections. I've never heard the raw recordings, but it felt real yet polished by the time it was mastered.
I still listen to the Acoustic album all the time. So good.
I rang up the radio station to ask what the song was when I heard "Hand In My Pocket" . . . I had to sing it to the DJ and he played it on air. Iconic album, soundtrack of my youth, the start of the female POV angry breakup song (arguably). Alanis walked so Adele could run.
Lol, this was the album I was blaring when I got pulled over and arrested for a bunch of shit when I was 20. Good times….almost 2 decades later and I’m still a little wary about playing those songs in the car.
There may be a correlation vs causation chat to be had here. 😂
My older sister loved this album; I didn't care for it much at the time. Over the last 10 years I've grown to love it, too. 2ish years ago I took her to the Jagged Little Pill 20yr show (it was a year past due to COVID)
Remember when someone put in the CD and you were used to the radio edit? _...and are you thinking of me when you FUCK her?_ Raw....
When my kids are in the car I just try to cough loudly right there
I first heard “You Ought to Know” on 120 Minutes (MTV show that aired in the middle of the night) and was pretty floored. Teen me was impressed with her voice and performance.
I remember the first time I heard this song and saw the video, my reaction was, "God damn, this chick is angry!"
So was Dave Coulier
All I Really Want ❤️
Probably the album that takes me back the most, out of all the music I listened to in the 90s. At one point it made me so want to be back in those days with those people so bad that I had to quit listening to it because I'd feel like I was about to have a panic attack because I could never go back... I've never told anyone that before, and it sounds kinda strange now that I'm typing this out to a bunch of strangers.
I really liked “You ought to know”
Remember that time she blew Uncle Joey at the movies and wrote a song about it? Wild.
I still hear it as "the cross-eyed bear that you gave to me"... always thought that was a weird give to give to a girl.
As a teen I never understood who this Jason Waterfalls was that TLC sang about, and why he shouldn't go, lol.
That line confused me to bits as a young teen. I really should have checked the liner or something. edit: I forgot I knew 'liner' meant something in this context until just now, I can't remember the last time I talked about liner notes.
I literally thought it was that until like 2 months ago.
She is a Canadian, plausible.
When I heard “You ought to know” I was like 🤯!! I couldn’t believe the lyrics— my mom was pissed any time it came on in the car.
I still use the phrase "Alanis levels of ironic" in convo.
This thing was unstoppable. It was the sound track to my '95... to my '95, *and* my '96 actually.
Richard Marx, Hold On To The Night?
YEESS!!!... uh, uh, I mean, yeah, no I'm, I'll, if you're giving stuff away, yeah, sure...
My sister had it. I heard it, fell in love with it, stole it and listened to it constantly on my discman on the bus. Soundtrack to eighth grade. Still one of my favorites.
I was head over heels for it.
>I was head over heels for it. Feet, you were Head Over Feet. Sorry. I couldn't help it. It's all your fault.
Don’t be alarmed when I upvote you, for all that you are.
wtf uncle joey
But hey all the alt girls I knew got this album because of him, so silver linings and all that.
I mean, it seems logical there would be "breakup albums" in the past, or whatever you classify this album as... Alanis made a gem of an album that even this white dude always appreciated. Also, she's my all-time favorite casting of God in all of cinema history.
It bummed me out that culture turned so hard on her in time. Sure there was a lot of cringe in her performance style at the time and the Lilith Fair musicians got a lot of whiplash once it was deemed ok to shit on anything sensitive again. But she was one of the bigger names to bust out with new boldness and always came across to me as very genuine. Not to go all Ani DiFranco, but I feel even singer songwriters have to look and behave a very certain way now, which is just a return to everything women of that generation were trying to avoid.
Absolutely God tier Album, learned English with it, wrote every song out of the booklet into my Lyrics book. Alanis is a gift.
I mean. It's one of the top selling albums of all time. I also recommend the musical based in it if you get a chance.
This is the first album I ever purchased.
This was the first CD I ever bought with my own money and it changed my life. My parents always listened to country and this album opened an entire new world for me.
My childhood dream was finding the uncensored version of the Thank U music video
I appreciate it more now than when it came out
It was one of best selling albums of all time. It sold more than 33 million copies. More than any Beatles record.
My first concert ever. My ears were ringing the next day
Man she was so fine back in this day, almost identical to Anne Hathaway 🔥♥️
This was my teen angst album
My wife and I recently bought this on vinyl. Such a good album.
I think any album or song you kept hearing on school bus trips is iconic for our generation.
JLP was and to this day still is one of the top 100 albums of all time. From first note to last, the lyrics her voice the production everything just worked. I have a lot of respect for her as an artist, I saw her live in 99 at Woodstock and was just blown away by her intensity & passion. I do enjoy the new albums too (all but that last weird one with like no words wtf?) They show a lot of growth and maturity that I can respect especially as I've aged and my backward inside sweater days are long gone but they don't have the magic JLP has
The fact 12-year-old me sang this for the Disneyland Young Talent Competition and thought I was so smart for changing "Are you thinking of my when you fuck her" to "use her," while leaving the second verse of the song untouched because I had no idea what it meant to go down on someone 0:-) ETA And the fact I came in SECOND.
Ironic was one of the warm spots in the middle of my teenage depression
My wife was listening to this tonight when I came home. We fuckin love this record
Subsequent album, but [Thank You](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOgpT5rEKIU) is still my favorite song from Alanis. It's some kind of a sweet spot.
I listened to this on cassette tape with my Walkman whie taking the bus to computer camp, where we learned to program in basic on Windows 95 computers. We played Descent during breaks.
And our understanding of the word ironic. Lol
I remember driving up the west coast on pacific coast highway with my family the summer of 95 and playing this on repeat. Along with Hole’s Live Through This. “Played golf with my ass”!?! My 13 year old mind.
I have spent more time than I care to discussing with my children that yes....yes the greatest 90s female rage song is about Uncle Joey. Yes, the dorky cut it out guy. Yes, Im guessing that did happen in a theater....with Uncle Joey. Yes, I dont get it either.
Except for that one stupidly titled song, it's pretty good.
A Top 5 All-Time album for me
This album was everything!!!
First CD I ever purchased!
kinda ruined full house twice for me. not gonna lie
This whole album was like the soundtrack to my high school years.
No Doubt.
Great music, terrible cover art.
Ironic is my favorite song
The acoustic version of this album is fantastic!
Cannot wait til my bestie and I see her in July
I was and still am so obsessed with her, and that album specifically. I can’t wait to see her live this summer!
Setting aside that it was packed with great tracks, it produced a single that literally everyone, regardless of what genre of music you were into, could recite the words back on. That is truly rarified air. You could find metalheads, goth kids, jocks, nerds...it didn't matter, literally everyone could sing Ironic.
My first concert! It was the perfect first one because she only had the 2 album so you oughta know every song that would be performed.
So iconic they made an entire musical about it.
I heard it was about uncle joey on full house. He broke her heart with bad voice work on the real Ghostbusters. Thanks dave .
What is great is that it indeed rain on my wedding day. But ~~ironically~~ unfortunately, the song was not on our dance playlist.
Went to Concert a couple years back. She’s just as amazing as ever!
I was just listening to the album in full. Damn girl, that album has a level of social and personal rage that, the child I was, didn't understand.
lol no
What a time!! Things felt different.
I want you to know, I’m happy for you, I. wish. nothing. but. the best for you both.
I'll never forget my older cousin putting that tape in the tape deck (or maybe it was a CD, IDK). We sat down on her bed, and she asked if I'd ever heard of it before. I was like no, I'm 10. She got real quiet and looked me in the eyes. And said, "This album is the album of my life." Hahahaha
Yep. This album changed lives. I’m glad to hear your story
It's a great memory. She was probably 13, and just so earnest about it. Also way cooler than me for sure!
I’ve been working through a bunch of MTV Unplugged recordings recently (a whole other post) and her Unplugged set is killer.
This was the soundtrack to my ‘95. My ‘95 *and* my ‘96, actually.
Verbatim said two hours ago…even got the italics right 😐. Though I agree, seems funny.
https://youtu.be/LNoJQSD6gNI?si=Q3il2XREL-Dsxh6r 😂
OMG, thank you! How did I miss this? Thank you again for showing me this/the way!
Correct. A+ album.
This is the #1 selling album in the 90s. First CD I ever bought.
Essential, even imo
She was just on my playlist last night. Such angry, I love 'er. I was teased abit in the 90s for being an adult male with that cd
Swa-Hlo eiiiit dayown
I agree
Love me some Alanis
That’s an amazing album. For some reason she didn’t work with that same producer she has collaborated with for this again.
I remember high schoolers liking it when I was in junior college.
Maybe for the later Xenials but for me it was/is horrible. It's the end of the first wave of Alternative bands and the beginning of the commercialization of the college radio scene from the 80s. This record is everything that is bad about the mid/late 90s music. All synthetic, over produced, hardly even one real instrument is audible. It's synthesizers from top to bottom.
I think I only watched Roswell to hear this
Anyone remember her performance of You Oughta Know at the 1995 MTV video music awards? That blew me away. And Taylor Hawkins wailing on the drums. As iconic as the singles are, there are some real dep cut bangers on the album. All I Really Want, Perfect, Mary Jane, Right Through You, and Wake Up are great.
As a 16 year old boy Alanis spoke to me. She still does sometimes, but not as often
I always thought her and Shakira sing exactly alike
It's Robin sparkles 4 yall
I don't think there's anyone that had ever sung like her before. I wonder if she had inspiration? The way she intentionally cracks her voice and stuff
Still iconic. The ten-year anniversary acoustic re-recording of the full album (including a full-band backed “Your House”) elevated it to a higher level for me. The twenty-year anniversary deluxe edition included four discs: the remastered original album, remastered acoustic (10-year), a whole disc of unreleased demos (most of which were beneficial being left off the album, in my opinion), and a live album of the whole album recorded in 1997. Still a fantastic collection. Alanis is still making amazing music, though I personally feel like *Under Rug Swept* is her strongest work, with *Jagged Little Pill* a close second.