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Jagged Little Pill



         


Jagged Little Pill
Album by Alanis Morissette
Released June 13, 1995
Recorded Westlake Studios and Signet Sound, Hollywood
Genre pop-rock
Length 57 min 33 s
Record label Maverick/Reprise
Producer Glen Ballard
Professional reviews
Q review 4 stars out of 5
Toronto Sun (John Sakamoto) review Favorable
Robert Christgau review B+
Alanis Morissette Chronology
Now is the Time
(1992) 		Jagged Little Pill
(1995) 		Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
(1998)


Jagged Little Pill is Canadian singer/songwriter Alanis Morissette's debut album, released on June 13, 1995 (see 1995 in music). Morissette's confessional lyrics and emotional vocals helped Jagged Little Pill dominate the year's sound in music. It spawned six massively-successive hit singles:

Jagged Little Pill won Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album and Album of the Year. The record has sold 30 million copies worldwide. It is the second best-selling album of the Soundscan era, and the best-selling debut album of all time.

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Track listing

  1. "All I Really Want" (Ballard/Morissette)
  2. "You Oughta Know" (Ballard/Morissette)
  3. "Perfect" (Ballard/Morissette)
  4. "Hand in My Pocket" (Ballard/Morissette)
  5. "Right Through You" (Ballard/Morissette)
  6. "Forgiven" (Ballard/Morissette)
  7. "You Learn" (Ballard/Morissette)
  8. "Head over Feet" (Ballard/Morissette)
  9. "Mary Jane" (Ballard/Morissette)
  10. "Ironic" (Ballard/Morissette)
  11. "Not the Doctor" (Ballard/Morissette)
  12. "Wake Up" (Ballard/Morissette)
  13. "You Oughta Know" [alternate take] (Ballard/Morissette)
  14. "Your House" [hidden track] (Ballard/Morissette)
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Personnel

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Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

1995 The Billboard 200 No. 1 1995 Heatseekers No. 2 1997 Top Canadian Albums No. 7

Billboard (North America) - singles

1995 Hand In My Pocket Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 8 1995 You Oughta Know Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 3 1995 All I Really Want Modern Rock Tracks No. 14 1995 Hand In My Pocket Modern Rock Tracks No. 1 1995 You Oughta Know Modern Rock Tracks No. 1 1995 Hand In My Pocket Top 40 Mainstream No. 4 1995 You Oughta Know Top 40 Mainstream No. 7 1995 Hand In My Pocket Adult Top 40 No. 25 1996 Hand In My Pocket Adult Contemporary No. 30 1996 Ironic Adult Contemporary No. 28 1996 You Learn Adult Contemporary No. 23 1996 Ironic The Billboard Hot 100 No. 4 1996 Ironic Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 18 1996 You Learn Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 40 1996 Head Over Feet Modern Rock Tracks No. 25 1996 Ironic Modern Rock Tracks No. 1 1996 You Learn Modern Rock Tracks No. 7 1996 Ironic Rhythmic Top 40 No. 11 1996 You Learn Rhythmic Top 40 No. 32 1996 Ironic Top 40 Adult Recurrents No. 1 1996 Hand In My Pocket Adult Top 40 No. 26 1996 Head Over Feet Adult Top 40 No. 1 1996 Ironic Adult Top 40 No. 5 1996 You Learn Adult Top 40 No. 3 1996 Head Over Feet Top 40 Mainstream No. 1 1996 Ironic Top 40 Mainstream No. 1 1996 You Learn Top 40 Mainstream No. 1 1996 You Learn The Billboard Hot 100 No. 6 1997 Head Over Feet Adult Contemporary No. 27 1997 You Learn Top 40 Adult Recurrents No. 1 1997 Head Over Feet Top 40 Mainstream No. 5 1997 Head Over Feet Top 40 Adult Recurrents No. 1






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