Alanis Morissette
The small woman with the huge voice my mother once called her. The first Alanis record in the house wasn't mine, but my father's. He got Jagged Little Pill from his brother for his birthday back in 1996. However, it was pretty obvious it wasn't his kind of music, since he never listened to it. Soon, it became mine instead. My first contact was seeing the video for You Learn a couple of times, always regretting they wouldn't show all of it.
Then Gustav borrowed a tape recording of the whole album from one of his friends. I listened to it and thought, "this is nothing for me! If only she wouldn't shout like that ...". Sure, You Learn was pretty good, but the rest was completely different, betrayed, angry, and hungry for revenge. Then, as described above , my father got the CD, and the revelation came.
First step was realizing just how beautiful You Learn really was. Warm, dreamy and way too short, it was a song I could just sink into and get lost in. Follow did all the other songs in tight formation, making up one of the best albums I've ever heard.
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie was a bit more difficult to get into, but not less rewarding. It's calmer, more relaxed and many of the lyrics seem to be stories directly from life. When you think about the record, you'll remember nice bits from most of the songs, and that is a very good mark in my book. The CD itself looks wonderful too, one of the best I've seen, with a fairytale feel to it.
Unfortunately, this album suffers from having very much its own mood. You can't just do anything while listening to it, resulting in that I listen to it far less than it deserves. The high-energy songs of Jagged Little Pill were easier, you could play Quake to them if you liked. The Supposed ... songs ought to be great for long distance nighttime travelling though, being more contemplative and so.
