Line #11 Music/JaggedLittlePill


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:''Swallow it down (what a jagged little pill)''\
3	''It feels so good (swimming in your stomach)''\
4	''Wait until the dust settles'']]
5	->''Well, life has a funny way of sneaking up on you''\
6	''When you think everything's okay and everything's going right''\
7	''And life has a funny way of helping you out''\
8	''When you think everything's gone wrong and everything blows up in your face''
9	-->-- '''"Ironic"'''
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11	''Jagged Little Pill'' is the third studio album by Canadian singer Music/AlanisMorissette. It was released through [[Music/{{Madonna}} Maverick Records]] on June 13, 1995.
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13	Recorded in the spring of 1994, when Morissette was merely '''[[TeenGenius nineteen]]''', ''Jagged Little Pill'' showcased her {{pop}} sensibilities, which shone through various {{grunge}} and [[AlternativeRock alternative rock]]-inspired riffs. Morissette's ability to compose songs quickly and effortlessly allowed for sun-drenched, radio-friendly tunes with [[LyricalDissonance angst-filled lyrics]] which resonated with teens and young women. She also produced [[GenreBusting genre-bending]] [[ThreeChordsAndTheTruth raw melodies]] backed by elaborate production styles, propelling the album's singles to become crossover hits. The feminist and sentimental themes throughout the album channeled artists as diverse as Music/{{Madonna}} and Music/PattiSmith, while pop singers such as Music/KatyPerry and Music/AvrilLavigne credit this record for inspiring their careers.
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15	The album was released to both critical and commercial acclaim all across the world. It became one of the most successful albums of the 1990s, and is now one of the highest-selling albums of all time, hitting the top of the charts virtually everywhere. It has been certified Diamond (16-times Platinum) by the RIAA, and has sold 33 million copies globally. It went 10-times Platinum in the United Kingdom, while in her native Canada, it was certified ''Double'' Diamond, making her the first Canadian to achieve this. It was in the Top 25 of the Year-End ''Billboard'' 200 album chart for three straight years, topping the chart in 1996, and registered as the highest-selling album of the 1990s in the United States. It currently sits at #7 on ''Billboard''[='=]s all-time album sales chart.
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17	The album dominated the 1996 [[UsefulNotes/GrammyAward Grammy Awards]]; "You Oughta Know" won both Best Female Rock Vocal Performance and Best Rock Song, while the album won Best Rock Album and Album of the Year, making Morissette (then 21) the youngest artist to win the latter honor at the time. Its impact would be felt at the next two Grammys ceremonies as well; "Ironic" was nominated twice at the 1997 ceremony (Record of the Year and Best Music Video, Short Form), and a video album which documented the 1995-96 world tour Morissette went on to promote the album won the 1998 Grammy for Best Music Video, Long Form.
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19	"Ironic" is the TropeNamer for IsntItIronic, although the song itself isn't an example, and in fact [[NeverLiveItDown doesn't contain the best examples of irony, either]]. Morissette herself has acknowledged this repeatedly, and even claimed that [[DeliberateFlawRetcon the song is ironically about a woman who doesn't know what irony is]]. Clever.
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21	The album was adapted into a [[JukeboxMusical stage musical]] by Creator/DiabloCody that premiered in summer 2018 to strong reviews, ahead of a Broadway premiere in December 2019. It has also been favorably compared to Music/CaroleKing's ''Music/{{Tapestry}}'' for its themes of [[BreakUpSong heartbreak]] and failed relationships.
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23	Six singles were released to support the album: "You Oughta Know", "Hand in My Pocket", "Ironic", "You Learn", "Head Over Feet", and "All I Really Want". Three of the first four were Top 10 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100.[[note]]"Hand in My Pocket" was not released as a single in the US, but did hit #15 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 Airplay chart, and topped the Billboard Modern Rock chart.[[/note]]
24	----
25	!! Tracklist:
26	[[AC:Side One]]
27	# "All I Really Want" (4:45)
28	# "You Oughta Know" (4:09)
29	# "Perfect" (3:08)
30	# "Hand in My Pocket" (3:42)
31	# "Right Through You" (2:56)
32	# "Forgiven" (5:00)
33	[[AC:Side Two]]
34	# "You Learn" (4:00)
35	# "Head Over Feet" (4:27)
36	# "Mary Jane" (4:41)
37	# "Ironic" (3:50)
38	# "Not the Doctor" (3:48)
39	# "Wake Up" (4:54)
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41	CD versions also have "You Oughta Know" (Jimmy the Saint Blend, with the HiddenTrack "Your House" (A Cappella)" (8:13)
42	''''
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44	-----
45	!! "And I'm here to remind you, of the tropes you left when you went away":
46	* AbusiveParents: "Perfect" is about parents who live vicariously through their kids and humiliate and berate them for not meeting expectations.
47	--> ''We love you just the way you are''\
48	''If you're perfect.''
49	* ACappella: "Your House" is sung this way.
50	* AlbumTitleDrop: ''Jagged Little Pill'' comes from a line in "You Learn":
51	--> ''Swallow it down (what a '''jagged little pill''')''\
52	''It feels so good (swimming in your stomach)''
53	* BreakUpSong: "You Oughta Know", where Alanis insults her former boyfriend and his new partner.
54	* ComingOfAge: "You Learn" about the learning process of life.
55	* CrossingTheDesert: Alanis does this in the music video of "You Oughta Know".
56	* ADogNamedDog: "Right Through You"
57	--> ''Hello Mr. Man.''
58	* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: "All I Really Want"
59	--> ''All I really want is some peace, man''\
60	''a place to find a common ground''\
61	''And all I really want is a wavelength''\
62	''All I really want is some comfort''\
63	''A way to get my hands untied''\
64	''And all I really want is some justice...''
65	* FaceOnTheCover: Alanis' face in close-up.
66	* FriendsWithBenefits: The TropeNamer, coined on "Head Over Feet".
67	--> ''You're my best friend''\
68	''Best friend with benefits''
69	* GagCensor: In the video for "Hand in My Pocket", the curse in the line "I'm brave, but I'm chicken-shit" is muted, but what's supposed to be said is emphasized by showing someone in the marching band stepping in a pile of manure.
70	* GreenEyedMonster: "You Oughta Know" where the jealous protagonist is giving her former partner a ReasonYouSuckSpeech, insulting his new partner too.
71	* HiddenTrack: "Your House".
72	* ImmediateSelfContradiction: "Hand in My Pocket" is full of these sentences.
73	* IsntItIronic: Her most famous song is the TropeNamer, [[ThisIndexIsNotAnExample even if it doesn't fit the trope.]]
74	* {{Irony}}: Debate is still going on whether the situations listed in "Ironic" are actually ironic at all (one that does fit is the guy afraid of flying who decides to finally ride an airplane "and as his plane crashed down, he thought [[GallowsHumor 'Well, isn't this nice?']]").
75	* IWantSong: "All I Really Want", where the protagonist lists all the things she wants in life.
76	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: "Not the Doctor":
77	--> ''I don't want to be adored\
78	For what I merely represent to you\
79	I don't want to be your babysitter\
80	You're a very big boy now\
81	I don't want to be your mother\
82	I didn't carry you in my womb for nine months\
83	Show me the back door''
84	* ListSong: "Hand in My Pocket", listing sentences full of immediate contradictions, and "Ironic", listing stuff Alanis considers ironic.
85	* MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces: "You Oughta Know"
86	--> ''Would she go down on you in a theatre?''
87	* MetalScream: The choruses of "Ironic" and "You Oughta Know" are bellowed with passion.
88	* NewSoundAlbum: Compared to her previous output this album had a more hard rock[=/=]PostGrunge sound.
89	* OneWomanSong: "Mary Jane".
90	* PerishingAltRockVoice: During the quiet moments, Alanis frequently employs this.
91	* PrecisionFStrike: "You Oughta Know"
92	--> ''Are you thinking of me when you fuck her?''
93	** "You Oughta Know" is a classic case of {{bowdleri\|se}}zation not working. The song was very popular among teens, but of course, there's an F-bomb in it. At school dances and similar functions, the radio edit version would play where the offending word was simply muted. So what would happen when that spot in the song came up? Everyone in the room would shout out the offending word at the muted point. To be fair, most radio stations played it such that it went, ''"When you ffffff- her."'' Which actually sounded good too. In ''Rock Band 2'', the solution they came up with was echoing the "you" before the F-bomb while muting it. Not that players cannot sing "fuck" (since there's technically no lyrics in that space, there's also no penalty).
94	* ReligionRantSong: "Forgiven", where she slags off her Catholic upbringing pretty thoroughly.
95	* {{Remaster}}: The 2015 deluxe edition featured a remaster of the album along with unreleased demos and some live tracks.
96	* ShoutOut:
97	** "All I Really Want" has Alanis comparing herself to Estella from ''Literature/GreatExpectations'', while having a confrontation with her partner about their uncomfortable relationship.
98	** "Your House":
99	-->''Went down to the den\
100	Found your [=CDs=]\
101	And I played your [[Music/JoniMitchell Joni]].''
102	* ShroudedInMyth: The identity of Alanis' former partner in "You Oughta Know". There are a number of people who have been connected to it; Canadian comedian/actor Dave Coulier has alternately claimed that he is, and he isn't. Alanis herself has stated that she intends to never reveal who it is.
103	* SpecialGuest: The Music/RedHotChiliPeppers bassist Flea and guitarist Dave Navarro (the latter then-formerly of Music/JanesAddiction) feature on the track "You Oughta Know". The video also features Taylor Hawkins, who would go on to become the drummer for Music/FooFighters.
104	* SpokenWord: "Your House" is an a capella song.
105	* StageMom: "Perfect", while not directly using the trope, describes the overbearing attitude and unrealistic expectations that many such mothers seem to have.
106	* StalkerWithACrush: "Your House", the HiddenTrack at the end of ''Jagged Little Pill''. It's a song about sneaking into her ex-boyfriend's house and smelling his clothes. And now you know why men get scared when they hear Alanis' voice or find out that their girlfriends listen to her music.
107	* StopAndGo: "All I Really Want" has such a moment.
108	* SubvertedRhymeEveryOccasion: Alanis, in a show of support, altered the lyrics of her song "Ironic" to:
109	--> ''It's like ten thousand spoons when all you need is a knife,''\
110	''It's like meeting the man of my dreams... and meeting his beautiful husband''
111	** What would be rhyming couplets in the chorus for "Hand In My Pocket" are instead jumbled so that the second line from couplet A is instead the second line in couplet B, and so forth.
112	* SurrealMusicVideo: "You Learn".
113	* TakeThat:
114	** A rather brave one in "Right Through You", considering that it was released on ''Jagged Little Pill'' and thus released before she knew she'd be a runaway success.
115	--> ''Now that I'm Miss Thang\
116	Now that I'm a zillionaire\
117	You scan the credits for your name\
118	And wonder why it's not there?''
119	* UnpluggedVersion: ''Jagged Little Pill Acoustic''.

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