 I’ve been looking everywhere lately for the Alanis Morissette album that was supposed to be released on June 13th. I went to her website well after that date and there was no mention of it. I couldn’t figure it out … until I found myself in starbucks today for an impromptu sugar-free hazelnut latté today. Sitting next to the counter on their mostly enya music rack was the Alanis Morissette - Jagged Little Pill Acoustic album. What dumb luck. I was with two co-workers at the time and pretty much embarrassingly acted like a little girl after spotting the album. (think circa 1998 fourteen year old girl buying her first Backstreet Boys CD). I have to say that “acoustic” is a misnomer. I was thinking more along the lines of Dave & Tim at Luther College, but got more of a Ben Fold’s instrumental. And that’s probably the best way to describe it, instrumental, not acoustic. Lots of piano, stings, and acoustic guitar. It wasn’t everything I was hoping for, but it was really satisfying to pop in a brand new CD that sounded completely foreign and already know all the words. Head over Feet was and always will be my favorite Alanis song, but I felt that she could have done a more raw version of it. In fact, all the songs sound a little watered down. “You take me out to wine, dine, sixty nine me, but didn’t hear a damn word I said” just doesn’t have the same umph accompanied by a harpsichord. So while I’m not totally satisfied with the album, it’s a nice addition to my media library. I’m not sure if this CD is distributed outside of starbucks, but Alanis really screwed up the advertising this time considering a fan couldn’t even find it.
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