MovieChat Forums > Alanis Morissette Discussion > Isn't it sad that she was only known for...

Isn't it sad that she was only known for "Jagged Little Pill"?


An album she did in her early 20s? It seems after that album, no one really cared about her anymore and she tanked in popularity and sales.

reply

PERSONALLY,I OWN 3 OR 4 ALBUMS AND ALWAYS THINK OF HER AS GOD.

reply

Why was JLP so popular though? Was it because nothing at the time like it was ever made by a female artist? Groundbreaking?

reply

SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

reply

"ever made by a female artist"

Glen Ballard co-wrote the songs, produced the album and played guitar. So it is really her album?

reply

She was Ballard's protégé for sure.

This was Alanis before JLP era: https://youtu.be/V9TXQPEJLOE

reply

AM was the inspiration for Robin Sparkles. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY_bhVSGKEg

reply

[deleted]

Well, that's just crude.

reply

Personally, I prefer silencio.

reply

I remember buying Jagged Little Pill at a thrift shop and I liked Alanis Morrissette's voice and her songs and then I bought two other albums of hers and liked them as well. Most recently Alanis Morrissette released the cd The Collection which has all of the singles of Jagged Little Pill and an awesome cover of Seal's Crazy. It is a shame that she hasn't been seen much anymore but at the time Jagged Little Pill came out Alanis Morrissette was everywhere and it proved that she had grown up and left her days of appearing on You Can't Do That On Television behind. But given the right promotion she could make a comeback with a new album and sound

reply

While I have heard the singer's name, and presumably some of her songs, I'll admit I never had heard the album title of which you speak. Catchy a title though it may be.

reply

Did you grow up in the 90s?

reply

I'm sad to report that I have never grown up.

reply

What are you known for?

reply

Who, me?

reply

No, OP.

reply

Oh, I don't presume to know him.

reply

Lol

reply

I don't think this was a jab at her.

reply

Maybe not an intentional jab but to call a person’s career sad after they sold 30M+ records is the only sad thing about this thread.

It suggests someone has to be in a constant state of number 1 status to matter at all. It’s absurd.

reply

I felt that they were saying that she was talented and deserved better, but it's sad that the best that she sold was that one album in her 20s.

reply

I chalk it up to having different ideas on sad and what makes someone successful. JLP is one of the top 20 best selling albums of all time. Neither Elvis nor Madonna even make the list. So, is that sad? You guys think so. I do not.

reply

I never said it did. I'm just saying I don't think that's what he meant.

reply

👍

reply

Indeed. Some people are just oversensitive these days. If you compare her to other artists, alot of other artists had follow-up successes with their subsequent albums (Madonna, Mariah, Cher, Whitney, etc). Alanis never really had that other than maybe "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie". Her only big album was JLP, so she's really a "one-album" wonder.

reply

She was my generations (X) Carly Simon, Carole King.

Probably the best female singer/songwriter to come from the 1990's.

reply

She was the "Taylor Swift " of the 90s. Or the "Janis Joplin".

reply

I actually prefer her follow up album.

reply

I liked "Baba" and "That I would be good". I never cared for "Thank You" especially the creepy video.

reply

Nahhh, I don't think it's sad. 'Jagged Little Pill' was like a perfect album. It was such a new and unique sound, and it had so much passion and angst and personal authenticity in almost every song. She reached heights with that album that very few artists ever will. I think it's arguably the greatest 'alternative rock' album ever made. Top 5, for sure.

I was 14 when it came out, and only listened to it initially because my 16 year old sister played it obsessively. After awhile, I think I rocked out to it more than she did, lol. Alanis is the shit!

reply

This was her pre-Jagged: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9TXQPEJLOE

reply

OK, so she started out trying to be a pop star. I mean, she was a kid then, and coming off of a Nickelodeon kids show. Pop was probably the only genre anyone would invest in to produce for her at that time. Jagged Little Pill was her finally finding her voice as a young, angry and angsty adult with something to say.

reply

That "Plastic" video was shot in 1991. She was born in 1974. So, that made her either 16 or 17 at the time. Isn't it creepy that she's surrounded by men and dancing in a sexually suggestive way in the water fountain? Would never happen today.

reply

Well... yeah, kinda. I'm just not sure what your point is. Is this thread about whether or not it's sad that she never lived up to or topped 'Jagged Little Pill?' Or is it about her arguably being sexually exploited as a teen Pop "star?"

I'm just not sure what we're discussing, at this point.

reply