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74年生まれのアラニスが、95年にリリースした3枚目のアルバム。彼女のキャリアの始まりは早い。6歳でピアノを学び、続いて作曲を試みる。10歳のころには自らのレーベルを設立し、自主制作盤を発表。以後、自国カナダを拠点に活動を続け、国内の音楽賞を多々手中にするまでに成長する。
そんな彼女をあのマドンナ主宰のレーベル「マーヴェリック」が放ってはおかなかった。マドンナが注目したヴォーカリストという触れ込みが、アラニスを紹介するうえでの枕詞となったが、その実力をもって即一蹴。<2>は世界中のチャートを駆けのぼり、彼女をグラミー賞へと導く。敏腕プロデューサーでソングライターのグレン・バラードのプロデュース作品。(春野丸緒)
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You could argue that
Jagged Little Pill is the commercialised face of grunge. You could argue that Morrisette is just a cynical businesswoman, courting controversy with a few carefully placed, risqué references. You could even argue that this whole angst-rock is just a comfort-blanket for the therapy-generation. But it's still hard to argue that
Jagged Little Pill isn't a great album. After all, it's the perfect alternative/mainstream crossover. There's "You Oughta Know", which marries its vitriolic, explicit narrative to thunderous, airbrushed grunge. With references to oral sex, Middle America were shocked, but not quite offended: it sold by the truckload. There's "Ironic", where Morrisette laments the trials that face every housewife ("there's ten thousand spoons / when all you need is a knife") to a scream-along, mosh-friendly chorus. The simple truth is, on
Jagged Little Pill, the Canadian-born Alanis Morrisette does a very good job of being America's Everywoman.
--Louis Pattison