Although it seemed like she came out of nowhere, at the time of her global breakthrough, Alanis Morissette was already pursuing a career as a child star in her native Canada. This album, released in 1995 on Madonna's newly founded Maverick label, had nothing to do with the average teenage pop theme. The shocking first single You Oughta Know showed a singer who lashed out at her ex-boyfriend, of whom
… she 'en passant' reminisced about some liberal memories ('would she go down on you in a theater?'). Obviously not a kitten to grasp without gloves, and the 'grrrl' movement had found a new role model. With catchy songs that combined the best of grunge and funk rock, Alanis grew into an absolute mega star in no time. From Jagged Little Pill, that in addition to the aforementioned single contained hits such as Ironic, Hand In My Pocket and You Learn, tens of millions of copies were sold. Rarely was teenage fear so blatantly sung about. (MS)more
