ALL I REALLY WANT
ALANIS MORISSETTE
SONGWRITERS: ALANIS NADINE MORISSETTE &
GLEN BALLARD
COUNTRY: CANADA/U. S. A.
ALBUM: JAGGED LITTLE PILL
LABEL: MAVERICK
GENRE: ROCK
YEAR: 1995
Alanis Nadine Morissette (/əˈlɑːnɪsˌmɒrɪˈsɛt/ə-LAH-niss MORR-ih-SET;
born June 1, 1974) is a Canadian-American singer, songwriter, and actress.
Known for her emotive mezzo-soprano voice and confessional songwriting, Morissette began her career in
Canada in the early 1990s with two highly successful dance-pop albums. In
1995, she released Jagged Little Pill,
an alternative rock-oriented
album with elements of post-grunge, which
sold more than 33 million copies globally and is her most critically acclaimed
work to date. This earned her the Grammy Award
for Album of the Year in 1996 and was
made into a rock musical
of the same name in 2017, which earned
fifteen Tony Award nominations, including Best Musical.
The album was also listed in the 2003 and 2020 editions of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time Guide. The lead single, "You Oughta Know", was also
included at #103 in their 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.
Her highly anticipated, more experimental follow-up, electronic-infused album Supposed
Former Infatuation Junkie, was released in 1998.
Morissette assumed creative control and
production duties for her subsequent studio albums, including Under Rug Swept (2002), So-Called Chaos(2004),
Flavors of
Entanglement(2008), Havoc and
Bright Lights(2012), and Such Pretty
Forks in the Road(2020). Her latest album, The Storm
Before the Calm, which features ambient music, was
released in 2022. Her
well-known singles "You Oughta Know", "Hand in My
Pocket", "Ironic",
"You Learn",
"Head Over Feet", "Uninvited",
"Thank U",
and "Hands Clean" reached top 40 in the major
charts around the world, including ten top-40 hits in the UK, 3 three top-10 in
the US and Australia, and twelve top-10 hits in her native Canada. She
also holds the record for the most Nº 1s on the weekly Billboard
Alternative Songs chart for any female
soloist, group leader, or duo member. She is listed on VH1's 1999 "100 Greatest
Women of Rock and Roll" at number 53.
Morissette has won seven Grammy Awards,
fourteen Juno Awards, one Brit Award, and has
sold more than 75 million records worldwide. She has been dubbed the
"Queen of Alt-Rock Angst"
by Rolling Stone
Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album
by Canadian singer Alanis Morissette,
released on June 13, 1995, through Maverick.
It was her first
album to be released worldwide. It marked a stylistic departure
from the dance-pop sound of
her first two albums, Alanis(1991)
and Now Is the Time (1992). Morissette began work on the album after moving from her
hometown Ottawa to Toronto, making
little progress until she traveled to Los Angeles,
where she met producer Glen Ballard. Morissette and Ballard had an
instant connection and began co-writing and experimenting with sounds. The
experimentation resulted in na alternative rock album that takes influence from post-grunge and pop rock, and
features guitars, keyboards, drum machines, and harmonica. The lyrics touch
upon themes of aggression and unsuccessful relationships, while Ballard
introduced a pop sensibility to
Morissette's angst. The title of the album is taken from a line in the first
verse of the song "You Learn".
Jagged Little Pill was a worldwide commercial
success, topping the charts in thirteen countries. With sales of over 33 million
copies worldwide, it is one of the best-selling
albums of all time and made Morissette the
first Canadian to achieve double
diamond sales. Jagged Little Pill was
nominated for nine Grammy Awards,
winning five, including Album of the
Year, making the then 21-year-old Morissette the
youngest artist to win the top honor up to that point. Rolling Stone ranked Jagged Little Pill at number 69 on its 2020 list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
The
album has been re-released twice: on October 30, 2015, in a 2-disc deluxe
edition and a 4-disc collector's edition commemorating its 20th anniversary;
and on June 26, 2020, in a 25th anniversary deluxe edition. Na
acoustic
re-recording of the album was released on June
13, 2005, to mark its 10th anniversary. A musical stage
production based on the album premiered at the American
Repertory Theater in Cambridge on May 5, 2018; it transferred to Broadway the following year, and
was nominated for 15 Tony Awards including Best Musical. A world tour
celebrating the 25th anniversary of Jagged Little Pill began in early 2020 but
was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Do I stress you out?
My sweater is on backwards and inside out
And you say, how appropriate
I don't like to dissect everything today
I don't mean to pick you apart you see
But I can't help it
And there I go
jumping before the gunshot has gone off
Slap me with a splintered ruler
And it would knock me to the floor if I wasn't there already
If only I could hunt the hunter
And all I really want
is some patience
A way to calm the angry voice
And all I really want is deliverance, ah
Do I wear you out?
You must wonder why I'm relentless and all strung out
I'm consumed by the chill of solitary
I'm like Estella
I like to reel it in and then spit it out
I'm frustrated by your apathy
And I am frightened
by the corrupted ways of this land
If only I could meet the maker
And I am fascinated by the spiritual man
I am humbled by his humble nature, yeah
And what I wouldn't
give to find a soul mate?
Someone else to catch this drift
And what I wouldn't give to meet a kindred? Ah
Enough about me,
let's talk about you for a minute
Enough about you, let's talk about life for a while
The conflicts, the craziness and the sound of pretenses is falling
All around, all around
Why are you so
petrified of silence?
Here can you handle this?
Did you think about your bills, you ex, your deadlines
Or when you think you're going to die?
Or did you long for the next distraction?
And all I need now is
intellectual intercourse
A soul to dig the hole much deeper
And I have no concept of time other than it is flying
If only I could kill the killer
And all I really want
is some peace man
A place to find a common ground
And all I really want is a wavelength, ah
And all I really want is some comfort
A way to get my hands untied
And all I really want is some justice, ah
It's all I really
want, some patience
A way to calm me down
And all I really want is deliverance
A place to find a common ground.
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