Alanis Morissette

Unplugged offerings peel off the veneer of slick recordings, revealing the true nature of the songs themselves. On Alanis Morissette's Unplugged album, however, there are hardly enough hits included to make this a truly shocking piece of work. The three unreleased songs, including a cover of "King of Pain," make this a must for fans and collectors.

The most remarkable thing about Alanis Morissette's unplugged album is its unremarkability.
The singer-songwriter sounds exactly as she does on her previous two electric studio
albums, her chatty recitatives so far up in the mix that they render her instrumental
accompaniment nearly moot. For this MTV taping, Morissette is backed by a twelve-piece
band that includes a six-piece string section, and she manages to overpower the... More >

Why do you think they love her? because she's lovable, stupid ("Princes Familiar," "You Learn"). (Grade - *)