'' was
Canadian singer/songwriter
Alanis Morissette 's third album, released on
June 13 ,
1995 (see
1995 In Music ). Morissette's confessional lyrics and emotional vocals helped ''Jagged Little Pill'' dominate the year's sound in music. It spawned six massively successful hit singles:
''Jagged Little Pill'' won
Grammy Award s for
Best Rock Album and
Album Of The Year . The record has sold 30 million copies worldwide (up to January 2006). Selling 14.5 copies by 1999 in the United States, it is the second best-selling album by a female solo artist of the
Nielsen SoundScan era, behind only
Shania Twain 's ''
Come On Over ''. It spent an astonishing 12 non-consecutive weeks at #1 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and 72 non-consecutive weeks in the top 10.
In
1998 ,
''Q'' Magazine readers voted ''Jagged Little Pill'' the 19th greatest album of all time.
In
2005 , Morissette re-released an acoustic version of the album, ''
Jagged Little Pill Acoustic '', on the tenth anniversary of the original album's date of release. This album was originally sold through
Starbucks ' successful
Hear Music brand in an exclusive six-week deal that ended on
July 26 ,
2005 . For the duration of this partnership, music retailer
HMV Boycot ted the sale of all of Morissette's catalogue.
(all songs written by
Glen Ballard &
Morissette )
#"
All I Really Want " – 4:44
#"
You Oughta Know " – 4:09
#"Perfect" – 3:07
#"
Hand In My Pocket " – 3:41
#"Right Through You" – 2:55
#"Forgiven" – 5:00
#"
You Learn " – 3:59
#"
Head Over Feet " – 4:27
#"Mary Jane" – 4:40
#"
Ironic " – 3:49
#"Not the Doctor" – 3:47
#"Wake Up" – 4:53
Additionally, the CD version contains two unlisted 'bonus tracks'. At index mark #13, there is another version of 'You Oughta Know' with a heavier bass guitar, followed immediately by an un-indexed vocal-only recording of 'Your House'.
Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album
- 1995 - The Billboard 200 - No. 1
- 1995 - Heatseekers - No. 2
- 1996 - Australia Top 40 - No. 1
- 1997 - Top Canadian Albums - No. 7
Billboard (North America) - singles
- "Hand In My Pocket" (1995/96)
- ---Modern Rock Tracks - No. 1
- ---Top 40 Mainstream - No. 4
- ---Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 8
- ---Adult Top 40 - No. 25
- ---Adult Contemporary - No. 30
- "You Oughta Know" (1995)
- ---Modern Rock Tracks - No. 1
- ---Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 3
- ---Top 40 Mainstream - No. 7
- "All I Really Want" (1995)
- ---Modern Rock Tracks - No. 14
- "Ironic" (1996)
- ---Modern Rock Tracks - No. 1
- ---Top 40 Adult Recurrents - No. 1
- ---Top 40 Mainstream - No. 1
- ---The Billboard Hot 100 - No. 4
- ---Adult Top 40 - No. 5
- ---Rhythmic Top 40 - No. 11
- ---Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 18
- ---Adult Contemporary - No. 28
- "You Learn" (1996/97)
- ---Top 40 Mainstream - No. 1
- ---Top 40 Adult Recurrents - No. 1
- ---Adult Top 40 - No. 3
- ---The Billboard Hot 100 - No. 6
- ---Modern Rock Tracks - No. 7
- ---Adult Contemporary - No. 23
- ---Rhythmic Top 40 - No. 32
- ---Mainstream Rock Tracks - No. 40
- "Head over Feet" (1996/97)
- ---Adult Top 40 - No. 1
- ---Top 40 Mainstream - No. 1
- ---Top 40 Adult Recurrents - No. 1
- ---Top 40 Mainstream - No. 5
- ---Modern Rock Tracks - No. 25
- ---Adult Contemporary - No. 27
