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Alanis Morissette: The Storm Before the Calm

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On June 17, 2022, “Epiphany Music” and “Thirty Tigers” labels released “The Storm Before the Calm”, the tenth Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded in 2022, and was produced by Dave Harrington.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – vocals, percussion, flute
  • Dave Harrington – acoustic and electric guitar, pedal steel guitar, bass, piano, organ, Moog, mellotron, drums, congas, percussion, bells, ghaita, sampler, electronics
  • Tim Mislock – guitar, electronics
  • Andrew Fox – Korg MS20, electronics
  • Spencer Zahn – acoustic and electric bass, vibraphone, Moog
  • Cedric Lemoyne – electric bass
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums, percussion, bowed cymbals
  • Samer Ghadry – gongs, crystal bowl, Himalayan bowls
  • Mauro Refosco – surdo, tympani, concert toms, synare, udu, tamburelo, tabla, gongs, percussion
  • Stuart Bogie – clarinet, contralto clarinet, flute, tenor sax, baritone sax
  • Kiukl Adelbai, Tyler Karmen, Chris Dugan – additional engineering
  • Phil Weinrobe – mixing
  • Taylor Deupree – mastering
  • Rob Prior – cover art

Track listing:

All tracks by Alanis Morissette and Dave Harrington.

  1. Light – The Lightworker Lament
  2. Heart – Power of Soft Heart
  3. Explore – The Other Side of Stillness
  4. Space – Pause on Violence
  5. Purification – The Alchemical Crunch
  6. Restore – Calling Generation X
  7. Awakening – In Between Thoughts
  8. Ground – I Want to Live
  9. Safety – Empath in Paradise
  10. Mania – resting in the Fire
  11. Vapor – Amplified in Stillness

Alanis Morissette: Flavors of Entanglement

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On May 30, 2008, “Maverick” label released “Flavors of Entanglement”, the seventh Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded October 2007 – February 2008, and was produced by Guy Sigsworth.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – vocals
  • Andy Page – guitars, programming, mixing, mastering
  • Peter Freeman – bass guitar
  • Blair Sinta – drums
  • Fiora Cutler – string arrangement
  • Sean McGhee – programming, backing vocals, engineer
  • Guy Sigsworth – engineer
  • Andrei Maberley – engineer
  • Ben Tolliday – engineer, mastering assistant

Track listing:

All lyrics by Alanis Morissette, all music by Alanis Morissette and Guy Sigsworth.

  1. Citizen of the Planet
  2. Underneath
  3. Straitjacket
  4. Versions of Violence
  5. Not as We
  6. In Praise of the Vulnerable Man
  7. Moratorium
  8. Torch
  9. Giggling Again for No Reason
  10. Tapes
  11. Incomplete

Alanis Morissette: Alanis

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On April 6, 1991, “MCA Records Canada” label released “Alanis”, the debut Alanis Morissette album. It was recorded September – December 1990, at “Distortion Studios” in Ottawa, Canada, and was produced by Leslie Howe.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – lead and backing vocals
  • Leslie Howe – guitar, additional keyboards, drum programming, engineer, mixing
  • Serge Côté – keyboards
  • Frank “Fish” Levin – keyboards, strings arrangement
  • Chad Morissette – backing vocals
  • Wade Morissette – backing vocals
  • Tyley Ross – backing vocals
  • John & Peter (The Burn Bros.) – backing vocals
  • Tom “Sloppy” Saidak – backing vocals
  • Kevin “Iceman” Little – backing vocals
  • Dan “Capt. Pin” – backing vocals
  • Deane Josh Lovejoy – backing vocals
  • Sean Daley – backing vocals
  • Jenny “Frank #1” Parlier – backing vocals
  • Mr. Fish – backing vocals
  • Sal – backing vocals
  • Rick “Slick” Kumar – backing vocals
  • Martin Soldat – art direction, design
  • Dimo Safari – photography

Track listing:

  1. Feel Your Love – Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe
  2. Too Hot – Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe
  3. Plastic – Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe, Serge Côté
  4. Walk Away – Alanis Morissete, Leslie Howe, Louise Reny, Frank Levin
  5. On My Own – Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe, Serge Côté
  6. Superman – Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe
  7. Jealous – Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe, Serge Côté
  8. Human Touch – Alanis Morissete, Leslie Howe, Louise Reny, Frank Levin
  9. Oh Yeah – Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe
  10. Party Boy – Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe

Taylor Hawkins

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On March 25, 2022, Oliver Taylor Hawkins died aged 50. He was musician (drums, percussion, guitar, piano), singer and songwriter, worked with Sass Jordan, Alanis Morissette and band Sylvia. In 2004, Hawkins formed his project Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders, but was best known as drummer of Foo Fighters. In 2005, magazine ”Rhythm” voted him “Best Rock Drummer”.

Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks in the Road

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On July 31, 2020, “Epiphany” label released “Such Pretty Forks in the Road”, the ninth Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded in 2020, and was produced by Alex Hope and Catherine Marks.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – lead and backing vocals
  • Alex Hope – guitars, synths, marxophone, programming, string arrangements
  • Steven Milbourne – acoustic guitar
  • Chris J. Alderton – guitar
  • David Levita – guitar
  • Frank Turner – guitar
  • Michael Farrell – piano, synths, organ, marxophone, string arrangements
  • Catherine Marks – synths, programming, string arrangements
  • Adam ‘Cecil’ Bartlett – acoustic guitar, synths, programming
  • Tyler Last – bass
  • Cedric Lemoyne – bass
  • Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Chris Dugan – mixing

Track listing:

All tracks by Alanis Morissette and Michael Farrell.

  1. Smiling
  2. Ablaze
  3. Reasons I Drink
  4. Diagnosis
  5. Missing the Miracle
  6. Losing the Plot
  7. Reckoning
  8. Sandbox Love
  9. Her
  10. Nemesis
  11. Pedestal

Alanis Morissete: Havoc and Bright Lights

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On August 22, 2012, “Collective Sounds” label released “Havoc and Bright Lights”, the eighth Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded in 2012, at “Sunset Sound” in Hollywood, “The Bank” in Burbank, CA, and was produced by Guy Sigsworth and Joe Chiccarelli.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – vocals
  • Chris Elms, David Levita, Tim Pierce, Lyle Workman – electric guitar
  • Mike Daly, Chris Elms, Tim Pierce – acoustic guitar
  • Jeff Babko, Joe Chiccarelli, Zac Rae, Guy Sigsworth – keyboards
  • Paul Bushnell, Sean Hurley – bass
  • Matt Chamberlain, Victor Indrizzo – drums
  • Victor Indrizzo – percussion
  • Lili Haydn – violin
  • Joe Chiccarelli, Guy Sigsworth – drum programming
  • Chris Elms – additional programming
  • David Campbell – woodwind arrangements

Track listing:

All lyrics by Alanis Morissette; all music by Alanis Morissette and Guy Sigsworth.

  1. Guardian
  2. Woman Down
  3. Till You
  4. Celebrity
  5. Empathy
  6. Lens
  7. Spiral
  8. Numb
  9. Havoc
  10. Receive
  11. Edge of Evolution

Alanis Morissette: So-Called Chaos

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On May 18, 2004, “Maverick” label released “So-Called Chaos”, the sixth Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded in 2003, at “Groovemasters” in Santa Monica, “The Village Recorder”, “Henson Studios”, and “Stage and Sound” in Los Angeles, and was produced by Alanis Morissette, Tim Thorney and John Shanks.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette – vocals, piano, keyboards, art direction
  • Tim Thorney– acoustic guitar, electric guitar, bass, piano, keyboards
  • David Levita – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Joel Shearer – acoustic and electric guitar, bouzouki
  • John Shanks – guitar, bass, keyboards
  • Jason Orme – electric guitar
  • Paul Livingstone– sitar
  • Jamie Muhoberac– keyboards
  • Zac Rae – piano, keyboards, vibraphone
  • Paul Bushnell – bass
  • Eric Avery– bass
  • Chris Lord-Alge– mixing
  • Kenny Aronoff– drums
  • Blair Sinta – drums, programming
  • Scott Gordon – programming, drum programming, engineer
  • Jeff Rothschild – programming, engineer
  • Mark Valentine – engineer
  • Bill Lane, Kevin Mills, Errin Familia, Jason Wormer, Rich Tosi – engineer assistant
  • Stephen Marcussen – masterin
  • Shari Sutcliffe – project coordinator
  • Frank Maddocks – art direction, design
  • Sheryl Nields – photography

Track listing:

All tracks by Alanis Morissette.

  1. Eight Easy Steps
  2. Out Is Trough
  3. Excuses
  4. Doth I Protest Too Much
  5. Knees of My Bees
  6. So-Called Chaos
  7. Not All Me
  8. Spineless
  9. Everything

Alanis Morissette: Jagged Little Pill

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On June 13, 1995, “Maverick Records” label released “Jagged Little Pill”, the third Alanis Morissette studio album. It was recorded 1994 – 1995, at “Westlake Recording Studios” and “Signet Sound” in Hollywood, and was produced by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard. “Jagged Little Pill” won five “Grammy Awards” including “Album of the Year”, making Morissette the youngest artists ever to receive this award. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked the album at number 327 on its list of “The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time”. At the 1997 “Juno Awards”, the album song “Ironic” won “Single of the Year” award, and Morissette won “Songwriter of the Year” and the “International Achievement” award. “Jagged Little Pig” was huge commercial success selling more than thirty million copies worldwide.

Personnel:

  • Alanis Morissette– vocals, harmonica
  • Glen Ballard– guitar, keyboards, programming
  • Dave Navarro– guitar
  • Basil Fung – guitar
  • Michael Landau– guitar
  • Joel Shearer– guitar
  • Michael Thompson – organ
  • Benmont Tench– organ
  • Lance Morrison – bass
  • Flea– bass
  • Rob Ladd – percussion, drums
  • Matt Laug– drums
  • Gota Yashiki– groove activator
  • Glen Ballard – engineer, mixing
  • Chris Fogel – engineer, mixing
  • Ted Blaisdell – additional engineering
  • David Schiffman – additional engineering
  • Victor McCoy – engineer assistant
  • Rich Weingart – engineer assistant
  • Francis Buckley – additional mixing
  • Chris Bellman – mastering
  • Tom Recchion – art direction, design
  • John Patrick Salisbury – photography
  • Jolie Levine – production coordination

Track listing:

All lyrics by Alanis Morissette, all music by Alanis Morissette and Glen Ballard, except where noted.

  1. All I Really Want
  2. You Oughta Know
  3. Perfect
  4. Hand in My Pocket
  5. Right Through You
  6. Forgiven
  7. You Learn
  8. Head Over Feet
  9. Mary Jane
  10. Ironic
  11. Not the Doctor
  12. Wake Up
  13. You Oughta Know (Jimmy the Saint Blend) / Your House