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Alanis Morissette revisits 'Jagged Little Pill' for 10th anniversary
Alanis Morissette will celebrate the 10th anniversary of her smash album "Jagged Little Pill" by recording a new acoustic version of the set and embarking on an acoustic tour.
Morissette plans to re-team with "Jagged Little Pill" producer/co-writer Glen Ballard for the fist time since 1998's "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" to record the acoustic set. The songs will appear in the same order as on the original album, including the hidden track "Your House."
"Jagged Little Pill" was issued in 1995, and has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, including 14 million in the U.S., according to Morissette's publicist. The set spawned the hits "You Oughta Know," "Ironic," "Hand in My Pocket," "You Learn" and "Head Over Feet," and was named Album of the Decade by Billboard magazine.
The acoustic version of "Jagged Little Pill" goes on sale at Starbucks stores on June 13, and arrives at traditional outlets six weeks later.
"I was in survival mode when Jagged Little Pill came out," Morissette said in a statement. "I am able now, with a little distance, to appreciate it and have some objectivity. I love this record and am warmed by the thought of tipping my hat to it ten years later"
Said Ballard: "It's a frolic for us to honor these songs with new arrangements, in a more deliberately acoustic way, and to rediscover the astonishing power of what we captured in that time and place."
Morissette's first acoustic tour, dubbed the "Diamond Wink" Jagged Little Pill Acoustic Tour, is being scheduled for June and July; dates haven't been announced.
