Someone's calmed down a bit over the last ten years.

A couple of days ago, I was waiting for my chai tea latte at one of my local frap making coffee houses and I realized that they were actually playing some Alanis. Not the angry Alanis that I was used to and adored. The one that I put on everytime I have a fight with a guy or the urge to remember the lat 90's. It also wasn't the post therapy Alanis, that was overly rational and mundane. It was an Alanis from somwhere in between that two.

I walked over to the CD stand and realized that Alanis had come out with an acoustic version of the entire Jagged Little Pill Album. When the original album came out, I was a preteen, so like Alanis I was mad at the world. Even though I didn't fully understand some of the things she sang about, her emotions were clear and I felted connected with her. I remember having my dad hide the cd from me, because he was sick of hearing me and Alanis sing "You Outta Know". I loved the original, because it was a huge part of my history, so when I saw the acoustic remake I snatched it up and ran home.

Songs:
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


Excerpt from Alanis' note to fans
"Re-recording these songs ten years later has been such a great opportunity to honor them in a way I could not do 10 years ago. My having quickly gone into survival mode precluded me from being able to have objectivity and take it all in at the time. These sacred yet un-precious diary-excerpts-as-songsmarked as a blessed passage of my life."

After I had listened to the entire cd, I was kind of in awe. Alanis had done exactly what she said she had. She'd honored these songs. The sincereity was still there, but in place of the rage was a sense of understanding and sympathy. The situations were the same, but the perspective was more mature. It was a beautiful tribute to how things used to be and her coming to terms with that.