Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement

Alanis release her first new studio work in four years today. I am listening to it right now. Here is the play by play, after two listens... more to come:

1) Citizen of the Planet
starts a little subdued but then chorus just kicks you between the eyes
Wow, this really kicks. Love it.
Love the strings in the breakdown. They meld perfectly with the crunchy riff.

2) Underneath
Poppy but good lyric... I like it. Not as good as the first track.

3) Strait Jacket
This one might have to grow on me. Doesn't grab me immediately.


4) Versions of Violence
Darker song. Danc-like groove, but with dark undertones. Pretty Cool. 4 *


5) No as We

6) In Praise of the Vulnerable Man
Nice cool groove here. Although it is poppy, there is something very sad about the song.



7) Moratorium
Title track here... in the way she creates title tracks... the title appears within this song.
dark dance groove.



8) Torch
such a sad and beautiful song... makes one want to cry... what else can I say...



9) Giggling Again for no Reason
something about this haunts me.. kind of like Stings... So Happy that I can't stop crying...
don't know why...
or the Motels Last Summer



10) Tapes
I'm too exhausting to be loved... wow, moody, wonderful... blessed...

11) Incomplete
Little acoustic song, another about the breakup... But not completely acoustic... A little bit of power in the chorus



12) Orchid -
13) The Guy Who Leaves -
14) Madness - Probably the most somber tune in the collection
15) Limbo No More - talking about being ready to be moving on... and how hard it is
16) On the Tequila - Fun little song about, you guessed it - drinking tequila

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