Alanis Morissette - Flavors Of Entanglement
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Free Music Review: Change
Hit: 4 Stars
I perceived it very much different from her previous albums, I guess more modern.. but I still enjoyed it. And the concert is absolutely a must! She is exquisite!!Free Music Review: Flavors of Entanglement / Alanis Morrisette
Hit: 4 Stars
I always has been an Alanis fan, the music is awesome, an the way that she put in music his mind, great CD for me one of the best of his career!!!!Free Music Review: Loved It
Hit: 4 Stars
This album was a different sound style for Alanis but it still had her trademark lyrics. Love Her Music!!!!!Free Music Review: An unfamiliar Flavor
Hit: 3 Stars
Let me preface this by saying that I have been an Alanis fan since Jagged Little Pill, which hit the airwaves when I was right in the heart of my own angsty teenage years. In a way, I feel like Alanis and I have grown up and matured together, as each new album that she released has always seemed to connect so precisely with where I was in my life at that time. She has always been one of the VERY few artists whose albums I will pick up instantly, on sight, and unheard. As such, I was very much looking forward to this, her newest release. Unfortunately, this album strikes me less like a compatriot who has been with me on my journey, than a random encounter on the street with an old friend who I *used* to be close to, but with whom I now have very little in common, and find myself unable to talk to without awkwardness and many lengthy silences.
I will dispute previous reviewers who criticize this album for containing too much "I" and "me" than previous albums. I submit that Alanis' lyrical focus has ALWAYS been highly self-referential and very grounded in her personal life experiences. The key to her popularity is that she takes those very personal issues and makes them IDENTIFIABLE and PARTICIPATORY to her listeners. Even though I have never had a problem with running into no-smoking signs on my cigarette break (I've never been a smoker), I know EXACTLY how it feels when life hands me a truly ironic piece of pain, and therefore I can sing along with "Ironic" and own the feelings it describes. I have also always been a huge fan of Alanis' ability to play with the way in which her words go with her melodies and communicate a precise feeling, even if the sentences don't make any sort of grammatical sense in any form of written or spoken English. ;) That, at least, is still present in this album...but for some reason, this time, I'm not "getting it" as well.
The thing that this album does differently, which I believe is leading to my disconnection from it, is the fact that, with a few exceptions, the songs here are NOT SINGABLE. They are do not invite the listener to PARTICIPATE in the emotional experience described in the lyrics. They are very much performances in the traditional sense, and as such, seem to ask the listener to put them up on glass pedestals and simply admire their brilliance. There are no defined melodies, aside from those offered by Alanis' voice, and the tempo of the vocals is so unpredictable as to be unsingable. The heavily electronic dance-pop accompaniments often do more to obscure the lyrics than highlight them, and they certainly do nothing to provide meaningful musical "hooks" that would make me want to come back for repeated listenings. There are a few slower tunes, but they, too, lack focus and connection to the listener's experience.
I disagree with reviewers who say that Alanis is trying to reclaim her Jagged Little Pill roots. JLP may have been loud and angsty, but it was never difficult to relate to. This album give us an Alanis overburdened with the self-reflection of Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, but inexplicably trying to excise it by sounding like Madonna. :P
*sigh* I will probably keep listening to this album for a while longer, to see if any of it grows on me, and to try to reclaim that feeling of camaraderie that I used to so treasure from Alanis. But with all of the wacky synth, and lyrical obfuscation, I'm not hopeful that I will connect with many of these songs. I will hope that Alanis' next album will represent more of a return to her melodic roots.
Free Music Review: Mature sound compared to earlier works
Hit: 3 Stars
FLAVORS is a mature sound for Alanis Morissette. Gone is the anger-filled youth searching for her identity. This CD allows the listener to enter her mature world. I personally loved her anger-filled passionate early works. But Flavors still sounds like Alanis, just not so angry & depressed. The lyrics are pure poetry---typical of Alanis. She paints pictures with her words.