Flavors Of Entanglement

I think most of the people concerned about Alanis Morissette's music is the deviation from album to album. You definitely won't get the harmonica solos from her CDs after year 2000. On this album Flavors Of Entanglement, Alanis and her manager experimented a variety of sounds. From the gothic rock riffs to piano Ballard, from RnBish to radiohead's experimental.

I appreciate this album a lot. The opening track 'citizen of the planet' is my favorite track. I got the same feeling when I first listened to 'Baba' from her 2nd album. Very loud guitar riffs. But this time it's even louder and meaner. I was jumping on my chair, way too excited :D

Second promotion track is 'In praise of the vulnarable man'. A well laid out song with a message. Lovable chorus, the bridge is a killer. You cannot miss this.

This album has more elements from 'Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie' than any others. I think the majority of the songs are up to her standard. It's not something she wrote randomly. I was little disappointed on her last two albums 'Under Rug Swept' and 'So-called Chaos'. Both CDs got some really boring songs. Now I'm back listening to her music again. It sounds nice and fresh.

Her new band members are not bad. A funkier drummer is replaced. See them play live. You'll be surprised by how the songs sound on s stage.

Alanis can write beautiful lyrics and melodies and perform them wonderfully on CD. But, don't bother to go see her in concert if you think your going to get that kind of experience. Her concert is noise, noise, noise. Her sound people should be fired for destroying her music. Buy the CD, skip the concert.

First off, let me say that I love Alanis Morissette. I think she is terrific, a true talent. Jagged Little Pill is one of my favorite CDs of ALL time. Having said that, all of the CDs she's released since then haven't been quite as good. That has now changed with the release of Flavors of Entanglement. This is easily one of the best CDs from Alanis in a long time. I like each and every one of them. An excellent choice.

There are some very favorable reviews of this CD and I liked it mostly too but I still expect more from a Morrisette CD.

The first few songs are forgettable - "Underneath", "StraightJacket" and "Versions of Violence".

"Not as We" is about the harsh end of a romantic relationship and it very good and pure:

"Day one day one start over again
Step one step one
I'm barely making sense for now
I'm faking it I'm pseudo making it"
...
"From scratch begin again but this time I as I
And not as we"

"In Praise of the Vunderable Man" is much more like Alanis - talking about her relationships with men and it's fun sounding.

"Moratoriam" is back to the techno sounding stuff and I don't like it.

"Torch" is ballad about, again, remembering someone she was romantically involved with (I assuming Ryan Reynolds). It works as it's pure Alanis singing about her emotions.

The last three are good as well, mostly about renewal after the relationship is over and trying to move on, and could of been placed at the start of the CD.

"Tapes" is very good.

"I'm but thorn in your sweet side"
"You are better off without me"
"It'd be best to leave at once"

I find she is at her best writing about emotions - anger, sadness, fondness and love.

This is her best work since Jagged Little Pill. Some her latest stuff has been a little weird, but not this one. It is great!