Star Profile

Star Profile (Interview Series), Alanis Morissette | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 14, 1999)
• Original Release Date: September 14, 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Point Records
• ASIN: B00001IVK7
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #775,510 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's okay., October 29, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Star Profile (Audio CD)

This is an okay CD, because it's got HEAPS of information about Alanis' life. But it lost two stars because of the interviewer! She speaks so quickly she gets annoying. Get it if you think you will DIE without hearing Alanis talking about her own life, but if you're not that worried, just forget it. Besides, it's not up-to-date anymore anyway.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly informative, June 2, 2000

By 

Josh Mitchell - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Profile (Audio CD)

Believe me folks, this is one of the best things you can purchase if you want to know more about the fabulous Alanis Morissette. It doesn't go into great detail but it has every major event that has taken place in her life and is very helpful for someone who isn't (or possibly someone who is) very familiar with Alanis Morissette to start off with.

This, my friends, is actually a book and a CD in one. The book has 100 pages stocked with tons of Alanis Morissette photographs(very great for the "true Alanis fan") and it is divided into eight truly informative chapters about this brilliant singer. At the end of the book there is discography about Alanis Morissette's CD's, even the ones only released in Canda that occured before the international Jagged LIttle Pill. The CD is also divided into eight chapters and follows the same information as the book, for the most part, but each has different facts than the other. On the CD, there is a female interviewer asking Alanis Morissette questions that a lot of people seem to want to know and I was interested by Alanis's eloquent responses. The fist chapter (of both the book and CD) is about Morissette's childhood and her being a prodigy at such an early age and goes briefly into her debut single "Fate Stay With Me." The success of her very first album in Canda was covered in the second chapter and the making of her second album and introduction to Glen Ballard, her furutre partner in music, is covered in the third chapter. Chapter Four was concerned with the making (but not release) of her Morissette's album Jagged Little Pill. Chapter five deals with the content of her dynamic, passionate album and how the public responded to her first international single: "You Oughta Know." The sixth chapter conveys the extreme success and popularity of Jagged Little Pill and how people started to view Alanis. Seven is about the strange and tragic reclusiveness of Alanis after her success and touring. Maintaining such a low profile during these years led people to wonder if she would ever do music again. But, she proved them all wrong when Alanis Morissette, released her popular, souful album Suppssed former Infatuation Junkie (which is all in the last chapter). There you have it: a very talented artist like Alanis Morissette being interviewed about her life. Truly remarkable and a suggested gift for a fan. Get Alanis's Star Profile and I think you'll probably enjoy it. If nothing else, it is a very good piece of memorabilia for someone who likes ALanis.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's OK, June 7, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Star Profile (Audio CD)

Sorry Alanis! I'm a huge fan of hers however, i'm going to be perfectly honest and say this is not the best. The reason i'm giving it 3 stars is because the information is good. It basically has alanis' whole life on it with clips of interviews with her. This is nice because you actually get to hear alanis talk about her life rather than this cd being a person going on and on on her career. The reasons why it lost two stars is because the pictures are repetitious. if you're looking for a lot of new pictures, you won't find them here. Most pages are a blown up picture and next to it, a focused portion of that same picture in a box. Also, the picture you see on let's say, page 4, you'll end up seeing on page 28, and 62. the SAME picture. so it's not 100 pages of various photos. it's morelike 30 pics (MAX) rearranged or placed in different sections of the booklet. If you're a big fan of alanis (know her life and career , inside and out) don't get it! waste of money, unless you really want to hear her voice (reason why i bought it :) However, if you're a new fan, pick it up definitely. you'll get to see those photos that you've never seen before and you'll also get some really good info on alanis' life, and stories of her life told by alanis herself!