Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (+Bonus Tracks) [Extra tracks, Import]

Alanis Morissette | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 9, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Wea International
• ASIN: B00000I2VF
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• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #156,213 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Front Row

2. Baba

3. Thank U

4. Are You Still Mad

5. Sympathetic Character

6. That I Would Be Good

7. The Couch

8. Can't Not

9. UR

10. I Was Hoping

11. One

12. Would Not Come

13. Unsent

14. So Pure

15. Joining You

16. Heart of the House

17. Your Congratulations

Editorial Reviews

Japanese edition of her sophomore outing for Maverick/Warner Brothers with a demo version of her 'City Of Angels'smash 'Uninvited' added as a bonus track. 18 tracks total,also including the hit single 'Thank U'. 1998 Maverick/Warner Brothers release. The full title is 'Supposed FormerInfatuation Junkie'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars EXCELLENT, October 28, 2000

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scruniel (QLD, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (+Bonus Tracks) (Audio CD)

Alanis has come up with another SPECTACULAR album!! Some people say that "SFIJ" isn't as good as Alanis' last album, "Jagged Little Pill", but I reckon it's HEAPS better! At first I didn't like the album, but then I just kept listening to it and now I love it!! My advice to people who don't like this album at first is keep listening to it, and you will eventually love it as much as I do!!

PS. Don't expect too much of the "Uninvited" Demo: it's only Alanis singing with a piano. You're better off buying the "City Of Angels" soundtrack so you can have the real version complete with all of the instruments!!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Even If You Didn't Like Her First Album: This One Is Great!, April 4, 1999

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Bjorn Clasen (Rolléngergronn, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, Europe) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (+Bonus Tracks) (Audio CD)

I can't stand Alanis' first album "Jagged Little Pill" - so much more surprised am I about "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie"! It is a brilliant album, showing rocking, sexy, sensitive, bitchy, jazzy... MUSICALly genius sides of this Canadian mega talent. One of the best albums released this year.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Cult Masterpiece for the Chosen Few : Alanis' Best Album, January 22, 2008

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Cabir Marc Davis (Amazon) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (+Bonus Tracks) (Audio CD)

Ten years later, its good to see that this album is finally garnering the critical acclaim and the cult status that was due to it ten years ago. While the masses will forever remember "Jagged Little Pill", this album remains the definitive Alanis album, for various reasons.

First, its her longest album. On subsequent releases, such as "Under Rug Swept", we were left wondering why she had halved the length of her albums entirely. This one, on the other hand has so many good tracks and is a 'long player' in the best sense of that term. Lead Single "Thank U" is best remembered for the controversial video (at the time), but in fact it is a welcome shift of pace for Alanis, as her music became more alternative and melodious, as compared to "Jagged Little Pill" which was a more straightforward pop-rock album.

However, the standouts here are simply stellar. My personal favorite has to be "So Pure" - an Alanis track that deserves to be called one of her Top 3 tunes, by far. This album also remains the only one in her catalog where every song is catchy - the verses are memorable, the choruses even more so. There is a wonderful balance between the ballads and the more rock-oriented songs, and the lyricism was at its' peak here, as Alanis put aside the schoolgirl sentiments of JLP and plunged head-on into the messy emotional turmoil that pervades ones' space once a relationship ends. No holds barred, but this also leads to some very, very interesting songs - such as "The Couch", and the cult favorite "Unsent" - a song on which Alanis literally reads out love letters to various boys, in order of their importance in her life. Unique.

The second-best track here, after "So Pure" is the infectious "UR". This is a song that deserves to be heard more, and now it has been relegated to Alanis' list of tracks that no one knows about. Seek this album out just for this track and you'll be thanking me for years to come. Similar in structure to "UR" is the grungier pop-rock track "Would Not Come". The message here is ambiguous, but this is my third favorite track on this record. I first bought this album back in the day when I didn't have a CD Player, so it had to be on cassette. These days, of course, I have it on my Ipod, and one is ever so grateful for that.

If you aren't a fan of Alanis' more 'hard' sound, then this album also contains various tracks that could be classified as 'ballads', if we must. The best of this is "Heart of the House" and its tuneful refrain of "All Hail the Goddess". "That I would be Good" is another slower track, and its great that the slow tracks come after three or four more hard-hitting songs, as the tempo is eased at the right moment. The song transitions here are really very well thought-out.

Alanis herself would never make an album this inspired. To call this 'epic' is an understatement. It remains the artists' most clear representation of her own state of mind, and her lyrics here were honest, forthright, and not at all muddled or confused. While she would go on to make songs that could rival anything on this CD (such as "Uninvited"), as an ALBUM this is unequalled in Alanis' own catalog. Get this with high expectations, and you'll reap rich rewards.

A Five Star Masterpiece. An Essential Recording.