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Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (+ Bonus Tracks)

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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!!

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.

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.

I have the Australian import, but that only has one bonus track, a demo of "Uninvited". The Japanese one may have one or two more (common practise to keep the Nikkei going). The original version should have been on the album, but there must not have been room. As for the one I have, I found it in the bargain bin. I listen to this one more than the new or first ones combined.

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.

supposed former infatuation junkie was a great come back for her, after the long anticipated wait for the cd. jagged little pill was great, but sfij was even better! i give this two thumbs up, along with two toes up!!!!

I thought "jagged little pill" was a brilliant album. So when "supposed former infatuation junkie" came out and I listened to it- it was night and day compared to JLP. But this cd shows alanis maturing in her music. She's not AS angry as she was , and she expresses her feelings much differently on this cd. My favorite song is "that I would be good", that song (i think) represents alanis more to me than anyother song she has. ...hey, did you know she wrote that song in her closet?

what i'm TRYING to say is- that supposed former infatuation junkie is a very good cd to cry to, relate to, rock to, dance to, and sing along with!

words can not explain this album, buy it. i swear too you after a few listens youll be hooked