Flavors Of Entanglement From:Alanis Morissette , Warner Brothers ,
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0093624986362
Format: Deluxe Edition
Label: Warner Brothers
Manufacturer: Warner Brothers
Number Of Discs: 2
Packaged Height: 55 hundredths-inches
Packaged Length: 551 hundredths-inches
Packaged Weight: 53 hundredths-pounds
Packaged Width: 488 hundredths-inches
Publisher: Warner Brothers
Release Date: 2008-06-10
Studio: Warner Brothers
Product Description:
Though the mainstream might have all but abandoned Alanis Morrissette since her mid-90s breakthrough as the MTV grunge generation’s Madonna, she has forged on with a handful of albums of a reasonably steely consistency, although even kindly ears would recognize her output since Jagged Little Pill as reduced strength versions of that celebrated album. Its slightly convoluted follow up, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, remains her most intriguing if long-winded work, and with her most recent record (2004’s So Called Chaos) more or less finding peace with itself--filing down the angsty internal dialogues and sounding almost content even at its loudest points--the future seemed to be heading on a downward spiral. But talk about an about turn. With Flavours Of Entanglement the bronco is very much bucking once more, often causing whiplash-inducing stylistic swerves. "Citizen Of The Planet" opens the album, erupting out of eastern strings and a sequenced underlay with blunt, compressed guitars and thumping beats, sweeping through desolate plains previously inhabited by nu metal fantasists Evanescence. The dark tension is upheld through the robotic techno of "Straightjacket" and dark string-laden drum ‘n’ bass of "Moratorium." Landing amid the lonely Tori Amos balladry of "Not As We," Texas-pop of "In Praise Of The Vulnerable Man," and the more typical Alanis fare of "Underneath," this is an often unsettlingly mixed bag achieving varying levels of success, but it is also probably her most emotionally satisfying work for a decade. -- James Berry
Customer Reviews:
 Flawless - best since Jagged Little Pill, 2009-01-03
As an avid Alanis fan since '91, I own each and every one of her albums (the original disc, not digital copies), and I have memorized just about every track she's ever recorded. LOL (I'm not psychotic I promise) And I can tell you, based on my thorough familiarity with Alanis' recording career, that Flavors of Entanglement is neck-in-neck with Jagged Little Pill. Until now, she has never been able to re-create that magic she sparked with JLP. She now is exploring different avenues of synthesizers, drum machines, heavy-bass dance tracks, etc., and she masters it effortlessly. It's as if the lyrics are like a 'Jagged Little Pill pt. 2' and the music is just a brilliant orchestra of color set to a modern sound. She opens up on songs like 'Tapes', 'Not As We', and 'Madness', and we come to learn why we love her so much! It's really a quite magnificent record, and I am so proud of her! GET IT IF YOU DON'T HAVE IT! :-)
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