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8.0
45582
8.0 |
Paste Magazine
Her familiar midrange vibrato quivers, offering strength and comfort in whatever life might bring
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7.0
45455
7.0 |
BBC
There are 90s-style drum loops, mournful strings, heavy guitars on the choruses, dashes of light electronica, and some Middle Eastern flourishes
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6.0
45484
6.0 |
Q
Morissette's most inviting album in a long, long time. Print edition only
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6.0
45457
6.0 |
The Arts Desk
It seems by trying to cover all possible bases, Morissette has actually stopped Havoc and Bright Lights being the four-star album it should have been. Isn't that ironic?
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6.0
45458
6.0 |
All Music
As soothing as a Sunday afternoon nap or a warm bath: it's music for when you know you're right where you want to be
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6.0
45531
6.0 |
Rolling Stone
Alanis Morissette recently gave birth to her first child, so her seventh LP brings the mama drama
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6.0
45590
6.0 |
Consequence Of Sound
The album might lack a “Mary Jane” or an “Ironic”, but it still has a few of those moments
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6.0
45654
6.0 |
The Irish Times
There is much to like here, not least her maturing reflections on marriage and motherhood and a newfound sense of melody, which sidelines clunking stridency in favour of snagging choruses
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6.0
45686
6.0 |
Evening Standard
Her songwriting is at its sharpest and most focused in years
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5.0
45605
5.0 |
PopMatters
It’s hard to rip Alanis apart because everything she sings is sung with a genuine sincerity as if to suggest that she really is the first person to come to such universal conclusions
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5.0
45524
5.0 |
Slant Magazine
Almost too polite to impose itself
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5.0
45585
5.0 |
The Digital Fix
In stark contrast to the recent Fiona Apple album, which showcased a fellow 90s female singer/songwriter making some bold moves, this is just much too safe
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4.0
46208
4.0 |
The Observer
For the most part these songs are entirely lacking in bite
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4.0
45462
4.0 |
The Scotsman
For a bunch of songs which were written in the first flush of motherhood, there is not much sense of anything going on outside of her own head
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4.0
45480
4.0 |
Uncut
A largely unlistenable effort. Print edition only
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3.0
45493
3.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
Not even some admittedly slick production can drag this out of the mire
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2.0
45456
2.0 |
Independent on Sunday
Lead single "Guardian" is American Idol fodder, setting the tone for more tedious MOR
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2.0
45482
2.0 |
NME
A slew of hackneyed teenage poetry, trowelled into a bed of sift-rock cliché. Print edition only
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