GUEST:
ALANIS MORISSETTE CELEBRATES THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF
“JAGGED LITTLE PILL” WITH NEW ACOUSTIC RECORDING, SUMMER TOUR,
AND EXCLUSIVE CD AVAILABILITY AT STARBUCKS.
Alanis Morissette is the youngest artist to ever win the GRAMMY Award for "Album of the Year," at the age of 21.
ALANIS MORISSETTE WILL TALK ABOUT:
n JAGGED LITTLE PILL and JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACCOUSTIC.
Marking the 10th anniversary of Alanis Morissette's critically-acclaimed JAGGED LITTLE PILL, the GRAMMY® Award-winning artist will pair again with the original album's producer and co-composer, Glen Ballard, to record an acoustic version of the album in its entirety. In a unique agreement between Starbucks Hear Music™ and Maverick Records, the album will be sold exclusively in Starbucks Company-operated stores in North America beginning June 13, 2005 - ten years to the date of the original recording's release—and will continue to be sold at Starbucks for six weeks. After the six-week exclusive window has passed, the album will also be available broadly at multiple retail locations beyond Starbucks Company-operated stores in North America.
By creating JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC--a brand new song-for-song rendering of the album that changed her life and the lives of countless others a decade earlier--MORISSETTE was daring to revisit her own history in a fresh musical light. At the same time, she was acknowledging and honoring this significant anniversary of an album that introduced a powerful new young voice to our culture. Using an eclectic group of acoustic instruments--from perapaloshka to maraca, pump organ to pianoforte--and reworking many of the song's harmonies and melodies, MORISSETTE and Ballard have created JAGGED LITTLE PILL ACOUSTIC--an exciting and mature new harmonic convergence. The sound is elegant and contemporary, but as passionate and powerful as ever. The songs on this diamond anniversary acoustic album will appear in the same order as they did on the original album, including the hidden track, "Your House." The CD package will also include extras such as special footage from the original album's era, as well as other bonus features.
More about JAGGED LITTLE PILL:
The 1995 recording, Jagged Little Pill, is recognized as the best-selling debut by a female solo artist, having sold over 30 million copies worldwide, including 14 million in the U.S. The album's undisputed success earned Morissette four GRAMMY® Awards: Album of the Year, Best Female Rock Vocal Performance ("You Oughta Know"), Best Rock Song ("You Oughta Know"), and Best Rock Album. Hailed as "Album of the Decade" by Billboard magazine, Jagged Little Pill resonated deeply with listeners, revealing a talented young artist with a powerful voice and a challenging vision, and managed to make Alanis Morissette the youngest artist to ever win the GRAMMY Award for "Album of the Year," at the age of 21.
n UPCOMING SUMMER TOUR.
Morissette's concert tour will consist of acoustic performances at intimate venues throughout North America during the months of June and July, and will feature Morissette, backed by her current touring band, as she performs all of the songs from JAGGED LITTLE PILL--plus more of her classic hits-- that inspired the music world and pop culture a decade earlier.
CD, b-roll and press kit will be sent to all participating stations.
TO REQUEST A HARD COPY INTERVIEW WITH ALANIS MORISSETTE, CONTACT: RANDI APPELBAUM AT 212-727-1802 OR RANDIA@DMSWIRE.COM