This came out in 1999 – or at least that’s when I got it. Here’s what I said about it back then (with some minor editing):
The string sections and acoustic guitars, the tippy-tap drums and hand percussion — if you’ve heard one unplugged album, you’ve pretty much heard ’em all.
That goes double for Alanis’s new offering, which features toned-down, Lilith Fair-y versions of You Learn, Head Over Feet, Ironic and other hits from her two CDs. As if to make up for the cliche format, however, Morissette unveils new material: a dreamy version of The Police’s King Of Pain and three new originals, which meander along in her usual stream-of-consciousness style. It won’t win her any new converts, but at least her fans can play this for the family at the holidays — as long as they skip the steamier bits of You Oughta Know.
