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Alanis Morissette: Under Rug Swept era (2002-2004)
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What part of history's reinvented and under rug swept?:
What part of your memory's selective and tends to forget?:
What with this distance it seems so obvious?
:- from the song "Hands Clean"
In 2002, after a four-year absence, Alanis Morissette released her third international studio album Under Rug Swept
, with the notable absence of Jagged Little Pill
and Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie collaborator Glen Ballard. For the first time, Morissette took on the role of sole writer and producer.
The album spawned the hit single "Hands Clean". The song's multi-layered lyrics told the story of a young Morissette's affair with an older man from two points of view:
:
You're essentially an employee, and I like you having to depend on me:
You're a kind of protégé, and one day you'll say you learned all you know from me:
I know you depend on me like a young thing would to a guardian:
I know you sexualize me like a young thing would and I think I like it
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 chart, and sold close to a million copies in the United States alone, even though only one song from the album received any substantial radio airplay. Despite eleven very well-received songs, Maverick Records only released two of them as singles, a move criticized by many fans.
The album was overlooked by the Grammy Awards, most likely due to its release date, but Morissette won yet another Juno Award for Producer of the Year.
In December 2002, Morissette released a dual CD/DVD combination package,
Feast on Scraps, which included live concert footage and eight previously unreleased songs from the Under Rug Swept recording sessions. The album was nominated for a Juno for Music DVD of the Year.
In September 2003, Morissette made headlines for supposedly exclaiming, "Thank you, Brazil!" after a show in Lima, Peru. Morissette and her concert attenders later indicated that she had in fact said, "Thank you, bless you", but by then the damage to her reputation had already been done.
In November 2003, Morissette appeared in the off-Broadway play
The Exonerated as Sunny Jacobs, a death row inmate freed after proof surfaced that she didn't commit the crime.
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NewsiTunes Blocked in China; Tibet Album Suspected
Itunes Customers in China were unable to download songs this week and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album, "Songs for Tibet," with music by Sting, Alanis Morissette, Garbage and others, and a 15-minute talk by the Dalai Lama, the exiled Tibetan leader.
Published: Fri, 22 Aug 2008 12:36:00 GMT - Source: News.Wired.Com - Read the article
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