Show Notes

Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill is one of the biggest debut albums of all time – selling 33M copies worldwide and earning Morissette the Grammy for Album of the Year. But you oughta know that just one year prior, Morissette was rejected by every major label, on a plane back home to Ottawa and “deeply depressed.” What changed everything? A spaghetti dinner, sweatpants and a glittery surfboard.

Hope you’ll join us.

Major sources for this episode include:

Medium: “Jagged Little Pill an Essay.” Originally sourced from Alanis.com

CBC: “You Oughta Know: an oral history of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill”

Podcast: Armchair Expert: Alanis Morissette

MTV: “Alanis Morissette Throwback MTV Interview From 1995”

The Guardian: “Alanis Morissette ‘Without therapy, I don’t think I’d still be here’

Macleans: “Alanis Morissette Profile (1999.)” Originally Sourced from The Canadian Encyclopedia.

The Canadian Encyclopedia: “Alanis Morissette” 

Writer & Host: Sidney Hirst-O’Reilly
Executive Producer & Co-Host: Terry O’Reilly
Researcher & Series Producer: Allison Pinches
Director: Callie O’Reilly
Supervising Producer: Debbie O’Reilly
Engineer: Geoff Devine
Theme music: Jeremiah Pick, Casey Pick & James Atin
Tunes: APM Music