Best of Alanis: what would you put?

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

I want to make a Best Of Alanis CD but I'm unsure as to what to put on it so I decided to ask for the opinion of you guys. What are your favourite Alanis songs, new and old? I'm not looking specifically for singles, hits and releases but all of her stuff. What are your 10 favourites? I'll prolly pick from your guys' votes.

[singingsparrow]

Is this an Alanis Morissette Greatest Hits you want or a The Best of Alanis Morissette?

If it's a Greatest Hits, here's how I'd run it:

I'd make the CD 18 tracks actually.

I'm still working on the order of the tracks (unless she wants a chronological run of her career. But I'd take 16 from her four albums:

*****Jagged Little Pill*****

1: You Oughta Know
2: Ironic
3: Hand In My Pocket
4: You Learn
5: Head Over Feet


(6: Uninvited (From City of Angels Motion Picture Soundtrack)

*****Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie*****

7: Thank U
8: Unsent
9: So Pure

(10: That I Would Be Good (Unplugged Version)

*****Under Rug Swept*****

11: Hands Clean
12: Precious Illusions
13: 21 Things I Want In A Lover

*****So-Called Chaos*****

14: Everything
15: Eight Easy Steps
16: Excuses
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(and the last two tracks should either be two new recordings, or one new recording and a fan favorite. In other words, have a poll for fans to pick their favorite non-single from Alanis as the bonus track.)
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If it's a Best Of you want, it's best to follow your heart and go by what YOU think her best is. Chances are most of your favorites of her are, in fact, not singles.

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[Edf85]

Best of Alanis?
I'd only put the Jagged Little Pill singles.

[Devil Marlena Nylund]

Well, I could go all hits and releases but that would be limiting as half of my Alanis favourites are non-releases but at the same time there are too many for one CD. Here are some of the songs (non-releases) I'm choosing from:

Unforgiven
Wake Up
Joining You
Narcissus
Still
No Pressure Over Cappaccino
Princes Familiar
King Of Pain
So Called Chaos
All Is Through
Not All Me
Doth I Protest Too Much

As well as some unreleased b-sides like
Unawakened Americans
Symptoms

Add those to some of her hits
You Learn
You Oughta Know
Uninvited
So Pure
Thank U
Precious Illusions

[irice22]

A non-release I would put on is "Not the Doctor."

[singingsparrow]

irice22 said:

A non-release I would put on is "Not the Doctor."

"Utopia" is also a good one.

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[Miguelín]

You Oughta Know
Hand In My Pocket
Ironic
You Learn
Head Over Feet
Thank You
Uninvited
Joining You
So Pure
That I would Be Good (acoustic)
Hands Clean
Precious Ilusions
Everything

And maybe something more out of "Jagged Little pill"

[singingsparrow]

Miguel said:

You Oughta Know
Hand In My Pocket
Ironic
You Learn
Head Over Feet
Thank You
Uninvited
Joining You
So Pure
That I would Be Good (acoustic)
Hands Clean
Precious Ilusions
Everything

And maybe something more out of "Jagged Little pill"

My only criticism of this arrangement is that "Jagged Little Pill" seems to dominate, with "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" squeezing almost the rest of the album.

So it feels a bit disproportionate. Even if some singles weren't "hits" from her last two albums, it helps to put variety in a Hits package by more evenly arranging the tracks from the albums.

That's why I thought her ideal Hits package should be more tracks so it can work in the even distribution. Indeed all five hits from "Jagged Little Pill" should be there, but leaving only one track from "So-Called Chaos" doesn't quite do the longevity of her career justice, even if its far from par of her debut.

By the way, "All I Really Want" was the sixth single from the album and didn't hit like her first five did but still got decent Alternative play. That could work! :)

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[Miguelín]

SingingSparrow said:

My only criticism of this arrangement is that "Jagged Little Pill" seems to dominate, with "Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie" squeezing almost the rest of the album.

So it feels a bit disproportionate. Even if some singles weren't "hits" from her last two albums, it helps to put variety in a Hits package by more evenly arranging the tracks from the albums.

That's why I thought her ideal Hits package should be more tracks so it can work in the even distribution. Indeed all five hits from "Jagged Little Pill" should be there, but leaving only one track from "So-Called Chaos" doesn't quite do the longevity of her career justice, even if its far from par of her debut.

By the way, "All I Really Want" was the sixth single from the album and didn't hit like her first five did but still got decent Alternative play. That could work! :)

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

Well, you mean something like The Counting Crows did: putting two new singles (She don't want nobody near, Freind Of the devil), the non-single tracks (Anna Begins, Holiday in Spain, Recovering The Satelites), and some of their hits... that could be great.

[singingsparrow]

Miguel said:

Well, you mean something like The Counting Crows did: putting two new singles (She don't want nobody near, Freind Of the devil), the non-single tracks (Anna Begins, Holiday in Spain, Recovering The Satelites), and some of their hits... that could be great.

That's one way. Definitely! :)

Or just make sure there's about the same number of selected tracks off each album. "Jagged Little Pill" should definitely have the advantage, but when an artist wants to make a Hits collection and has four albums, you may go like 4-4-3-3 or 5-3-3-3, something like that.

Sincerely,
Noah Eaton

[Gorminako]

Her outstanding songs are "You Oughta Know" (what a way to debut! Sure got people's attention!), "Uninvited", and "Joining You" "You Learn" is pretty good, too.

[jond7699]

Here are the ten must haves on any Alanis greatest hits cd

1: "You Oughta Know"
2: "Ironic"
3: "Hand In My Pocket"
4: "Uninvited"
5: "Hands Clean"
6: "Everything"
7: "So Pure"
8: "Thank U"
9: "You Learn"
10: "That I Would Be Good"