Alanis Morissette’s greatest hits album gets vinyl debut

Internationally renowned singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette has taken her two-decade-old jampacked greatest hits CD, The Collection, and has given it its vinyl debut.

The Collection is available now as a 2-LP ($34.98) on black vinyl and is available for purchase here. A transparent grape-vinyl version ($34.98) is available exclusively from Target, as well as a crystal-clear version at your local indie retailer.

The Collection covers the seven-time Grammy® Award-winner’s career between 1995 and 2005, when the Canadian popstar first broke out in the States. It includes a handful of Morissette’s well-known singles, several soundtrack selections, and her performance of Seal’s hit “Crazy,” which debuted on The Collection in 2005.

Five songs from her #1 album, Jagged Little Pill (1995), appear on the set, including the smash singles “You Oughta Know,” “Ironic,” and “You Learn.” The album catapulted Morissette to global stardom, earning her five Grammy® awards, including Album of the Year. The record was certified 16x platinum, selling over 33 million copies worldwide. It is the 16^th best-selling album of all time in the U.S. and the third best-selling album by a female artist.

Morissette returned in 1998 with the triple-platinum album Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, which is represented on The Collection by a trio of songs, including the Top 20 hit “Thank You.” “Hands Clean” from her 2002 platinum album, Under Rug Swept, is featured along with “Eight Easy Steps” from 2004’s So-Called Chaos.

Several songs on The Collection weren’t released on Morissette’s studio albums, like “Princes Familiar” from her 1999 gold-certified MTV Unplugged album and “Sister Blister” from the 2002 compilation Feast on Scraps. A few of the singer’s soundtrack contributions are featured here, including “Still” from Kevin Smith’s 1999 film, Dogma, where Morissette played the role of God.

The Collection 2-LP Track Listing:

Side One

1. “Thank You”
2. “Head Over Feet”
3. “Eight Easy Steps”
4. “Everything”
5. “Crazy” – James Michael Mix

Side Two

1. “Ironic”
2. “Princes Familiar”
3. “You Learn”
4. “Simple Together”
5. “You Oughta Know”

Side Three

1. “That I Would Be Good”
2. “Sister Blister”
3. “Hands Clean”
4. “Mercy” – From The Prayer Cycle

Side Four

1. “Still”
2. “Uninvited”
3. “Let’s Do It (Let’s Fall In Love)”
4. “Hand In My Pocket”
5. “So Unsexy” – Vancouver Sessions 2004