Flavors of Entanglement

Flavors of Entanglement
Alanis Morissette's studio album
Publication (s)	May 30, 2008 United Kingdom
admission	2005-2006
Label (s)	Maverick
Genre (s)	Pop rock , alternative rock
Title (number)	11 + 5
running time	46:14
production	Guy Sigsworth
chronology Alanis Morissette: The Collection (2005) Flavors of Entanglement Havoc and Bright Lights (2012)
Single releases 2008 Underneath 2008 In Praise of the Vulnerable Man 2008 Not as We

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Flavors of Entanglement   DE 8th 06/13/2008 (12 weeks)   AT 3 06/13/2008 (12 weeks)   CH 1 06/15/2008 (16 weeks)   UK 15th 06/14/2008 (3 weeks)   US 8th 06/28/2008 (11 weeks)

Singles

Underneath   DE 46 06/06/2008 (9 weeks)   AT 20th 06/06/2008 (8 weeks)   CH 16 06/08/2008 (12 weeks)

Flavors of Entanglement is the seventh studio album by the Canadian - American singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette . In Germany , Ireland and the Benelux countries it was released on May 30th, internationally on June 2nd and in the USA on June 10th 2008. In the German-speaking countries and in the USA the album reached top ten positions in the Charts , in Great Britain it came to position 15.

Emergence

In March 2005, Morissette told Billboard Magazine that she was ready to get started on a new project. She has already filled four notebooks with material, usually after two she starts working on an album. In October 2006, in an interview with TV Guide , she announced that the number of fully written notebooks had risen to seven and that she would start working in the studio in the next few weeks. At the same time, she described her relationship with actor Ryan Reynolds as conjugal and suggested that they would get married sooner or later. Morissette and Reynolds met in 2002 and dated for two years before dating in 2004. They had temporarily separated in June 2006, but then got back together. However, in early February 2007 they announced their final split. Reynolds subsequently entered into a relationship with Scarlett Johansson . During the split, Morissette was already working on Flavors of Entanglement . The personal crisis had a strong influence on the progress of the work.

Morissette hired Guy Sigsworth , known for his work for Björk , Seal and Madonna, as producer .

subjects

In an interview with Rolling Stone , Morissette described the album as a mixture of “friendliness and ease”, comparable to So-Called Chaos, her studio album from 2004. In addition, there is the feeling that one grips during the realization of the rock bottom to be. The album contains texts with autobiographical references, in particular to the artist's personal relationships. At the same time, it addresses political conflicts, Morissette told Billboard magazine . She said: “ Really, in the end, the personal struggles are political. Our emotions align themselves with larger symptomatic things in the world. "(German:" Ultimately, our personal conflicts are political. Our emotions are geared towards larger, significant things in the world. ")

Musical style

Flavors of Entanglement is assigned to the genres of pop rock and alternative rock .

Morissette found a higher proportion of technical influences on the sound in her work compared to her previous work. She attributes the result of her work a high level of suitability as dance music: “ I love to dance so there's a lot of loops and beats on this record where you can dance your face off. ” (German: “I love to dance, that's why there are a lot of loops and beats that are really good to dance to. ”) Stylistically, she classifies the work as“ techno but organic ”(German:“ Techno , but organic ”).

In return for this self-assessment, the All Music Guide denies the album to be electronic dance music in one sentence: “ […] this is no dance record. ”(German:“ […] this is not a record with dance music. ”) The influence of producer Guy Sigsworth can be clearly heard in drum loops and the vocals, which are electronically changed in places; the album remains pop-rock for adults. The criticism of the magazine Blender says that Sigsworth gave the album a little Euro dance , but that it does not tie in with the musical lightness of its predecessors, but rather reminds of the power of their early works. Sigworth's synthesizer beats would only keep the melodies from sounding too gloomy.

Track list

1. Citizen of the Planet - 4:22
2. Underneath - 4:07
3. Straitjacket - 3:08
4. Versions of Violence - 3:36
5. Not as We - 4:45
6. In Praise of the Vulnerable Man - 4:07
7. Moratorium - 5:35
8. Torch - 4:50
9. Giggling Again for No Reason - 3:48
10. Tapes - 4:26
11. Incomplete - 3:30

CD 2: (Deluxe Edition)

1. Orchid - 4:21
2. The Guy Who Leaves - 4:12
3. Madness - 6:21
4. Limbo No More - 5:21
5. On The Tequila - 3:42

Selected critic voices

Critics reacted mostly positively to the album. It is often praised - mostly with reference to Morissette's separation from her partner - that the artist has abandoned the streamlined and light-heartedness of the last albums Under Rug Swept and So-Called Chaos and found the emotional power that made her early work Jagged Little Pill so successful have. Reference is made several times in this context to You Oughta Know , the first single from Jagged Little Pill , in which Morissette morally denounced her ex-partner at the time. In comparison with the debut album 13 years ago, the Boston Globe found that Morissette's approach to her pain, but also her work as a whole, has developed further. He continues: “ […] rather than catharsis, we get a healthy balance of heartbreak and self-affirmation. ”(German:“ […] rather than a catharsis we get a healthy balance between a broken heart and self-affirmation. ”) The critic of Entertainment Weekly also recognizes in Flavors of Entanglement “ the same kind of passion that fueled […] Jagged Little Pill ”(German:“ the same passion that drove […] Jagged Little Pill ”), but wonders whether Morissette is not writing too often for a 34-year-old in the theatrical manner of a feverish young art student who believes no one has ever suffered as he suffered. On the other hand, the critic of Slant Magazine sees a problem in Morissette's maturation process, her work has lost its emotional stability and clout, the ballads, formerly Morissette's trademark, have become banal. The critique of the Ottawa Citizen discovers a balance in the interaction of content-heavy texts and modern electronic influences, which it praises as yin-yang dynamics. The album is summarized as the artist's new beginning: “ In Alanis-speak, Flavors of Entanglement marks the rebirth of a self-contained human being after being engulfed in the cocoon of coupledom. Clearly, these songs helped her break free. "(German:" In Alanis-speaking: Flavors of Entanglement marks the rebirth of an independent person who was locked in the cocoon of being a couple. These songs certainly helped [Morissette] to free himself. ")

The music magazine Paste assesses this combination differently . Accordingly, the progressive sound of Sigsworth unfortunately did not manage to dominate the album, instead a chewing gum-like chorus ruined the song Underneath . Morissette's coping with separation sounded much more convincing in You Oughta Know . The criticism of the music webzine PopMatters goes even further : Flavors of Entanglement is fascinating because it is an unsettling bunch that only has a few of the characteristics that are appreciated in Alanis Morissette. Lyrically, her focus has changed from true knowledge to identifying personal demons, and in the past she was able to dig deeper from a therapeutic point of view. Also, her big voice no longer pushes itself into the center of attention as usual, she is now fighting with swirling, futuristic beats and pounding dance numbers. For the Guardian, Caroline Sullivan portrays this heaviness of pop as the positive thing about the album. She is happy about “ nifty ” (German: “chic”) music that reminds her of Depeche Mode and Kylie Minogue . Mark Edwards of the Sunday edition of the Times also highlights Sigsworth's achievement, who has managed to work out some decent melodies; the refrain of In Praise of the Vulnerable Man is strong enough to make the listener forget the text.

Sales figures and awards

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	10,000
All in all	1 × gold	10,000

Main article: Alanis Morissette / Music Sales Awards

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Sources chart placements: DE / AT / CH (accessed on July 12, 2010)
2. ↑ Flavors of Entanglement in the Official UK Charts (English)
3. ↑ Underneath in the Official UK Charts (English)
4. ↑ Chene Chaning: Sneak Peek Review: Alanis Morissette's "Flavors of Entanglement". May 22, 2008, archived from the original on July 23, 2009 ; accessed on July 12, 2010 (English). 
5. ↑ 10 Years On, Alanis Unplugs 'Little Pill'. In: Internet presence of Billboard . Retrieved July 10, 2010 (English). 
6. ^ Mary Murphy: Will Alanis Morissette and Nip / Tuck's Liz Make Beautiful Music Together? In: TV Guide . October 31, 2006, accessed July 10, 2010 (English, interview). 
7. ↑ Julie Jordan: Alanis Morissette, Ryan Reynolds End Engagement. In: Internet presence of People . February 2, 2007, accessed July 10, 2010 . 
8. ↑ ^{a b} She’s 32 flavors and then some. In: Internet presence of the Boston Globe . June 10, 2008, accessed July 12, 2010 . 
9. ^ ^{A b} Paul Schrodt: Alanis Morissette: Flavors of Entanglement. In: Slant Magazine . June 9, 2008, accessed July 12, 2010 . 
10. ^ ^{A b} Leah Greenblatt: Flavors of Entanglement . In: Entertainment Weekly . No. 997 , June 13, 2008 ( article online [accessed July 12, 2010]).
11. ^ ^{A b} Daniel Kreps: Alanis Morissette Gets Dancey and Personal on Next LP, Plots Next "Humps" -Like Parody. In: Internet presence of Rolling Stone . November 1, 2007, accessed July 10, 2010 . 
12. ↑ Morissette Experiments With New 'Flavors'. In: Internet presence of Billboard Magazine . Retrieved July 10, 2010 (English). 
13. ↑ Jon Dolan: I'm a Tool . In: Blender . December 2007, p. 54 ( Article online ( memento of July 18, 2011 in the web archive archive.today ) [accessed on July 12, 2010]). I'm a Tool ( Memento of the original from July 18, 2011 in the web archive archive.today ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
14. ↑ ^{a b} Stephen Thomas Erlewine: Flavors of Entanglement. In: Allmusic . Retrieved July 10, 2010 (English). 
15. ^ Rob Sheffield: Flavors of Entanglement (Review). In: Blender's website . June 10, 2008, archived from the original on September 23, 2009 ; Retrieved July 10, 2010 (English). 
16. ^ Flavors of Entanglement. In: Metacritic . Retrieved July 12, 2010 . 
17. ↑ Flavors of a jagged little pill. (No longer available online.) In: Ottawa Citizen . June 6, 2008, archived from the original on August 27, 2012 ; accessed on July 12, 2010 (English). Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
18. ^ Dan Frazier: Tangled up in boooo. In: Internet presence of Paste . Retrieved July 12, 2010 . 
19. ↑ Quentin B. Huff: Flavors of Characterization. In: PopMatters . June 13, 2008, accessed July 12, 2010 . 
20. ↑ Caroline Sullivan: Alanis Morissette, Flavors of Entanglement. In: Guardian website . Retrieved July 12, 2010 . 
21. ^ Mark Edwards: Alanis Morissette: Flavors of Entanglement. In: The Sunday Times . June 1, 2008, accessed July 12, 2010 .