Mobile Fidelity  UDSACD2284

Stereo Hybrid

Pop/Rock

Alanis Morissette


Alanis Morissette Delivers the Equivalent of a Spiritual Awakening on Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie: Introspective Themes and Compassionate Emotions on Eastern-Tinged Album Have Grown More Relevant

Alanis Morissette refuses to adhere toconvention on Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie. While most artists follow-up their breakthrough with an album that closely parallels the approaches that helped make them famous, the maverick singer-songwriter stayed true to herself and drew inspiration from travel to India before she began the recording sessions. As much as the preceding Jagged Little Pill put her on the global radar, Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie confirmed her role as a vital generational voice — and proved her blockbuster success was no fluke. Having set a mark for most sales of an LP in its debut week by a female artist, the 1998 smash remains a pop-rock staple.

Sourced from the original master tapes, strictly limited to 3,000 numbered copies, and housed in mini-LP-style packaging, Mobile Fidelity’s hybrid SACD of Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie presents the triple-platinum LP in audiophile sound. Benefitting from an enhanced coherence and clarity that befit the album’s nearly 72-minute length, this disc plays with richer detail, sharper focus, and broader dynamics than prior versions. Those traits are key given Morissette’s use of more textured and atmospheric soundscapes, not to mention her evolution into a more nuanced and controlled singer. Similarly, the scale and reach of David Campbell’s string arrangements come across as orchestrations should. Ditto the synth-based architecture shaped by producer Glen Ballard.