April 25, 2026
Alanis Morissette: Growing Up With the Voice of a Generation | The Playlist

One thing I marveled at when we did our 50 For 50 deep dive on Alanis Morissette was her longevity. While she didn't keep making the same juggernaut albums from her younger days, she kept making music. A lot of it. And I got to listen to it; a lot of it for the first time.
Now, Mike Joseph's playlist is going to be mostly songs from those first three albums, but I do think it is important to note that if you think of Alanis as only that young woman who took the world by storm, she's more than that. She made music that grew with her throughout, including the married with kids version of her, which is still going by the way.
Check out Mike's playlist below.
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