Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie
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| Studio album by Alanis Morissette | ||||
| Released | November 3, 1998 | |||
| Studio | Royaltone Studios, Los Angeles | |||
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| Length | 71:50 | |||
| Label | Maverick, Reprise | |||
| Producer | Glen Ballard, Alanis Morissette | |||
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| Singles from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Robert Christgau | A− |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
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| Slant | |
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie is the fourth studio album and second internationally released album by singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette, released by Maverick Records in the United States on November 3, 1998.
Morissette wrote "Thank U" and "Baba" after her trip to India in 1997. The protagonist of "Baba" goes on a spiritual pilgrimage to India where she encounters a guru who, like many spiritual teachers in India, is referred to as "Baba". The word "Baba" means "father" in the Hindi language. Morissette opened most of shows during the Junkie era with the song, and it was featured as an opener during her 2002 tours. It has been seldom played since then. "Baba" opened Morissette's performance on the television show MTV Unplugged in 1999, but it was excluded from the CD release Alanis Unplugged. Another live version of "Baba" was released on the No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees CD. In a 2012 interview with fans, director Kevin Smith confirmed that "Front Row" was partially inspired by a phone conversation he and Morissette once had. They were mutually attracted to each other but never actually dated. His suggestion of naming the reasons they weren't a couple became part of the lyrics.
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie received positive reviews from music critics. Stephen Thomas Erlewine from Allmusic awarded the album four stars, calling the album a "clear step forward" and concluding that "Morissette is a weird acquired taste, due to her idiosyncratic vocals and doggedly convoluted confessionals -- but it certainly confirms that she doesn't quite sound like anyone else, either." Robert Christgau gave the album an A-. He felt that "Morissette blows up to such a scale" and commented that he felt "privileged to listen along with all the young women whose struggles Morissette blows up to such a scale." Ken Tucker from Entertainment Weekly gave the album B+, complimenting Morissette's new style. He said "I'd counter that Morissette has used her year-plus recording hiatus and newfound star status wisely, in pursuit of a way to make a vulnerable, openhearted album in the face of intense commercial expectations". He also compared some of the tracks to her previous album, Jagged Little Pill. Sal Cinquemani from Slant Magazine gave it a similarly-positive review, awarding it four-and-a-half stars out of five. He complimented Morissette's songwriting, but also felt that "The album is nearly 15 minutes too long (did an ode to her mother, the sweet "Heart Of The House," really need to be made public?), but not one moment of Junkie's 70-plus minutes is less than captivating."
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