Alanis Morissette – The Collection (2xLP)

Alanis Morissette's The Collection finally brought her 2005 greatest-hits set to vinyl in 2023, giving this decade-spanning overview its first appearance on the format. The compilation focuses on the years from 1995 to 2005, the period when Morissette moved from the commercial breakthrough of Jagged Little Pill into a more introspective and varied body of work, and it usefully shows that her catalogue was bigger than the handful of songs most often tied to the 90s.

Rather than stopping at the obvious singles, it gathers key hits with soundtrack recordings, rarities and one notable cover. Songs such as “Ironic,” “You Oughta Know” and “Hand In My Pocket” anchor the set, while “Uninvited” reflects her reach beyond the studio albums through its association with City of Angels. Elsewhere, the tracklist pulls in “Still” from Dogma, “Sister Blister” from Feast on Scraps, and Morissette’s version of Seal’s “Crazy,” making this more than a straightforward radio roundup.

That wider sweep is what makes The Collection appealing on vinyl: it sketches the arc from the public, hook-heavy Alanis of the mid-90s to the more reflective songwriter heard on later releases. For anyone who knows the singles but not the deeper corners of her catalogue, this set works as both a refresher and a fuller portrait of how her writing changed across that first major decade.