Alanis Morissette (5,953 views)

[ama]

Alanis Nadine Morissette
Vocal Range: B♭2 – E♭6

Significant High Notes:
E♭6 ("All I Really Want" Live in 2019)
D6 ("Can’t Not")
C6 ("Spoon")
B5 ("Can’t Not", "Nemesis" "Spoon", "Wake Up")
A5 ("No", "Predator", "Utopia")
G♯5 ("edge of evolution", "So Unsexy")
G5 ("A Man", "Mary Jane", "Sorry 2 Myself", "Tapes", "Utopia")
F♯5 ("Ironic" Acoustic, "Missing the Miracle", "Reasons I Drink", "Still", "Tapes")
F5 ("All I Really Want", "Fear of Bliss", "Giggling Again for No Reason", "receive", "’til you", "Utopia", "You Learn")
E5 ("Can’t Not", "Comfort", "Forgiven", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "Joining You", "King of Intimidation", "Knees of My Bees", "A Man", "Missing the Miracle", "The Morning", "No Pressure over Cappuccino" Live MTV Unplugged, "Not the Doctor", "One", "Out Is Through" "Perfect", "Predator", "Right Through You", "Sister Blister", "So Unsexy", "Sorry 2 Myself", "Surrendering", "Sympathetic Character", "Underneath", "Unprodigal Daughter", "Wake Up", "Would Not Come")
E♭5 ("Baba", "Death of Cinderella", "Eight Easy Steps", "Excuses", "guardian", "The Guy Who Leaves", "Her", "Ironic", "lens", "Precious Illusions", "receive", "Smiling", "Spineless", "woman down", "Your Congratulations", "You Learn")
D5 ("Alanis’ Interlude", "All I Really Want", "Bent 4 You", "The Bottom Line", "celebrity", "Crazy", "edge of evolution", "Flinch", "Forgiven", "Hand in My Pocket" Acoustic, "Hands Clean", "Giggling Again for No Reason", "guardian", "Heart of the House", "I Was Hoping", "Let’s Do It (Fall in Love)", "Losing the Plot", "Mercy", "Missing the Miracle", "Nemesis", "No Avalon", "Not All Me", "Not as We", "numb", "Offer", "Sandbox Love", "Smiling", "So Pure", "Straightjacket", "Tapes", "Thank U", "’til you", "Uninvited", "win and win", "You Owe Me Nothing in Return")
C♯5 ("21 Things I Want in a Lover", "Are You Still Mad", "Baba", "Closer Than You Might Believe", "Diagnosis", "empathy", "Fear of Bliss", "Forgiven", "Front Row", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man", "Ironic", "King of Pain" Live MTV Unplugged, "The Morning", "No Pressure over Cappuccino" Live MTV Unplugged, "Not as We", "Reasons I Drink", "Reckoning", "Still", "Superstar Wonderful Weirdos", "Surrendering", "Underneath", "woman down", "Would Not Come", "You Learn")
C5 ("All I Really Want", "Comfort", "Eight Easy Steps", "Everything", "Giggling Again for No Reason", "Hand in My Pocket", "Heart of the House", "Joining You", "King of Intimidation", "Let’s Do It (Fall in Love)", "Mary Jane", "Mercy", "Moratorium", "On the Tequila", "On The Road Again", "Out Is Through", "Precious Illusions", "receive", "Rest", "Sister Blister", "Sorry 2 Myself" "Spineless", "Thank U", "That Particular Time", "’til you", "Versions of Violence", "You Learn" Acoustic, "Your House")
B4 ("Alanis’ Interlude", "Are You Still Mad", "Can’t Not", "Citizen of the Planet", "Crazy", "Death of Cinderella", "empathy", "Everything", "Excuses", "Front Row", "Hand in My Pocket", "Hands Clean", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "Head over Feet", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man", "Ironic", "King of Pain" Live MTV Unplugged, "Knees of My Bees", "Let’s Do It (Fall in Love)", "Losing the Plot", "magical child", "Missing the Miracle", "Nemesis", "No Avalon", "No Pressure over Cappuccino" Live MTV Unplugged, "Not All Me", "Not the Doctor", "Olive Branch", "One", "Perfect", "Reasons I Drink", "Right Through You", "Simple Together", "Smiling", "So Unsexy", "spiral", "Straightjacket", "Surrendering", "Sympathetic Character", "That I Would Be Good", "This Grudge", "Unprodigal Daughter", "UR", "Wake Up", "will you be my girlfriend?", "win and win", "You Oughta Know")
B♭4 ("Ablaze", "Baba", "celebrity", "edge of evolution", "Fear of Bliss", "guardian", "Her", "I Miss The Band", "I Was Hoping", "lens", "numb", "Orchid", "Precious Illusions", "Rest", "Sandbox Love", "Spineless", "Still", "Superstar Wonderful Weirdo", "That Particular Time", "’til you", "Torch", "Uninvited", "Versions of Violence", "Your Congratulations", "Your House")
A4 ("The Bottom Line", "The Couch", "Diagnosis", "Doth I Protest Too Much", "empathy", "Flinch", "Hands Clean", "havoc", "Heart of the House", "I Miss The Band", "Knees of My Bees", "Limbo No More", "London", "Losing the Plot", "Mary Jane" Acoustic, "Narcissus", "No Avalon", "Offer", "Olive Branch", "On The Road Again", "Pedestal", "Predator", "Princes Familiar" Live MTV Unplugged, "Reckoning", "Right Through You", "Simple Together", "So-Called Chaos", "spiral", "Tapes", "That I Would Be Good", "That Particular Time", "Underneath", "Versions of Violence", "You Oughta Know", "You Owe Me Nothing in Return", "Your Congratulations")

Significant Low Notes:
A3 ("celebrity", "The Couch", "Crazy", "Diagnosis", "Doth I Protest Too Much", "empathy", "Fear of Bliss", "Flinch", "Forgiven", "Front Row", "Gorgeous", "Hand in My Pocket", "Head over Feet", "I Miss The Band", "I Was Hoping", "Limbo No More", "London", "magical child", "Mary Jane", "Narcissus", "No Pressure over Cappuccino" Live MTV Unplugged, "Not as We", "Offer", "Out Is Through", "Pedestal", "Predator", "Princes Familiar", "Purgatorying", "Sister Blister", "Surrendering", "Tapes", "That Particular Time", "’til you", "Underneath", "Unsent", "Versions of Violence", "win and win", "You Oughta Know", "You Owe Me Nothing in Return", "Your House")
G♯3 ("Ablaze", "All I Really Want", "Citizen of the Planet", "Closer Than You Might Believe", "Death of Cinderella", "edge of evolution", "Eight Easy Steps", "Front Row", "Her", "Ironic", "Joining You", "lens", "Madness", "The Morning", "No", "Not the Doctor", "On the Tequila", "Reckoning", "Rest", "So-Called Chaos", "Still", "Underneath", "Wake Up", "will you be my girlfriend?", "woman down", "You Learn")
G3 ("Bent 4 You", "Big Sur", "The Bottom Line", "Can’t Not", "Excuses", "Hands Clean", "havoc", "Head over Feet", "I Miss The Band", "Incomplete", "King of Intimidation" "Limbo No More", "Missing the Miracle", "No Avalon", "Not All Me", "Not as We", "numb", "On The Road Again", "Reasons I Drink", "receive", "Sandbox Love", "Simple Together", "Smiling", "So Unsexy", "Straightjacket", "That Particular Time", "These Are the Thoughts", "This Grudge", "Unprodigal Daughter", "Unsent", "UR", "Wake Up", "You Owe Me Nothing in Return")
F♯3 ("Baba", "Diagnosis", "havoc", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man", "Ironic", "Losing the Plot", "Madness", "No Pressure over Cappuccino" Live MTV Unplugged, "Offer", "Olive Branch", "One", "Orchid", "Predator", "These Are the Thoughts", "Would Not Come", "You Oughta Know")
F3 ("Citizen of the Planet", "guardian", "Her", "I Miss The Band", "Joining You", "lens", "Moratorium", "Narcissus", "numb", "On the Tequila", "Still", "Superstar Wonderful Weirdos", "Torch", "You Learn" Acoustic)
E3 ("Death of Cinderella", "Diagnosis", "empathy", "Front Row", "Giggling Again for No Reason", "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)", "In Praise of the Vulnerable Man", "The Morning", "Nemesis", "Not the Doctor", "Olive Branch", "spiral", "You Owe Me Nothing in Return")
E♭3 ("Ablaze", "edge of evolution", "Her", "Joining You", "Reasons I Drink", "Spineless")
D3 ("Big Sur", "Losing the Plot", "Narcissus", "Nemesis", "Versions of Violence")
C♯3 ("21 Things I Want in a Lover", "Nemesis")
B♭2 ("21 Things I Want in a Lover")
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• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
• Blue marks head voice notes or high falsetto.
• Bold marks impressive notes or passages.

SPOILER: Click to show

{Vocal Range Timeline}
Alanis (1991) : –
Now Is the Time (1992) : –
Jagged Little Pill (1995) : E3 – B5
Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie (1998) : E♭3 – D6
Under Rug Swept (2002) : B♭2 – A5
Feast On Scraps (2003) : F♯3 – G5
So-Called Chaos (2004) : E♭3 – E5
Flavors of Entanglement (2008) : D3 – G5
Havoc and Bright Lights (2012) : D3 – A5
Such Pretty Forks in the Road (2020) : C♯3 – B5

[ama]

I only have one thing to say: THIS is her best note ever. I don't make the rules.

(P.S.: I'll notewatch her pre-JLP albums soon, I just wanted to have the thread ready for today because her new album is finally out. And this post will be edited once I have everything notewatched ;))

[kokope]

How did you end up getting the thread? I remember openly asking a long while ago and you said that Alex is intending to keep it.

[ama]

I asked a long time ago but Alex was still intending to keep it. Then you asked too but Alex hadn’t changed his mind. And then a few weeks ago he said he wasn’t interested in keeping her anymore, so I claimed her, took ages to notewatch everything and finally yesterday I was able to post the thread in time for the release of Such Pretty Forks in the Road :)

[mjuk2013]

No bold for D5s from Thank U? Some of my favourite Belts ever

[ama]

I was hesitant, because they’re beautiful but not particularly impressive in my opinion, so I told myself that if someone asked, I’d bold the note :)

[Alex61]

Given how consistent her highs are up until E5 at least, I'd probably argue that A4 isn't really a sig note for her.

Does the high note in "Mary Jane" really reach G5? Maybe in an alternative version it does, but in the original I could've sworn it was F♯5

Also, pretty sure the high harmonies in "Hands Clean" reach D5 around here.

[ama]

Considering how many great A4s she has and how she tends to not really belt higher than D5 since Flavors of Entanglement, I chose to include A4 as a signature note for her. Also, the A4-C5 area is where she shines the most nowadays! And to be honest, I couldn’t resist including the sustained A4 from the acoustic version of Mary Jane ahah. It’s just that good.
Talking about Mary Jane, the original version of the song has the G5! But it’s more difficult to hear it than on the acoustic version, because her voice is a bit drowned by the instruments and the note isn’t as powerful as the 2005 one ;)
And yes, you’re completely right for Hands Clean. Thanks for pointing it out!

[kokope]

E♭5 and F♯5 in Reasons I Drink - youtu.be/jWHpIP1-kUI?t=156
Tops at E♭5 - youtu.be/4La1o-lwGb0?t=201

[kokope]

E♭6 here (in case you count it): youtu.be/or4NEQl_i_w?t=227

[ama]

I usually don’t count exclamations but this one seems long enough and pretty much controlled... I’ll let you decide, do you think it’s worth including it?

[BAZanine]

It's countable in my opinion. She doesn't stay on the E-flat for insanely long but the sustain is long enough as a whole and she doesn't brutally crack or anything.

[kokope]

I say it's countable since you can hear her staying on the E-flat for a bit longer after lifting her mic. Also, it's not a random note, she goes up there in most live performances of All I Really Want.

[kokope]

The A5 in Predator is bold worthy and this thread should be moved already, haha. She also goes to Bb5 live, most likely unintentional - youtu.be/c66zrvB0QDg?t=201
You should link the bold notes, as well as the extremes of her range. 

[ama]

Yup, don’t worry about the extremities! I was going to add them before finishing the thread. And I don’t think it can be moved yet, I still haven’t fully notewatched her first two albums... Was supposed to do it some time ago but I’ve been busier than expected. I kept updating all my other threads, so I should really try to finish this one soon. I’m getting there, only a few songs left to notewatch!

[kokope]

A3 at 0:15
A4s and Bb4s in the chorus starting 0:45
G3 at 2:42
F3 at 2:46

[ama]

I’ll be updating this thread and all of my other ones once I’m done writing my thesis.