audio review : Havoc And Bright Lights ( album ) … Alanis Morissette

Havoc And Bright Lights ( album ) ... Alanis Morissette

I need brighter lights. I can’t see what made Alanis Morissette think these songs were good enough to put out. Most aren’t bad. There’s a love-women anthem for men that’s pretty repulsive and Til You is syrupy enough to make you sick, but the background ambience this album provides is nice and breezy.

Listen for the dreamy military drum section at the end of the title song. Producers Guy Sigsworth and Joe Chiccarelli do a decent job in that regard. What’s lacking are any hooks to latch on to. There are hooks; every song has a soaring vocal refrain; but they aren’t catchy. That’s where the real havoc lies.

my rating : 3 of 5

2012