Alanis Morissette, Jagged Little Pill: Elemental speeds for each of 13 tracks of #327 in Rolling Stone Magazine's 500 GREATEST ALBUMS OF ALL TIME

Jagged Little Pill is the third studio album and first internationally released album released by Canadian singer-songwriter Alanis Morissette. Released on June 13, 1995, the album broke into the mainstream with Morissette's confessional and emotional lyrics and vocals. The album garnered major success, spending twelve non-consecutive weeks at number-one on the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, and became one of three albums, along with Thriller by Michael Jackson and Falling into You by Celine Dion, to remain in the top ten for over a year (with sixty-nine weeks). It is one of the best selling albums of all time. It is #327 in Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

The elemental speeds of the original release of all 13 tracks of Alanis Morissette’s Jagged Little Pill are:

Track #1
song title=“All I Really Want”
meanspeed=93.0 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.645 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.55 beats per second
meanpitch=396.80 hertz, 21 cents higher than G4=391.995 hertz, 79 cents lower than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz.

Track #2
song title=“You Oughta Know”
meanspeed=105.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural
meanspace=0.570 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.76 beats per second
meanpitch=449.51 hertz, 36 cents higher than A4=440.000 hertz, 64 cents lower than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz.

Track #3
song title=“Perfect”
meanspeed=85.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.706 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.42 beats per second
meanpitch=362.67 hertz, 65 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 35 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #4
song title=“Hand In My Pocket”
meanspeed=92.3 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.650 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.54 beats per second
meanpitch=393.97 hertz, 85 cents higher than G4=391.995 hertz, 15 cents lower than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz.

Track #5
song title=“Right Through You”
meanspeed=81.5 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.736 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.36 beats per second
meanpitch=347.67 hertz, 92 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 8 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #6
song title=“Forgiven”
meanspeed=80.2 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.748 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.34 beats per second
meanpitch=342.20 hertz, 64 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 36 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #7
song title=“You Learn”
meanspeed=84.1 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.713 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.40 beats per second
meanpitch=358.92 hertz, 47 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 53 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #8
song title=“Head Over Feet”
meanspeed=80.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=loneliness
meanspace=0.747 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.34 beats per second
meanpitch=342.50 hertz, 66 cents higher than E4=329.628 hertz, 34 cents lower than F4=349.228 hertz.

Track #9
song title=“Mary Jane”
meanspeed=99.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural
meanspace=0.604 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.66 beats per second
meanpitch=424.19 hertz, 36 cents higher than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz, 64 cents lower than A4=440.000 hertz.

Track #10
song title=“Ironic”
meanspeed=85.3 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.703 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.42 beats per second
meanpitch=364.02 hertz, 71 cents higher than F4=349.228 hertz, 29 cents lower than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz.

Track #11
song title=“Not The Doctor”
meanspeed=89.4 beats per minute
meanemotion=renewal
meanspace=0.672 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.49 beats per second
meanpitch=381.22 hertz, 51 cents higher than F#4/Gb4=369.994 hertz, 49 cents lower than G4=391.995 hertz.

Track #12
song title=“Wake Up”
meanspeed=95.4 beats per minute, as a waltz
meanemotion=enthusiasm
meanspace=0.629 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.59 beats per second
meanpitch=406.83 hertz, 64 cents higher than G4=391.995 hertz, 36 cents lower than G#4/Ab4=415.305 hertz.

Track #13
song title=“You Oughta Know” (‘Alternate Take’)
meanspeed=105.0 beats per minute
meanemotion=natural
meanspace=0.571 seconds per beat
meanphase=1.75 beats per second
meanpitch=448.00 hertz, 31 cents higher than A4=440.000 hertz, 69 cents lower than A#4/Bb4=466.164 hertz.



Ian Schneider
Meanspeed.com
February 13, 2007