Now Is the Time

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Now Is the Time
Studio album by
Alanis Morissette
ReleasedOctober 20, 1992 (Canada)
RecordedJanuary–May 1992
StudioDistortion Studios (Ottawa)
Genre
Length42:28
Label
ProducerLeslie Howe
Alanis Morissette chronology
Alanis
(1991) 		Now Is the Time
(1992) 		Jagged Little Pill
(1995)
Singles from Now Is the Time
  1. "An Emotion Away"
    Released: 25 November 1992
  2. "No Apologies"
    Released: 3 February 1993
  3. "Real World"
    Released: 31 May 1993
  4. "(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time"
    Released: 21 September 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Rock and Roll Rarity(mixed)[1]

Now Is the Time is the second

studio album by Alanis Morissette, released only in Canada on October 20, 1992.[2] It was her final album for MCA Records Canada. Morissette recorded the album with Leslie Howe, who produced her debut album, Alanis
(1991).

Legacy

In 1995, Morissette released her Grammy-winning, internationally acclaimed debut album

Madonna album".[6]

Morissette said of Alanis and Now Is the Time, "...I'm not scared people might hear these records. I never did

Playboy centerfolds. There's nothing I regret. Maybe people will just understand that my lyrics are from different experiences if they hear those records. It validates [Jagged Little Pill] ... There was an element of me not being who I really was at the time and now I'm more experienced with my life. It was because I wasn't prepared to open up that way. The focus for me then was entertaining people and getting my feet wet in the business, it was about being young & having fun as opposed to sharing any revelations I had at the time. I had them, but I wasn't prepared or comfortable with sharing them."[citation needed
]

She considered including material from both albums on her 2005 compilation

The Collection, but she was talked out of this and decided against it, citing that the genres dance/pop would not match other material from her current discography, explaining:[7] "It was right around when I was 19 and Jagged Little Pill where I first felt writing was a channeled experience. That has a lot to do with where I was at then, with having met Glen Ballard, with my moving from Canada and moving away from any preconceived notions of how songs 'should' be written. It was the beginning of a new way to approach songwriting altogether."[8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Alanis Morissette, Leslie Howe and Serge Côté

No.TitleLength
1."Real World"4:57
2."An Emotion Away"4:14
3."Rain"3:52
4."The Time of Your Life"4:45
5."No Apologies"5:02
6."Can't Deny"3:55
7."When We Meet Again"4:10
8."Give What You Got"4:56
9."(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time"4:40
10."Big Bad Love"4:14

Personnel

  • Leslie Howe – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Dan Seguin – cover photography
  • Andrew LeBlanc – photography
  • Martin Solort – design
  • John Alexander – A&R direction

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada)[9] Gold 50,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ Rock and Roll Rarity review Archived 2006-09-05 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ RPM Weekly Magazine (10-24-1992) (PDF), retrieved 2022-03-25
  3. The Boston Phoenix
    . November 2, 1998. Retrieved August 19, 2006.
  4. ^ a b Hannaham, James. "Alanis In Wonderland" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Spin. November 2, 1995. Retrieved August 20, 2006.
  5. ^ Farley, Christopher John. "Confessional Immediacy". Time. November 2, 1998. Retrieved August 19, 2006.
  6. ^ Finn, Timothy. "'Pill' not so jagged in new acoustic release" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. The Kansas City Star. July 5, 2005. Retrieved August 20, 2006.
  7. ^ Wild, David. "Adventures Of Miss Thing" Archived 2007-09-27 at the Wayback Machine. Rolling Stone. November 2, 1995. Retrieved August 19, 2006.
  8. Maverick Records
    . Retrieved August 19, 2006.
  9. ^ "Canadian album certifications – Alanis Morissette – Now Is the Time". Music Canada.

References

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