Editing Alanis Morissette (section)

=== 1986–1993: ''Alanis'' and ''Now Is The Time'' ===
Morissette is known for her emotive [[mezzo-soprano]] voice and confessional songwriting.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/18/arts/pop-review-a-good-girl-getting-good-and-mad.html|title=Pop Review; A Good Girl Getting Good and Mad|first=Jon|last=Pareles|date=August 18, 1995|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-date=October 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171025022543/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/18/arts/pop-review-a-good-girl-getting-good-and-mad.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Sanders |first=Mark |date=October 11, 2012 |title=Alanis Morissette at the Paramount, 10/10/12 |url=http://www.westword.com/music/alanis-morissette-at-the-paramount-10-10-12-5683031 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140656/http://www.westword.com/music/alanis-morissette-at-the-paramount-10-10-12-5683031 |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018 |magazine=[[Westword]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Allen |first=Eric |date=September 5, 2012 |title=Alanis Morissette: Havoc and Bright Lights |url=http://americansongwriter.com/2012/09/alanis-morissette-havoc-and-bright-lights/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180311140846/http://americansongwriter.com/2012/09/alanis-morissette-havoc-and-bright-lights/ |archive-date=March 11, 2018 |access-date=March 10, 2018 |magazine=[[American Songwriter]]}}</ref> She recorded her first demo called "Fate Stay with Me", produced by Lindsay Thomas Morgan at Marigold Studios in Toronto, and engineered by [[Rich Dodson]] of Canadian classic rock band [[The Stampeders]].<ref>{{cite encyclopedia|author=Andrew McIntosh|url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alanis-morissette-emc|title=Alanis Morissette|encyclopedia=[[Encyclopedia of Music in Canada]]|access-date=September 8, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190106161644/https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/alanis-morissette-emc|archive-date=January 6, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref> A second demo tape was recorded on cassette in August 1989 and sent to [[Geffen Records]], but the tape has never been heard as it was stolen, among other records, in a burglary of the label's headquarters in October 1989.

In 1991, [[MCA Records|MCA Records Canada]] released Morissette's debut album, ''[[Alanis (album)|Alanis]]'', in Canada only. Morissette co-wrote every track on the album with its producer, [[Leslie Howe]]. The [[dance-pop]] album went [[platinum album|platinum]],<ref name="CRIA">[http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php "Search Certification Database"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090601023939/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php |date=June 1, 2009 }}. [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]].</ref> and its first single, "[[Too Hot (Alanis Morissette song)|Too Hot]]", reached the top 20 on the ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' singles chart. Subsequent singles "[[Walk Away (Alanis Morissette song)|Walk Away]]" and "[[Feel Your Love]]" reached the top 40. Morissette's popularity, style of music and appearance, particularly that of her hair, led her to become known as the [[Debbie Gibson]] of Canada;<ref name="PeopleintheNews">[http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0301/04/pitn.00.html "Transcript: Profiles of Alanis Morissette, Margaret Cho"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909053147/http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0301/04/pitn.00.html |date=September 9, 2017 }}. CNN ''[[People in the News]]''. January 4, 2003.</ref> comparisons to [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]] were also common. During the same period, she was a concert opening act for rapper [[Vanilla Ice]].<ref name="Time-Feb1996">Farley, Christopher John. [https://web.archive.org/web/20070902231958/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,984182,00.html "You Oughta Know Her"]. ''Time''. February 26, 1996.</ref> Morissette was nominated for three 1992 [[Juno Award]]s: [[Juno Award for Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year|Most Promising Female Vocalist of the Year]] (which she won),<ref name="Inc.1995">{{cite magazine|author=Larry LeBlanc|title=Canada: Who's Who|magazine=Billboard|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|date=February 4, 1995|publisher=|pages=80–|issn=0006-2510|access-date=January 7, 2017|archive-date=December 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191215091246/https://books.google.com/books?id=sAsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA80|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Juno Award for Single of the Year|Single of the Year]] and [[Juno Award for Best Dance Recording|Best Dance Recording]] (both for "Too Hot").<ref>[http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1992/1992junos.htm "1992 22nd Juno Awards"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070103165642/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/extras/lostmind/year/1992/1992junos.htm |date=January 3, 2007 }}. ''Los Angeles Times''.</ref>

In 1992, she released her second album, ''[[Now Is the Time]]'', a [[Sentimental ballad|ballad]]-driven record that featured less glitzy production than ''Alanis'' and contained more thoughtful lyrics.<ref name="PeopleintheNews" /> Morissette wrote the songs with the album's producer, Leslie Howe, and Serge Côté. She said of the album, "People could go, 'Boo, hiss, hiss, this girl's like another [[Tiffany Darwish|Tiffany]] or whatever.' But the way I look at it... people will like your next album if it's a kick-ass one."<ref name="Time-Feb1996" /> As with ''Alanis'', ''Now Is the Time'' was released only in Canada and produced three top 40 singles—"[[An Emotion Away]]", the minor [[adult contemporary]] hit "[[No Apologies (Alanis Morissette song)|No Apologies]]" as well as "(Change Is) Never a Waste of Time". The industry considered it a commercial failure since it sold only a little more than half the copies of her first album.<ref name="PeopleintheNews" /><ref name="RS-Nov1995">Wild, David. {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927084331/http://www.4alanis.com/newssearch/index.php?selected=3&idn=782 "Adventures Of Miss Thing"]}}. ''Rolling Stone''. November 2, 1995.</ref> With her two-album deal with MCA Records Canada complete, Morissette was left without a major label contract.