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" Perverse as it sounds, there are plenty of people out there who would prefer Alanis Morissette to be unhappy. Worse is that most of these people are her hardened fans; the ones who rocked out with the angsty young woman on 1995&amp;#039;s seminal Jagged Little Pill and later sobbed along to 2008&amp;#039;s Flavours of Entanglement, a record devoted to her split with then-fianc\u00C3\u00A9 Ryan Reynolds.  Some will therefore be weary of its follow-up Havoc and Bright Lights, which sees Alanis in her most joyous and, at times, carefree headspace yet. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;ll be your keeper for life&amp;quot; she announces on trailer single &amp;#039;Guardian&amp;#039;, a light and airy ode to the husband and son she&amp;#039;s accumulated in the last four years and told with a Cheshire Cat-like grin that&amp;#039;s almost audible by the final chorus.  But she hasn&amp;#039;t entirely lost her bite. The twisted, voodoo beats of &amp;#039;Celebrity&amp;#039; courtesy of alt-pop producer Joe Chiccarelli and longtime collaborator Guy Sigsworth is a scathing attack on the expectation placed on society&amp;#039;s overnight stars, while &amp;#039;Woman Down&amp;#039; is a call to arms for mums and wives everywhere to fight against life as a Stepford. But far from her old stick-beating methods of persuasion, she now sounds like someone unfazed by who&amp;#039;s listening, if anyone at all.  Havoc is easily one of her slicker and more polished efforts, though the effect isn&amp;#039;t always for the better. &amp;#039;Til You&amp;#039; and &amp;#039;Empathy&amp;#039; sound too clean and would benefit from earthier production, though fortunately there are plenty of gems to be found in between. &amp;#039;Havoc&amp;#039; is Alanis in classic ballad mode, and the hypnotic chorus on &amp;#039;Edge of Evolution&amp;#039; is a successful attempt at experimenting. The result won&amp;#039;t be the record everyone was hoping for, but it&amp;#039;s one that feels right for right now.   Tracks to download: &amp;#039;Guardian&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Woman Down&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Edge of Evolution&amp;#039;, &amp;#039;Havoc&amp;#039; If you like this, you&amp;#039;ll like: Sheryl Crow, Fiona Apple, Kelly Clarkson Watch the &amp;#039;Guardian&amp;#039; music video below:       "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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