Such Pretty Forks in the Road

Morissette had been working on the album since at least mid-2017. In August 2017 on Anna Faris' podcast Unqualified, Morissette revealed the name of a new song called "Reckoning". She described this song as "patriarchy falling down", and said it was in reference to her day in court in regards to the trial in which others were convicted of embezzling from her.{{cite web |url=https://unqualified.com/episodes/ep-87-alanis-morissette-jMGb3avH |title=Episode 87 |publisher=unqualified.com |access-date=2020-04-17 |archive-date=June 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200612021223/https://unqualified.com/episodes/ep-87-alanis-morissette-jMGb3avH |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/cpa-sentenced-6-years-federal-prison-embezzling-72-million-alanis-morissette-and-other|title=CPA Sentenced to 6 years in Federal Prison for Embezzling $7.2 Million from Alanis Morissette and Other Celebrities|date=May 4, 2017|website=www.justice.gov}} In early October 2017, on her own podcast Conversation with Alanis Morissette, she detailed a new song called "Diagnosis",{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hi8qdTg1nyA |title=Episode 10: Conversation with Alanis Morissette & Karen Kleiman |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2020-04-17}} in which she describes postpartum depression and how she felt better when she knew what was going on with herself. Later that month at the tribute concert Linkin Park and Friends: Celebrate Life in Honor of Chester Bennington, Morissette was invited as a guest to perform "Castle of Glass" and a new song of hers called "Rest". She said that she had been working with Mike Farrell and writing new demos.

In March 2018, Morissette previewed another new song from the album called "Ablaze", dedicated to her children.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOi3uY0XAz0 |title=Alanis Morissette - Ablaze (Acoustic) - New Song - Shawnee OK 3/16/2018 |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2020-04-17}} In August 2018 on Laura Whitmore's Sunday Session on BBC Radio 5 Live, she stated that the new album would be a "piano record", and that "Rest" would make the final cut.{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06gcfks|title=BBC Radio 5 live - Laura Whitmore, Alanis Morissette|website=BBC}} In October 2018, Morissette said that 23 songs would be on the new album when replying to fans.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/Bop2F5eBuAN/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/Bop2F5eBuAN |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=Alanis Morissette on Instagram: "wow. thank you to you each for risking and inquiring and bursting what is possible open even wider. #connection #healing #self #Self #other…"|website=Instagram.com|access-date=March 1, 2019}}{{cbignore}}

In August 2019, Morissette revealed that she was working with Alex Hope and Catherine Marks on her as-of-then untitled record.{{cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/B06R937Hypq/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/B06R937Hypq |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title=Alanis Morissette's Instagram photo: "jugular and soul deep into new record. produced by @alexhopemusic and @cjmarks #deepdivingtogether ❤️ #notitleyet ✨✨✨"|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}} She announced the album in December 2019, also debuting "Reasons I Drink" and the song "Smiling" during a performance at the Apollo Theater in New York City on 2 December, the latter of which was described as "sanguine" by Suzy Exposito of Rolling Stone.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-live-reviews/alanis-morissette-jagged-little-pill-apollo-theater-920863/|title=A Buoyant Alanis Morissette Performs 'Jagged Little Pill,' Debuts New Songs at Apollo Theater|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Exposito|first=Suzy|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=February 21, 2020}}

On April 16, 2020, Morissette announced that the album would be postponed to a later date from its initial release date of May 1, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and announced that "Diagnosis", a track about Morissette's experiences with post-partum depression, would be released as the third single on April 24, 2020.{{cite tweet|user=Alanis|number=1250529620920881153|title=an update on 'Such Pretty Forks In The Road'|date=April 16, 2020|accessdate=August 8, 2020}}

Morissette was scheduled to embark on a world tour for the 25th anniversary of her 1995 album Jagged Little Pill in June 2020, during which she would perform songs from her entire career, including songs from Such Pretty Forks in the Road. As of May 2020 the tour has been postponed to 2021 following concerns of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2019/12/alanis-morissette-jagged-little-pill-tour/|title=Alanis Morissette announces Jagged Little Pill 25th anniversary tour|website=Consequence of Sound|last=Young|first=Alex|date=December 3, 2019|access-date=February 21, 2020}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 71/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/such-pretty-forks-in-the-road/alanis-morissette|title=Such Pretty Forks in the Road by Alanis Morissette album reviews|website=Metacritic|access-date=August 8, 2020}}

| rev1 = Consequence of Sound

| rev1score = B{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2020/07/album-review-alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-in-the-road/|title=Alanis Morissette's Such Pretty Forks in the Road Shines Light into the Depths: Review|website=Consequence of Sound|last=Dzubay|first=Laura|date=July 31, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020}}

| rev2 = Evening Standard

| rev2score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.standard.co.uk/go/london/music/alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-in-the-road-review-a4513411.html|title=Alanis Morissette – Such Pretty Forks in the Road review: Heartfelt and direct, a misunderstood artist takes control|website=Evening Standard|last=Wadia|first=Helena|date=July 31, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020}}

| rev3 = The Independent

| rev3score = {{rating|5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/alanis-morissette-review-such-pretty-forks-in-the-road-tracklist-jagged-little-pill-a9633091.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220525/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/alanis-morissette-review-such-pretty-forks-in-the-road-tracklist-jagged-little-pill-a9633091.html |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Alanis Morissette review, Such Pretty Forks in the Road: Singer performs an autopsy on her own insecurities|work=The Independent|last=O'Connor|first=Roisin|date=July 31, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020}}

| rev4 = The Line of Best Fit

| rev4score = 8/10{{cite web|url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-album-review|title=Decades into her career and Alanis Morissette still knows how to balance the dark with the light|website=The Line of Best Fit|last=Ahmed|first=Narzra|date=July 31, 2020|access-date=August 4, 2020}}

| rev5 = musicOMH

| rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-in-the-road|title=Alanis Morissette - Such Pretty Forks In The Road|website=musicOMH|last=Smith|first=Nick|date=July 29, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020}}

| rev6 = NME

| rev6score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-in-the-road-review-a-powerful-and-cutting-return-after-eight-years-away-2719078|title=Alanis Morissette – 'Such Pretty Forks In The Road' review: a cutting return after eight years away|work=NME|last=Daily|first=Rhian|date=July 31, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020}}

| rev7 = Pitchfork

| rev7score = 6.5/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-in-the-road/|title=Alanis Morissette: Such Pretty Forks in the Road Album Review|website=Pitchfork|last=St. Asaph|first=Katherine|date=August 6, 2020|access-date=August 8, 2020}}

| rev8 = PopMatters

| rev8score = {{rating|8|10}}{{cite web|url=https://www.popmatters.com/alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-2646889375.html|title=Alanis Morissette's 'Such Pretty Forks in the Road' Is a Quest for Validation|website=PopMatters|last=Woronzoff|first=Elisabeth|date=August 5, 2020|access-date=August 5, 2020}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-in-the-road-review-1036004/|title=Alanis Morissette Takes the Safe Path on New Album 'Such Pretty Forks in the Road'|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Grow|first=Kory|date=July 31, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020}}

| rev10 = The Sydney Morning Herald

| rev10score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/culture/music/alanis-morissette-reminds-us-she-s-not-a-relic-with-new-album-20200427-p54nhm.html|title=Alanis Morissette reminds us she's not a relic with new album|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|last=Lal|first=Kish|date=April 28, 2020|access-date=July 31, 2020}}

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Such Pretty Forks in the Road received positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received a weighted average score of 71, based on 12 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".

In addition to the Juno Award Adult contemporary Album of the year, which she won, Morissette was also nominated as Songwriter of the Year.

Such Pretty Forks in the Road debuted at number 16 on the US Billboard 200 chart, earning 23,000 album-equivalent units (of which 20,000 copies were pure album sales) in its first week.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/business/chart-beat/9433776/alanis-morissette-returns-no-1-top-rock-albums|title=Alanis Morissette Returns to No. 1 on Top Rock Albums With 'Such Pretty Forks in the Road'|first=Kevin|last=Rutherford|magazine=Billboard|date=August 13, 2020|access-date=August 20, 2020}} The album also debuted at number one on the US Top Rock Albums chart, becoming her second number one album on that chart. Additionally, Such Pretty Forks in the Road debuted at number two on the US Billboard{{'}}s Independent Albums chart.{{cite magazine|url= https://www.billboard.com/artist/alanis-morissette/chart-history/ind/|magazine=Billboard|title=Alanis Morissette Chart History - Independent Albums|date=August 13, 2020|access-date=August 13, 2020}}

The album reached number 8 on the UK Albums Chart, her highest entry there since So Called Chaos which reached the same position in 2004.

{{Track listing

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| all_writing = Alanis Morissette and Michael Farrell

| extra_column = Producer(s)

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| title1 = Smiling

| writer1 =

| extra1 = Alex Hope

| length1 = 4:17

| title2 = Ablaze

| writer2 =

| extra2 = Hope

| length2 = 3:57

| title3 = Reasons I Drink

| writer3 =

| extra3 = Hope

| length3 = 3:36

| title4 = Diagnosis

| writer4 =

| extra4 = Hope

| length4 = 4:49

| title5 = Missing the Miracle

| writer5 =

| extra5 = Catherine Marks

| length5 = 3:33

| title6 = Losing the Plot

| writer6 =

| extra6 = Hope

| length6 = 3:57

| title7 = Reckoning

| writer7 =

| extra7 = Marks

| length7 = 3:30

| title8 = Sandbox Love

| writer8 =

| extra8 = Marks

| length8 = 4:12

| title9 = Her

| writer9 =

| extra9 = Marks

| length9 = 4:10

| title10 = Nemesis

| writer10 =

| extra10 = Marks

| length10 = 5:56

| title11 = Pedestal

| writer11 =

| extra11 = Marks

| length11 = 4:08

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• Alanis Morissette – vocals, backing vocals
• Alex Hope – guitars, synths, marxophone, programming, string arrangement
• Michael Farrell – piano, synths, organ, marxophone, string arrangement
• Catherine Marks – synths, programming, string arrangement
• Adam 'Cecil' Bartlett – acoustic guitar, synths and programming
• Victor Indrizzo – drums
• Tyler Last – bass
• Steve Milbourne – acoustic guitar
• Chris J. Alderton – guitar
• David Levita – guitar
• Cedric Lemoyne – bass
• Frank Turner – guitar
• Chris Dugan – mixing
• Emily Lazar – mastering engineer

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| artist = Alanis Morissette

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| length = 38:45

| label = * Epiphany

• He.She.They.

| producer = {{hlist|Alex Hope|Catherine Marks}}

| prev_title = Such Pretty Forks in the Road

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title = The Storm Before the Calm

| next_year = 2022

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Such Pretty Forks in the Mix is a remix extended play released on December 11, 2020, by Epiphany Music and He.She.They. Records with distribution from Thirty Tigers. The EP features remixes from songs from Morissette's ninth studio album, Such Pretty Forks in the Road, by trans-inclusive female artists, as well as two performances recorded in March 2020 and taken from her live album Live at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire, 2020. A portion of the proceeds went to Safe Place International, an organization helping LGBT refugees in Turkey and Greece.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/alanis-morissette-such-pretty-forks-in-the-mix-remix-ep-1102306/|title=Alanis Morissette Releases New 'Such Pretty Forks in the Mix' Remix EP|magazine=Rolling Stone|last=Blistein|first=Jon|date=December 11, 2020|access-date=December 11, 2020}}

{{Track listing

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| extra_column = Producer(s)

| total_length = 38:45

| title1 = Smiling

| note1 = Lauren Faith Remix

| extra1 = Alex Hope

| length1 = 3:34

| title2 = Ablaze

| note2 = MUNA Remix

| extra2 = Hope

| length2 = 4:19

| title3 = Reasons I Drink

| note3 = Girlpool Remix

| extra3 = Hope

| length3 = 2:02

| title4 = Diagnosis

| note4 = Muhsinah Remix

| extra4 = Hope

| length4 = 4:56

| title5 = Reckoning

| note5 = Eris Drew's Standing at the Gate Remix

| extra5 = Catherine Marks

| length5 = 7:06

| title6 = Sandbox Love

| note6 = MNDR Remix

| extra6 = Marks

| length6 = 8:30

| title7 = Smiling

| note7 = Live at London's 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire

| extra7 =

| length7 = 4:14

| title8 = Reasons I Drink

| note8 = Live at London's 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire

| extra8 =

| length8 = 4:02

}}

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