Long before Taylor Swift was taking swipes at ex-boyfriends on her albums, Alanis Morissette was channeling her heartbreak into one of the biggest records of the 90s. Break-up albums and songs had been written before – possibly most famously Fleetwood Mac’s Rumours which saw all the band members channeling their interpersonal relationships and break-ups into songs – but what Alanis created was something visceral.

It would be more correct to say that she spat out many of the tracks rather than…