Feast on Scraps

Summary

Feast on Scraps is an Alanis Morissette CD/DVD package released on December 10, 2002. The DVD was filmed during a concert in Rotterdam, Netherlands and the CD contains B-sides and unreleased studio tracks left off Morissette's album Under Rug Swept, which was released earlier that year. "Awakening Americans" and "Symptoms" were the only previously released songs to be omitted.

Feast On Scraps
Compilation album (video) by
ReleasedDecember 10, 2002
Recorded
  • July–November 2001 (CD)
  • August 13, 2002 (DVD)
VenueRotterdam Ahoy (Rotterdam, Netherlands) (DVD)[1]
StudioVarious (CD)
Genreindie rock, indie pop[2]
Length40:58
LabelMaverick, Warner Bros., Warner Music Vision
ProducerAlanis Morissette
Alanis Morissette chronology
Under Rug Swept
(2002)
Feast On Scraps
(2002)
So-Called Chaos
(2004)
Alanis Morissette video chronology
Live in the Navajo Nation
(2002)
Feast On Scraps
(2002)
VH1 Storytellers: Alanis Morissette
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic link
MusicOMH
Ultimate Guitar[3]

A promotional-only double A-side of "Simple Together" and "Bent for U" was released in Europe, and "Offer" was released in Brazil, becoming very popular because at the time she appeared in a famous soap opera called Celebridade (Celebrity).

"Simple Together" charted at No. 14 on Chile Top 20.[4] "Fear Of Bliss" peak at No. 4 on the Digital Sales Top 100 chart.[5] As of September 2008, Feast on Scraps had sold 76,000 copies in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.[6]

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Morissette; all music is composed by Morissette, except where noted

CD
No.TitleLength
1."Fear of Bliss"4:38
2."Bent for You"4:41
3."Sorry to Myself"5:44
4."Sister Blister"4:13
5."Offer"4:05
6."Unprodigal Daughter"4:13
7."Simple Together"4:48
8."Purgatorying"4:28
9."Hands Clean" (acoustic)4:08
Total length:40:51
DVD
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Baba" (from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, 1998)
 
2."Right Through You" (from Jagged Little Pill, 1995)
  • Morissette
  • Ballard
 
3."21 Things I Want in a Lover" (from Under Rug Swept, 2002)  
4."Hand in My Pocket" (from Jagged Little Pill, 1995)
  • Morissette
  • Ballard
 
5."Purgatorying 1" (from Feast on Scraps, 2002)  
6."Unprodigal Daughter" (from Feast on Scraps, 2002)  
7."Flinch" (from Under Rug Swept, 2002)  
8."All I Really Want" (from Jagged Little Pill, 1995)
  • Morissette
  • Ballard
 
9."Precious Illusions" (from Under Rug Swept, 2002)  
10."Sympathetic Character" (from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, 1998)  
11."Purgatorying 2" (from Feast on Scraps, 2002)  
12."So Unsexy" (from Under Rug Swept, 2002)  
13."Head over Feet" (from Jagged Little Pill, 1995)
  • Morissette
  • Ballard
 
14."Purgatorying 3" (from Feast on Scraps, 2002)  
15."You Oughta Know" (from Jagged Little Pill, 1995)
  • Morissette
  • Ballard
 
16."Hands Clean" (from Under Rug Swept, 2002)  
17."Uninvited" (from City of Angels: Music from the Motion Picture, 1998)  
18."Ironic" (from Jagged Little Pill, 1995)
  • Morissette
  • Ballard
 
19."You Learn" (from Jagged Little Pill, 1995)
  • Morissette
  • Ballard
 
20."That Particular Time" (from Under Rug Swept, 2002)  
21."Thank U" (from Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie, 1998)
  • Morissette
  • Ballard
 

Personnel edit

Certifications edit

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[7] Gold 25,000*
United States 76,000[6]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

Release history edit

Country Date
Europe December 2, 2002
United States December 10, 2002
United Kingdom January 27, 2003
Japan December 10, 2003
Latin America January 6, 2003
South East Asia January 6, 2003
Australia February 17, 2003
New Zealand

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Alanis Morissette Concert Setlist at Ahoy, Rotterdam on August 13, 2002". setlist.fm. Retrieved June 22, 2022.
  2. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/album/feast-on-scraps-mw0000233609
  3. ^ https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/alanis_morissette/feast_on_scraps/4360/
  4. ^ Alanis Morissette – Simple Together @ Top40-Charts.com – New Songs & Videos from 49 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 30 Countries
  5. ^ Alanis Morissette – Fear Of Bliss @ Top40-Charts.com – New Songs & Videos from 49 Top 20 & Top 40 Music Charts from 30 Countries
  6. ^ a b Caulfield, Keith. "Ask Billboard". Billboard. September 8, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
  7. ^ "Brazilian video certifications – Alanis Morissette – Feast on Scraps" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved April 6, 2015.