Reviews of '' Under Rug Swept '' on its release were generally positive . '' Billboard '' described the album as " supreme " and " very human ... it satisfies with moments of darkness , enlightenment , anger , bittersweet tension , and happiness ... Although 2002 is still young , consider '' Under Rug Swept '' one of the year 's best . " '' Q '' magazine said the album was " a smart shot across the bows ... some of the most inviting music of her career ... Morissette has fashioned a lyrical Trojan Horse to be wheeled into unsuspecting homes for months to come . " Robert Christgau wrote , " The pop-rock here lacks the faux-punk edge on '' Jagged Little Pill '' ... But Morissette instantly demonstrates her gift for the catchy ... topping memorable verse with indelible chorus , she 's a self-actualized nut who goes for what she wants , exactly as pretentious as the college girls she represents for . " According to '' LA Weekly '' , the album " is Alanis Morissette in top form , exercising her God-given right to vent and sound beautiful doing so . " Other critical appraisals were less favorable . '' Rolling Stone '' , in a three-star review , wrote " The music is brawny and meticulous ... but '' Under Rug Swept '' just about drowns in psychobabble . While the tone of the songs , and the grain of Morissette 's voice , promise intimacy , there 's hardly a private detail anywhere . " '' Entertainment Weekly '' said " the album 's garbled title is also preparation for some of the clumsiest lyrics to be heard on a pop record in years ... The songs are riddled with such overwritten Psych 101 ruminations . " '' The Village Voice '' criticised the lyrics , saying " Much like even non-football fans used to be mesmerized by Howard Cosell 's genius for never using two words when 23 would do , you do n't have to be a love-damaged 17-year-old girl to find '' Under Rug Swept '' 's dense verbiage a trip . Words tumble forth and arrange themselves kaleidoscopically into all sorts of unusual categories ... I 'm just not sure that pop music should come out of a thesaurus . " '' NME '' called it " a tedious album " with " overwrought folk-rock like ' Surrendering ' and ' Hands Clean ' destined for a thousand organic juice bars . Lyrically , it 's often hilarious ... This record moves way beyond armchair psychology — in fact , there are armchairs that have a cannier grasp of the mind . " '' Under Rug Swept '' received a Juno Award nomination in the category of " Pop Album of the Year " . Morissette herself won the " Jack Richardson Producer of the Year " award for the songs " Hands Clean " and " So Unsexy " , and she was nominated in the " Artist of the Year " category . ( For more information , see Juno Awards of 2003 . ) '' Under Rug Swept '' entered the Canadian albums chart at number one with first week sales of 35,000 copies , and the CRIA certified it platinum the following month for shipments of 100,000 . In the U.S. the album sold 215,000 copies in its first week , debuting at number one on the '' Billboard '' 200 chart during a busy sales week following the 2002 Grammy Awards ceremony ; it stayed in the top spot for a week . Within a month of release it had sold 500,000 copies , and the RIAA certified it platinum for shipments of over one million . '' Under Rug Swept '' debuted at number one in 12 countries , including Germany , Japan and Australia . It debuted at number two in France and the United Kingdom , where the BPI certified it gold for shipping 100,000 copies
Juno Awards of 2003
Juno Awards of 2003
Under Rug Swept