Album: Alanis Morisette, Havoc and Bright Lights (Sony)

Morissette is the sort of woman who does yoga to ensure she can still gaze at her navel.

Four years after her last album, she's back with self-obsessed lines like "I am seduced by my own wilfulness". Lead single "Guardian" is American Idol fodder, setting the tone for more tedious MOR. On "Woman Down" she asks a misogynist, "Why must you vilify us?" Don't hide behind your sisters, Alanis. No one's vilifying women. We're vilifying you.