"TIME" magazine said the album "brought modest renown ... (one presumes) among people [in Canada who don't read lyric sheets", while "Rolling Stone" described it as "vaguely Madonna-esque dance-pop" and "fairly generic". "The Kansas City Star" labelled it "a faux Janet Jackson album", and "Spin" magazine wrote, "It's as if her high school yearbook picture came to life and made an album designed to haunt her forever. Sometimes cheese is Velveeta." In 1995 Morissette released her international debut album "Jagged Little Pill" through U.S. label Maverick Records. Executives at Maverick persuaded MCA Records to withdraw all copies of "Alanis" and "Now Is the Time" from circulation, and they did not mention either album in the promotional material for "Jagged Little Pill". According to "Spin", Morissette's transformation from "the Debbie Gibson of Canada" to an alternative rock musician made some Canadians skeptical. As of 2008 "Alanis" is officially out of print, but some pirates and MP3s have circulated.