| Album |
| Artist/Composer |
Jewel |
| Length |
59:51 |
| Format |
CD |
| Genre |
Contemporary Folk; Soft Rock |
| Label |
Atlantic |
| Index |
384 |
| Collection Status |
In Collection |
|
| Track List |
|
| 01 |
Standing Still |
04:30 |
| 02 |
Jesus Loves You |
03:20 |
| 03 |
Everybody Needs Somebody Sometime |
04:08 |
| 04 |
Break Me |
04:04 |
| 05 |
Do You Want To Play? |
02:55 |
| 06 |
Till We Run Out OF Road |
04:46 |
| 07 |
Serve The Ego |
04:58 |
| 08 |
This Way |
04:17 |
| 09 |
Clevland |
04:10 |
| 10 |
I Won't Walk Away |
04:46 |
| 11 |
Love Me, Just Leave Me Alone |
03:47 |
| 12 |
The New Wild West |
05:06 |
| 13 |
Grey Matter |
04:40 |
| 14 |
Sometimes It Be That Way |
04:24 |
| Personal |
| Purchase Date |
26-2-2002 |
| Price |
€ 14,99 |
| Store |
Media Markt |
| Rating |
70% |
|
| Details |
| Spars |
DDD |
| Rare |
No |
| Sound |
Stereo |
|
| Notes |
Less a return to the sound of her breakthrough, 1995's 11-times platinum Pieces of You, than a refinement of her original coffeehouse principles, This Way does for female folkies what the Backstreet Boys' Millennium did for teen pop: It questions the very form by diving headlong even further into it, exposing in the bargain all its facets and limitations. And this time, she finds what she's looking for: a dozen WB-ready theme songs that slay in that charmingly plastic way.
Jewel's wordsmithing remains precious and heavy-handed -- and two bonus live tracks, "Grey Matter" and "Sometimes It Be That Way" do little to suggest otherwise -- but she's developed an uncanny ability to blend into her surroundings, and the arrangements by producer Dann Huff boast a radio-ready sparkle, a subtle blending of gauzy rock, pop, and country.
Jewel may ponder materialism ("Jesus Loves You"), celebrity ("Serve the Ego"), and bull riding ("Till We Run Out of Road"), but she doesn't question a decent melody: She rolls ("Cleveland"), she rocks ("Everybody Needs Someone Sometime"), and even pulls off a foray into quasi-spiritualism ("New Wild West") thanks to swirling violins and hip-hop drums.
Brad Cawn
CDNOW Contributing Writer |
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