Track Listing

1. Standing Still
2. Jesus Loves You
3. Everybody Needs Somebody Sometime
4. Break Me
5. Do You Want To Play
6. Till We Run Out Of Road
7. Serve The Ego
8. This Way
9. Cleveland
10. I Won't Walk Away
11. Love Me Just Leave Me Alone
12. New Wild West
13. Grey Matter
14. Sometimes It May Be That Way

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #70222 in Music
• Released on: 2002-02-25
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Enhanced
• Dimensions: .23 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
It's easy to see on This Way that Jewel wants to lighten up. With two previous multimillion-selling albums (and a couple of much-scorned but popular books) filled with earnest, clueless revelations behind her, the singer-songwriter comes a little closer to ground with This Way.

"Give it hell 'til the end," a former compatriot urges her on "Till We Run Out of Road", her version of Jackson Browne's "The Load Out". Could that be a hard-bitten road warrior deep inside the woman who makes a point of pronouncing the "O"'s in the opening line ("Mirror, mirror") of this album's "Serve the Ego"? Maybe. But despite her icky streak's spread to cutesy jokes ("Jesus Loves You"), Jewel hasn't quite abandoned her old judgmental ways (in "I Won't Walk Away", she spies a couple "resisting being one") and ambitions to, you know, really say something, as in the "Desolation Row"-lite "The New Wild West". Still, with some nice, if bland, arrangements set around her, This Way is the Jewel album most likely to appeal to Jewel non-fans. --Rickey Wright

CD Description
Third album from the young American contemporary folk singer-songwriter, her follow-up to 1998's 'Spirit'. Recorded in Nashville, this record fills out her sound with a full studio band. With her folk and country influences to the fore, this is melodic, adult-orientated pop-rock akin to Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge or Joan Osborne.

Customer Reviews

Elegant, Earthy, and Engaging
Living in The USA the new Jewel CD was available to me early and in just two weeks it is one of my favorites! If you like female singer/songwriters who make music full of melody and beautiful arrangments this is for you! This CD is the closest thing to sitting in a darkened coffee house listening to an artists thoughts, voice, and stories. The first single "Standing Still" is a classic sing along (watch out for the gorgeous videoclip also!), this CD is deep with potential hits. If you liked her heartbreaking songs such as "Hands" and "You Were Meant For Me" then you will LOVE "Break Me", a simple yet elegant ballad. "I Won't Walk Away" sounds like it was recorded in a piano bar, "Jesus Loves You" rocks softly with lyrics that will make you think and smile, and "Love Me, Just Leave Me Alone" just plain rocks! Do not miss this great CD full of beauty and truth.

Follow Jewel, "This Way", and there aint no turning back!
Thanks to Amazon, I was lucky enough to get this imported 2 weeks ago.
As I am a huge Jewel follower, I couldnt wait any longer to get my hands on this, and Im glad I didnt wait till February.
It opens up with the highly infectious, successful American release, "Standing Still". Then you are unawaringly whisked away into Jewel's Little World with her admiringly original lyrics fitted alongside perfectly with her guitar strums!
Stand-out tracks for me would have to be the tear-jerking "Break Me", the Country and Western layered "Love Me, Just Leave Me Alone" and "Standing Still". No matter what, every song on here has its moment.
I just wish she would be more successful over this side of the world for more people to appreciate her strong never-ending talents!

An absolute classic!
This is the first of Jewel's albums that I've bought but it won't be the last. It really has to be the best album that I have heard in a long time. In the few days since I bought it, I have just played it again and again and again (how many albums can you say that about?)

It begins with a pop-classic, 'Standing Still', and manages to maintain the high standard throughout. Some of the songs on here remind me of Sheryl Crow, others remind me of the Corrs and others of Lene Marlin, yet Jewel out-does them all!

Stand out tracks for me are: 'Standing Still', 'Everybody Needs Someone Sometime', 'Break Me', 'Cleveland' and 'The New Wild West'.

An absolute classic!