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Jewel's back story as a sensitive singer/songwriter busking her way across the country while living out of her van carries so much mythic weight it winds up overshadowing the entirety of her career, much of which does not consist of simple folky songs as Greatest Hits, her first-ever compilation, makes clear. Released in 2013, two years after her Grammy Award-winning children's album but three after her second country album, Sweet & Wild, Greatest Hits rounds up all of Jewel's big hits, a move that emphasizes how often she's gunned for the top of the charts. Not long after 1995's debut Piece of You and its three smash singles ("Who Will Save Your Soul," "You Were Meant for Me," "Foolish Games") turned into a platinum hit, she began broadening her sound, lathering strings upon "Hands" from 1998's Spirit, shaking off lingering preciousness for her 2001 adult alternative set This Way (hit single, "Standing Still"), and then taking a sharp left turn for 2003's dance-pop makeover 304 (hit single, "Intuition"). That album lost her some folk purists so she made a partial return to the sound for 2006's Goodbye Alice in Wonderland before finding a new audience within the parameters of contemporary country. Taken album by album, these turns were sometimes bewildering but compressed into a hits collection, they do seem to follow crowd-pleasing logic, emphasizing Jewel's knack for pleasing melodies. That instinct to satisfy a broad audience extends to the new cuts added to the Greatest Hits -- the gleaming insistent adult pop of "Two Hearts Breaking" fits right into modern radio circa 2013, but the bigger tell is the inclusion of re-recordings of "You Were Meant for Me" and "Foolish Games," performed as duets with the Pistol Annies and Kelly Clarkson, respectively, each a bid for the continued patronage of her country and pop audiences.
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Spooner Oldham, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel, MainArtist - Ben Keith, Producer, Recording Producer - John Nowland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jewel Kilcher, ComposerLyricist - TIM MULLIGAN, Mastering Engineer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Gene Eichelberger, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Oscar Butterworth, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Robbie Buchanon, Piano, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Craft Recordings, a division of Concord Music Group, Inc.
Spooner Oldham, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel, MainArtist - Ben Keith, Producer, Recording Producer - John Nowland, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jewel Kilcher, ComposerLyricist - TIM MULLIGAN, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Drummond, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Oscar Butterworth, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Poltz, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Jewel
Jewel, MainArtist - Jewel Kilcher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1994 Jewel
Brian MacLeod, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel, MainArtist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jude Cole, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - KEVIN KILLEN, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - PATRICK LEONARD, Producer, Keyboards, Piano, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel Kilcher, Vocals, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ross Hogarth, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES HARRAH, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Nedra Carroll, Background Vocalist, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Jewel.
Brian MacLeod, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel, MainArtist - Bob Ludwig, Mastering Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jude Cole, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - PATRICK LEONARD, Producer, Keyboards, Digital Piano, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Luis Conte, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - David Channing, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel Kilcher, Vocals, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - Ross Hogarth, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES HARRAH, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Josh Clayton, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1998 Jewel.
Jewel, MainArtist - PATRICK LEONARD, Producer, Organ, Recording Producer, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel Kilcher, ComposerLyricist - Ross Hogarth, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - JAMES HARRAH, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Jewel
Tim Akers, Keyboards, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel, MainArtist - DANN HUFF, Producer, Recording Producer - Jewel Kilcher, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - Chris McHugh, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Eric Darken, Percussion, AssociatedPerformer - Rick Nowels, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Sloas, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2013 Jewel
The Nashville String Machine, Strings, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel, MainArtist - DANN HUFF, Producer, Recording Producer - Jewel Kilcher, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist - John Willis, Acoustic Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jackie Street, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Steve Brewster, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Ron Huff, Conductor, Strings Conductor
℗ 2013 Jewel
Jewel, MainArtist - Jewel Kilcher, ComposerLyricist - Lester Mendez, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2003 Jewel
Greg Wells, ComposerLyricist - Paul Bushnell, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jamie Muhoberac, Piano, AssociatedPerformer - Jewel, MainArtist - Dorian Crozier, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Kara Dioguardi, ComposerLyricist - Rob Cavallo, Producer, Recording Producer - Jewel Kilcher, Producer, Recording Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Jewel
Marv Green, ComposerLyricist - Jewel, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2007 The Valory Music Co
Jewel, MainArtist - Harold Arlen, ComposerLyricist - Jewel Kilcher, Producer, Recording Producer - E.Y. HARBURG, ComposerLyricist - Barry Saling, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Trust Fund Baby, Inc
Nathan Chapman, Producer, Co-Producer - Jewel, MainArtist - Jewel Kilcher, Producer, Co-Producer, ComposerLyricist - Rick Nowels, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2010 The Valory Music Co., LLC
Jewel, MainArtist - Jewel Kilcher, ComposerLyricist - Glenn Worf, Producer, Recording Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Producer, Recording Producer - Pistol Annies, FeaturedArtist - Steve Poltz, ComposerLyricist - Frank Liddell, Producer, Recording Producer
℗ 2013 Jewel
Kelly Clarkson, FeaturedArtist - Jewel, MainArtist - DANN HUFF, Producer, Recording Producer - Jewel Kilcher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Jewel
Jay Joyce, Producer, Recording Producer - Jewel, MainArtist - Jewel Kilcher, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2013 Jewel
Album review
Jewel's back story as a sensitive singer/songwriter busking her way across the country while living out of her van carries so much mythic weight it winds up overshadowing the entirety of her career, much of which does not consist of simple folky songs as Greatest Hits, her first-ever compilation, makes clear. Released in 2013, two years after her Grammy Award-winning children's album but three after her second country album, Sweet & Wild, Greatest Hits rounds up all of Jewel's big hits, a move that emphasizes how often she's gunned for the top of the charts. Not long after 1995's debut Piece of You and its three smash singles ("Who Will Save Your Soul," "You Were Meant for Me," "Foolish Games") turned into a platinum hit, she began broadening her sound, lathering strings upon "Hands" from 1998's Spirit, shaking off lingering preciousness for her 2001 adult alternative set This Way (hit single, "Standing Still"), and then taking a sharp left turn for 2003's dance-pop makeover 304 (hit single, "Intuition"). That album lost her some folk purists so she made a partial return to the sound for 2006's Goodbye Alice in Wonderland before finding a new audience within the parameters of contemporary country. Taken album by album, these turns were sometimes bewildering but compressed into a hits collection, they do seem to follow crowd-pleasing logic, emphasizing Jewel's knack for pleasing melodies. That instinct to satisfy a broad audience extends to the new cuts added to the Greatest Hits -- the gleaming insistent adult pop of "Two Hearts Breaking" fits right into modern radio circa 2013, but the bigger tell is the inclusion of re-recordings of "You Were Meant for Me" and "Foolish Games," performed as duets with the Pistol Annies and Kelly Clarkson, respectively, each a bid for the continued patronage of her country and pop audiences.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 16 track(s)
- Total length: 01:05:23
- Main artists: Jewel
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Craft Recordings
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2013 Jewel. This Compilation ℗ 2013 Jewel.
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