Spirit

Product Description

The follow-up to Jewel's 10-million-selling debut finds the acclaimed singer/songwriter expanding her musical palette with the studio assistance of producer Patrick Leonard (Madonna). Pieces Of You, of course, was an unprecedented smash, spending 114 weeks on the Billboard 200, where it hit #4. Singles include "Hands", "Down So Long," and a newly recorded version of "Jupiter". [Note: This product is an authorized CD-R and is manufactured on demand]

Review

Jewel's proclivity for syrupy platitudes can no longer be blamed on her barefaced farm-girl naivety. [She] should have now seen enough of the world to know it isn't really like a fabric softener ad.... -- New Musical Express

Jewel's slightly twangy singing is more nuanced and her songwriting more sophisticated. -- USA Today

With her dulcet voice and lulling refrains, Jewel makes the social and political ills of the world go down easy. But in doing so, she unintentionally confounds the problem, since her honeyed background-music folk makes issues of life and death appear more benign and less worrisome than they are. -- Entertainment Weekly

[Jewel] continues to display a knack for using cosmic ruminations to connect with other sensitive beings, but her points remain maddeningly simplistic.... -- Los Angeles Times