Down to Earth (Jem album)

Down to Earth
Studio album by
Jem
Released16 September 2008
Recorded2006–2008
StudioDetroit and Los Angeles
Genre
Length47:18
Language
  • English
  • Spanish
  • Japanese
LabelATO
Producer
Jem chronology
Finally Woken
(2004) 		Down to Earth
(2008) 		Beachwood Canyon
(2016)
Singles from Down to Earth
  1. "It's Amazing"
    Released: 3 June 2008
  2. "Crazy"
    Released: 26 August 2008
  3. "And So I Pray"
    Released: 26 May 2009
  4. "I Want You To..."
    Released: 26 October 2009
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic54/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
ArtofRhyme3.75/5[3]
Billboard(positive)[4]
Digital Spy[5]
The Guardian[6]
musicOMH[7]
Paste6.1/10[8]
The Phoenix[9]
The Times[10]

Down to Earth is the second studio album by Welsh musician Jem, the follow-up to Finally Woken. The first single, "It's Amazing", was featured on the soundtrack to the Sex and the City movie. The album spawned four singles.

The press release states that Jem co-wrote the album with a variety of people including Jeff Bass, Lester Mendez and Greg Kurstin and sings in Japanese on the track, "Aciiid!". The album also includes a collaboration with South African singer-songwriter and poet-activist Vusi Mahlasela on the track "You Will Make It" which was dedicated to the memory of D12 member Proof.[11][12] Although the collaboration never happened, Jem wanted to work with Eminem for the song, saying "The track is about losing someone and I wrote it the day after his friend Proof was murdered. I was in Detroit with Eminem's friends, who I happened to be recording with, when it happened".[13]

  1. ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  2. ^ Leahey, Andrew. "AllMusic Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  3. ^ "ArtofRhyme review". Artofrhyme.com. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  4. ^ Billboard review
  5. ^ "Digital Spy review". Digitalspy.co.uk. 30 January 2009. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  6. ^ Caroline Sullivan (30 January 2009). "The Guardian review". London: Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  7. ^ "Jem – Down to Earth – review". Musicomh.com. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  8. ^ "Paste review". Pastemagazine.com. 16 September 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  9. ^ "The Phoenix review". Thephoenix.com. 23 September 2008. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  10. ^ "The Times review". The Times. 9 May 2012. Retrieved 14 May 2012.
  11. ^ Raible, Allan. "Review: Jem's "Down To Earth". ABC News. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  12. ^ Jem - Down To Earth (CD liner notes). ATO Records. 88088-21630-2
  13. ^ Kilkelly, Daniel. "Jem hopes to team up with Eminem". digitalspy.com. Hearst Magazines UK. Retrieved 27 December 2016.