This Way (Jewel album)

This Way
Studio album by
Jewel
ReleasedNovember 13, 2001
RecordedNovember 2000 – August 2001
Studio
  • Emerald Entertainment and Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
Genre
Length58:42
LabelAtlantic
Producer
Jewel chronology
Joy: A Holiday Collection
(1999) 		This Way
(2001) 		0304
(2003)
Singles from This Way
  1. "Standing Still"
    Released: October 2, 2001
  2. "Break Me"
    Released: January 27, 2002
  3. "This Way"
    Released: June 12, 2002
  4. "Serve the Ego"
    Released: September 24, 2002
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic59/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[4]
Rolling Stone[5]
Slant Magazine[6]

This Way is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on November 13, 2001, by Atlantic Records. Jewel was looking for a raw, live-sounding album, leading her to be involved in the album's production.[7] The album spawned the singles "Standing Still" and "Break Me", as well as the title track, which was also featured on the soundtrack to the film Life or Something Like It. The final single, "Serve the Ego", was remixed by Hani Num and Mike Rizzo and topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. The album debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 140,000 units. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 17, 2001,[8] and as of June 2010, it had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States.[9] This Way reached number six in Australia and has since been certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[10][11]

  1. ^ "Critic Reviews for This Way at Metacritic". Metacritic. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  2. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (November 13, 2001). "This Way – Jewel". AllMusic. Retrieved January 17, 2019.
  3. ^ [1] Archived June 26, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Tyrangiel, Josh (November 23, 2001). "This Way Review". Entertainment Weekly. p. 82. Archived from the original on April 21, 2009. Retrieved June 22, 2012.
  5. ^ Hunter, James (October 30, 2001). "Jewel: This Way : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on November 8, 2007. Retrieved April 29, 2012.
  6. ^ "Music". Slant Magazine. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
  7. ^ Rojas, Sabrina. "Celebrity Gossip + Entertainment News | VH1 Celebrity". Vh1.com. Archived from the original on November 13, 2002. Retrieved July 26, 2013.
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