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]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Jewel Kilcher, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Standing Still"
4:30
2."Jesus Loves You" 3:20
3."Everybody Needs Someone Sometime" 4:08
4."Break Me" 4:04
5."Do You Want to Play?" 2:55
6."Till We Run Out of Road"
4:45
7."Serve the Ego"
4:57
8."This Way"
  • Kilcher
  • Nowels
4:16
9."Cleveland" 4:09
10."I Won't Walk Away"
  • Kilcher
  • Nowels
4:45
11."Love Me, Just Leave Me Alone" 3:47
12."The New Wild West" 4:47
Total length:50:23
Bonus Tracks (Recorded Live)
No.TitleLength
13."Grey Matter"4:35
14."Sometimes It Be That Way"3:41
Total length:59:55
Additional Bonus Track (Recorded Live)
No.TitleLength
15."A Long Slow Slide"3:37
Total length:62:16

Personnel

Musicians

The Nashville String Machine (Tracks 4 & 10)

  • Ronn Huff – arrangements and conductor
  • Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
  • David Angell, Monisa Angell, Janet Askey, Beth Beeson, Lynn Bloom, Bruce Christensen, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Gerald Greer, Anthony LaMarchina, Lee Larrison, Bob Mason, Cate Myer, Kathryn Plummer, Pamela Sixfin, Calvin Smith, Roger Spencer, Julie Tanner, Alan Umstead, Catherine Umstead, Gary Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Glenn Wanner, Karen Winkelmann and Joy Worland – string players

Production

  • Lenedra Carroll – executive producer
  • Ron Shapiro – executive producer, A&R
  • Gloria Gabriel – A&R
  • Jewel – producer
  • Dann Huff – producer
  • Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
  • David Bryant – assistant engineer
  • Jed Hackett – assistant engineer
  • Robert Hadley – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
  • Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
  • Chad Farmer – art direction, design
  • Ellen Von Unwerth – photography
  • Fred Hyser – studio intern

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for This Way
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] Platinum 70,000^
Canada (Music Canada)[30] Platinum 100,000^
South Africa (RISA)[31] Gold 25,000*
United States (RIAA)[8] Platinum 1,578,000[9]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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