• Record Label: Jive
  • Release Date: Oct 8, 2002
User Score
5.8

Mixed or average reviews- based on 25 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 25
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 25
  3. Negative: 11 out of 25

Review this album

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
  1. Oct 14, 2011
    10
    why you so mean??? This is a beautiful album every songs are so great and you can relate to. You can even feel what she means and you'll understand every word she was singing... I can say it is a wonderful album and it's on my top list. I can't wait for her next album. :)

    PS: Jennifer Love Hewitt is a great singer and have beautiful range of voice... :)
  2. JoeM.
    Oct 22, 2002
    1
    Only heard the singe, but it can't get much better (or worse for that matter.) I'm embarrassed for her, especially seeing her singing this song live on TV. The most trite crap that is being performed. (Much worse than Brittany.) I could have written a more complex song using only lyrics from Barney the Purple Dinosaur songs.
  3. EricaL.
    Oct 24, 2002
    1
    I think this sin "BareNaked" is awesome. I think Jennifer Love Hewitt is a good singer and actor.
  4. timx
    Feb 20, 2005
    0
    People are rating this high because she's hot? This is terrible!!
  5. NickV
    May 27, 2006
    9
    How can anyone not like this album? OK, around the middle, the songs tend to sound the same. But if you extract each one out of its context (this album), you have a good song each time. Of those middle selections "Rock the Roll" is excellent. Arrangements are outstanding, with a tasty touch of timely rap. (And I don't even like rap!) The album starts off with what should have been 2 How can anyone not like this album? OK, around the middle, the songs tend to sound the same. But if you extract each one out of its context (this album), you have a good song each time. Of those middle selections "Rock the Roll" is excellent. Arrangements are outstanding, with a tasty touch of timely rap. (And I don't even like rap!) The album starts off with what should have been 2 rather powerful hit singles. (No song here hit the Billboard Hot 100). Then you have the ever beautiful "You", which shows that Jennifer has versatility in her singing, and can pull off any style or genre with equal effectiveness. Let's get this straight right now - THIS GIRL CAN SING! She has a God-given talent no doubt, and it's so obvious by listening to her albums that she works hard on it. She doesn't dog it at anytime. She gives it her all in each song! Now to the end of the album. "Avenue of the Stars" is one of the most brilliant, most outstanding songs I've ever heard in my life. Fantastic (and complicated) melody, going off in different directions yet all working so incredibly well synergistically. This should have been a hit, and go to #1 and stay there for 20 weeks! POWERFUL song! Can't get tired of it. The album ends with our lovely JLH paying tribute to one of her all-time favorite singers Janis Joplin. Janis herself had taken this Kris Kristofferson penned classic to #1 in 1971. Sadly it was a posthumous hit for her. Jennifer's interpretation of this classic takes a different direction yet stays loyal to the original hit version. She even does a brief Janis impression at the end of the song where theres laughter from her & the people there watching this performance. In fact, the laughter that you hear her do at the end of each of the last two songs are alone worth the money for this CD. To sum it all up, there is nothing but 'heart', passion, & dedication in this album. Jennifer Love Hewitt, thank you for this great album. This album should be in everybody's collection! Expand
  6. KrisP
    Feb 27, 2005
    10
    I remember before buying Jennifer's album I listened to the first single "Barenaked" a few times before buying and felt like, "you know, this has great promise to it. I have a hunch that if this single's that good then when the album comes out I'll be in for a treat." The single didn't steer me wrong. This a good, solid, complete album. When I say complete I mean that I remember before buying Jennifer's album I listened to the first single "Barenaked" a few times before buying and felt like, "you know, this has great promise to it. I have a hunch that if this single's that good then when the album comes out I'll be in for a treat." The single didn't steer me wrong. This a good, solid, complete album. When I say complete I mean that every song is a good song that's fun to listen to and if were released as a single would likely be a hit. I love this album. I listen to it often and enjoy it every time I do. This is a CD I'm always going to treasure in my collection. I just wish more people would give it a chance. There's my two cents. Great album! Expand
  7. johng
    Mar 23, 2005
    10
    This is good relaxing music to listen to and tap your feet
  8. jackblack
    Nov 17, 2002
    1
    nice girl but no cigar this time!
  9. C.M.
    Oct 16, 2002
    2
    Um...she should stick to acting...I'm just not feelin' her. She's trying to be like everyone else out there...and it's not working.
  10. SarahF.
    Oct 19, 2002
    0
    It totally sux, she is a wannabe merideth brooks, michelle branch and vanessa carlton.
  11. MartinJ
    Jan 8, 2007
    0
    never release an album again!
  12. Dec 23, 2021
    10
    This is indeed a great album! 20 years after its release, I am still going back to it!
    She is indeed a great singer, a shame she never got properly recognized for it.
Metascore
47

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 6
  2. Negative: 3 out of 6
  1. Q Magazine
    80
    Admittedly, her FM-friendly singalongs aren't rocket science, just fantastically effective. [May 2003, p.109]
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    33
    Amounts to nothing more than a party of five million bland cliches. [11 Oct 2002, p.82]
  3. 30
    Hewitt's problem on BareNaked, ironically, is that she lacks "it." Whatever magnetism she carries on screen, whatever eye-candy poise she possesses; it all comes off as vanilla in her music.