Goodbye Alice In Wonderland
by Jewel
  • Record Label: Atlantic
  • Release Date: May 2, 2006
Metascore
57

Mixed or average reviews - based on 18 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 7 out of 18
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 18
  3. Negative: 1 out of 18
  1. AllMusic
    90
    As a writer she's never been stronger.
  2. Amazon.com
    70
    What's changed is that maturity has granted Jewel, now in her early 30s, greater perspective.
  3. Billboard
    80
    "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland" returns Jewel to her folk/pop roots, serving up her usual host of poetic metaphors for lessons learned and observations on humanity.
  5. E! Online
    67
    Unfortunately, Jewel... chooses to revert to the soppy musical formula of her 1995 debut, Pieces of You.
  6. Entertainment Weekly
    75
    Somewhere beneath the Lilith earnestness glints something sharper. [28 Apr 2006, p.135]
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  7. Observer Music Monthly
    70
    Lovely.
  8. The Guardian
    70
    A surprisingly substantial return.

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User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 23 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 18 out of 23
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 23
  3. Negative: 5 out of 23
  1. AlanisOutsold
    Jun 18, 2016
    0
    Personally, I feel like a score of 0 is too generous for an album this terrible. Ever since I had the misfortune of listening to the first 3Personally, I feel like a score of 0 is too generous for an album this terrible. Ever since I had the misfortune of listening to the first 3 seconds of "Pieces of You", Jewel Kitlchelenemaner's ugly face has been burned into my memory, her cataract-laden eyes piercing my very soul as she bares her hideously misshapen teeth. I would send her my therapy bills, but this album (like the rest of her discography) was such a gigantic commercial flop I doubt she'd even be able to afford them.… Full Review »
  2. GK
    Oct 24, 2006
    9
    Back to her best.
  3. DianeB
    Jul 28, 2006
    10
    I have listened to Jewel's music since the first and it has always been emotionally moving. I listened to 0304 many many times because I have listened to Jewel's music since the first and it has always been emotionally moving. I listened to 0304 many many times because that was her newest cd, however, now I can't stand listening to it. Goodbye, Alice in Wonderland is deep and mind-bending it wants to make you look at the world very much like many songs on 'This Way'.… Full Review »
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