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It's her first genuine step forward... probably the best record she has cut to date.
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This Way is not as accessible to the masses as previous albums, but this jewel doesn't need to be so polished to glitter.
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It is with this album, This Way that Jewel finally comes into her own.
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She's one of the most richly idiomatic female pop singers of her generation, combining the blazing timbral containment of Karen Carpenter with the rootsy looseness of Bonnie Raitt.
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Positive: 7 out of 12
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Mixed: 2 out of 12
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Negative: 3 out of 12
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izataJun 25, 2006
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JohnS.Jan 7, 2002First album, this is me. Second album, this is you. Third album, this is it. The real thing, sung in a range from minstrel to Janis Joplin.