Perfectly Clear

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Perfectly Clear
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Studio album by
Jewel
ReleasedJune 3, 2008 (2008-06-03)
RecordedLate 2006-Early 2008
Genre Country
Length40:45
Label Valory
Producer
Jewel chronology
Goodbye Alice in Wonderland
(2006)		Perfectly Clear
(2008)		 Lullaby
(2009)
Singles from Perfectly Clear
  1. "Stronger Woman"
    Released: February 11, 2008
  2. "I Do"
    Released: June 23, 2008
  3. "Till It Feels Like Cheating"
    Released: October 27, 2008
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (69/100) [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
About.comStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Billboard (positive) [4]
Entertainment Weekly B+ [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The New York Times (positive) [7]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]

Perfectly Clear is the seventh studio album recorded by American singer Jewel. Her first album of country music, it was released on Valory Records (an imprint of Big Machine Records) on June 3, 2008 (see 2008 in country music).

Contents

Album description

The album is composed of a mixture of new and old fan-favorite songs, although only one of the songs had previously appeared on one of her albums. "2 Become 1", from 0304 appeared in a new country version that was re-titled, "Two Become One". [11] Its lead single, "Stronger Woman", peaked at #13 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. [12] John Rich, one half of the country rock duo Big & Rich, produced the album. [13]

"I Do", was released to country radio on June 23, 2008 as the album's second single, which peaked in the Top 40. "Till It Feels Like Cheating" was released on October 27, 2008 as the third single, [14] but only stayed on the charts for one week debuting and peaking at #57. Perfectly Clear debuted at #8 on the Billboard 200 with 48,000 copies. [15] The album was released in Australia on May 29, 2009. [16] It was released across Europe in June 2009. [17] The European edition also includes the video for the first single "Stronger Woman". As of June 2010, the album has sold 370,000 copies worldwide, including 240,000 in the U.S. [18]

Critical reception

The album received generally favorable reviews. [1] Rolling Stone magazine gave a mixed review, giving the album 2.5 stars out of 5. The reviewer said that "Jewel doesn't call upon the gritty storytelling of a real Nashville star […] the album is overcrowded by placid soft-rock tunes like "Two Become One" and "Anyone But You" with schmaltzy choruses and flavorless piano-laden verses." [8] Allmusic gave a mixed review too, giving the album 3 stars out of 5. The reviewer also criticized Rich's production and the "poppy, simple songs about relationships […] but it does mean it feels more like the Jewel that everybody came to love back in 1995[.]" [3]

A positive review came from Entertainment Weekly, which received the album well, calling Jewel an "earnest storyteller", [5] and Billboard magazine, which said that the album "is not only persuasive, but down-home, old-school country." [4] The New York Times gave the album an ambivalent review, saying that Jewel's voice was "sharp [and] assured" but criticizing the production. [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stronger Woman" Jewel, Marv Green 4:02
2."I Do"Jewel4:04
3."Love Is a Garden"Jewel, Shaye Smith3:48
4."Rosey and Mick"Jewel3:36
5."Anyone but You"Jewel, Wynn Varble 3:55
6."Thump Thump"Jewel3:57
7."Two Become One"Jewel, Guy Chambers3:44
8."Till It Feels Like Cheating"Lisa Carver, Liz Rose 4:00
9."Everything Reminds Me of You"Jewel, Joe Firstman 3:15
10."Loved by You (Cowboy Waltz)"Jewel3:28
11."Perfectly Clear"Jewel2:56

Personnel

Production

Charts

Singles

YearSingleChart positions
US Country US US Pop
2008"Stronger Woman"138495
"I Do"38——
"Till It Feels Like Cheating"57——

Release history

CountryDate
United StatesJune 3, 2008
Canada
AustraliaMay 29, 2009
AustriaJune 3, 2009
Germany
United KingdomJune 22, 2009
Spain
Denmark

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