This Way (Jewel album)

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This Way
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Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 13, 2001
RecordedNovember 2000 – August 2001
Studio
  • Emerald Entertainment and Ocean Way Nashville (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Sound Kitchen (Franklin, Tennessee)
Genre
Length58:42
Label Atlantic
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
Metacritic 59/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Blender Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Entertainment Weekly C− [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Slant Magazine Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Contents

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)

Production

Charts

Certifications

Certifications for This Way
RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [11] Platinum70,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [30] Platinum100,000^
South Africa (RISA) [31] Gold25,000*
United States (RIAA) [8] Platinum1,578,000 [9]

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

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