Jewel - Value Added
Published May 26, 2003
Atlantic Records is pumping sales of Jewel's forthcoming (June 3) album 0304 by offering two bonus tracks during the first week of release only:
- FIRST COME, FIRST SERVED:
JEWEL BONUS TRACKS AVAILABLE FOR ONE WEEK ONLY;
NEW ALBUM, "0304," TO INCLUDE SPECIAL DOWNLOAD CARD
As a special bonus for Jewel fans, those who purchase her forthcoming new Atlantic album, "0304," during its first week of release will have exclusive access to two special, previously unreleased live tracks - which will be only be available from June 3rd, the album's street date, to June 9th. Included in the first run of the new album will be a limited edition, collectible Jewel download card with a special pin number allowing access to an exclusive Jewel bonus site. The site will feature the two songs, "The New Wild West" and "Life Uncommon," in rare solo live versions recorded last year and personally mixed and mastered by Jewel. Both tracks will be downloadable and ownable.
The Jewel bonus site will also feature a variety of other content, including new Jewel in-studio footage, candid tour clips, and additional live performance videos of "Standing Still," "Jesus Loves You," and "Near You Always." These materials will continue to be available to download card holders after June 9th.
In other Jewel news, "Stand," a track from "0304," will premiere on AOL Music's First Listen on Monday, May 26th. The follows the hugely successful First Listen premiere of "Intuition," the first single from the new album, on March 31st.
Upon its release, "Intuition" was the #1 most-added track at multiple radio formats, and the song has now bulleted into the top 15 at Top 40 Adult/Modern AC/Hot AC radio and into the top 20 on the CHR/Pop charts. The song's companion video, directed by Marc Klasfeld (Sum 41, Floetry, Vanessa Carlton, Nelly, Alien Ant Farm), is enjoying major play on both VH1 and MTV.
"0304" finds the multi-platinum singer/songwriter moving in new musical directions inspired by her burgeoning interest in modern dance beats and textures. The album was produced by Jewel and Cuban-American producer Lester Mendez (Shakira, Santana, Enrique Iglesias), who also co-wrote the music with Jewel for ten of the album's 14 tracks.
Since the release of her first album eight years ago, Jewel has continued to explore fresh avenues, branching out from her folk roots to incorporate rock, pop, country, blues, jazz, and classical influences into her work. Each successive album has found her experimenting with new sounds and widening her artistic scope, while retaining her uniquely personal lyrical style and musical authenticity. Still in her twenties, Jewel enjoys a rare career longevity among her generation of artists. Her four previous albums have sold 25 million copies worldwide.
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- Published: May 26, 2003
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Interesting tidbit few people know: After recording her first album, she very nearly went in a very avant-garde direction. When the release didn't immediately take off, she went into the studio with guitar-noise god David Torn and recorded an entire album of decidedly un-pop songs. Then, due to the sudden, late, and unexpected success of her singles, she shelved it in order to get out and promote the first album. By the time she returned to the studio, the artsy project she'd started out on was forgotten, and has never reared it's head since. Not rumor, it's truth, as Mr. Torn himself related in his mailing list when asked about his involvement. What a shame, I'd have really liked to have heard what that direction would have sounded like.
But she sure does look great, doesn't she?
It will be interesting to listen to this one. It is always interesting when an artist takes a new, unexpected direction ... it is usually hard to pull-off, particularly when the artist in question has already been "typed", and I think it's fair to say that Jewel has been "typed" to date in the intellectual/sensitive/socially-concerned/folk bucket. From what I can tell from the first single, "Intuition" (which sounds very, very dancepop), this record will be markedly different from anything else she has ever done, and in that sense alone, even if it is a failure, it will be an interesting one. It's a brave step, because it's possible that some of her existing fans will not care for this type of music (the kind of folks who like songs like "Foolish Game, for example, may very well not care for "Intuition"), so for the artist it is something of a leap into the unknown. Anyway, now it's time to listen to the record, I guess!
In 1997, she appeared at Rockfest in Dallas. I know what you're thinking - Jewel? Rockfest? She said it was her first time every playing an electric guitar in public.
And she actually managed to rock, just a little. Quite the change from the chubby girl my parents had enjoyed listening to playing acoustic guitar in San Diego just a couple of years earlier.
I'll definitely be checking out the new effort. She's full of surprises.
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She also has a huge rack and a crooked smile.
And writes HORRIBLE poetry.