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█ ARTIST: Jewel █
█ TITLE: 0304 █
█ LABEL: Atlantic █
█ GENRE: Pop █
█ GRABBER: EAC (Secure Mode) █
█ ENCODER: LAME 3.97 / -V2 --vbr-new █
█ QUALITY: 201 Kbps Avg / 44.1 KHz / Joint Stereo █
█ PLAYTIME: 1h 17min 05sec total █
█ SIZE: 111.8MB █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2004-02-09 ▐▌
█ RIP DATE: 2009-04-02 █
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█ CD #1/2
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█ 01. Stand 3:14
█ 02. Run 2 U 3:39
█ 03. Intuition 3:49
█ 04. Leave The Lights On 3:23
█ 05. 2 Find U 3:16
█ 06. Fragile Heart 3:33
█ 07. Doin' Fine 3:14
█ 08. 2 Become 1 4:40
█ 09. Haunted 4:52
█ 10. Sweet Temptation 4:09
█ 11. Yes U Can 4:01
█ 12. U & Me = Love 3:37
█ 13. America 3:43
█ 14. Becoming 4:22
█ 15. Intuition (Ford's Radio Mix) 4:15
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█ CD #2/2
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█ 01. Intuition (From Sessions@AOL) 3:28
█ 02. Standing Still (From Sessions@AOL) 4:05
█ 03. Leave The Light On (From Sessions@AOL) 3:22
█ 04. Stand (From Yahoo/Launch) 3:27
█ 05. 2 Become 1 (From Yahoo/Launch) 4:56
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█ Enjoy now in VBR! Guess it's not out yet due to copy protection...
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█ http://www.amazon.co.uk/0304-Bonus-Disc-Tour-Australian/dp/B0001CLZR4
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█ Within the liner notes to her fourth album, 0304, Jewel includes a note to
█ her fans, explaining, "This album may seem different to you," which is
█ putting it mildly. For a singer who has been making low-key singer/songwriter
█ albums so unassuming that on her debut the two singles had to be re-recorded
█ for mass consumption, it is a big shock to put on 0304 and hear that she has
█ abandoned folksiness and adult pop to make a dance-pop album, of all things.
█ A move that's even more shocking when you consider that when this was
█ released in June of 2003, the teen-driven dance-pop boom of the late
█ '90s/early 2000s was over, so it doesn't necessarily even sound like part of
█ the mainstream of the time, suggesting that this isn't a calculated effort to
█ ride the latest hip trends. No, the music on 0304 is the wild, weird result
█ of Jewel's desire to create a "modern interpretation of big band music. A
█ record that (is) lyric-driven, like Cole Porter stuff, that also has a lot of
█ swing...that combined dance, urban, and folk music." While the big band and
█ Cole Porter allusions are a stretch -- although it is true that this is as
█ lyric-driven as her previous three records -- with the assistance of producer
█ Lester Mendez, she has managed to blend dance, urban, and folk -- complete
█ with pop overtones, of course -- in previously unimaginable ways. Like Sheryl
█ Crow's eponymous second album, this picks up familiar strands of contemporary
█ pop music and familiar themes in Jewel's own work, but the way they're
█ assembled is disarmingly idiosyncratic -- it has a polished, commercial
█ sheen, but the songs take weird twists and turns in their arrangements,
█ structure, and lyrics (another thing this shares with Sheryl Crow is a
█ predilection for odd pop culture references and name-dropping). More than
█ anything, it's the weird juxtapositions in the production -- the accordions
█ and dance beats on "Intuition," the way her protest tune, "America," ends in
█ an electro-crash, the muted jazz trumpets on her Nelly Furtado-styled "Leave
█ the Lights On," to name just a few -- that make this an original-sounding
█ album, something with more imagination than the average dance-pop record.
█ Better still, it sounds more authentic (and boasts a better set of songs)
█ than her previous records, which were either too ramshackle or too
█ self-serious and doggedly somber to really reveal much character. Here, even
█ if it's under the veneer of commercial pop, she puts herself out on the line
█ more than she ever has, and she's come up with her best record, with her best
█ set of songs and best music yet. As she notes in her message to fans, "It's
█ the first record I enjoy listening to. It's fun!" She's completely right on
█ that note -- it's the first album of hers that's a sheer pleasure to hear.
█ [This Australian version of the album includes an additional CD of bonus
█ material.]
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█ Don't forget to support the artists! We did.
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