Jewel Returns to Folk Roots on 'Picking Up the Pieces' Album

[Donna Sue]

I thought of Brittney Spears and I'm not even sure why

Ha! Prolly cuz she has a song that goes "You wanna piece of me?"

Its actually not a bad song..... if you like that sort of thing. 

[Jessica]

The older I get, the less I hate terrible pop music.  I have no idea why. 

[Donna Sue]

Oh, and I'm glad I "tuned" in here... as I'm looking for some decent headphones. (see what I did there?) Nice to have input. I'm thinking Sony or Bose now. 

How about Beats by Dr. Dre? Or is that the same as the Beatsaudio stuff?  Too teenager-y? We got some for my stepson a few years back and they were tres pricey.... 

The older I get, the less I hate terrible pop music.  I have no idea why. 

Don't worry Jess. It has its place in the world. 

[Jessica]

Yeah, but Dre sold Beats so he could be the first billionaire rapper.


 



The mister is a dedicated Sony customer.  He agrees with SMP - Sony headphones are where it's at.

[Javo]

I've got a Sennheiser earphone, pretty good stuff (expensive enough), do the sell that brand in the US as well?

[Jessica]

Jewel - Picking Up The Pieces

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In the midst of the alternative music boom of the mid-90’s, Jewel released Pieces of You and brought her coffeehouse folk to radio, earning instant success with “Who Will Save Your Soul,” “You Were Meant For Me,” and “Foolish Games.” Since then, she evolved as the industry changed around her and wasn’t afraid to stretch out of her boundaries to expand her sound by bringing in more pop elements and country ideals. However, with her new album Picking Up The Pieces, she abandons those changes and recaptures the raw and honest sound that gave her mainstream success.

The album as a whole is more stripped down as is evident the moment that you hit play and are met with “Love Used To Be,” which quickly re-introduces us to her poetic lyrics as she lets them shine by accompanying them with only a simple acoustic guitar. She revisits her 90’s era sound with longtime live fan favorite “A Boy Needs A Bike,” a song that allows her to perfectly balance her folk side against her country roots as she paints the picture of life and the lessons we learn from its ups, downs, and in-betweens. Within’ her signature style she takes slight risks as well such as with the mostly spoken word feel of “His Pleasure Is My Pain,” but also focuses on tugging at our hearts with songs such as the autobiographical ballad “My Father’s Daughter,” a collaboration with Dolly Parton that tells the story of Jewel's father and grandmother.

Jewel has always been able to use her voice to catapult you right into the emotions of the lyric and she does that flawlessly throughout this album. She personally returns to her roots with this album, but just as she did when she broke through, she is offering something completely different amongst the pop and rock edged music of today and once again, she finds herself face to face with being the necessary change to the mainstream.

[Jessica]

[Randy]

Got an email last night. I don't check it often enough, it seems.

Randall McC......,

Your order #100000... has been updated to: Shipped
USPS 9400110200830841127...
You can check the status of your order by logging into your account.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us at store@jeweljk.com .
Thank you, Official Jewel Store!

This would be the PUtP signed CD.


 

[Jessica]

  Nice!! 

[kennycable]

I think my Gold bundle has shipped.

[Randy]

I think my Gold bundle has shipped.

That would be awesome! I've got one coming, too, and the status is listed as, "Complete". Of course, with what we know about the vinyl now, that's not technically true.

[Jessica]

Mine hasn't shipped either! 

That's okay - I didn't expect it to.

My Ben Folds package shipped early!  I should be getting that early!

[Echo]

Is it wrong im cranky that i haven't received an email that my cd has shipped and other people are already receiving them in the mail?

[Javo]

I didn't receive a mail yet about shipping, But I just ordered.  *trying to be patient*

[Donna Sue]

I thought all this stuff wasn't being released until tomorrow? Or are you special if you ordered the gold bundle?

I only ordered the silver bundle.

[Jessica]

I thought it was only people who ordered the signed CD and nothing else who are getting theirs early.



I ordered gold and I have no reason to think mine is coming just yet, which is fine.  I don't pay much mind to what my account on the website says because it's not exactly Amazon, iykwim.

[Echo]

Maybe because i did the silver package. Hmm oh well

[Angel Eyes]

I thought it was only people who ordered the signed CD and nothing else who are getting theirs early.

Yeah, that's what I assume. The silver, gold etc bundles are probably all gonna be shipped together, and since the book doesn't come out until Tuesday then they wouldn't want people to get it a week early. But that's fine with me. We've got the digital album that'll hold us over until then.

[Jessica]

When I first ordered this bundle, they told me it wouldn't ship until 9/15, so anything beyond that is a gift. No expectations here.

I was a little bummed about waiting for the vinyl, but I'll have the CD and a digi download, so I can wait to have the album.

[Nobody]

When I first ordered this bundle, they told me it wouldn't ship until 9/15, so anything beyond that is a gift. No expectations here.

I was a little bummed about waiting for the vinyl, but I'll have the CD and a digi download, so I can wait to have the album.

Okay.  That's cool then.  I didn't remember seeing that it wouldn't ship until the 15th.  Less