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| Pieces of You | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jewel
Label: Atlantic / Wea
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  370 reviews
Sales Rank: 4435
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.6 x 0.5
MPN: 075678270024
UPC: 075678270024
EAN: 0075678270024
ASIN: B000002J2S
Publication Date: 1994
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 good for any mood you are in! February 11, 2000
8 out of 9 found this review helpful
I first bought this cd when "who will save your soul" came out. I made the error of only listening to the first songs, and then I put the cd away until "You were meant for me" and "foolish games" came out. I was so happy those songs were on the cd, and I literally fell in love with the cd! The cd has such diversity which is so excellent. if you are feeling sad, you can listen to painters, or amen, or adrian (goes on a little long). Feeling angry, listen to daddy or maybe little sister. Feeling womanly, sensitive is a great song! and if you feel happy and romantic, just take your pick of the rest of the songs. Jewel shows such talent with this cd. For a musician to have this many different kinds of songs, and such a talent for portraying irony in music at such a young age is remarkable! Jewel may not be for everyone, but I loved this cd, and I still love to listen to it!
 . . . z z z z z z z z z z z November 9, 1999
8 out of 15 found this review helpful
Listen up Jewel fans. If you want to hear a female singer who is full of poetry, maturity, and relevance, check out Joni Mitchell. She's been the queen of folk for 30 years for a very good reason - she has TALENT.
Like sitting through a high school poetry reading September 26, 2001
8 out of 14 found this review helpful
Virtually the entire album can be summed up in one word: TRITE. Is Jewel a poet? Yes. Is she trying to wrestle with big concepts? Sometimes. Is she honest and simple about her feelings? Sure. But does it make for good music? Not on this album. It reminds me of some very earnest but amateurish and unbearable bands I saw in high school and college. This is the kind of music that inspires characters like John Belushi's "Bluto" in Animal House to grab the guitar from the singer's hands and bash it to bits on the staircase.There is one exception: the first track, "Who Will Save Your Soul?" is excellent. I bought this CD when I first heard this song, before anyone had even heard of "You Were Meant for Me," and I still love it. But the rest of the album is terrible. Every once in a while I dust it off and give it another listen, but it never gets any better. This one's destined for the used CD shop.
Whiney drivel July 27, 2001
7 out of 13 found this review helpful
I bought this album based on the first single "Who Will Save Your Soul", which was a good song. I think the 2nd single had also come out but I hadn't heard it yet. I figured it to be an enjoyable listen based on that first single as well as my enjoyment at the time of other varied female artists like Alanis Morissette, Natalie Merchant, and No Doubt's Gwen Stefani. Well, after one tedious listen I was disgusted that I had actually spent money on such drivel. I sold it back within a week of purchase. The songs are whiney and pretentious, and it amazes me how many people think that based on these songs this woman is an "angel" of sorts. Here's what an angel she is: my wife (fiancee at the time) was working at a record store in New York where Jewel was promoting a book of poetry. A fan said "I love you, Jewel", and she responded, "Shut up, you punk!" As a result, several people returned their signed copies of her poetry book for a refund. When Gwen Stefani sings, you can tell she feels what she sings. Jewel is just a phony, and her "sweet voice" is overrated as well.
 I want to like it... June 20, 2002
7 out of 12 found this review helpful
I just can't. Jewel really tries with this album. Her potential is clearly there. The problem is that these aren't songs - they're poems. As such, they just don't work set to music. The themes themselves are, at least in a few cases, interesting and important. I'm just not sure that Jewel has anything new to say about them. And while the guitar playing isn't bad, it does seem repetitive after a while. All the songs sound the same (save for Meant for Me and Foolish Games). Little Sister, Daddy and Pieces of You are really underappreciated songs, probably because the themes are controversial. That said, they aren't so well done to warrant buying the album. Of course, Meant for Me and Foolish Games are wonderful. The rest is iminently forgetable. The good stuff from here will be on a greatest hits CD, or can be acquired through a CD single, or a compilation CD. Get Spirit instead, or listen to other folkie types like Tracy Chapman, Tori Amos, or Ani DiFranco.
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