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Sweet and safe, but verging on sappy.
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What parents need to know
Parents need to know that this album might inspire conversations about the power and neediness of love and the importance of maintaining your center and self-respect when starting a relationship.
What's the story?
Jewel's fifth CD, 0304, is as sweet as can be. Perfect for lovesick adolescent girls with "fragile hearts," the songs may induce insulin shock in the rest of the family. With co-producer Lester Mendez (known for working with Enrique Iglesias and Shakira), she infuses sincere lyrics and pure soprano vocals with a dance beat. Two tracks, "Stand" and "America," offer gentle pleas for nonviolence and political activism. Most of the other songs express romantic longing, or self-validating cheerleader peppiness. Sexuality is suggestive and metaphorical, leaving the listener discreetly outside the bedroom door. "Yes U Can" provides the most light-hearted fun, evoking fanciful disco-in-an-alternate-universe images.
Is it any good?
Jewel's pop sound is energetic, but she takes few musical risks and is weak on originality, perhaps at the cost of appearing a bit like a Britney Spears/Madonna wannabe. The best moments are the most surprising ones: the lovely accordion solo at the beginning of "Intuition" and the good-natured creepiness of "Haunted" (Buffy fans take note). All in all, this is a slick, well-produced album by an apparently nice girl -- perhaps a bit too nice to pull off slick pop pretensions.
What families can talk about
Families can talk about the political issues raised by some of the songs. It might also be fun to create a visual art project based on the imagery in "Haunted" or "Yes U Can."
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This CD is good but way different from anything Jewel usually does. I remember one of the songs kind of freaked me out(when I was 11) because it was from a stalkers point of view and the music was kind of freaky(" I will get you in the night")-that sort of stuff.
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awesome cd
stand is a good song about how the world is today. the only song parents need to look at is "America" uses the word "f--king" once and makes fun of celebrities even though the celebrities it makes fun of deserve to be made fun of
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