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JEWEL - Goodbye Alice In Wonderland
| Entertainment Weekly | | Say what you will about Jewel, that much-mocked poetess with the burlesque body, but it turns out that she's at least halfway in on the joke: ''So why not follow me, the blond bombshell deity?/I'll sell you neat ideas without big words/And a little bit of cleavage to help wash it all down,'' she croons tartly on Goodbye Alice in Wonderland track ''Stephenville, TX.'' Sincerity is still her main trade, as are showbiz-as-Hades tropes and romantic confessionals. But somewhere beneath the Lilith earnestness glints something sharper....full text |
| | LA Daily News | | Jewel is fun even when she's serious. After her dance-pop misfire, "0304," comes her sixth and most autobiographical effort - and it's a welcome return to the tuneful folk-pop of her debut. Although she's writing here about her rags-to-riches life, anyone who imagines this is just another pretty, rich girl moaning about fame, mean boyfriends and her astrological chart would be mistaken....full text |
| | Monsters and Critics | | The word "confessional" is frequently applied to folk of all stripes, including folk-rock and folk-pop, which is where Jewel comes in. Even within the bounds of folk, however, her music is more nakedly confessional than most. (Too nakedly, some have carped.) Along with a coterie of Nashville pros, she began her latest musical journey by laying down another introspective song cycle in the vein of 1995's Pieces of You. Dissatisfied with the results, the Texas-based artist scrapped that effort and re-recorded with Rob Cavallo (Green Day)....full text |
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