This Way is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on November 13, 2001, by Atlantic Records. Jewel was looking for a raw, live-sounding album, leading her to be involved in the album's production.[7] The album spawned the singles "Standing Still" and "Break Me", as well as the title track, which was also featured on the soundtrack to the film Life or Something Like It. The final single, "Serve the Ego", was remixed by Hani Num and Mike Rizzo and topped the US Hot Dance Club Play chart. The album debuted at number nine on the US Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 140,000 units. The album was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on December 17, 2001,[8] and as of June 2010, it had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States.[9] This Way reached number six in Australia and has since been certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).[10][11]
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Released | November 13, 2001 | |||
Recorded | November 2000 – August 2001 | |||
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Length | 58:42 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
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Singles from This Way | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 59/100[1] |
Review scores | |
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AllMusic | [2] |
Blender | [3] |
Entertainment Weekly | C−[4] |
Rolling Stone | [5] |
Slant Magazine | [6] |
All tracks are written by Jewel Kilcher, except where noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Standing Still" |
| 4:30 |
2. | "Jesus Loves You" | 3:20 | |
3. | "Everybody Needs Someone Sometime" | 4:08 | |
4. | "Break Me" | 4:04 | |
5. | "Do You Want to Play?" | 2:55 | |
6. | "Till We Run Out of Road" |
| 4:45 |
7. | "Serve the Ego" |
| 4:57 |
8. | "This Way" |
| 4:16 |
9. | "Cleveland" | 4:09 | |
10. | "I Won't Walk Away" |
| 4:45 |
11. | "Love Me, Just Leave Me Alone" | 3:47 | |
12. | "The New Wild West" | 4:47 | |
Total length: | 50:23 |
No. | Title | Length |
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13. | "Grey Matter" | 4:35 |
14. | "Sometimes It Be That Way" | 3:41 |
Total length: | 59:55 |
No. | Title | Length |
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15. | "A Long Slow Slide" | 3:37 |
Total length: | 62:16 |
The Nashville String Machine (Tracks 4 & 10)
Weekly charts edit
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Year-end charts edit
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[11] | Platinum | 70,000^ |
Canada (Music Canada)[30] | Platinum | 100,000^ |
South Africa (RISA)[31] | Gold | 25,000* |
United States (RIAA)[8] | Platinum | 1,578,000[9] |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |