Pieces of You by Jewel

Pros: Some good songs
Cons: Some bad songs

Born in Utah and raised in Homer, Alaska Juel Kilcher led an unusual life. Performing alongside her folkie parents, young Juel entertained at Eskimo villages and tourist traps from the age of six. She lived in Alaska for the majority of her young life ...

Pros: Jewel has a beautiful voice, moments of brilliant songwriting
Cons: Drones on most of the time wandering aimlessly musically and lyrically.

If any album might qualify as one of the most overrated debuts of the nineties Jewel’s snooze fest Pieces of You. I bought this album once, pawned it because I was bored to tears, and moved on with my life. After liking both This Way and ...

Pros: Beautiful vocals. Emotionally well-endowed.
Cons: Some...interesting...notes. Radio songs are different versions.

Currently, most people who are hearing Jewel on the radio, are no doubt hearing some great pop music, full of drum machines and keyboards. But not long ago, she was a acoustic guitar playing folk singer that played achingly poetic songs of ...

Pros: Good voice, Moments of poetic lyrics
Cons: "Live" effects, Musically very limited

Often there comes a moment when we realize we are not young, hip people anymore. I was never hip, but I was younger once and I at least felt like pop culture was (partially) my own. That changed when I was in college and I recall the precise moment it ...

Pros: Talented Vocalist and Songwriter, Jewel easily expresses every emotion in her songs through the words and her voice and allow the listener to get intimate familiar with the feelings.
Cons: some of the songs have a sound like they were rushed in production or left 'undone'

Pop Quiz Time!!! Who/What is a(n) Jewel?:
1) Jewel: Singer, Poet, Songwriter
2) Jewel: Gem, ex ruby, sapphire, diamond, etc
3) Jewel: Rare to find Genuine and Original, but once you find it, immense pleasure will be...

Pros: Playful voice, simple, innocent lyrics. Beautiful, especially for her debut album
Cons: Moments of utter sappiness, and a couple songs that are wholly depressing.

What ever happened to Jewel? Remember when she was on the radio every other song? Remember when "You Were Meant For Me" was played to death, and we all wanted it to just go away? Remember when she was original? Before "Spirit,"
(her preachy,...

Pros: Good voice, self-written songs, lyrics that tell stories, philosophical lines
Cons: Not "light-thinking" music, overdramatic, may find it overattempting to be profound

Pieces of You came out in 1994 from Atlantic Recording Corporation, was Jewel Kilcher's first album, with some buoyant, but most angsty lyrics on life and love. All the songs on Pieces of You were written by Jewel herself, always respected, and most of...

Pros: Sweet soulful songs.
Cons: A few things I would change.

Pros: great to play when you're feeling sad, lost, and generally worn down by life and love
Cons: not every song is a winner

With her light and lilting voice and acoustic guitar Jewel sings about the things in life that make us different, the things that make us the same. We are all seeking redemption tho' God wears more names than there are flowers. We are all seeking love...

Pros: Emotional songs, powerful vocals
Cons: All slow songs

The Songs:

Who Will Save Your Soul [A+]
Pieces Of You (title cut) [B-]
Little Sister [B+] "Little Sister" is about a friend's little brother (she didn't want to embarrass him, so she...

Pros: Versitile, intelligent
Cons: One or two songs drag

         I bought Jewel's debut CD, "Pieces of You" on the strength of the widely aired, "You Were Meant for Me." Though by no means unique, the song impressed me by its ability to capture the feel and cadences of the "standard...

Pros: wonderful lyrics, nearly every song is excellent
Cons: none

I rarely listen to the radio anymore. This may throw me into the "old fart" category at 27, but I just don't get in to today's music much. Pretty-boy groups such as N'Sync, the Backstreet Boys, etc., with their thirteen year old fans and...

Pros: Beautiful, poetic lyrics
Cons: none really

I must start by saying that I love this disc! I never got around to actually purchasing it till earlier this year (when I got it on sale at an online store). Of course most will remember the "hits" which include:
Who Will...

Pros: She can play guitar; she makes many people happy.
Cons: She's a ripoff artist, bad poet, and all-around mediocre talent.

(This may not seem like I’m on topic, but I am. You’ll see where it leads. Trust me.)

Some poets are good, some poets are bad, but normally there’s a consensus about quality. What makes a good poem? What makes a bad one? Oh, how I was...

Pros: soothing lullaby-ish voice this babe has
Cons: none

That’s what she brings out and that’s what she shows us we have. At least for me that’s the exact case.

The first time I heard Jewel, I knew I’m gonna love the girl like crazy. She has this easy soothing voice and her songs are simply...