''This Way'' is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter
Jewel, released on November 13, 2001, by
Atlantic Records
Atlantic Recording Corporation (simply known as Atlantic Records) is an American record label founded in October 1947 by Ahmet Ertegun and Herb Abramson. Over its first 20 years of operation, Atlantic earned a reputation as one of the most ...
. Jewel was looking for a raw, live-sounding album, leading her to be involved in the album's production.
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
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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
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(RIAA) on December 17, 2001,
and as of June 2010, it had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States.
''This Way'' reached number six in Australia and has since been certified platinum by the
Australian Recording Industry Association
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(ARIA).
Track listing
Personnel
Musicians
*Jewel – vocals (all tracks)
*
Dann Huff
Dann Lee Huff (born November 15, 1960) is an American record producer and songwriter. For his work as a producer in the country music genre, he has won several awards, including the ''Musician of the Year'' award in 2001, 2004, and 2016 at the Co ...
– electric guitar (all tracks)
*Jerry McPherson – electric guitar (tracks 1,2,6,7,8,9,10)
*
John Willis –
acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a musical instrument in the string family. When a string is plucked its vibration is transmitted from the bridge, resonating throughout the top of the guitar. It is also transmitted to the side and back of the instrument, ...
(tracks 1,4,6,8,10)
*B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (tracks 2,3,5,7,9,12)
*
Jimmie Lee Sloas
Jimmie Lee Sloas is an American session musician, producer, and songwriter, who plays bass guitar.
History
Jimmie Lee Sloas, born in Ashland, Kentucky, grew up in Fairborn, Ohio and Isonville, Kentucky. His father, Dave, was a member of the ...
– bass guitar (tracks 1,2,3,5,7,8,9,10,12)
*Tim Akers – keyboard (all tracks except 11)
*Chris McHugh – drums (tracks 1,3,8,9,11)
*Steve Brewster – drums (tracks 2,4,5,6,7,10,12)
*
Eric Darken
Eric A. Darken is an American percussionist, composer, and programmer.
Biography
Drawing inspiration from his grandfather, a band leader. Darken began playing drums at age 12, and played timpani and mallets in high school. Darken attended ...
– percussion (tracks 1,2,6,7,8,10,11,12)
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Kenny Greenberg
Kenneth S. "Kenny" Greenberg is an American guitarist, songwriter, producer, and session musician. He is known for bringing a rock-and-roll sensibility to Nashville recording sessions.
Biography
Greenberg was born in Cleveland, Ohio but atten ...
– electric guitar (tracks 2,5,11)
*
Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar (tracks 5,11,12)
*
J. T. Corenflos
Jerry Troy "J. T." Corenflos (November 6, 1963 – October 24, 2020), was an American session musician and country guitarist, who played on an estimated 75 Number One hit records as well as hundreds of other recordings and hits. He received 14 ...
– electric guitar (track 3)
*
Paul Franklin –
steel guitar
A steel guitar ( haw, kīkākila) is any guitar played while moving a steel bar or similar hard object against plucked strings. The bar itself is called a "steel" and is the source of the name "steel guitar". The instrument differs from a conve ...
(track 6)
*
Dan Dugmore
Dan Dugmore is an American session musician known primarily for playing the pedal steel guitar
Born in 1949, Dugmore was raised in Pasadena, California. Influenced by the Flying Burrito Brothers, he learned to play steel guitar after Flying Bu ...
– steel guitar (track 9)
*Jackie Street – bass guitar (tracks 4,6)
*Craig Young – bass guitar (track 11)
*
Steve Nathan – keyboard (tracks 2,7,9,11)
*
Jonathan Yudkin –
fiddle (track 6),
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
(track 12), cello (track 12)
*George Tidwell – trumpet (track 10)
*Gene Miller – background vocals (tracks 3,6)
*
Bekka Bramlett
Rebekka Ruth Lazone Bramlett (born April 19, 1968) is an American singer and session background singer. She is the daughter of Delaney and Bonnie Bramlett, of the music duo Delaney & Bonnie.
She has been a member of Mick Fleetwood's band the ...
– background vocals (track 3)
*
Chris Rodriguez – background vocals (track 3)
*Lisa Cochran – background vocals (track 6)
*Ronn Huff – string arrangements (tracks 4,10), string conductor (tracks 4,10)
*Carl Gorodetzky – strings, string contractor (tracks 4,10)
*Dave Angell – strings (track 4,10)
*Monisa Angell – strings (track 4,10)
*Janet Askey – strings (track 4,10)
*Beth Beeson – strings (track 4,10)
*Lynn Bloom – strings (track 4,10)
*Bruce Christensen – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Connie Ellisor – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Gerald Greer – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Anthony LaMarchina – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Lee Larrison – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Bob Mason – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Cate Myer – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Kathryn Plummer – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Pamela Sixfin – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Calvin Smith – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Roger Spencer – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Julie Tanner – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Alan Umstead – strings (track 4,10)
*Catherine Umstead – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Gary Vanosdale – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Mary Kathryn Vanosdale – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Glenn Wanner – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Karen Winkelmann – strings (tracks 4,10)
*Joy Worland – strings (tracks 4,10)
*
Mark Goldenberg – additional arrangement (track 2)
*Tedd T. – programming (tracks 1,8)
*David Huff – programming (track 8)
*Wayne Rodriguez – drum programming (track 12)
Production
*Producers: Jewel, Dann Huff, John Kurzweg
*Executive producers: Lenedra Carroll, Ron Shapiro
*Engineers: Jeff Balding, John Kurzweg
*Assistant engineers: David Bryant, Jed Hackett
*Mixing: Jeff Balding
*Mastering: Robert Hadley,
Doug Sax
*Production coordination: Mike "Frog" Griffith
*Art direction: Chad Farmer
*Photography: Ellen Von Unwerth
*Studio intern: Fred Hyser
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
Certifications
References
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2001 albums
Albums produced by Dann Huff
Atlantic Records albums
Jewel (singer) albums