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  1. Nice. It is time for Delta show what she can do in USA.
  2. Love it! It is amazing! ;) WMMDqO6ZPV0
  3. Twainman posted a post in a topic in UK Charts
    Love 2, hate none ;)
  4. Twainman posted a post in a topic in Pop and Country
    I hope that it will a smash like Anastacia. Singles from it were amazing ;)
  5. With this she showed that she can be also pop :D
  6. Charts: The United States of America Billboard 200 8 - 25 - 28 Top Country Albums 1 - 5 - 3 Is it already released in Europe? I hope that after release of I Do it won`t fall down so quick :(
  7. Some songs are really nice and I like them :)
  8. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c2/PerfectlyClear.jpg Released: June 3, 2008. Genre: Country Lenght: 40:45 Label: Valory Producer: Jewel, John Rich Reviews: All Music Guide It isn't hard to view Jewel's country music makeover on Perfectly Clear with a mildly cynical eye, especially as it follows her dance-pop shakeup on 2003's 0304 by a mere five years. Such whiplash changes in direction are bound to raise suspicion, but Jewel wears her country threads better than her diva hand-me-downs, possibly because it suits her mythical back-story of living out of the back of the truck but it's also a smaller leap from folk to country...at least in theory, that is, as Perfectly Clear isn't quite a full-fledged country album. Like Bon Jovi before her and Jessica Simpson after, Jewel's country move is more about marketing than music, an adjustment that puts her in line with adults raised on Pieces of You but more likely to listen to Brad Paisley than Feist. There are fiddles and steel guitars threaded throughout the album but their presence is nearly subliminal at most points; they're felt, not heard, just enough to give it a country feel. The setting may be country — courtesy of producer John Rich, whose production recalls his hazy, soft solo album rather than the gonzo strut of Big & Rich — but Jewel is not a country singer, no matter how often she affects a twang. She's a folksinger, soaring with her long, lyrical phrases instead of aiming for the gut, something that grates when she does attempt something uptempo but she wisely avoids this pitfall through much of the album, choosing to dole out ballads and midtempo pop. This brings Perfectly Clear much closer to Pieces of You than any album she's made since, as it's filled with poppy, simple songs about relationships, never bogging down in portentous pretension, literary preoccupations, or glossy pop as she has in every record since. This doesn't necessarily make Perfectly Clear a "better" record — some of those albums were pretty good even if they didn't adhere to the Jewel myth — but it does mean it feels more like the Jewel that everybody came to love back in 1995, which is what it was intended to do. So it has the form and feel, but the devil is in the details, the songs that never quite hook and sometimes serve up some patently absurd moments, usually in the form of her overheated lyrics (which also betray how un-country she really is). Such details might be a deal-breaker for some, but Jewel feels and sounds comfortable here, something that will surely help her shift units with this record and will likely give her a long career, if she so chooses. Rolling Stone Jewel's life has always sounded like a country song: Raised by her cowboy dad and discovered while she was homeless, she went on to sell 12 million copies of her debut, only to become the butt of countless zingers. So Perfectly Clear, her first proper country record, should have been her true calling to an art that's one part twang to two parts self-mythology. But the album's biggest setback, other than the fact that its title sounds like a Neutrogena product, is that Jewel doesn't call upon the gritty storytelling of a real Nashville star. Co-producer John Rich of Big and Rich provides plenty of slide guitar, banjo plucks and fiddle, but no memorable melodies. The title track strikes a raw nerve with its slow, stripped-down arrangement. But the album is overcrowded by placid soft-rock tunes like "Two Become One" and "Anyone But You" with schmaltzy choruses and flavorless piano-laden verses. Jewel contributes bland pickup-truck philosophy about relationships in cutesy little-girl vocals that rarely show off her voice's texture (though, yes, there's some yodeling). On "I Do," she says, "Love is a game" — one track later, "Love Is a Garden." Even the girl-power anthem "Stronger Woman" doesn't promise much: "I'm going to love myself more than anyone else." Jewel, prepare to be zinged again.
  9. I hope that she will take a break ;) She should have a time between Loose and new album, because it should be brilliant as three previous.
  10. Thank you very much! I also added videos for three first places ;)
  11. 1. Shania Twain - Don`t! (46) 2. Monrose - Hot Summer (45) 3. Fragma - Toca`s Miracle (33) 4. Rihanna - Disturbia (32) 5. Monrose - Strictly Physical (32) 6. Monrose - Strike The Match (28) 7. Rihanna - Take A Bow (28) 8. Cherish feat. Yung Jok - Killa (27) 9. Jewel - I Do (27) 10. Paulina Rubio - Dame Otra Tequila (24) 11. Nelly Furtado - Say It Right (23) 12. Nelly Furtado - Hey, man! (19) 13. Pussycat Dolls - Buttons (Video Edit) (18) 14. Cassie - Is It You (18) 15. Avril Lavigne - I`m With You (18) 16. Rihanna / Neyo - Hate That I Love You (17) 17. Jewel - Stronger Woman (16) 18. Jewel - Intuiton (15) 19. Brit & Alex - Let It Go (14) 20. Juli - Geile Zeit (14) ---- 21. Kate Ryan - Only If I (12) 22. Cascada - What Hurts The Most (11) 23. Leona Lewis - Better In Time (11) 24. Monrose - What You Don`t Know (10) 25. Cascada - Just Like A Pill (9) ( ) - TIMES PLAYED dfKyNW0buhA OknL-kcKOi0 B4VFHvei7wI
  12. Twainman posted a post in a topic in Pop and Country
    Totally agree ;)
  13. Twainman posted a post in a topic in Pop and Country
    Her live performances are amazing, too. She sounds so clear LIVE. Like on CD. :) Love it! ;)
  14. Twainman posted a post in a topic in Pop and Country
    It is simply amazing. I have been listening to Bleeding Love since November of 2007 and it still sounds great for me. Amazing song! By the way, thank you for chart information, guys ;)
  15. Twainman posted a post in a topic in Pop and Country
    Hey, you are fast with answers! Love it! I hope that I will enjoy my stay here. I though the same. When I heard Loose first, I thought that it is a piece of c**p, but now - it is really a masterpiece of Nelly and Timbo...
  16. Twainman posted a post in a topic in Pop and Country
    When I heard Maneater for a first time, I thought something like "Nelly, what are you doing?" but now, two years later I think that she made a right decision. She is brilliant! Because of Loose I discovered also Folklore and Whoa, Nelly! Because of Loose I understood, that she can sing what she wants and it will be great. :) Amazing, 2 years have passed since the release of Loose, but radio still play songs from this album and Say It Right is best song EVER!!