0304

Infobox Album
Name = 0304
Type = studio
Artist = Jewel


Released = Start date|2003|6|3
(see release history)
Recorded = Conway Studios
(Hollywood, Los Angeles, California)
Genre = Pop, dance-pop, pop rock
Length = 53:42
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Jewel, Lester Mendez
Reviews = *Allmusic rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfqxq9aldse~T0 link]
*"Blender" rating|3|5 [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=1884 link]
*"Rolling Stone" rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/jewel/albums/album/274517/review/5943991/0304 link]
*Slant Magazine rating|3.5|5 [http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/music_review.asp?ID=297 link]
Last album = "This Way"
(2001)
This album = "0304"
(2003)
Next album = "Goodbye Alice in Wonderland"
(2006)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = European cover Singles
Name = 0304
Type = studio
Single 1 = Intuition
Single 1 date = May 6, 2003
Single 2 = Stand
Single 2 date = October 14, 2003
Single 3 = 2 Become 1
Single 3 date = December 16, 2003

"0304" is the fourth studio album by American pop singer Jewel, released in June 2003 by Atlantic Records. The album is considered Jewel's most mainstream-accessible album to date.

Inspired by the sudden success of scoring a number-one hit on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot Dance Club Play chart with "Serve the Ego"—the final single from her previous effort "This Way"—in early November 2002, Jewel made a radical departure from previous musical efforts and recorded "0304", a pop- and club-friendly record, void of anything "folk-like" she had previously done.

History

"0304" ended up being Jewel's highest-debuting album in her career, debuting and peaking at number two on the "Billboard" 200, selling 144,000 copies in its first week. [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1910934 |title=Metallica Rages With Chart-Topping 'Anger' |accessdate=2008-10-03 |last=Martens |first=Todd |date=June 11, 2003 |work=Billboard] Also, the album went gold by the RIAA for selling more than 756,000 copies in the United States. [cite web |url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001883108 |title=Jewel Emerges From 'Wonderland' With New CD |accessdate=2008-10-03 |last=Cohen |first=Jonathan |date=January 23, 2006 |work=Billboard] It had strong sales for the first few weeks but, from there on, it slowed down considerably with time. The music video for the first single, "Intuition", featured a more "sexed-up" Jewel, showing cleavage and wearing a white T-shirt sprayed with water, even though it was supposedly done in a "tongue-in-cheek" fashion.

Many fans were disappointed that promotion for the record ended so soon after the success of lead single "Intuition". With the poor performance of follow-up single "Stand", Atlantic Records rushed a third track, "2 Become 1", to radio stations and refused to allow Jewel to film a video. The record sales fizzled away soon after "Intuition" left the charts.

Track listing

#"Stand" (Jewel Kilcher, Lester Mendez) – 3:15
#"Run 2 U" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 3:40
#"Intuition" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 3:49
#"Leave the Lights On" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 3:24
#"2 Find U" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 3:17
#"Fragile Heart" (Kilcher, Anthony Bell) – 3:33
#"Doin' Fine" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 3:15
#"2 Become 1" (Kilcher, Guy Chambers) – 4:40
#"Haunted" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 4:53
#"Sweet Temptation" (Kilcher, Rick Nowels) – 4:10
#"Yes U Can" (Kilcher, Nowels) – 4:01
#"U & Me = Love" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 3:38
#"America" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 3:43
#"Becoming" (Kilcher, Mendez) – 4:24

Australian and Japanese edition

#

"Intuition" (Ford's Radio Mix) – 4:15

European edition

#

"Intuition" (Todd Terry In-House Mix) – 5:41
#"Intuition" (Video)

The UK edition has the same cover art as the edition released in the rest of Europe, but is otherwise identical to the main release.

Australian tour edition

Released on February 9, 2004.

#

"Intuition" (Ford's Radio Mix) – 4:15

Bonus disc

#"Intuition" (Live from Sessions@AOL) – 3:28
#"Standing Still" (Live from Sessions@AOL) – 4:05
#"Leave the Lights On" (Live from Sessions@AOL) – 3:22
#"Stand" (Live from LAUNCH.com) – 3:27
#"2 Become 1" (Live from LAUNCH.com) – 7:28
#"Intuition" (Video - International Version)
#"Stand" (Video)

Personnel

Musicians

*Jewel – vocals
*Rusty Anderson – electric guitar
*Mick Bolger – trombone, trumpet, accordion
*Paul Bushnell – bass
*Greg Collins – handclapping
*Lisa Germano – violin, background vocals
*Abe Laboriel Jr. – percussion, drums, voices, handclapping, snare drums
*David Levita – electric guitar
*Lester Mendez – keyboard, handclapping
*Mark Oakley – acoustic guitar
*Patrick Warren – piano, Chamberlain

Production

*Producers: Jewel, Lester Mendez
*Executive producers: Lenedra Carroll, Ron Shapiro
*Engineers: Greg Collins, Ryan Freeland, Clif Norrell, Carlos Paucar, Andrew Scheps
*Assistant engineers: Tim Roberts, Seth Waldmann
*A&R: Gloria Gabriel
*Mixing: Serban Ghenea
*Mastering: Chris Gehringer
*Mastering assistant: Will Quinnell
*Digital editing: John Hanes
*Production coordination: Becky Scott
*Arranger: Lester Mendez
*Art direction: Richard Bates
*Design: Greenberg Kingsley
*Photography: Peter Robathan

Charts

References

External links

* [http://www.vh1.com/artists/interview/1471870/05142003/jewel_pop_.jhtml VH1 interview about the album]