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Perfectly Clear
by Jewel
The seventh album for the pop artist is her first country album.
| LABEL: |
Valory Music |
| RELEASE DATE: |
03 June 2008 |
| DISCS: |
1 disc |
| GENRE(S): |
rock, Country |
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
83
Entertainment Weekly
She's an earnest storyteller, and in the land of steel guitars (and co-producer John Rich), there's no shame in tracks titled 'Love Is a Garden' and 'Thump, Thump,' two sweet, sway-along tunes.
80
Billboard
Perfectly Clear is not only persuasive, but down-home, old-school country.
80
Hartford Courant
Between the grounded sweetness of her singing and the quirky naturalism in her lyrics, songs like the throwback-style 'Anyone but You' develop a naturally appealing sophisticated country.
70
The New York Times
Jewel wrote or helped write every song here save one, and the producer John Rich (of Big & Rich) has done little to hammer down her well-worn eccentricities: wordiness; imperfect rhymes; a sharp, assured voice that collapses for effect.
70
Slant Magazine
Even if it doesn't sound more like a country album than any of her previous work, the best songs on Perfectly Clear do show an awareness of genre form that gives Jewel a more distinctive presence than many of her contemporaries on country radio.
63
Los Angeles Times
There is little hint of her past as a modern folk-rock singer, but she does hold on to a certain genuineness as a lyricist of songs of love and self-determination.
60
All Music Guide
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.
50
Rolling Stone
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.
The average user rating for this album is 9.0 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
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