This Way (Jewel album)

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Template:Album ratings This Way is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Jewel, released on November 13, 2001, by Atlantic Records. Jewel was looking for a raw, live-sounding album, leading her to be involved in the album's production.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> 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 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 (RIAA) on December 17, 2001,<ref name="riaa"/> and as of June 2010, it had sold over 1.5 million copies in the United States.<ref name="US sales"/> This Way reached number six in Australia and has since been certified platinum by the Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA).<ref name="aus"/><ref name="aria"/>

Personnel

Musicians

• Jewel – all vocals
• Tim Akers – keyboards (1–10, 12)
• Tedd T. – programming (1, 8)
• Steve Nathan – keyboards (2, 7, 9, 11), acoustic piano (10)
• David Huff – programming (8)
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Russell Powell - acoustic guitar
• Jerry McPherson – electric guitar (1, 2, 6–10)
• John Willis – acoustic guitar (1, 4, 6, 8, 10)
• B. James Lowry – acoustic guitar (2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 12)
• Kenny Greenberg – electric guitar (2, 5, 11)
• J. T. Corenflos – electric guitar (3)
• Gordon Kennedy – electric guitar (5, 11, 12)
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar (6)
• Dan Dugmore – steel guitar (9)
• Jimmie Lee Sloas – bass (1–3, 5, 7–10, 12)
• Jackie Street – bass (4, 6)
• Craig Young – bass (11)
• Chris McHugh – drums (1, 3, 8, 9, 11)
• Steve Brewster – drums (2, 4–7, 10, 12)
• Wayne Rodrigues – drum programming (12)
• Eric Darken – percussion (1, 2, 6–8, 10–12)
• Jonathan Yudkin – fiddle (6), mandolin (12), cello (12)
• George Tidwell – trumpet (10)
• Mark Goldenberg – additional arrangements (2)
• Bekka Bramlett – backing vocals (3)
• Gene Miller – backing vocals (3, 6)
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals (3)
• Lisa Cochran – backing vocals (6)

The Nashville String Machine (Tracks 4 & 10)

• Ronn Huff – arrangements and conductor
• Carl Gorodetzky – contractor
• David Angell, Monisa Angell, Janet Askey, Beth Beeson, Lynn Bloom, Bruce Christensen, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Gerald Greer, Anthony LaMarchina, Lee Larrison, Bob Mason, Cate Myer, Kathryn Plummer, Pamela Sixfin, Calvin Smith, Roger Spencer, Julie Tanner, Alan Umstead, Catherine Umstead, Gary Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale, Glenn Wanner, Karen Winkelmann and Joy Worland – string players

Production

• Lenedra Carroll – executive producer
• Ron Shapiro – executive producer, A&R
• Gloria Gabriel – A&R
• Jewel – producer
• Dann Huff – producer
• Jeff Balding – recording, mixing
• David Bryant – assistant engineer
• Jed Hackett – assistant engineer
• Robert Hadley – mastering
• Doug Sax – mastering
• The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California) – mastering location
• Mike "Frog" Griffith – production coordinator
• Chad Farmer – art direction, design
• Ellen Von Unwerth – photography
• Fred Hyser – studio intern

Charts

Weekly charts

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Weekly chart performance for This Way

Chart (2001–2002)	Peak position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	21
European Albums (Music & Media)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>	19
Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	28

Year-end charts

2001 year-end chart performance for This Way

Chart (2001)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	149

2002 year-end chart performance for This Way

Chart (2002)	Position
Canadian Albums (Nielsen SoundScan)<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	178
US Billboard 200<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	42