The weird thing is, I don't feel the same way about Shiina. I still like Shiina, and I don't think she has jumped the shark like Jewel has. I also think an artist can become really horrible (Tori Amos), and then get back on his/her feet and release good music again, which is what I think Jewel is trying to do by switching to country.
One of the reasons why I hate 0304 so much is because I think Jewel could have (and should have) released actually GOOD pop music, but the music in that CD is just bad. It's not that it's pop/dance music, it's that it is just bad music.
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