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Sweet and Wild

Sweet and Wild is the ninth studio album by American recording artist Jewel.[2] It was released on June 8, 2010, through Valory Music Group as her second country album with the label. The song "Stay Here Forever" was released as a single from the soundtrack of Valentine's Day and as the lead-off single to the album. It was a minor Top 30 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The album's second single, "Satisfied", was released on May 17, 2010,[3][4] and debuted at #59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June 19, 2010. The album debuted at number eleven on the Billboard 200, with sales of 32,000 copies.

This article is about the Jewel album. For the song by Dierks Bentley and Sarah Buxton, see Greatest Hits/Every Mile a Memory 2003–2008.

Sweet and Wild

June 8, 2010

2009–2010

  • Aimeeland Studio (Brentwood, Tennessee)
  • Pain In The Art Studio, Dogwood Studio, Jane's Place, Blackbird Studios and Sound Stage Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • The Jewel Box (Stephenville, Texas)

Country

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Valory Music Group

About the album[edit]

Jewel is maintaining her country roots as she returns to the format with her second follow-up album, Sweet and Wild. The album, written and produced by Jewel, was released on June 8. The first single, "Stay Here Forever," has been embraced by critics and the video is a success on CMT and GAC.


"The theme of this album is finding what's true about you and your life, and defending it and valuing it above all else," said Jewel. "My newest country album will share so many of my personal feelings of love and happiness that I have written into the songs," said Jewel, who married her longtime boyfriend Ty Murray in the summer of 2008. Jewel will also embark on a tour sponsored by Country Financial to support Sweet and Wild.[5]

– vocals, backing vocals, acoustic guitar

Jewel

Tim Lauer – acoustic piano, , synthesizers, accordion, Hammond B3 organ, flute

Rhodes electric piano

– keyboards, acoustic guitar, classical guitar, electric guitars, steel guitar, percussion, harmony vocals

Nathan Chapman

– keyboards, acoustic piano, synthesizers, programming, acoustic guitar, hi-string acoustic guitar, banjo, mandolin, percussion

Ilya Toshinsky

Ken Halford – acoustic piano, acoustic guitar

– Mellotron, glockenspiel

Jason Freese

Mike Johnson – steel guitar

Tim Marks – bass guitar

– bass guitar

Jimmie Lee Sloas

Nick Buda – drums

– percussion

Eric Darken

– fiddle

Stuart Duncan

– strings, string arrangements

Jonathan Yudkin

Singles[edit]

The song "Stay Here Forever" was released as a single from the soundtrack of Valentine's Day and as the lead-off single to the album. It was a minor Top 40 hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, reaching a peak of #34 on the chart. The album's second single, "Satisfied", was released on May 17, 2010,[3][4] and debuted at #59 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart for the week of June 19, 2010. "Ten" was released as the album's third single on September 13, 2010, and debuted at #55 for the week of October 16, 2010.

Notes[edit]

Jewel previously recorded a duet with Jason Michael Carroll on his first album Waitin' in the Country called "No Good in Goodbye". It is a completely different song from the one featured on this album.


The album's fourth track "What You Are" was chosen to be part of the runway-soundtrack for the 2010 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show.