Type: Christmas, Lyrics are included with the album, Enhanced CD-ROM
Genre: Rock
Review
Joy: A Holiday Collection may surprise some Jewel fans, since it isn't a warm, intimate acoustic album. Then again, it may not, since it arrives on the heels of the exquisitely produced, unabashedly pop Spirit, which had lush musical backdrops for her folk-pop tunes. Joy is a full-bodied expansion of Spirit, however -- an unashamed classicist Christmas album, featuring all of the usual carols delivered with strings and choirs. Because Jewel has a big, powerful, attractive voice, Joy works, even if it is a little too predictable for its own good -- the closing "Christmas Version" of "Hands" is the only true signal, musically at least, that this is a Jewel number. Surely, this holiday album isn't a major addition to her catalog, but for hardcore fans, it may be a nice stocking stuffer. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Terrance L. Barber Jr. (Choir, Chorus), Tawatha Agee (Choir, Chorus), Robbie Kondor (Synthesizer Programming), Winston Roye (Bass), Michael O'Reilly (Engineer), Joe Mardin (Conductor), Arif Mardin (Choir Arrangement), Jewel (Vocals), Joe Mardin (Vocal Arrangement), Marion Beckenstein (Choir, Chorus), Shawn Pelton (Drums), Sophia Ramos (Choir, Chorus), A. Campbell (Pedal Steel), Audrey Martells (Choir, Chorus), Michael O'Reilly (Mixing), Lee Musiker (Arranger), Ken Williams (Choir, Chorus), Nedra Carroll (Vocals), Elizabeth Stockton (?), Emily K. Eyre (Choir, Chorus), Allison M. Sniffin (Choir, Chorus), Sophia Ramos (Vocals (Background)), Eden Riegel (Children's Chorus), Cassidy Ladden (Children's Chorus), Fonzi Thornton (Choir, Chorus), Jerry Barnes (Choir, Chorus), Angela Clemmons-Patrick (Choir, Chorus), Alexis Kaleoff (Children's Chorus), Robbie Kondor (Piano), Joe Mardin (Producer), Steve Skinner (Programming), Joe Mardin (Orchestration), Michael O'Reilly (Guitar), Mary Lee Kortes (Vocals (Background)), Robbie Kondor (Orchestration), Gloria Gabriel (Coordination), Ann Ory Brown (Choir, Chorus), Steve Skinner (Arranger), Harry Zittel (Children's Chorus), Darryl Tookes (Choir, Chorus), Katreese Barnes (Vocal Arrangement), Audrey Wheeler (Choir, Chorus), Dennis Cinelli (Lute), Joe Mardin (Choir Arrangement), Jerry Barnes (Bass), Katie Geissinger (Choir, Chorus), Benjamin Niles (Art Direction), Arif Mardin (Producer), Katreese Barnes (Choir Arrangement), Lee Musiker (Keyboards), Chieli Minucci (Guitar), Valerie Wilson (Choir, Chorus), Arif Mardin (Vocal Arrangement), Wayne Pedzwater (Bass), Robbie Kondor (Keyboards), Jewel (Vocal Harmony), Arif Mardin (Arranger), Jennifer Baumann (Photography), Wayne Hankin (Choir, Chorus), Valerie Wilson (Vocals (Background)), Andre Baranowski (?), Steve Skinner (Keyboards), Jason Stasium (Assistant Engineer), Joe Mardin (Programming), Sterling Campbell (Drums), Christopher Trousdale (Children's Chorus), John Mahoney (Keyboards), Netousha Harris (Children's Chorus), Joe Mardin (Arranger), Robbie Kondor (Arranger), Lori Ann Veles (Choir, Chorus), Nedra Carroll (Vocal Harmony), Patrick Duffey (Children's Chorus), Lisbeth Zelle (Children's Chorus), Arif Mardin (Orchestration), Willie Martinez (Percussion), Max Feldman (Assistant Engineer), Leon Pendarvis (Piano), Robbie Kondor (Programming), Katreese Barnes (Choir, Chorus), Danny Blume (Guitar), Gene Orloff (Concert Master), Joe Mardin (Keyboards), Vivian Cherry (Choir, Chorus), James Williams (Choir, Chorus), Joe Mardin (Choir, Chorus), Peter Bliss (Guitar), Arif Mardin (Keyboards), Jewel (Vocal Arrangement), Jerry Barnes (Vocal Arrangement), Gloria Gabriel (Production Coordination), Marlon Saunders (Choir, Chorus), Vaneese Thomas (Choir, Chorus), Sophie Buskin (Children's Chorus), Keith Fluitt (Choir, Chorus), Dennis Collins (Choir, Chorus), Jerry Barnes (Choir Arrangement), Steve Skinner (Orchestration), Robbi Kumalo (Choir, Chorus), Diva Gray (Choir, Chorus), Ira Siegel (Guitar), Mary Lee Kortes (Choir, Chorus), Arif Mardin (Conductor), Nedra Carroll (Vocal Arrangement), Janice Pendarvis (Choir, Chorus), George Marino (Mastering), Rob Eberhardt (Illustrations), Benjamin Niles (Artwork), Arif Mardin (String Arrangements), Steve Skinner (Synthesizer Programming), West Kennerly (Photography), Dakota Sanchez (Children's Chorus)
