I wouldn't call her new CD a "flop". The amount of promotion that album got was close to nothing, even die-hard Jewel fans had no idea she released a new CD, and somehow it still managed to debut in the top 10 (or top 20, I don't remember), and broke 200k. As far as her niche goes, I thought her 0304 music was kind of what ruined her, although I still sort of liked the singles. Everything else gets a big thumbs up from me ^_^ (Especially the Pieces Of You era). The only singles I ever remember disliking from her were Down So Long and sort of Jupiter (Swallow The Moon), neither were from the 0304 era, but meh
P.S. Am definently considering buying her new album, Again And Again ^___^.