SPIRIT
Spirit is the second album by singer/songwriter Jewel, released in 1998 by Atlantic. Singles include “Hands”, “Down So Long”, and a newly recorded version of “Jupiter”, followed by a remix of “What’s Simple Is True” to promote Jewel’s debut film Ride with the Devil. In addition, a one track CD containing a live version of “Life Uncommon” was released to music stores in hopes to raise money and awareness for Habitat for Humanity. Spirit debuted at number 3 on the Billboard 200 with 368,000 copies sold in its first week. It eventually sold 3.7 million units in the U.S. (More from Wikipedia)
Without question, Patrick Leonard is the most prominent ex-bandmember of Trillion and is primarily known as a keyboard player, producer and songwriter in the early part of Madonna’s career. He also produced the second album by Jewel, Spirit (1998). Leonard also co-wrote the song “Hands” from this album; although it was not released as a single, the music video for the song – which shows Jewel helping to pick through the rubble of a destroyed apartment building – gained wide exposure in the wake of the 9/11 tragedy.
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