Finally Woken is the first album by Jem, released in 2004. This album was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2004 (rank #69). It has sold over 300,000 copies in the UK and, as of 29 May 2008, had sold 321,000 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The young girl on the cover is a photograph of a young Jem that was taken by her father; the colours were changed for different territories, with the USA receiving a yellow edition, the UK receiving a blue edition and Europe and Australia receiving a green edition. The UK and European editions were re-issued in 2005 with a new cover, featuring a new photograph of Jem on the front. The album was released with different artwork. The UK release features the orange/red effect whilst foreign covers include a green cover for Australia, and US with a blue one.
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 70/100 |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | |
Entertainment Weekly | B |
The Guardian | |
PopMatters | Mixed |
Q Magazine | |
Rolling Stone | |
Yahoo! Music |
Reviews of the album were good. Rolling Stone complimented her "sense of sonic humor".
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