Clearly intended to appear at the end of
Jewel's run on Dancing with the Stars -- a run that was pre-empted due to injury --
Lullaby finds her delivering her first children's album, appropriately appearing on Fisher Price Records. That label and title, along with versions of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star," "Somewhere Over the Rainbow," and "Brahms Lullaby," are the strongest indication that
Lullaby is intended for little ones; if it was taken as pure sound, it's almost indistinguishable from
Jewel's earliest albums, particularly her crawling, portentous sophomore effort,
Spirit. To her credit,
Jewel never panders to kids, never creates something sickly sweet or cutesy, she merely delivers a collection of lullabies intended to relax and soothe. She succeeds so well in that regard that none of the individual songs stand out, they all blend together in a sweet, sometimes haughty sigh, something that will ease plenty of children into slumber. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine