The Voyager

I saw her in concert three days before the release of the album. I had never heard of her before that day. I was just going so I could see Dawes. Then she came on and blew me away. She played a lot of stuff from the album and I bought as soon as I could. She poured her heart and soul out on this album and it is evident in every song. Please listen to this album. It's one of the finest in recent memory

One of the best singer songwriter of her generation.

Is this album as edgy as Jenny’s prior two? No, and maybe that was a conscious decision on her part. Is this as bad as others have suggested? NO. It’s more mainstream, but her songwriting is still interesting, her singing is still great - but this is a kinder, softer Jenny Lewis collection, and it is absolutely a cut above today’s typical pop mainstream drivel.

This is simply a superb CD. Gets better with every listen. Thank you, Jenny.

I watched Jenny on Austin City Limits and fell in love. I love this album and the writing takes me into the story and I feel like I'm there living it. The other reviews I've read are really brutal. I don't think the album deserves it. Great job!

Great album. Wrong spaceship.

"Just one of the guys" is the absolute worst song I’ve ever heard, it actually haunts my worst nightmares. It not only plays on the sirius xm station they play where I work all day torturing me, but then this girl decides “ok great, let me make EVERY PERSON ALIVE listen to this song by forcing it on people’s iTunes accounts.” so I get to hear it even more. If you just sang the whole song the way you do the verses, it would be ok, but the fact that you have to go from a regular tone to screeching at the top of your lungs makes my ear drums bleed. I’ve never even written a review before, but I had to. Sorry I have to be an asshat here, but I need a way to get back at you for making this song attack me on my morning run in addition to attacking me at work.

I have been a fan for more than a decade. Rilo Kiley, the Postal Service is easily on my top ten list of the my favorite bands. I understand that some people don’t like Jenny’s “new sound”, but it is really not that new. Every artist evolves and why would you want to keep listening to same song recycled? I love “She’s not me” and the title song (The Voyager”. I think some people are literally expecting to listen to this and it be confused with another Rilo Kiley album. I have been there. It was really hard for me to watch people fall in love with bands that I have loved forever. One recent example is Fun. You can call me an music elitist hipster snob, but I used to hate when my favorite bands would go “mainstream”. As i get older I am over it. I like what I like and I don’t count out artist that are mainstream because they can’t control if a song is a hit. I have gotten a little off topic, but calm down people. She is still the same old talented Jenny Lewis.

I adore Rilo Kiley, Postal Service, and Jenny's solo stuff. Jenny & Johnny is my favorite side project of Jenny's. I love this album. Lyrically, it is sad and emotionally intense, but musically there's a sugar coating that goes down easy. Many fans were angry when Rilo Kiley released "Under the Blacklight" saying that they had sold out and were no longer the same. Jenny has been very up front about pop music being a strong influence on her style and that is what she personally enjoys. While it may have pop influences, it is definitely beyond the brain dead lyricism you will hear on top 40 radio. It questions aging, life choices, and that feeling of looking around and wondering how you got to where you are. Maybe it is for an older crowd? I have really enjoyed this album.

Head Underwater