Jenny Lewis (1,702 views)

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Jennifer Diane Lewis (8 January 1976 - Present)
Years Active: 1998 - Present
Associated Acts: Rilo Kiley (1998 - 2014), The Postal Service (2001-2005), Jenny and Johnny (2010 - 2014), Nice as Fuck (2016 - present)
Vocal Range: C♯3 - B5

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{Vocal Summary}With her distinctive voice, sharp hook writing, and clever, often autobiographical lyrics, singer-songwriter Jenny Lewis has carved her name out as one of the most influential figures in 2000s indie music. Initially finding fame as a child actress in numerous '80s films, Lewis quickly pivoted to singing in her adult life, forming the band Rilo Kiley in 1998 alongside co-writer and guitarist Blake Sennett. Her voice during their early material was a fairly modest, girlish mezzo that was unusually light-sounding for its low placement and seldom stretched for any high notes. However, she would rapidly improve and diversify as a vocalist over the band's existence, adopting a stronger, more brassy tone befitting a rock frontwoman while still mostly keeping to her comfort zone range-wise. After Rilo Kiley's dissolution, her vintage-leaning solo material has gone in a wide variety of directions, with her wry, lush vocals becoming increasingly reminiscent of Stevie Nicks. Not the flashiest singer in the world, but a deservedly well-renowned musician whose sound has matured a great deal since her early days.

Written by BassSquared .

Significant High Notes:

B5 ("Jack Killed Mom")
F♯5 ("Godspeed")
F5 ("Angel", "Runaway")
E5 ("Big Wave", "Breakin' Up", "Close Call", "Dejalo", "The Essence of Life", "Hollywood Lawn", "It'll Get You There", "Late Bloomer", "Mall Music", "Runnin' Around", "Silver Lining", "Sing a Song for Them", "The Voyager", "Wasted Youth")
E♭5 ("Angel", "Balcony", "Chain of Tears", "I Remember You", "Love Feel", "Rabbit Hole", "A Town Called Luckey", "While Men Are Dreaming")
D5 ("The Angels Hung Around", "Animal", "Bad Man's World", "Barking at the Moon", "Born Secular", "Dejalo", "Dogwood", "Don't Deconstruct", "Door", "Do Si Do", "Giddy Up", "Give a Little Love", "Higher", "Just One of the Guys", "Love and War - 11/11/46", "Love U Forever", "My Pet Snakes", "Party Clown", "Pretty Bird", "Red Bull & Hennessy", "Runaway", "Silver Lining", "Smoke Detector", "Sorrow", "Straight Edge of the Blade", "Trying My Best to Love You", "Under the Blacklight", "You Can't Outrun 'Em", "Well, You Left", "Wires and Waves")
C♯5 ("The Absence of God", "Accidntel Deth", "Acid Tongue", "Apples and Oranges", "Balcony", "Barking at the Moon", "A Better Son/Daughter", "Black Sand", "Born Secular", "Breakin' Up", "Capturing Moods" "Committed", "Go Ahead", "Happy", "Hollywood Lawn", "I Never", "I Remember You", "Just One of the Guys", "Late Bloomer", "Let Me Back In", "My Pet Snakes", "Puppy and a Truck", "Small Figures in a Vast Expanse", "She's Not Me", "Smoke Detector", "Wires and Waves")
C5 ("After Hours", "Aloha & the Three Johns", "Angel", "August", "Brand New Colony", "Close Call", "Cookie Lips", "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight", "Dogwood", "Draggin' Around", "Dreamworld", "Emotional (Until Crickets Guide You Back)", "The Essence of Life", "Giddy Up", "Give a Little Love", "The Good that Won't Come Out", "Head Underwater", "It Just Is", "Jack Killed Mom", "Joy'all", "Just Like Zeus", "Little White Dove", "Love Feel", "Mall Music", "Paint's Peeling", "Party Clown", "Psychos", "Rabbit Fur Coat", "Right Behind You", "Sing a Song for Them", "Spectacular Views", "Trying My Best to Love You", "Wasted Youth")
B4 ("15", "The Absence of God", "All the Drugs", "American Wife", "The Angels Hung Around", "Bad Man's World", "The Big Guns", "Big Wave", "Black Sand", "Bury, Bury, Bury Another", "Chain of Tears", "Close Call", "Does He Love You?", "Don't Deconstruct", "Door", "Do Si Do", "Godspeed", "The Good that Won't Come Out", "Hard Enough", "Heads Gonna Roll", "I Never", "It'll Get You There", "Love and War - 11/11/46", "A Man / Me / Then Jim", "The Moneymaker", "My Slumbering Heart", "NAF Theme", "The Next Messiah", "On the Line", "Paint's Peeling", "Portions for Foxes", "Pretty Bird", "Rabbit Hole", "Runnin' Around", "Science Vs Romance", "She's Not Me", "Silver Lining", "Slippery Slopes", "So Long", "Sorrow", "Taffy", "Three Hopeful Thoughts", "Trying My Best to Love You", "Under the Blacklight", "The Voyager", "With Arms Outstretched", "You Can't Outrun 'Em")
B♭4 ("Aloha & the Three Johns", "Apples and Oranges", "August", "Black Sand", "Dreamworld", "Love U Forever", "More Adventurous", "A Town Called Luckey", "While Men Are Dreaming")
A4 ("15", "About the Moon", "The Absence of God", "Acid Tongue", "Always", "American Wife", "The Angels Hung Around", "A Better Son/Daughter", "Brand New Colony", "Breakin' Up", "Bury, Bury, Bury Another", "Capturing Moods", "Carpetbaggers", "Cherry Baby", "Committed", "Cookie Lips", "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight", "Draggin' Around", "Dogwood", "Don't Deconstruct", "Emotional (Until Crickets Guide You Back)", "Guns", "Hail To Whatever You Found in the Sunlight that Surrounds You", "Heads Gonna Roll", "Head Underwater", "Higher", "Hollywood Lawn", "Homerun", "It Just Is", "It's a Hit", "Jack Killed Mom", "Joy'all", "Late Bloomer", "Let Me Back In", "Little White Dove", "Love and War - 11/11/46", "My Slumbering Heart", "The New You", "Pictures of Success", "Psychos", "Puppy and a Truck", "Rabbit Fur Coat", "Red Bull & Hennessy", "Right Behind You", "Scissor Runner", "Sing a Song for Them", "Slippery Slopes", "So Long", "Sorrow", "Spectacular Views", "Straight Edge of the Blade", "Wires and Waves")


Significant Low Notes:

A3 ("15", "Accidntel Deth", "Acid Tongue", "After Hours", "All the Drugs", "American Wife", "The Angels Hung Around", "Barking at the Moon", "Breakin' Up", "Bulletproof", "Capturing Moods", "Carpetbaggers", "Cherry Baby", "The Frug", "Give a Little Love", "Guns", "Handle With Care", "Hail To Whatever You Found in the Sunlight that Surrounds You", "Head Underwater", "Jack Killed Mom", "Just One of the Guys", "Late Bloomer", "Let Me Back In", "Little White Dove", "A Man / Me / Then Jim", "My Pet Snakes", "My Slumbering Heart", "On the Line", "Patiently", "Pictures of Success", "Portions for Foxes", "Psychos", "Puppy and a Truck", "Runaway", "Science Vs Romance", "Sing a Song for Them", "So Long", "Spectacular Views", "Straight Edge of the Blade", "Wasted Youth", "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)", "We Will Become Silhouettes", "Wires and Waves")
G♯3 ("Always", "The Execution of All Things", "Go Ahead", "Happy", "Hard Enough", "The New You", "Rabbit Hole", "Rise Up With Fists!!", "Runnin' Around", "A Town Called Luckey", "With Arms Outstretched")
G3 ("15", "About the Moon", "All the Drugs", "Always", "The Big Guns", "Bulletproof", "The Charging Sky", "Cherry Baby", "Clark Gable", "Close Call", "Draggin' Around", "Does He Love You?", "Dogwood", "Don't Deconstruct", "Emotional (Until Crickets Guide You Back)", "The Essence of Life", "Give a Little Love", "Go Ahead", "The Good that Won't Come Out", "Guns", "Handle With Care", "Heads Gonna Roll", "Head Underwater", "It Just Is", "It'll Get You There", "It Wasn't Me", "Joy'all", "Just Like Zeus", "Little White Dove", "Love and War - 11/11/46", "Melt Your Heart", "More Adventurous", "The Next Messiah", "Party Clown", "Plane Crash in C", "Portions for Foxes", "Rabbit Fur Coat", "Recycled Air", "Red Bull & Hennessy", "Silver Lining", "Slippery Slopes", "Switchblade", "Taffy", "Under the Blacklight", "Wasted Youth", "We'll Never Sleep (God Knows We'll Try)")
F♯3 ("The Absence of God", "Acid Tongue", "American Wife", "Balcony", "A Better Son/Daughter", "Bury, Bury, Bury Another", "Chain of Tears", "Do Si Do", "Godspeed", "Hail To Whatever You Found in the Sunlight that Surrounds You", "Happy", "Hollywood Lawn", "I Never", "I Remember You", "Let Me Back In", "Love and War - 11/11/46", "A Man / Me / Then Jim", "Rabbit Hole", "Rise Up With Fists!!", "Science Vs Romance", "Smoke Detector", "A Town Called Luckey", "With Arms Outstretched", "You Are What You Love")
F3 ("Chain of Tears", "Cookie Lips", "Giddy Up", "It's a Hit", "Joy'all", "More Adventurous", "Plane Crash in C")
E3 ("A Better Son/Daughter", "The Big Guns", "Close Call", "Does He Love You?", "Do Si Do", "The Essence of Life", "The Frug", "The Good that Won't Come Out", "Happy", "Hollywood Lawn", "It Just Is", "It'll Get You There", "It's a Hit", "Jack Killed Mom", "Late Bloomer", "Melt Your Heart", "The Next Messiah", "Puppy and a Truck", "Smoke Detector", "Silver Lining", "Straight Edge of the Blade", "Taffy")
E♭3 ("Love Feel")
D3 ("The Absence of God", "Higher", "It's a Hit", "It Wasn't Me", "A Man / Me / Then Jim", "Plane Crash in C", "Switchblade")
C♯3 ("I Never", "Little White Dove")


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Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.

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{Questionable Notes}
C6 "Love Feel" [5]
B5 "The Moneymaker" [1]
E5 "Draggin' Around" [4], "Joy'all" [1]
C♯5 "The Execution of All Things" [2]

E3 "Acid Tongue" [1], "Dogwood" [1]
D3 "Bury, Bury, Bury Another" [5], "Science Vs Romance" [1]
A2 "Just One of the Guys" [2] "Little White Dove" [5]
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.

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{Album Ranges}
Rilo Kiley
Take Offs and Landings (2001): D3 - D5
The Execution of All Things (2002): E3 - C♯5
More Adventurous (2004): C♯3 - D5
Under the Blacklight (2007): E3 - E5
Rkives (2013): E3 - E5

Solo
Rabbit Fur Coat (2006): D3 - D5
Acid Tongue (2008): E3 - B5
The Voyager (2014): E3 - E5
On the Line (2019): C♯3 - E5
Joy'all

[/i] (2023): E♭3 - E5

Jenny and Johnny
I'm Having Fun Now (2010): D3 - E5

Nice as Fuck
Nice as Fuck (2016): D3 - F5[/font][/spoiler]