Come Away with Me

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Come Away with Me
Studio album by Norah Jones
Released February 26, 2002 (2002-02-26)
Recorded 2001; Sorcerer Sound, New York City; Allaire Studios, Shokan
Genre Pop, country, blues, jazz, folk
Length 45:03
Label Blue Note
Producer Norah Jones, Arif Mardin, Jay Newland, Craig Street
Norah Jones chronology
Come Away with Me
(2002)		 Feels like Home
(2004)
Singles from Come Away with Me
  1. "Don't Know Why"
    Released: July 2002
  2. "Feelin' the Same Way"
    Released: 2002
  3. "Come Away with Me"
    Released: 2003
  4. "Turn Me On"
    Released: 2003
  5. "Nightingale"
    Released: 2003 [promo]

Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released by Blue Note Records on February 26, 2002.[1] Recording sessions for the album took place at New York City's Sorcerer Sound Studio and Shokan's Allaire Studios in 2001.[2]

The album's critical and commercial success was a breakthrough for Jones in 2002, as it reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and several jazz charts. The album also topped many critics' "albums of the year" lists and gathered major music awards in the process,[3] including eight Grammy Awards.[4] Following initial sales, Come Away with Me was certified diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005 having shipped over 10 million copies in its first three years of release.[5] and has sold more than 26 million copies worldwide.[6]

Contents

Composition [edit]
"Don't Know Why"
A sample of "Don't Know Why"
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Come Away with Me is a mellow, acoustic pop album with soul and country overtones.[1] It also incorporates blues, jazz,[7] and folk styles. Bobby Dodd of All About Jazz writes that, although the album features jazz standards, jazz purists and academics "may deny [Jones] jazz credibility for her folk infusion".[8] Jones' guitarist Jesse Harris and bassist Lee Alexander wrote most of the album's songs, which feature simple melodies and progressions.[1]

Commercial performance [edit]

In the United States, the album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #139 and reached the top of the chart after one year. In total, the album was on the Billboard 200 for 161 weeks and has sold 10,910,000 copies.[9] The album sold approximately 26 million copies worldwide.[6] It was certified platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America on August 22, 2002.[5] It went on to sell over ten million copies over the next year, and on February 15, 2005, was certified as a diamond record by the RIAA.[5]

In Germany, the album debuted just at No. 37, nevertheless it stayed a total of 141 weeks on the official German Albums Chart and it managed to reach No. 2 in its 37th week on that chart, where it stayed for 4 weeks. In the end, Come Away with Me sold 750,000 copies, reaching 5× gold, being her most successful album in that country and one of the longest-staying album on the German Albums Chart.[10][11]

Polyphonic HMI's "Hit Song Science" software predicted the album's success months before its release, contradicting skeptical executives.[12]

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
PopMatters (favorable)[13]
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars[14]
Los Angeles Daily News 4/4 stars[15]
The A.V. Club (favorable)[16]
Vibe 3.5/5 stars[17]
Allmusic 4/5 stars[18]
Entertainment Weekly A−[19]
Sputnikmusic 4/5 stars[20]
Village Voice (favorable)[21]
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars [22]

Come Away with Me received acclaim from most music critics. It holds an aggregate score of 82/100 at Metacritic.[23] The album received 3.5 out of 4 stars from both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Los Angeles Times.[24][25] Allmusic's David R. Adler wrote that, "while the mood of this record stagnates after a few songs, it does give a strong indication of Jones' alluring talents."[1] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice cited it as "the most unjazz album [Blue Note] has ever released" and criticized that "Jones's voice dominates the record" because "her main writers are pretty anonymous", although he found it to be a "sincere" and "exemplary biz success story in which the good guys win."[26]

Accolades [edit]

The album won eight awards (Jones won five of the awards) at the Grammy Awards of 2003, including "Album of the Year", as well as "Record of the Year" and "Song of the Year" for "Don't Know Why".[27] Although she was happy about her success, Jones felt bad about sweeping the Grammy Awards. In an interview for 60 Minutes, Jones told Katie Couric:

I felt like I went to somebody else's birthday party and I ate all their cake. Without anybody else getting a piece. That's how I felt.[4]
—Norah Jones

Rolling Stone ranked Come Away with Me at number 54 on its list of the 100 Best Album of the Decade.[28]

Track listing [edit]

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Don't Know Why"   Jesse Harris 3:06
2. "Seven Years"   Lee Alexander 2:25
3. "Cold Cold Heart"   Hank Williams 3:38
4. "Feelin' the Same Way"   Alexander 2:55
5. "Come Away with Me"   Norah Jones 3:18
6. "Shoot the Moon"   Harris 3:57
7. "Turn Me On"   John D. Loudermilk 2:33
8. "Lonestar"   Alexander 3:05
9. "I've Got to See You Again"   Harris 4:13
10. "Painter Song"   Alexander, J. C. Hopkins 2:41
11. "One Flight Down"   Harris 3:03
12. "Nightingale"   Jones 4:11
13. "The Long Day Is Over"   Jones, Harris 2:44
14. "The Nearness of You"   Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington 3:09
Total length:
 44:58

Bonus tracks [edit]

Personnel [edit]

Musicians [edit]

  • Norah Jones – vocals, piano (1, 3, 5–7, 9–14), Wurlitzer electric piano (4)
  • Lee Alexander – bass (1–13)
  • Jesse Harris – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 9, 11–13), electric guitar (1)
  • Kevin Breit – acoustic guitar (2, 4), National guitar (2), electric guitar (4, 13)
  • Adam Levy – electric guitar (3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (8, 10)
  • Adam Rogers – guitar (7)
  • Bill Frisell – electric guitar (13)
  • Dan Reiser – drums (1, 5, 7, 11)
  • Brian Blade – drums (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12), percussion (2, 9)
  • Kenny Wollesen – drums (13)
  • Rob Burger – pump organ (8), accordion (10)
  • Tony Scherr – slide guitar (8), acoustic guitar (8)
  • Sam Yahel – organ (Hammond B-3) (6, 7, 11)
  • Jenny Scheinman – violin (9, 11)
  • Arif Mardin – string arrangement (11)

Additional personnel [edit]

Producers Norah Jones, Arif Mardin, Jay Newland, Craig Street
Engineers S. Husky Höskulds, Jay Newland
Assistant engineers Mark Birkey, Dick Kondas, Brandon Mason, Todd Parker
Mixing Arif Mardin, Jay Newland
Mixing assistant Todd Parker
Remixing Jay Newland
Mastering Ted Jensen, Mark Wilder
A&R Brian Bacchus, Chris Cofoni, Bruce Lundvall, Eliott Wolf
Assistant David Swope
Production coordination Eden White, Shell White
Product manager Zach Hochkeppel
Creative director Gordon Jee
String arrangements Arif Mardin
Art direction Jessica Novod
Design Jessica Novod
Photography Joanne Savio

Charts [edit]

Weekly charts [edit]

Chart (2003) Peak
position
Australian Albums Chart[31] 1
Austrian Albums Chart[31] 2
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[31] 1
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[31] 1
Canadian Albums Chart[32] 1
Danish Albums Chart[31] 1
Dutch Albums Chart[31] 1
European Top 100 Albums[33] 1
Finnish Albums Chart[31] 5
French Albums Chart[31] 1
German Albums Chart[32] 2
Irish Albums Chart[32] 1
Italian Albums Chart[31] 7
Japanese Albums Chart[34] 10
New Zealand Albums Chart[31] 1
Norwegian Albums Chart[31] 4
Polish Albums Chart[32] 3
Portuguese Albums Chart[31] 3
Spanish Albums Chart[35] 6
Swedish Albums Chart[31] 1
Swiss Albums Chart[31] 2
UK Albums Chart[32] 1
US Billboard 200[32] 1

Decade-end charts [edit]

Chart (2000–2009) Position
Australian Albums Chart[36] 4
US Billboard 200[37] 4

Certifications [edit]

Region Certification Sales/shipments
Argentina (CAPIF)[38] 2× Platinum 80,000x
Australia (ARIA)[39] 11× Platinum 770,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[40] 2× Platinum 60,000x
Belgium (BEA)[41] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (ABPD)[42] Platinum 125,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[43] Diamond 1,000,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[44] 3× Platinum 150,000^
France (SNEP)[45] Diamond 1,776,000[46]*
Germany (BVMI)[47] 5× Gold 750,000^
Japan (RIAJ)[48] Gold 100,000^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[49] Gold 75,000^
Netherlands (NVPI)[50] 3× Platinum 240,000^
New Zealand (RIANZ)[51] 11× Platinum 165,000^
Poland (ZPAV)[52] 2× Platinum 200,000*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[53] Platinum 100,000^
Sweden (GLF)[54] Platinum 60,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[55] 3× Platinum 120,000x
United Kingdom (BPI)[56] 7× Platinum 2,100,000^
United States (RIAA)[57] Diamond 10,910,000[9]^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[58] 7× Platinum 7,000,000*

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone
xunspecified figures based on certification alone

Awards [edit]

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2003 Come Away with Me Album of the Year
Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
Best Pop Vocal Album
"Don't Know Why" Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
Record of the Year
Song of the Year
Norah Jones Best New Artist

See also [edit]

References [edit]

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  3. ^ Acclaimedmusic.net – Come Away With Me
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  5. ^ a b c "RIAA Searchable Database". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 2008-08-06. 
  6. ^ a b Brown, Helen (April 27, 2012). "Norah Jones, Little Broken Hearts, CD Review". The Telegraph. Retrieved 2012-0-29. 
  7. ^ "Review: Come Away with Me". Mojo (London): 110. April 2002. "...a delicate acoustic dance that pulls country, blues and jazz..." 
  8. ^ Dodd, Bobby (May 1, 2002). "Norah Jones: Come Away With Me". All About Jazz. Retrieved February 25, 2013. 
  9. ^ a b Week Ending Feb. 17, 2013. Albums: Mumford’s Grammy Surge | Chart Watch (NEW) - Yahoo! Music
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  12. ^ Studio 360 commentary. October 1, 2004. Accessed on: March 19, 2009.
  13. ^ PopMatters Review
  14. ^ Los Angeles Times Review
  15. ^ Los Angeles Daily News Review
  16. ^ The A.V. Club Review
  17. ^ Vibe Review
  18. ^ Allmusic Review
  19. ^ Entertainment Weekly Review
  20. ^ Sputnikmusic Review
  21. ^ Village Voice Review
  22. ^ Rolling Stone Review
  23. ^ Come Away with Me (2002): Reviews. Metacritic. Retrieved on 2009-07-18.
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  25. ^ Hilburn, Robert. Review: Come Away with Me. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved on 2009-07-18.
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