| Come Away with Me | ||||
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| Studio album by Norah Jones | ||||
| Released | February 26, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2001 Sorcerer Sound (New York City) Allaire Studios (Shokan, New York) |
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| Genre | Pop, jazz, folk, soul, country | |||
| Length | 45:03 | |||
| Label | Blue Note 7243 5 82067 2 2 |
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| Producer | Norah Jones, Arif Mardin, Jay Newland, Craig Street | |||
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Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released February 26, 2002 on Blue Note Records.[1] Recording sessions for the album took place at New York City's Sorcerer Sound Studio and Shokan's Allaire Studios in 2001.[2] Released on a predominantly jazz-based label and recorded with several jazz musicians, Come Away with Me has been noted by music writers for its acoustic pop style and incorporation of jazz, folk, soul, and country music elements.[1][3][4]
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,[5] including eight Grammy Awards.[6] 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.[7] This album has been released with the Copy Control protection system in some regions.
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| Professional ratings | |
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| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| PopMatters | (favorable) [8] |
| Los Angeles Times | [9] |
| Los Angeles Daily News | [10] |
| The A.V. Club | (favorable) [11] |
| Vibe | [12] |
| Allmusic | [13] |
| Entertainment Weekly | (A-) [14] |
| Sputnikmusic | [15] |
| Village Voice | (favorable) [16] |
| Rolling Stone | [17] |
Come Away with Me received acclaim from most music critics, based on an aggregate score of 82/100 from Metacritic.[18] The album received 3.5 out of 4 stars from both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Los Angeles Times.[19][20] The genre of Come Away with Me was the subject of much debate, especially within the vocal jazz community. Many artists held that because Norah Jones made few changes to the original melody and rhythm of the covered tracks, such as "Turn Me On" and "The Nearness of You", that the album did not qualify as jazz, which entailed some degree of interpretation and improvisation. Still, the presence of accomplished jazz musicians Bill Frisell, Adam Rogers, Brian Blade, and Sam Yahel, as well as the complex and sophisticated jazz-influenced compositions of Jesse Harris, gave the album an overall jazz feel.[1] Critics have viewed the music of Come Away with Me as a blend of vocal jazz and acoustic pop with soul and country music overtones.[1]
Despite genre classification disputes over the album, Come Away with Me's unique combination of jazz, folk, and soul, as well as Jones's fresh voice, caught the attention of consumers and critics alike. The album sold approximately 22.5 million copies worldwide and 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".[21] 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.[6]—Norah Jones
Upon initial release on February 26, 2002, Come Away with Me had a slow progression up the charts. However, it eventually gained a platinum certification from the Recording Industry Association of America on August 22, 2002.[7] 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.[7] Other issues of the album, including a Canadian bonus DVD version, followed in response to the album's initial success.[22]
In Germany, the album debuted just at #37, nevertheless it stayed a total of 141 weeks on the official German Albums Chart and it managed to reach #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.[23][24]
Polyphonic HMI's "Hit Song Science" software predicted the album's success months before its release, contradicting skeptical executives.[25]
Rolling stone ranked "Come Away with Me" at number 54 on its list of the 100 Best Album of the Decade. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-2000s-20110718/norah-jones-come-away-with-me-19691231
In 2009, Rhapsody ranked the album at #16 on its "100 Best Albums of the Decade"[26] list.
In 2003, she won five Grammy Awards, Best New Artist, Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album for the album and Record of the Year and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for the single "Don't Know Why" at the 45th Grammy Awards. This matched the record for most Grammy wins by a female artist in a single night (tying with Lauryn Hill and Alicia Keys). That night, Jesse Harris won the Grammy Award for Song of the Year for composing "Don't Know Why", Arif Mardin won Producer of the Year, primarily for his work on Come Away With Me, and the album also received the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical.[27][28]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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 |
| 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 |
In the United States, the album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #139 and reached the top of the chart after one year. All told, the album was on the Billboard 200 for 153 weeks, but left in position #82 in 2005. The album returned to the Billboard 200 at position #186 for the week of February 27, 2010.
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| Chart | Certification |
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| U.S. RIAA[29] | Diamond |
| Europe IFPI[30] | 7× Platinum |
| United Kingdom BPI[31] | 7× Platinum |
| Poland ZPAV[32] | 2× Platinum |
| France IFPI[33] | 2x diamond |
| Canada CRIA[34] | Diamond |
| Germany IFPI[23] | 5× Gold |
| Australia ARIA[35] | 10× Platinum |
| Brazil ABPD[36] | Platinum |
| Netherlands NVPI/Megacharts[37] | 3× Platinum |
| Argentina CAPIF[38] | 5× Platinum |
| New Zealand RIANZ[39] | 11× Platinum |
| Denmark GPF[40] | 3× Platinum |
| Switzerland Media Control Charts[41] | 2× Platinum |
| Sweden GPF[42] | Platinum |
| Austria Media Control Charts/IFPI[43] | 2× Platinum |
| Greece IFPI[44] | Gold |
| Mexico Amprofon[45] | Gold |
| Japan RIAJ[46] | Gold |
| Year | Winner | Category |
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| 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 |
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Billboard 200 number-one album January 19 – February 8, 2003 March 9–15, 2003 |
Succeeded by Home by Dixie Chicks Get Rich or Die Tryin' by 50 Cent |
| Preceded by 8 Mile Soundtrack by various artists |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album February 10 – March 30, 2003 May 12–25, 2003 |
Succeeded by Innocent Eyes by Delta Goodrem |
| Preceded by The Look of Love by Diana Krall Harry For The Holidays by Harry Connick, Jr. Only You by Harry Connick, Jr. The Girl In The Other Room by Diana Krall |
Billboard Top Jazz Albums number-one albums March 30, 2002 – November 29, 2003 January 17–31, 2004 April 10 – May 08, 2004 August 14 – November 06, 2004 |
Succeeded by Harry For The Holidays by Harry Connick, Jr. Only You by Harry Connick, Jr. The Girl In The Other Room by Diana Krall When I Fall In Love by Chris Botti |
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