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Come Away with Me 
Studio album by Norah Jones Released February 26, 2002 Recorded 2001
Sorcerer Sound
(New York City)
Allaire Studios
(Shokan, New York)Genre Pop, jazz, folk, soul, country Length 45:03 Label Blue Note
7243 5 82067 2 2Producer 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 - "Don't Know Why"
Released: July, 2002 - "Feelin' the Same Way"
Released: 2002 - "Come Away with Me"
Released: 2003 - "Turn Me On"
Released: 2003 - "Nightingale"
Released: 2003 [promo]
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.
Contents
Reception
Professional ratings 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]Critical response
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]
Commercial performance
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 JonesUpon 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]
Accolades
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]
Track listing
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 Personnel
Musicians
- Norah Jones – vocals, piano
- Lee Alexander – bass (1–13)
- Jesse Harris – guitar (1, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12, 13)
- Kevin Breit – guitar (2, 4, 13)
- Adam Levy – guitar (3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
- Adam Rogers – guitar (7)
- Bill Frisell – guitar (13)
- Dan Reiser – drums (1, 5, 7, 11)
- Brian Blade – drums (2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12)
- Kenny Wollesen – drums (13)
- Rob Burger – pump organ, accordion (8, 10)
- Tony Scherr – slide, acoustic guitar (8)
- Sam Yahel – organ (6, 7, 11)
- Jenny Scheinman – violin (9, 11)
- Arif Mardin – string arrangement (11)
Additional personnel
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 Chart history
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.
Album
Chart (2002) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers 5 U.S. Billboard 200 1 U.S. Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums 1 U.S. Billboard Top Internet Albums 1 Canada Top 100 Albums 1 Chart (2003) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz Albums 3 Australian ARIA Albums Chart 1 UK Albums Chart 1 Chart (2004) Peak
positionU.S. Billboard Top Contemporary Jazz 1 Singles
Year Single Chart Peak
position2002 "Come Away with Me" Canadian Singles Chart 2 2003 Adult Top 40 21 2002 "Don't Know Why" Adult Contemporary 4 U.S. Billboard Adult Top 40 8 U.S. Billboard Hot 100 30 U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream 32 U.S. Billboard Top 40 Tracks 21 2003 U.S. Billboard Top 40 Adult Recurrents 1 2004 "Turn Me On" Canadian Singles Chart 10 Certifications
Chart Certification 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 Awards
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
- List of best-selling albums worldwide
- List of best-selling albums in the United States
- List of best-selling albums in Australia
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