Norah Jones - Come Away With Me
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Music Reviews of Come Away With Me
Music Review: Simply beautiful!
Rating: 5 Stars
Now all these negative reviews are given mostly because some individuals jump on any artist who gets enough hype, and then becomes confused with what was the big deal. People have different tastes so you can't expect an artist to be well received by EVERYONE. But the truth was Norah herself didn't expect to receive this much attention. It's just that the praise and awards given to her was based on her giving music another outlook instead of the way it seemed it was going. Every year after the next, music became more commercial and less about ACTUAL talent. But then came Norah with her mellow, beautiful sound that's not easy to place in one specific genre. And that's a good thing! For people who are are not sure to get this album, you should be told that this is not for everyone. It has a country/folk/jazz vibe that not everyone can get into. And unless you really LISTEN to the album and not just hear it, the whole album will sound the same to you. It's not an album you can jump up and dance or groove to. It's more of a smooth album that you can relax to and listen while you try to get in a calm mood. It's mostly slower pace, but the truth is that our pace of life is so fast today that we need somethings to take things down. And that's what this album does.
It's not easy to get into. But if you do you'll realize that maybe all the praise she got was well deserved. This album is simply beautiful!
Note: Previously I gave this album 4-stars. But after listening to it again I realized that this album is now one of my favorites, and it's deserving of 5-stars. There's so many great songs on it. It doesn't stop with "Don't Know Why". "Cold Cold Heart", "Come Away With Me", "Painter Song", "Lonestar", "The Nearness of You", "I've Got to See You Again", "Feelin' the Same Way" are definite standouts. I know I listed almost all of the songs but this album is that good! They all continue to stick out in my mind. She has just gained a devoted fan.
Music Review: Come away with Norah
Rating: 5 Stars
"Come Away With Me" brings to mind smoky, dim-lit, late-night jazz clubs, with a single talented singer on the stage. That singer is Grammy-winner Norah Jones, with her bluesy jazz music and soft, smooth vocals. Only a few minutes of Norah's singing will win you over."Come" starts on a melancholy note, with Norah mourning at abandoning her chance to be with the unnamed love of "Don't Know Why." The sweetly innocent "Seven Years," the slightly seductive "Cold Cold Heart," the whisper and shimmer of the title track, the reflective melancholy of "Shoot The Moon" ("Now the fall is here again/ You can't begin to give in/It's all over"), the low-key sensual "Turn Me On," the lonely-cowboy lullaby "Lonestar" continue the mood of ups and downs; at the end, Jones sings quietly that "With no reprise/The sun will rise/The long day is over," and finishes up with the beautiful "Nearness of You."
The simplicity of "Come Away With Me" is part of its beauty. Jones' voice is genuinely, honestly beautiful, sweet and soft and rich. There's little if any enhancement of her vocals, adding to the feeling that you're listening to her directly, not to songs recorded in a studio.
And the music is meant as a backdrop for her singing: simple acoustic and electric guitars, bass and drums, sometimes an organ, and most importantly, piano. Mostly jazz, but laced with tinges of country music, this is a hard-to-classify hybrid. The songs tend to be sweetly evocative, sometimes sensual and sometimes sad, sometimes romantic and sometimes just sweet ("It's not the pale moon that excites me/That thrills and delights me, oh no/It's just the nearness of you").
The beautifully sweet, cozy feel of "Come Away With Me" is one that is hard to find anywhere else. Play this album from beginning to end, and find someone to hold close to you in a candlelit room.
Music Review: A Strange Style Cocktail....Norah Where Do You Fit??
Rating: 3 Stars
After listening to this first offering,for a couple of weeks,from the potentially talented Ms Jones,I am left bemused and ultimately unfulfilled!The talent is there,she addresses jazz,blues and country styles,she sounds ,or attempts to sound like just about ever female vocalist influence she has ever heard.This Cd suffers ultimately from this willingness to mix everything together.She has a husky whisper to a sweet velvet like delivery,at times she attempts the Lucinda Williams,and then to me goes for that Memphis soul that has me thinking Shelby Lynne,from her first offering.Unfortunately,when the listener is getting a fix on her style,it changes.
The songs do have a sameness,except for the delightful*Dont Know Why*and the stretch*Come Away With Me*,*Shoot The Moon*,*Turn Me On* and *Lonestar*.Real promise is evident,that belies her age and the fact that this is her first effort.
If you want to relax and play this in moments of comtemplation ..and lets be frank,dont we all have those!!!...this is great,but if you want something a little bit more challenging,this is not what you are looking for.
The aforementioned songs did show her ability and had a smooth and infectious groove,and her vocals were indeed pleasing.
The difficulty here is too many people are trying to compare her to just about everybody from Billie Holiday to Diana Krall..which to be honest is not fair.I liked this CD for just being a pleasant well crafted debut offering from a woman who can sing a little play a little and has the confidence to attempt to sing what she wanted.It is not a treasure,not the future of music..and the voice and the piano playing are nothing out of the ordinary...but there is something there that would warrant some future consideration.
A little less cocktail of styles please,focus on some blues/R&B that reflect that sweet voice..and maybe a hint of that country that is trying to get out.Keep up the good work Ms Jones!!
3.5 stars
Music Review: "Come Away With Me".....I would!
Rating: 5 Stars
A buddy, affectionately known as 'That Ricky Guy,' discovered that I had never heard of Norah Jones. Well, he thought so much of this unique and gifted song stylist (and of me, for some reason) that he gifted me with a copy of this CD. I pay attention to Ricky's musical evaluations because he is the only still-living person I know who was actually there at Carnegie Hall in 1961 to witness Judy Garland's Ultimate Triumph (though he was probably on his mama's knee), and he said Norah Jones is good. He's right. He's definitely right!It's human nature for us, hearing a singer for the first time, to make the inevitable comparisons....and I did just that listening to Norah. There were touches of Peggy Lee, I thought...certainly Rita Coolidge...Blossom Dearie, though the voice isn't that fragile...some of Nina Simone's subtle emotion. And of course she's a jazz singer, but there sure is a touch of country in that delivery of hers, maybe even a gentle hint of smokey coffee-house folk singers. But finally it dawns on you that Norah Jones, this young girl with a talent far older than she herself, has seduced you....reeled you right in with her OWN individual brand of musical magic.
Just as I didn't know Norah until this evening, many of the songs were also new to me....but I'm sure will become old friends. I especially loved "One Flight Down," and the title song she wrote herself, as well as "Nightingale" and "The Long Day Is Over." Of course my favorites were the two familiar standards, "Cold, Cold Heart" and "The Nearness Of You" (let's face it....I'm basically stuck back there in time wanting more details of Garland's encores from my friend Rick) but I really do think Ms. Jones would be doing herself (and us) a great service if she borrowed a page from Diana Krall and recorded an entire album of the old classics. She has the genuine talent to give new life to old chestnuts...and she should!
Music Review: UNDERSTATED - BUT POWERFUL
Rating: 5 Stars
After the first time I listened to this disc I wrote it off as being monotonous and I put it aside. Then for some reason two months later I decided to try it again. This time I put the headphones on and received the full scope of this engaging work of art. Norah has a quality in her voice which can not be described. She reaches in and grabs you and keeps you there. She has little Joni Mitchell, a little Carole King and a little Karen Carpenter in her vocal delivery. She is smooth, soulful, bluesy and an instantly recognizeable one of a kind.
Her music is universal. She could have hit big in the 40's, the 70's or any decade with these exact same recordings. The songs transcend time and music genres.
At first the album may seem to have a limited musical focus. Though after careful inspection of each song it becomes evident that there is a focus in several delightful diections. Some songs focus on the guitar, some the keyboard others percussion and some on Norah's voice itself.
Her rendition of Hank Williams' "Cold Cold Heart" is flawless and original. The song includes an irresistible bass line. Norah's vocal is bluesy and strong. The keyboard adds a wandering mood about it. Patsy Cline or kd lang would have also done justice to this tune. "Seven Years" speaks with a youthful innocense. The lyric is especially strong it gives an optimistic feel of youth and music. The guitar solo in the Norah Jones penned "Come Away With Me" is superb, while "I've Got To See You Again" adds a certain mystery to the listeners ears. "Lone Star" is my favorite track on the album. It has a great combination of jazz influenced drum rhythms, laid back guitar chords and a smooth bass. This country flavored tune is done in Norah's impeccable but original style.
Norah wrote three of the songs on the album and band member Jesse Harris also wrote several of the tunes.