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JONES NORAH NOT TOO LATE (JEWEL CASE)
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Although the music of Norah Jones continues to blend pop, soul, folk, and country with a seasoning of jazz, her third album for Blue Note is the first where she's written (or collaborated on) all the material. Beneath the smooth surface lie darker strains on the album-opening "Wish I Could" (about a boyfriend lost to war), intimations of mortality in "The Sun Doesn't Like You," and the post-election horrors of "My Dear Country." The last seems to channel the inspiration of Brecht/Weill, while the equally bleak "Sinkin' Soon" is set to a jaunty Dixieland rag. Throughout, Jones's vocal intimacy and melodic warmth remain as disarmingly understated as ever. The soulful "Thinking of You," the countryish "Wake Me Up," and the syncopated "Be My Somebody" reflect the captivating style of her previous work. Although too much in the same midtempo mode becomes a dreamy lull, cut by cut, Jones's voice is irresistible. --Don McLeese
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- Is Discontinued By Manufacturer : No
- Language : English
- Product Dimensions : 4.88 x 5.59 x 0.47 inches; 3.32 ounces
- Manufacturer : Blue Note
- Item model number : 2033871
- Original Release Date : 2007
- Date First Available : February 22, 2007
- Label : Blue Note
- ASIN : B000KCHZK6
- Number of discs : 1
- Best Sellers Rank: #28,445 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #360 in Contemporary Folk (CDs & Vinyl)
- #541 in Adult Alternative (CDs & Vinyl)
- #718 in Blues Rock (CDs & Vinyl)
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- Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2007I guess I'm in the lunatic fringe of fans who have listened to this album about 25 times now in the few weeks since it was released, especially during long plane trips back and forth to a distant land. And I wore out Norah's first two albums, too. This one is definitely a change and is not as easy to listen to as the innocence of Come Away With Me and the welcoming beauty of Just Like Home. But the new one is not inconsistent....the new record allows you to listen back to the previous two, and see this one coming.
In the same way that Steely Dan was always mistaken for smooth jazz elevator music, Norah Jones is often mistaken for mellow love music perfect for Valentine's Day. Just as with Steely Dan, there's some degree of truth there: Norah's voice can be soothing, enveloping and loving, like a lullaby. She has an incredibly beautiful voice -- maybe not for all tastes, but definitely mine. She's got the gift to express things a lot of us feel.
On this album, though, she steps forward as a songwriter, with more than just her voice invested in these songs. The message is hers, too, along with Lee Alexander, who co-wrote several tunes, produced the album and is at least an equal partner in creating her sound. I think it's time that he gets some creds for building just the right timbre, tone and depth to set her voice like a jewel in the middle. The instrumentation never detracts or competes. They are definitely helped by all those excellent musicians who've been playing together and with Norah and Lee for a years now. But their musical partnership has been the anchor of it all.
I actually found Feels Like Home to be a pretty riveting album emotionally...far from being just mellow background lovey-dovey music. "Sunrise" to me is full of double meanings and depicts this rather difficult relationship situation, and the record goes on from there, all the way to ambiguous "I Don't Miss You at All." So, here is this one starting off with "Wish I Could," again about a pretty complex emotional situation where the singer can't really reveal all of what she's feeling to "Annie," standing in the door. Who is Annie? Door to what? And what was the "path he found"?
Anyway, the album goes on from there with I think not a weak song in the bunch. Lots of different kinds of songs, some just playful, others serious. I hope they bring a string quartet and trombones when they perform this stuff live, though!
As for the "political" songs, Sinkin Soon is funny as hell, a drunken tune with a great trombone solo! And Election Day I took as being about, well, election day: not so much Bush specifically or anyone else specifically. She captures her impressions of that time, and again, like a lot of her songs, it has multiple dimensions. There are many ways to interpret what she's got here. I don't think people who support Bush or who are trying to hang in there and see this Iraq situation out to a successful end should be offended. To me, like Springsteen's The Rising, these are a poet/writer/songwriter's impressions, not blunderbuss obvious political rants like you get from other bands.
So, I would say for Norah's fans beyond the lunatic fringe, don't dismiss this album too quickly. At least a few of the songs are going to grab you right away (like the beautiful "Wake Me Up"), and the rest seem to find their way in time. Plus, wow: what rich musical influences are apparent in what Norah and Lee have here...something we haven't heard since maybe The Band's great music. Dashes of Fats Waller, Duke Ellington, Randy Newman, Lucinda Williams all mixed together in the great American tradition. And, ah: natural, real instruments and real good musicians playing them! Techno takes a holiday. Thank you!
- Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2007Reading some of the reviews made me kind of uneasy about pre-ordering this CD without hearing song samples from it. But it's an excellent surprise and Norah delivers once again. True this CD is more artsy with minimalistic instrumentation, but in this case less is more. After all, it's Norah's voice that's the true instrument and it shines as on her other CDs.
I liked her previous CD better than her first one, and this one is just as good as her second CD. On the instrumentation next to some piano we hear a lot of slide and dobro guitars with a touch of Alt-Country and even brass instruments on some titles which remind you on the soundtrack of the Godfather during the funeral service scene. There's diversity on this album and it has a slight sad undertone as some of the songs talk about 'Broken' and the Sun doesn't like you, but it becomes more positive in the end.
There are beautiful and haunting balads on this album like 'until the end', 'thinking about you', and a whole array of nice songs like 'wake me up' and 'little room' ... and 'rosie's lullaby' and 'not too late' conclude this CD. Again, this Norah Jones delivery is more artsy, ecclectic and not necessarily a commercial production, but instead a unique piece of art that true music lovers will enjoy a lot. The CD is not boring, although Norah's voice is soothing as usual, but I can't get enough of it - just would like to hear more.
- Reviewed in the United States on February 12, 2007I wouldn't exactly call it a departure album, since many of the songs have the same feel of past efforts, but there is something different about this collection of songs, a desire to expand her universe, experimenting with a little cabaret, reaching beyond her comfortable confines just enough to make one feel that she isn't at ease with herself. This album isn't as light and breezy as was "Feels Like Home." There are hints of melancholy and a quiet sense of dispair on Wish I Could, but it quickly gives way to the playful Sinkin' Soon, even if it too seems to evoke a sense of impending doom. The Sun Doesn't Like You is a bit mournful, but she returns to familiar ground on Until the End. She is at her most poltical on My Dear Country, which seems to reflect her disappointment in Kerry's loss in 2004, while at the same time reaffirming her faith in the country. After a reflective Wake Me Up When It's Over, she picks up the tempo on Be My Somebody. Don't get too depressed, there is much to draw from on this album. There is a wistful quality to the song selections, as if drawing the inspiration for this album from an old-time radio show, but I think Norah also wants to remind us of the uneasy times we currently live in.
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Another great female vocalist, excellent in 2002 (Come Away with Me), 2004 (Feels like Home) to 2007 (Not Too Late).
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