Female Vocalists Music : Come Away with Me

Come Away with Me

£4.88

  1. I Don t Know Why
  2. Seven Years
  3. Cold Cold Heart
  4. Feelin The Same Way
  5. Come Away With Me
  6. Shoot The Moon
  7. Turn Me On
  8. Lonestar
  9. I ve Got To See You Again
  10. If I Were A Painter
  11. One Flight Down
  12. Nightingale
  13. The Long Day Is Over
  14. The Nearness Of You

In Come Away with Me, it is not just the timbre of Norah Jones s voice that is mature beyond her years. Her assured phrasing and precise time are more often found in older singers as well. She is instantly recognisable, blending intimations of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone without sounding like anyone but herself. Any way you slice it, she is a singer to be reckoned with. Her readings of the Hank Williams classic, Cold Cold Heart and Hoagy Carmichael s The Nearness of You are worth the price of the CD. Jones s own material, while not bad, pales a bit next to masterpieces such as these. They might have fared better had she and producer Arif Mardin opted for some livelier arrangements, taking better advantage of brilliant sidemen such as Bill Frisell, Kevin Breit and Brian Blade, or if the tunes had simply been given less laconic performances. Jones has all the tools, what will come with experience, and some careful listening to artists like JJ Cale and Shirley Horn, is the knack of remaining low-key without being sleepy--sometimes less is not, in fact, more. --Michael Ross

NORAH JONES - come away with me - The album was fantastic! The selection of songs was good. The songs are beautifully sung, I especially enjoyed `Don t Know Why and `Nightingale . Norah has a great voice, her music is soothing. NORAH JONES - come away with me, is definitely a good buy!

Nightingale!!! - Well, I have just worked my way through 70 reviews of this wonderful album, and did not see a single mention of what, to me, is the best track on here, so I thought I would try to redress the balance.The song in question is the magnificent Nightingale, one of Norah s own compositions. I can remember the first time I listened to this album, it was on in the background whilst we were cooking or something, and the album slipped by beautifully in the background, but when it came to Nightingale, my ears really pricked up and I had to go back and listen to it again. To me, everything about the song is fantastic, from the vocals to the unusual drumming to the absolute highlight of the song - the guitar solo. I am a bit of a guitar solo nut, and enjoy all genres of music from the heaviest metal, to jazz to country and plain old rock, and to me, the solo in this song is as good as any I have heard. The tone of the guitar is amazing, and the solo is composed beautifully, perfectly fitting into the song, which is what a good solo should do.Anyway, I am glad I have got that off my chest now.The rest of the album is marvellous, too, especially Come Away With Me, one of the most relaxing songs ever.

Seduction on a silver platter - Norah has the most seductive vocal delivery I have ever heard in all my years of buying recorded music. The first time I noticed such things was when I heard the Supremes, led by the voluptuously skinny Dianna Ross, doing Baby Love on TOTP half a century ago. Since then, I have moved on to Julie London, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson and sundry other sultries but none of them is a patch on Norah in the seductivenesss stakes. Female crooning just doesn t come any more breathily appealing than this. I m listening to the album right now and I m going to sign off so I can immerse myself in her version of Hoagy Carmichael s superb Nearness of You again. Although he wrote it seventy years ago, it now belongs to Norah... and to me and to every other bloke on the planet who cares to give it a listen. I m sure that would include Hoagy as well, if he were still around to hear it.

this album is absolutely fantastic - I don t usually listen to laid-back-take-it-easy music like this,but I have to say this cd is wonderful.Its classy mix of country,pop and jazz are a powerful cocktail and highly addictive.By the time Norah got to the title track Come Away with Me I found myself thinking just tell me where we re going honey! By the time the next track Shoot the Moon arrived I felt as though I could.For me this album is summed up by The Nearness of You.But it s Norah who s near:you really feel that she s singing to you.

Be moved - There will always be some fans of any genre that isn t pop who will instantly hate something for its popularity and desperately try and shout about how this isn t rock/metal/jazz etc.Forget the genre. Forget the popularity and forget the adverts on telly and just listen.This album has stolen my heart, thrown it on top of its piano and sauntered off into a lazy sunset. It is superb. Probably one of the best albums I have heard in a LONG time (and I work with music).Norah s voice, which is a beautiful sound on the ear, takes you through a fantastic series of songs each as beautiful as the last. The power in her voice is distinct and obvious, but she does not belt out the sounds needlessly, with only a hint at what she can do. She takes us gently, and its unutterably beautiful.Just buy the album. Outstanding




Come Away with Me