Come Away With Me

Sort of like a wallpaper that is so out of fashion it comes back around to being curiously compelling and quaint. You think to yourself, "huh...that's kind of interesting..." and then it simply fades into the background again.

I respect Norah Jones, she does a thing extremely well and is typecast as a pop musician but she does have a. strong Jazz/Country/Folk sound. Not the type of thing I want to listen to all the time, but I wouldn't mind throwing it on once and awhile. Oh to be able to listen to her in some lounge before she got big, I would of fell in love big time.

Gediegen, aber auch bisschen langweilig.

Everything very pretty, but nothing to stick with me. By the halfway point I was ready to be done listening. Highlights: Cold Cold Heart.

Very good for an easy listening album, probably the best one for a hot beverage at the local cozzy Café. It's really not a bad album, it serves its purpose, but is it really one of the 1001 albums to listen to in your life? I think there's so much more incredible stuff out there than the soundtrack to an afternoon at the local cozzy Café.

Classic pop jazzy from beaging of 2000. My mom love it so much, I dont have the choice to give it a 3

Was great at the time and now makes me want to kill myself.

A big part of me wants to be snarky and say that I don't want Spotify thinking I'm the kind of person that would actually choose to listen to Norah Jones. Or say that I'm in cheesy lounge singer hell right now. But I listened the whole way through and it was perfectly pleasant. Just because this isn't my scene doesn't mean I need to tear down Norah. She's a fabulous singer. And this album was a huge moment in time when it was released. Even if it wasn't a moment for me, it has definitely earned it's propers and its place on this list.

Bien qu'on l'ai sur-entendu partout pendant des années il y a une raison pour ça et c'est que c'est vraiment bon! La prod est juste malade, la contrebasse sonne vraiment bien, ainsi que tout le reste, le bass drum est deep comme ça se peut pas (Brian Blade quand même!) . C'est smooth et délicat comme son. Les musiciens sont excellants. Wiki dit que Bill Frisell est juste sur la piste 13 mais l'autre guitariste l'imite très bien😄 C'est simple harmoniquement mais c'est terriblement efficace (malgré quelques redondance). Des échos des standards du great amercican songbook, teinté de pop et une touche de Tom Waits par moment. Un peu trop smooth à mon goût pour que j'y retourne souvent mais c'est clairement un album qui mérite d'être sur cette liste . content de l'avoir écouté dans un système correct et non dans un speaker cheap de café avec juste le right channel pcq le left est dans l'autre pièce😄

Un album qui a fait un malheur à sa sortie. Je travaillais comme disquaire et on vendait ça à la pelle. Pour faire le contrepoids à Bitches Brew, ici on est dans un jazz qui plaira à un grand public. Elle a une belle voix et j'avoue que c'est ma première écoute sérieuse de l'album dans son ensemble. C'est pas mauvais, mais ça ne réinvente rien. J'ai beaucoup de difficulté avec le jazz vocal et ici ça passe bien. Par contre, je préfère de beaucoup son album Little Broken Hearts produit par Danger Mouse. Ça rejoint plus ce que j'écoute habituellement. Elle a également fait un album avec Billie Joe Armstrong de Green Day. C'est une artiste que je respecte et à laquelle je porte une attention aux nouvelles parutions même si ce n'est pas toujours dans mes goûts. Même si on parle d'un album des années 2000, on peut parler d'un classique.

Quite erotic

Baladas de pop suave. Buena voz. Ni fu ni fa.

Nice

Very coffee shop esq. inoffensive but also not amazing. Classic 2.5 out of 5 fodder!

She is good at what she does, but I would have liked at least ONE up tempo song… either way it was great for sipping coffee in the morning!

Pros: She's got such a genuine, romantic sound that is so alluring. Cons: Maybe I'm jaded by the prevalence of amazing current soft-female-vocal led indie bands these days but the energy of this album isn't really dynamic and doesn't show much besides the one sound that she has. I know that that's like her sound right? it's soft, piano driven pop-jazz, but even the softest cats in jazz get some fast meows in sometime. The most energetic song IMO is "I've got to see you again" which is a wonderful moderate dance-like track that is perfectly ambiguous with it's lyrics that i have no choice but to steal a few lines for my own songs. Misc: production is very clean and well done. I did hear a blip of clipping on her voice on one track, "one flight down" at 2:42 which is hard to find on any professional mix of the last like 25 or so years.

I kind of got what I expected to get. Easy listening. Norah's soft, smooth voice dominates all the songs which pretty much have piano and/or guitar in the background. Very similar sounding songs but, there are some notable ones, her hits ("Don't Know Why" and "Feelin' The Same Way") and "Nightingale" which has good guitar and piano interplay. The music is harmless enough, best suited (for me) for reading a book to or background music while you're eating... I'd also say taking a nap too but that's probably going too far. Some classified this as jazz??? Not sure having piano and acoustic guitar alone automatically puts it in that category. Her voice accompanied by actual jazz would actually sound pretty good though.

Enjoyed this a lot, I wish I just cared more.

pretty

This was alright, kind of boring.

Guitar-driven tracks shine. Nondescript in the rest. Pleasant!

pleasant background chill out vibes

This is good. Not quite enough oomph and energy to warrant a 5, but a really nice listen. Went back and played it again straight after I finished it the first time around. Her voice is incredibly soothing, it's a nice, gentle listen. Don't know if I've heard the album as a whole before, obviously knew the opener and a couple of others sounded familiar. In contrast to the Kate Bush album, it keeps up the quality right the way through - although it is a little bit same-y. Reminded me a lot of an Eva Cassidy album that my parents used to have on all the time.

I enjoyed it. I really like her voice, and the songs are very chilled. Obviously knew the hits, and the ones I didn't know were fine.

Norah Jones solid as always. Good music to just to kick back too.

First time listening to this record. Norah Jones has a great voice, but most of the songs in the top half of the album just don't do much to grab my attention. "I've Got to See You Again" is pretty good with it's slow syncopated beat, and I started to like this album a little more starting here. "Painter Song" was interesting, and "Nightingale" had some great instrumental lines in it. So a few decent tracks in an otherwise very bland album.

1. Don't know why doesn't do anything for me, probably because I've heard it a million times (like everyone). 2. Seven Years had some cool slide guitar after I thought it was going to continue doing the arpegiated guitar forever. I liked that. 3. Cold Cold Heart's slight bass swing is pretty cool, and I like this song. 4. Feelin' the Same Way was pretty boring. 5. Haven't heard a song that really stood out since Cold Cold Heart 6. I've Got To See You Again is a cool song. Little bit of a gypsy swing thing going on. 7. Last few songs are pretty. Good way to close out the album. 3/5

This defied my expectations in a way I seriously didn't expect- it really started picking up steam as it went along. I thought that the last few songs were the best and most exciting, and honestly wouldn't have minded a couple more like that. The rest of the album is fine, but not really my thing. Jones has a very nice voice, but she's not the commanding force that Sinatra was that makes this kind of music sound as appealing to me as his does. But I can understand why this caught on as much as it did- it's the perfect album for a mid-American mom to play when she needs "alone time". C-

I don’t think I’ve heard anything from her other than “Don’t Know Why,” which is still tolerable despite ridiculous overplay. Anywho, this feels good for a chill Sunday morning. Contemporary pop really isn’t my thing, but her voice is great, she’s a good storyteller, and the arrangements here are super tight and varied. All this being said, this is a loooooonnnnng 45 minutes. Not that there are any particularly bad tracks, it’s simply too much for my tastes, I struggled to hang on as “The Nearness of You” wrapped. 3/5

not massively my type of music, but she has a great voice and enjoyed the album overall 3.3

Interesting mix of folk, jazz, country? My wife enjoys this, I'll give it a few for staying engaging. This album would have been ahead of it's time.

She has a lovely voice and a couple of the tracks were very good but I wouldn’t choose to listen to a whole album of a female singer and I gradually lost interest. To be fair........low 3*

The album that inspired young musicians around the world to make perfect background music for a local coffee shop. (Legitimately great at times, though)

A lovely voice, but not a lot happened

A bit soft for my liking, but she is very talented. Cool songwriting, powerful lyrics. Glad I listened.

Great but really not my thing

A great first effort, with some big hits. Unfortunately, it's also packed with middle of the road content that didn't engage with me.

A debut album with a force of clarity that doesn't need much wind in the lungs or adornment in the arrangements to be heard over the din of popular music and appreciated. Norah's vocals delicately blend aspects of Jazz and Country with the touch of a smoke ring and are irrefutably alluring and playful. Tracks like the cover of Hank Williams' "Cold Cold Heart" show the playfulness, while tracks like "Turn Me On" show the allure. Upon first listening, I'd say I'm most fond of the track 'Nightingale'. It layers and unfurls like silk sheets. What I enjoyed about it the most though is that the whole band had more of an opportunity to stretch their legs on this track, than on other tracks. Overall, the album is smooth and comforting like the hum of a loved one's voice while they hug you, and every distinct part is beautiful in its tone and simplicity.

cozy but kind of doctors office waiting room-y. fiona apple but not as good. and all the songs are kind of the same. i really love the first song though and her voice is beautiful

Decent listen but was a bit similar throughout

Such a good album. Very enjoyable.

schon ein solides soft pop (?) album.

Ganz nett wenn man daneben was anderes macht und passt grad gut zur Jahreszeit. Insgesamt zu süß.

A little repetitive. Pleasant. Definitely gave (re?)birth to that raspy old fashioned style of singing that I don't really like and has become overdone, but there's something very charming, lovable, and sincere about Norah Jones.

Ok 2/5

Nothing special

Every morning my girlfriend wakes up before me, goes into the kitchen and finds a "Morning chill cozy coffee jazz" playlist to play on her iPad. I don't mind these as long as they're background noise, but this gave me the same the same vibe. Although this is better than those AI playlists, I wouldn't want to actively listen to it.

Gaaaaaap

Just a little bit too 'middle-aged white woman gets home to her kitchen after a long day, sticks this on, pours herself a large glass of wine, and looks lornfully out of the window as the rain pours down' for me...

Easy listening, but fundamentally unadventurous and boring. Nothing new or groundbreaking going on here, and little to stir the emotion. But I'm glad I listened to it, so I know to avoid it in the future

Boooooooooring

Best songs: - Lonestar - Nightingale - The Long Day is Over

Norah Jones has a beautiful voice but most of this album is music you'd only ever half listen to in a Starbucks

Kinda ass and every song sounded the same, maybe I would like it more when I'm older

Yeah it’s okay. RYM: N Saved a song: N

Fine but probably won’t come back

ok

not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue

2.75 - early 2000s dark coffee shop

More interesting material was to come later

Slow, Countryish, romance. Made a me a little sad and bored the hell out of me

This album is like if milk could sing

album #115 it's the same song rinsed and repeated. ꩜ favourite track(s): come away with me ꩜ least favourite track(s): don't know why ꩜ album rating: ★★☆☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 974 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 53 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 24 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 91

Pretty face and voice made her debut of schmoove jazz pop a hit, but there's way more CDs in landfills than in memories. Her family was way more interesting than this bland shell.

so... dull...

Good voice but not much else going on here. The Hank Williams cover is awful.

It's nice lovely songs. But this is not for me.

- 2/5 - DNF - Eh it’s sweet but I’m bored

todas muy iguales, lentas, aburridas. No hay cambio de nada, es monótono

Her voice is pleasant, but the songs do run together, at least towards the end

Like the voice but not the songs

Title track is a lovely song and she is a fantastic singer, but this genre of music just does absolutely nothing for me

It just sounds so vanilla. Nothing new, nothing exciting, it's not bad per se but this might be the singular album why i don't get it's in the "Albums You Have To Listen Before You Die" list.

This is a really long time to wait at the pharmacy

so freakin boring i almost died halfway through the first song

One or two genuinely beautiful songs. Rest is relatively boring muzak

Easy listening music was never my favourite genre, sounds like Jack Johnson B-sides that they used to sell on CD at starbucks

Very samey, not entirely sure what she was singing about at some points. Too mellow for my liking!

I always thought Snore-ah Jones was a mean insult, then I heard the album.

Bland to its core. I liked it in the beginning but was incredibly bored in the end.

Listen to it!!!

After last week Café del Mar’s style background music, we’ve got Starbucks favorite soundtrack. Warm, smooth and easy to listen to, but it reaches its limits pretty quickly.

Mul pole selle albumi osas tugevaid tundeid. Laulja oskab hästi laulda, aga see muusika oli kerge ununema. Tahaks and 2,5, aga see pole võimalik.

Nice background music , doesn't really interest me though

This album wasn’t that great. I was expecting better for a jazz album, but it was too plain. There was very little instrumentation and sounds. The only thing that made it a little worth listening to is the vocals, and the lyrical meaning. Overall, not a good album, wouldn’t really recommend to anyone but huge jazz enthusiasts.

2.5/5. An exceptionally okay album. Norah’s singing is definitely the highlight, she’s a strong vocalist and her voice does fit this quiet, intimate style of lounge-pop pretty well. But musically the album did basically nothing for me. You can make Lounge-y music sound fun and interesting, bands like Stereolab have done just that for example (yes I know it’s somewhat of an apples to oranges comparison.) but as it stands, listening to this album I couldn’t shake the feeling that it’s just “coffee shop/book shop” music. Perfectly fine for the background.

Cheesy listening

This isn’t bad music per se, and I was hoping I could hear it with fresh ears, but unfortunately it’s not good enough to overcome the baggage of its immense success and outsized presence in my life against my will when it came out.

4 / 10

It’s fine. Perfectly pleasant. Doesn’t do anything for me emotionally

Norah Jones has a beautiful voice... but man was I bored with this album. Just not a genre I enjoy.

Inoffensive but dull. There's really not much going on here

boring, middle of the road, starbuck's music from the '00s.

First song is good. The rest is forgettable.

Decent voice and ok music. I’d probably pass on this one next time though. 2.5/5

It's a vibe, but I have nothing to really say beyond that. It all kinda sounds the same: easy listening--nothing stuck out to me. Her voice is nice and the instruments are liquid smooth--which is very satisfying to hear. But I can't imagine myself listening to this all too often. I can't really distinguish any of the songs from each other--which isn't the marker of a bad album but it's something I dislike in trying to get to know a new artist because if I can't pick out a few distinct melodies from an album is it really worth listening on repeat until I /do/ find one? Sometimes smooth listening is too smooth. This is like Fiona Apple if she was put through a sander: absolutely no grit or rough edges. Turn Me On was the only time I really paid attention because she was louder I guess, but it was still the same smooth vibe. I'm writing this in the middle of the album because I can't imagine it gets interesting in the last half, right (if it does then its just poor distribution :/). I'm bored. I'm not having a bad time per se but like...can't wait to switch to something more exciting once this album is over. I think all these song end the same way, or maybe I'm so bored I'm hallucinating. Nothing sounds bad but nothing sounds incredible. Free me. If it was just a little more interesting I'd be so invested. Can confirm it does not get any more interesting.

Very calm and nice for a relaxing time but I would never choose to listen to this album again. Just not for me.

Поп - альбом? Ну от маємо) Ні це не моє)

Segunda canción, en cualquier momento me pego un tiro.

Sleepy music

Beautiful soft album focusing on unique elongated vocals. Not a lot of variation to a first time listeners ear holes though. Pleasant nonetheless

Listened to it on a hot summers day.. didnt quite seem to make sense. Probably would have added one more star if it would have been shitty weather outside.

light, breathy, jazzy. OK I suppose but not what I'd normally listen to. An interesting voice though

There is no doubt that Norah Jones has a beautiful voice, nor that this album is lovely to listen to on an evening sat in the garden with a glass of wine in the middle of a heatwave. But it was just background music. I didn’t find myself actively listening, or wanting to listen to it particularly. I passingly acknowledged that I knew the two hits off the album, but the rest just passed me by.

Não ouvi

It's very soothing and mellow. But beyond the opener, it's all a bit bland and formulaic. I don't really know why it was such a hit, but it was everywhere briefly. Picks : Don't know why

She has a good voice, but not dynamic enough for me

A bit too laid back and nondescript for my liking

I didn’t realize Starbucks helped make this list.

The comparison to Muzak is appropriate. This album is for people that don't actively listen to music. Pop americana/jazz/blues. Pleasant, uninteresting voice. I was done listening half way through.

not great

Hmm. This is one of those albums like Bat Out of Hell that is completely inexplicably one of the best selling albums of all time. I imagine that must have been a run on it by bookstores. Not much to enjoy here for me. Turn Me On was great and she seemed to have a little life in her but other than a few other points of interest, most of this passed by me without comment.

Quelqu'un sait pourquoi elle est jamais venue? Un inoffensif 2.49 étoiles

This is nothing bothering, I really felt like I entered a restaurant or a cafeteria and this was in the background. It sounds a bit like royalty free music for photo collages. But there is nothing bad about it. It was just boring.

clearly a talented singer, and great poetry, but not really doing enough musically for me. feels like a lot of default choices

No wonder I only heard of the first one

This is microwaved, bland Amy Winehouse, absolutely no soul in the music whatsoever. Music this boring belongs in coffee shops and department stores and nowhere else. [finger to earpiece] I’m being told this sold 27 MILLION copies! And it won Album of the Year at the 2003 Grammys! HOW?! Guess this just shows the power of stupid people in large groups. [earpiece again] Oh, it seems the other nominees that year were Nelly, Eminem, and the Dixie Chicks, so that makes sense, they were never giving that award to Slim Shady or a country album. Should have given it to Nelly, ‘Hot in Herre’ and ‘Air Force Ones’ are a million times more iconic than this weak lounge singer bullshit. Lowest 2/5 possible.

You know, I understand why Norah Jones has such a grip on adult contemporary radio. It's not edgy enough to really be biting. It's very jazzy. It's laid back. Hell, everyone recognizes *Don't Know Why*. The problem is that it makes me want to fall asleep in whatever context it's played. *Cold, Cold Heart* can't really decide if it wants to be a torch song or a jazz ballad. In its shifting back and forth, it's a little frustrating. I can cheerfully report that Track 7, *Turn Me On*, lends itself to the grand guignol of sexual similes at a level that even Steel Panther would be proud of. For that alone, I have to appreciate it. If this comes on at the local wine mom's gathering and you turn to your companion and say, "Hey, I think this song is about sex," everyone will simply look at you and nod. Some things are inarguable and obvious. Look, I'm not entirely dead inside. I get the appeal of a hot brunette murmuring sexy, taut songs of longing and appeal. Truly, I get it, but I don't want it necessarily. This album is so monotonal that you wouldn't even have to clean your brush once while painting it. There is a strange side effect of Norah Jones' slow, sultry singing on every track, and it's that anything shorter than five minutes long essentially has two verses and a bridge, and it's gone. These are songs that could literally be written on a napkin because there's just not that many words in them. It's not for me, is what I'm saying.

This is easy-listening Sunday music. Almost like it's meant for a world that doesn't exist currently - loose and relaxed.

Well... It's not totally awful, just wildly bland. Nothing hits on here. It's like background music in an upscale coffee shop. The kind of place that will try to sell you a $13 latte. No thanks.

something susan heffley would force the family to listen to on a road trip

Lacks complexity besides her nice voice

Grocery store music with plucky guitars. Second half drags. Once that accordion started I had a fight or flight reaction.

Linda voz, canciones aburridas.

Depressingly dull.

Сара 2 Марко 2

Just kind of bland easy listening music. Neither jazzy enough or rock enough to really hit for me.

aburridito la verdad

Nice enough voice but passionless and lacking in any real conviction. Leaves me cold. The kind of music you might want playing in the background when you're in an overpriced restaurant, but then again...maybe it'll add to the annoyance. Nah, I'm not buying this. Almost a 1 but I'll be generous...

Spare me....

Soft and nice, but bland.

Come on now. Nepo baby slop.

Coffee shop background bullshit

Quintessential lounge music…

m'emmerde

Not really my jam

NO ES MI ESTILO

Really bland sorry, not for me at all. Relaxing, I guess? Norah Jones was a psy-op.

Mid as hell. 1 good song though

Beautiful but boring. Every single track sounds the same.

Great voice. Not really my type of music.

Kinda wholly uninteresting

Aburrido, la mina canta muy bien, las canciones también suenan muy bien, pero no me generó nada la verdad, cada canción que pasaba se me hacía igual que la otra, hay una que me gustó pero hasta ahí.

The music isn’t bad, but it’s boring. So are the lyrics.

One of the most unremarkable albums so far. It’s the definition of elevator music. It’s not bad at all, but there’s not much to say about it. It checks all the boxes of inoffensive, bluesy pop with some soul elements, making it more of a background listen than anything else. In fact, I didn’t even notice when the album ended and had already listened to a few more songs on shuffle without realizing much of a difference. It left me with no real emotion. I can't even say I actively disliked it. It felt like sitting in a piano bar, talking to someone while a band plays in the background. You occasionally nod along, but never really engage, and forget it on the way home. The album cover does scream early 2000s, which is kind of cool. I liked "Come Away With Me".

Correcto

sounds like lounge music

Was pretty boring but was never a bad listen. I imagine Kaj would say it was whiny

Muy dosmilero pero un embole. Para poner de fondo de una cafetería que decirte

Lifeless

It was fine, I liked the first song and didn’t hate the rest, just not my thing and don’t think I’ll listen again aside from the first one.

To listen to this is to be instantly transposed to a Barnes and Noble cafe in the early 2000s. Or rom com soundtrack from the same period. I used to hate on Norah Jones, but listening now I must admit she has a beautiful voice. Jazzy singer songwriter is not my genre, but this does make for pleasant background music.

Kijk, ze heeft best een mooie stem, maar deze popmuziek waar ze overduidelijk jazzy elementen in gooien om het meer 'sophisticated' te maken is echt zum kotzen. Ik denk dat er meer talent zit onder die laag koffietent-muziek dan nu hoorbaar is. Ik krijg er een beetje dezelfde cringey gevoel van als bij de muziek van John Mayer, maar bij hem is het nog vervelender, omdat je 100% zeker weet dat hij veel talent heeft. 5/10

Waar de Nederlandse populier de afgelopen jaren switcht van de ene naar de andere rechtse leider, kon de vrouw van middelbare leeftijd in de zeroes haar lol op. Van Norah Jones, via Katie Melua en Amy Winehouse zo recht in de armen van Adele. En waarschijnlijk luisteren ze vandaag de dag naar de hippe' Olivia Dean. Allemaal maken ze hele toegankelijke liedjes met een jazz component. Ze hebben prachtige stemmen maar het is ook een tikkeltje saai. Zeker als je daar een heel album heen moet. Dus zo snel als de rechtse populisten uitgekeken raken op hun leiders, zo inwisselbaar zijn ook deze jazz-vrouwen wat mij betreft. 6/10 Highlights Don't Know Why

This is a personal list, so I don't feel bad rating it like this, this was a total snooze fest, not a single song really made me feel any emotion that wasn't boredom, it's well produced I guess, but I can't really tell why others would like it a lot. 2/5

Very pretty voice with very pretty arrangements. The instrumentals are stripped back and sparse. Sadly the whole thing is incredibly boring, if you’d just looped any of the songs on the album 12 times I’m not sure the listening experience would have been much different. Still at least the songs are all well put together. Only “I’ve Got to See You Again” was different enough from the others to maintain some interest.

Boooooooooring

Kaunis nainen kannessa. Heti alko himottaan. Siis levyn kuuntelu. Ikävä kyllä kansikuva oli ainoa himotuttava asia levyssä. Hidasta tylsähköä sydänsuru-musiikkia. Voin kuvitella kuinka ensin katotaan romanttinen draama a la hugh grant, ja sitten istutaan sohvalla takkatuleen tuijottaen viinilasi kädessä kuunnellen tätä, uneksien omasta unelmien hugh grantista.

2.5 hatte mir durch das Albumcover dreampop erhofft, warscheinlich, weil sie aus sieht wie hope sandoval und weil die Farben sehr nach den Alben von mazzy star aussehen. Es war dann leider etwas anstrengender Jazz. ich fands jetzt ned so gut, aber ich kann verstehen, warum es andere mögen

One of the more obscure records on the list. To me anyway - turns out it’s Grammy Winning and 169th best selling album in America. Clearly I’ve been in the wrong coffee shops. Or maybe I’ve been in the right coffee shops? Or maybe I’ve been in the wrong coffee shops and not noticed this. Or I’m too busy listening to other foreground music on my ear phones to pay attention to the background rumble of Ms Jones. It’s competent unchallenging background music.

This was the most alright album I've had so far. Well executed, chill and enjoyable, but I doubt I'll ever come back to it. It was a good background for my morning coffee, at least.

She's got a great voice, but here we go again with the singer/songwriter thingy but this time add jazz. I couldn't get through the whole album, not my style.

American Idol ass music. 4/10

Definitely one of the albums I've heard

I’m sorry Norah Jones, this bored the pants off of me. Don’t Know Why was the highlight and that was the first track so yeah this was a struggle.

Ok.

Oh. Yeah, I really don't like music like this, at all. She has a lovely voice, the music is competent, but I just really don't like vocal-forward contemporary jazz-pop-whatever love music. This whole album is like going to one of those high-end shopping malls in the 90s that had a piano and that's nice, it's fancy, there's music, but then someone starts singing and it's THIS, and you decide you really didn't need to buy a new jacket after all. I genuinely hate this record, but I think it's me, not Norah, so I'm not going to disgrace her with the lowest rating.

Didn’t hate it, but nothing about this album stood out to me. I feel like I could’ve enjoyed this album if there was more variety among the songs, but they began to blend together for me. A 2 feels harsh, but a 3 feels generous, so I’ve landed on 2.

Her voice is very good and she has great control over it, but I’m kind of bored by this record. It’s a bit too one note for me to come back to it again.

She’s got a great voice but this was so Dull

Don’t Know Why // 2.5/5

Not my cup of tea and neither should it be yours. 2 stars. Best song: Feelin the same way Was this album better than yesterday’s album, The Velvet Underground by The Velvet Underground? No.

Wasn’t rly the vibe for this morning but I can appreciate it

The album has a pleasant sound, but this doesn't really do anything for me. Didn't really have any standouts to me, the score feels harsh but going by how I am ranking albums its fair

Enten helt greit eller litt kjipt? Umerkverdig er det uansett. Kjeder meg før første låt er over. Så OK at det grenser på det obskøne.

well I still associate her with Mr. Dornan so that's a good (?) start oh I know this song there were only a couple times when I desperately wanted the album to be over but I cannot say I liked it

Really nice voice, I liked it but it doesn’t stick out to me

eba uma mulher FAVS (top 3): dont know why, lonestar, one flight down mençoes honrosas: feelin the same way, nioghtingale i mean... its alright, nada mt louco achei mt simpleszinho pra ta nessa lista mas ok nota final: 2.5/5

Pleasant enough. Uninspiring, but gentle and ideal background music.

Och, it’s fine. It’s melodic, it is well produced, Nora Jones has a lovely voice, the songs are decent throughout. It’s just a bit samey. I will add that I listened to this on my drive home from a mega stressful day at work and I arrived home completely relaxed. Outside of that, I can’t think of an album that sums up 2002 more than Come Away With Me. This was EVERYWHERE. A cultural phenomenon. I have no beef with Norah Jones. Lots of people will (do) love this album. It’s getting a 2; far too good to be a 1 and just not quite a 3.

Ah, achei sem tempero

It's a nice album. Her voice is lovely, I don't dislike it. But is all a bit same samey, and I do think there is anything here pushing boundaries to make it an album I need to listen to. In 20+ years time I wonder if "come away with me" will be noted as a album that inspired artists, or pushed the boundaries of a genre. I'm not certain this is an album that deserves to be in this list.

Not irritating

Didn't listen to the whole thing. Not bad exactly; she's got a great voice but it's just bland background music that reminded me of early 2000s adverts. Nothing grabbed me beyond the catchy singles which I didn't enjoy as I'd heard them 2000 times before while doing my shopping anyway. A very 'of it's time' album presumably mostly bought by parents. Hard to imagine many people in 2026 getting excited to listen back to the Norah Jones debut.

Pleasant but sterile - couldn't get through it

This album is aggressively alright. Somehow manages to feel like a slog even at only 45 minutes. Each song by themselves is good, but all together, it's just exhausting. Highlights are Don't Know Why (Which is the one I think I recognize) and I've Got to See You Again (With it's more interesting jazzy vibes). But other than that, kinda a snoozefest.

This is sort of a mix of lounge jazz and soft pop, with most of the songs leaning more toward soft pop than jazz. Whatever category you put this into, it’s very bland, easy-listening music. I’m a little baffled by its popularity. She’s a great singer, but that’s honestly the only thing going for it. The songs don’t go anywhere, perhaps by design. This is music that feels meant to serve as atmosphere for an office cocktail party or a fancy but un-hip hotel lobby, not for active listening.

ну такой, пресный, для меня никакой, не впечатлил и не запомнился

ganz nett... aber nicht mein Interesse

melancholy autumn music Don't know why is definitely Starbucks music. Ich war bisschen überrascht, dass dieses Album unter den 1001 Alben die man mal gehört haben muss ist, weil ich tatsächlich nicht wirklich ein Lied aktiv wiederkenne. Laut den reviews war es aber ein großes Album als es rausgekommen ist (vor meiner Zeit). Ich finde es ist nicht soo spektakulär, aber für wenn ich das richtige Buch lese gute Begleitmusik. Top songs: I've got to see you again Don't know why

I feel like I need a cappuccino macchiato. Its a lovely album, but no twist that shocks you along the ride and that's ok.

Aside from not being the Target demographic, this was nice coffee shop bgm. She's the daughter of Ravi Shankar?

I don't want to be accused of having a Cold Cold Heart, but I Don't Know Why this record was seen as a big deal at the time or included on this list. For me, it's the music equivalent of coffee shop wallpaper for the new millennium.

Great album

Not unlistenable. Some nice moments but overall quite boring in its easy listening-ness.

slightly too slow for me. there's a mood for it, but I know I'm never in this specific mood.

Previously known. Pleasant if a bit boring.

very beautiful yet highly unremarkable. is it just me or is there something about this that just sounds like a christmas album?

1. Sympa intro, sans plus 2. ok 3. Hank Williams est la ? belle reprise :) 4. Bon son, comme les 2 premiers, rien de plus à dire, c’est pas mauvais du tout mais pas non plus extasiant. 5. Oui! Deuxième son qui me plait vraiment. Doux, lent, beau solo à la guitare, drums brossés. 6. Dès que ya un solo, ça me va. La voix est très très très très similaire d’un son à l’autre, dommage .. 7. La voix change un peu parfois, elle m’a entendu? 8. … 9. la descente en mineur apporte un côté un peu dramatique, sympa ! 10. sympa 11. comme bcp d’autres sons, sans plus 12. quand t’es plus attentif au side guitariste et piano qu’à la chanteuse ça fait chier 13. Z Z Z Z 14. Ennui, apppart les 2 solos de guitares 2-/5

Bought this when it came out, and remember the songs well, but sounds a bit dated now….

I'm sure it's great but it wasn't the time for it

She has a nice voice, but I can't help but find this bland. A lot of it just sounds and feels the same. The only thing that really caught my attention was when it shifted from tiled-floor-store jazz to a country-ish sound on the unsubtly-titled Lonestar. Unfortunately, I was lost again very quickly and never felt pulled back into it. It's something I'd be OK listening to while browsing a trinket shop or waiting in a cafe for a few minutes but forget once I walked outside. I also have to knock this for how few songs she wrote herself. If she's aiming for the indie-vibe/singer-songwriter niche, I would expect her to write her own songs. Only three tracks out of the 14 list her as a writer (and another two are covers). Having other songwriters create the material makes it seem corporate/produced, which I kinda felt it was a little anyway. I think that's a big part of my opinion on this album; it just doesn't feel very genuine to me. So, while it's pleasant enough, it's a little too empty and bland for me to really consider more than OK. The limited number of original works brings it down further. More subjectively, I don't really care for the style of music that dominates the album. Maybe I'm being a bit harsh, but I don't see anything here to make it a must-hear. I doubt I'll be listening to this one again. Overall: 1.8/5

“I don’t know why I didn’t come”

Not my typa music

I don't really enjoy music with minimal instrumentation and focus on vocals. especially when the vocalist isn't anything special. Only "I've Got to See You Again" caught my interest.

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This album is well done but seems very one note to me. It feels like something you would hear as background music in a coffee shop.

A little bit sweet, a little bit insufferable... I think this sound could work well as Christmas music where you hear it once a year, but as an album you're supposed to just put on and listen to... this album is sea glass, it's polished away all but the cleanest safest melodies. I think this is the perfect album if someone were having a panic attack but if I were feeling any better than complete terror, I would listen to the comparatively experimental and abrasive, Jack Johnson.

Soulless.

She's got a great voice.. But it was very hard to pay attention to the music without falling into a coma.

Someone singing to a piano. Not my cup-a-tea, though it sounded nice in the background while cooking. I did not listen to the words.

Very soft and mellow singer-songwriter album, with mostly just vocals and piano. It sounds like quiet jazzy background music at a coffee shop or restaurant. A bit too sedate for me though.

Very soft-girl type of album with jazzy undertones. Though, unfortunately, don't have any favorites - none of the songs really stood out to me as exceptional. All of them are around the same meter, relatively similar quality to one another.

Beautiful voice but this music puts me to sleep

Bah c'est un album quoi....

Nope

Sound of muzak to me. OK at the background, but there's not much to grab my deeper attention

This just doesnt speak to me

This is a pleasant enough album, but it takes a swing into country-adjacent that I didn't care for. In a week if you played a song off of this album for me, I wouldn't be able to tell you if I had heard it before. Favorite track: "I've Got to See You Again"

Its fine

There’s so much talent on this album. The songwriting, the instrumentation, and the smooth velvet vibe of the whole album was very intoxicating. Norah Jones’ vocals come across as effortlessly immaculate. She sorta gives me dean martin vibes, not that they sound alike they obviously don’t. More that they both have this quality to their singing where they make it seem so easy. But here’s my personal issue with the album. It didn’t really hook me. Like the album is a total work of art, but there’s nothing that grabbed me and made me save it. Normally I’m pretty easy to win over but this album was just too slow and somber for me. I need there to be more energy at some point in the album to try and engage me more. But I will say this is album that might not have been super memorable for me, it did make me want to hear more from her and to hear her do other things.

Jazzy but calm, so far enjoying it. Side note: love the guitar in Seven Years. Cold Cold Heart has lovely instrumentals as well, the piano is comforting in a way.

Heard this one a million times, not super interested

Not my thing. The acoustic part for Don't know Why was written by my friend's guitar teacher. It's a Starbucks classic.

She has a lovely voice , the instrumentals, production and arrangements are all good but it's a real drag. Fairly dull

Oh no. Bland commercial jazz incoming! I did listen to the whole album. Norah has a lovely voice, but not for me. Rounding up to a 2/5 because I enjoyed I’ve Got To See You Again. Handing out 1 star ratings to irredeemable listens.

It's just so dull. The 2 decent tracks are drowned out by rest

jamen okay da

Fint nok. Sågar ganske lækkert. Ikke særlig interessant.

Superduper heavy frontloaded album (1 banger). The rest is nice.. Feels like something you would hear in a chill bar.

Langweilig und unspektakulär

Very boring.

Ngl I pulled a face when I got Snorah Jones - this is the kind of album you hear as background music in a cafe or restaurant, or that you buy your nan for Christmas. There's no question NJ is good at what she does, she has a silky voice and it's all pretty relaxing, the kind of thing you'd put on for bathtime listening or to help you sleep. But while I do have go-to tunes for relaxing, this sort of thing isn't it for me

Music that would play in a coffee shop. Not bad, but more soft relaxing background noise. My listening experience wasn’t the best cause I kept pausing and starting, but this was never going to be THE album for me. So, I give it 2.5 stars. Nice calming music, but all blended together and nothing stood out to me.

This whole album sounds the same and should be the soundtrack to 12 Nancy Meyers movies.

about as easy listening as it gets, just not very exciting

Not my thing at all.

This album is the equivalent of a Lifetime channel movie. It may create a nice atmosphere when on in the background, but when you look closely you will realize it is pretty bad. Overall, the instrumentals are utterly basic, the lyrics are superficial, and the singing is as run-of-the-mill as it gets.

not my vibe

Post 9/11 america was all jumped up on nu metal and revenge, and needed calming down - a pretty dark haired lady with a nice soothing voice was the warm bath the nation needed. The 2002 suburban anesthetic starter pack: nasty cinnamon candles, cheap australian wine, Old Navy fleece, Amelie on DVD, and drowning out the beating drums of the impending forever war with this album of smoothed over corporate Nina Simone impersonations. I didn't really work though did it?

Coffe-House-Music!Ich mag den Grundsound gern, aber das Album ist mir zu homogen.

So much nothing

Really did feel very middling about this.

Eh it was fine I guess

Common phrases heard as this music plays include: "....yes please, another glass of wine will be great, thank you " "Dessert menu? Of course, and may I have a double expresso..." *glancing at the bill* "Whoa...did I break a window?" (Laughter). Norah Jones has a beautiful voice, but this is little more than background music for your favorite restaurant. The bits you catch between conversation are great, but nothing you'd go out of your way to actually sit down and listen to.

Found this quite bland and boring.

Not really for me

Like listening to a 45 minute and 8 second yawn. Best Tracks: Don't Know Why; Come Away With Me; Turn Me On

Not my thing

Norah Jones has a nice voice, but this album just feels like coffee shop music. 2/5

Not for me.

Bought this when it came out. I remember it being quite a big deal. On first listen it reminded me of all the songs I remembered, but actually the second side feels quite a lot more of my taste now. I thought this was going to be a dud but I found something i liked in the second half.

Ok for easy listen, background music, but nothing I would likely choose to listen too. 2/5

Schön einschläfernd... *chrrrr

Much to quiet for me. She has a very beutiful voice, but i have the feeling that it has been seen in many other young female artists.

Honk shoo mimimimi (2/5)

This album was huge when it came out. Twenty plus years later it's fine. But to be honest it bored the hell out of me on re-listen.

Das, was es machen will, macht es gut, aber meins ist es einfach nicht. Das ganze Album zu hören, ist mir zu eintönig. Die Stimme ist gut, aber teilweise zu krasse Lautstärkenwechsel.

Schönes, ruhiges Album. Perfekt für regnerische Herbsttage um es vorm Kamin sitzend zu hören. Ich habe allerdings keinen Kamin und 3/4 des Jahres sind nicht Herbst, also nur 2/5

She has a great voice, but I found the album pretty boring. Her songwriting isn't doing anything profound, even though the music itself is agreeable enough. Feels like an artist for covers, let other people do the hard stuff Norah, you just sing it.

Beautiful voice and the first song is great but I couldn’t get past track 4. The first time music has made me feel nothing at all.

Expected to like this more than I did

Very chill but too slow for my tastes

totally fine fluff

This album feels like the sound of Starbucks before the concept ever existed, the premonition of a genre yet to be named. Norah Jones’ voice drifts with a soft, nasal haze, as though she’s forever on the verge of clearing her throat and revealing something truer beneath the polish. The production, though, is immaculate. It has the kind of quiet perfection jazz so often hides behind, especially since Blue Note released it. But this album never stumbles, never strains. It would make perfect company for a dinner party: polite, unintrusive, and safe. And that, perhaps, is the most damning thing I can say. 'Come Away With Me' never dares to be more than pleasant.

Funny because I somehow had no idea who this was. A fine jazz pop album with some notable covers in it.

Underwhelming production

Boring

I can appreciate a voice like Norah Jones, but good grief, she puts me to sleep. I didn't remember until I got this album for today's listen, but there was a seemingly relentless campaign on TV and Radio of the "Sounds of Norah Jones, Buy the album now", wow how wild and random. The jazz-pop/adult contemporary is definitely not my jam. Best: Don't Know Why Worst: I've Got To See You Again

She has a beautiful voice and I like the title song, but I am shocked this on the list.

Bland

Dull

I remember this being a huge smash, I remember her name and the album name, but I either must have made it through those years without hearing a single song, or if I did hear one it went in one ear and out the other. Today I had to listen to the whole thing, and it absolutely did go in one ear and out the other. It's just... Nothing. Nothing music. Music for people who don't like music. Unacceptably meh. It would be utterly bewildering that this sold so many copies of I didn't already know that there are a lot of very silly people out there. But what do I know. People can like what they like. But for me this was a genuinely torrid experience. It should be nowhere near a list such as this, but the fact that it was so excruciatingly successful means I must give it two stars instead of the one it deserves, and concede that its popularity earns its spot here.

This is what they play at the starbucks in purgatory

Not bad, mostly same

Gear: ZiiGaat x Hangout.Audio: Odyssey 2 Artwork: 👩🙂‍↔️📸 Production (2022 Remaster): 🎧😘🤌 Music: 🎙️🧘😴 Rating: ☕☕(☕)/5

ehh. it's whatever. I don't hate it at all. I like Norah, actually. But it doesn't really belong on this list, does it? It's music for Starbucks, when Starbucks was still a thing that wasn't on every corner.

3/10

One note, couple of decent tracks

Certainly not bad - it's well-produced, well-sung, and well-played - but there's really nothing of substance I liked here. Feels a little like lounge kitsch. Music for airports but not the cool ambient kind. fav tracks: I've Got to See You Again

meh

A few others have commented about the Starbucks connection with this album, so I'll leave that low hanging fruit alone. My other non-musical gripe with the record is that it won the Grammy for Album of the Year over The Rising, which is just ridiculous in my mind. I think the Grammy's are silly anyway, but c'mon. As for the album itself, it's...fine. There's nothing offensive about it. It's tastefully sung and performed. It's not challenging in any way at all. I don't hate that it exists, but it surely doesn't feel necessary, especially being on this list. One of my gripes with the list is that artists like Def Leppard are on it, but even that I can understand in terms of a genre they represent. This album doesn't really feel like it represents anything much, other than something that wasn't typically selling in 2002. And again, now we're back to the Starbucks thing. My main problem now is rating it. Two seems too low and three seems too high. I guess I'll decide in the morning.

Pleasant. That’s all.

She has a nice voice, but overall too slow for my taste.

veoma spore pesme nije za mene

Not actively unpleasant but instantly forgettable. Like a dream that slips away before you can really remember what happened. I’m sure it’s a 5 for someone.

This is the kind of music you put on when you want your plants to feel something, but not too much. Justification the ablum is a blob of Norah slow whaling in a beautiful monotone.

What can I say about this? She's a good singer with a nice voice. That's about all there is to it. Not my kind of mush and doesn't stand out beyond the gazillion other offerings doing the same thing.

Not for me. Lovely songs and arrangements but just not my style

🥱

Grand. Not my cup of tea

Everyone who has been to a cafe has heard this. No one NEEDS to.

elegent dinner music 2/5

Très basique, musique que mes parents écoutent souvent. M’indiffère

Belle voix, instrumental cookie-cutter qui pourrait être généré par l'IA.. zZzZz

I played this and my daughter's boyfriend said that they play it in the restaurant he works in. Which makes sense. Forgot it was on for the most part. There are very few stand out tracks, very little experimentation. But it does what it intended to do well. I could say I like it, and listen a few times (like I did with KD lang's Ingenue) but in a few years, I'd never play it.

Not bad but all the songs blended together in my brain but not in a good way

This album sounds exactly Iike what you’d expect if you know the singles. Do with that information as you see fit.

I mean she has a beautiful voice but goddamn am I bored

Thanx. I'm good.