Come Away With Me

I must say that I like Norah Jones' voice, it has that soft feel to it that harmonizes well with her style of music. That said, this album didn't convince me, I mean it has some songs that I like but really listening to the almost 45 minutes that this album lasts I find it monotonous and predictable with the passing of each song. Definitely, if I were to put any of these songs on a random list it wouldn't be bad. But, staying listening to this album is like being with someone and having to constantly push them to wake up or at least change their behavior. I don't expect him to make a jazzy jump to an African dub either, but at least try to make a balance in the songs to generate a different movement that is not all ultra mega dependent to a certain harmony that eventually makes listening to the music become a tedium or give in to background music.

yo i actually wanted to like this but goddamn it's too boring, everyone's talent is great but yeah not my thing

My initial reaction was bad to getting this. It was synonymous with radio 2 middle class dinner party music for people who didnt like music but i endeavoured to give it s fair hearing. She has a nice smooth voice, and there are some nice bluesy, jazzy touches to it. I didn't find it offensive, but there really isnt much to het excited about either. It really is an exercise in audio beige.

It’s fine.

Really nice voice and all very pleasant, but found myself pretty bored of it quite quickly. All the public reviews are correct, it's something you'd have on in a cafe, which is fine, but not something I'm ever going to choose to listen to 2.5

kind of a snoozefest, even if the musicianship is good.

Spent most of the listening time worried that Spotify would now begin to suggest similar albums to me. Some nice double bass here and there though.

I survived the singer-songwriter deluge of the 2002s, and this album took me back. norah jones has a beautiful voice, but I found myself wishing I was listening to fiona apple, joni mitchell, chet baker, rufus wainwright, pretty much anything similar but so much weightier and with personality!

Coffee house Jazz may be near the bottom of my genre preferences, and this is the epitome of that genre. Can't explain why. I was very excited to learn shes Ravi Shankar kid, not sure how I'm just learning that now.

i dont like it too slow

lovely, but very samey and unchallenging and doesn't have a lot to offer besides the quality of the vocals. "don't know why" has been stuck in my craw for the past 2 decades, but the title track is the album's best offering. 2.5/5

This one was a struggle to get through. It’s the kind of music that feels like it’s tailor-made for playing softly in the background at a dentist’s office during a root canal.

Not for me. Yawn.

Nice voice but dull as fuck. Nice nostalgia trip to the early 2000's - I think my girlfriend at the time was a big fan....

I wanted to like this. Just due to how huge the album was and I want to try and get into jazz. But nothing really grabbed me. It made me want to sleep.

I’m sure this went crazy at Starbucks in the 2000s. Gangbusters at combination Starbucks-Barnes & Noble.

Dont’t Know Why - this album is a must listen This is the music Alexa plays when you ask for Sunday morning music. Norah has an undeniably beautiful voice but all of it sort of melds together, doesn’t go anywhere I find particularly interesting, and generally makes me a bit sleepy. Best - I’ve Got To See You Again Worst - Seven Years I wish I could do half stars

inte min smak

There's something deeply unsatisfying about this record. It feels incomplete, shallow, half-baked. This isn't helped by knowing Norah Jones's star musician status, and that the record is one of the best-selling of all time. All that for an album that's essentially monotonous lo-fi jazz. It gives an illusion of refined complexity by combining various elements of jazz/soul bar tunes, including soft (and very simple) percussion, back-mixed guitar strums, some scattered soul-blues piano notes, unremarkable basslines, and various toots from wind/brass instruments. The piano is definitely supposed to be the central focus of the non-vocal instruments, but as a piano player, I can say that the primarily octave-based playing isn't that interesting or complex. And there's no central exciting element to tie the music together The product is something that "feels" like it should sound good, but doesn't. Jones's vocal is fine but is overshadowed by the occasional backing vocalists, which are great. They should've been a bigger part of Jones's musical style. Guitar ballads like Seven Years and Lonestar don't do her any favours. A key problem with the album is the stark lack of riffs – or, for that matter, any memorable moments in any instruments, including the vocals. There are few highs and lows; instead, the listener receives a steady, low buzz of inoffensive low-calibre noise that pushes no boundaries and sounds kind of good, especially if you aren't paying close attention. Maybe I'm being a little harsh. It's true that I'm slightly tanking my rating to counteract some of the 5-star ratings which only seem to laud this album for its historic fame. 2/5 Key tracks: Don't Know Why, Come Away With Me, Turn Me On

Like Songs Don't Know Why

Almost too inoffensive. Great music for playing in the background, but not very interesting to listen to actively.

chill but samey snooze

I already have a preconception that I don’t like Norah Jones. Back when she was a thing, I used to hate the singles and thought she was boring as sin. Now being essentially forced to listen to this, I don’t think my opinion has really changed. It’s all vaguely nice and easy listening but nice and easy isn’t always a good thing. Happy to admit I’m wrong, pleased this isn’t one of those times

Nahh Im good, like just so fine not listening to this ever again besides maybe in the context of wanting to fall asleep

Bluesy very different voice. Not into it but very talented.

Es ist nicht schlecht, einfach ein bisschen langweilig.

perfectly inoffensive mainstream slightly jazz. Not bad but not essential listening. 2 and a bit.

Yawn. No.

This album was new to me, and an absolute delight compared to the last one, some Coldplay slog. She's a great singer, I enjoy the instrumentation, and the songs are pleasant in a moody loungy sort of way. None of that really speaks to me, so I can't really see myself seeking out more Norah, but it was certainly inoffensive.

could i write poetry to this? n

I didn't actually listen to this album. Maybe someday, but this was not that day. Instead, I listened to Fugazi's album,"Thirteen Songs." It was excellent. Five stars.

She's got a nice voice, but I don't understand how this is one of the best selling albums of all time.

A bit too easy listening.

This was pleasant but too bland. Also not at all what I was in the mood for today, so take the 2 score for what it's worth.

Inoffensive MOR music, which is a little too beige for my tastes. Can't fault her voice or songwriting, but for me I like to be moved by music and this leaves me somewhat empty. 2/5

Not too bad, surprised with how much I ended up liking, had never listened to her prior so didn’t know what to expect.

Familiar. Fave song: don’t know why. Other highlights: one flight down, nightingale. The main reason this album is famous is probably don’t know why. I was disappointed with the first half but it picked up during the latter half. I like a few tracks would only probably listen to don’t know why again

Not terrible, but very bland and boring. Ok in the background. Standout song: Nightingale

Sweet Norah. She looked better than she sounded.

This is very nice and polite and also incredibly boring. A fluffy cloud of husky vocals and twinkly piano. Background music for the most middle of the road coffee shop you can imagine.

Whimsical. Joni does it far better. Ditto Minnie Mouse.

Pleasant enough but a little insipid, no of the tracks were good enough to make me want to come back. If I’m having trouble sleeping I might play it again!

Nice enough but totally forgettable.

Jones’ voice is fantastic. Come Away with Me is elite smooth jazzy lounge music. If you walked into a hotel bar and she was played, you’ve be thankful for the incredible background music, but in the end that’s all it is. Fantastic background music 5.8/10

Not exactly pushing boundaries, but when you have a voice like that it doesn't matter how simple the music and lyrics are. I had an alright time listening to this. Actually mad that this won the Grammy though, which is an insane call. The Grammy's have always been trash though to be fair. 4.5 / 10 Best track/s: Honestly couldn't differentiate between one track or the other. The one with the piano and singer was alright.

Quite elevator music-y, easy listening, not bad persay... 2.3

If you like jazz vocals, Ms. Jones is a brilliant vocalist and this is a great album. I do not.

Yawn. Something a yuppie coffee shop would be playing

This album is kinda tricky. Is Come Away With Me anything spectacular? I don't personally think so. However, I do remember this album taking the world by storm. Don't Know Why was everywhere and Norah Jones was touted as the next big thing when this album topped the charts and collected some Grammy's. It's not something I think I need to hear before I die, but I don't think it should be ignored either. I'm a little surprised it resonated with the world as much as it did. It's not a bad album, it just seems far too mellow and jazzy to have mass appeal. It was a fine listen, but didn't move the needle much for me. I haven't thought about this album in forever and don't really have any reason to come back to it now that we are past it on the list. 2.19 stars

This is the kind of music I'm expecting to hear as I'm getting pampered, or as I'm grocery shopping. It's relaxing, Norah Jones has a soothing voice. But it's not giving me what I want when I listen to music - it doesn't capture my attention, it just blends into the background.

Quite nice but not sure it should be on this list

I didnt like this one. It was annoying, long, and dreary.

Artiste et album connu, mais peu apprécié à l'époque de sa sortie (belle voix mais morceaux peu intéressants et peu créatifs). Cette nouvelle écoute ne m'a pas fait changer d'avis ... j'ai toujours cette impression de musique de fond vite oubliée. =>2/5

Have to agree with the majority of the other reviews. This is palatable background music while you sip a latte at a cafe. I do really like Norah Jones’ voice. But none of the songs are particularly amazing or different than dozens of other performers. 2.5/5

perus poppia ihan kiva kuitenkin...

sorry Norah I'm staying here where there might be... friction? conflict? tension? I don't know. whatever this is missing. I'm not going, ok. music: hated. (⌐■_■)

Great voice, tap water songs. Nothing objectionable about it, but none of it sticks with me and I’ll probably never think “Hey I should listen to Norah Jones.” It lacks any amount of chaos or something, I dunno.

...naaah!

This got boring a lot faster than I expected.

Yeah... can I get uhhh... an iced espresso.... with uhhh.... no sugar..... and uhhh.... pickles.... *dies instantly in a gamma ray burst that evaporates the entire planet*

Possibly the blandest album on the list so far. Smooth, easy-listening jazz and a smooth voice.

Good singer. Too slow and mellow for my tastes. Has its place

Take jazz and blues music, sand off all the sharp edges, and plug a pretty white lady at the front. This is safe music that like a Disney movie promises to not make you uncomfortable and hand you a happy ending. A warm boring hug that I guess people really resonated with after 9/11. The recordings sound great!

If a doctor ever decides that I need to be induced into a coma, I hope they accomplish it by playing this album for me on loop. It sounds GORGEOUS; from her voice, the instrumentation, the engineering, the mixing - lush, warm and clear in a way that few recordings accomplish. But the performances thus captured are just SO boring.

Not bad… not good.

Complete nothing music. Everything blended into each other and nothing caught my attention

Aburridillo y moñas, un estilo que no me dice mucho, quizá un 2 sea muy cruel porque tampoco es pecado, pero bueno, que conste que es un 2,5 bajo.

Great vocalist and beautiful lyrics, but so little variety the whole album was just the same song. Should have been at least a 3.

I’d almost give it a 3 for being perfectly fine, but she just never gets out of first gear on any of these songs

Therapy waiting room music, but some of it is nice

weird to get two ravi shankar relatives so close together. a lot of this album feels like it belongs on the soundtrack for a wintery romcom with a bittersweet ending. didn't hate it, but can't imagine ever listening again. 2.5

Nice calming vibe, good guitar not for me.

Well produced slick and oh so dull

For when I am old and boring

Clinically executed, but that's kind of the problem. I tried to lose my virginity to this album at least once or twice, so it makes me cringe just a little bit more because of that.

zzzzzzzz

I think my issue with this album is that it's rather slow and mellow, but Norah's voice doesn't really do enough to carry the album for me. Not quite ethereal enough to make this style interesting to me personally. All around just found it rather boring. Sorry, Norah. :(

Insufferably pleasant, swingless jazz-lite. Boring, soulless, nepo-baby shoppingmall musak. Maybe this will stir you if you want to feel like you're hanging out in a Starbucks on your own, in 2003.

It is a pleasant album to listen to and very well recorded and performed, but the music itself is somewhat stagnant and basic.

"One Flight Down" isn't bad. The rest is not for me: the vocals are too jazzy.

This is the most milquetoast shit ever. Evening hotel lobby music. Stand-out: i've got to see you again

Inoffensive lounge/coffee shop music.

Completely forgot about this album, she’s got a nice voice and nice songs, but can see why it’s so easy forgettable, nothing memorable.

Dont know why is a classic. Everything else was such a snooze fest…

Coffee shop music drudgery. I was bored after the first song. She does have a nice tone to her voice though.

Um, this was pretty, I guess. My life will have have taken a really strange turn if I find myself listening to it again though. (Totally going to become obsessed with it now, right? Thx)

Low-fi songs to nap and sit on a plane to

Nothing bad about this. It’s just not my style of music. 2/5

There's some decent songs but it's really not my thing

Boring and samey but not offensive.

This album was everywhere in the early aughts. 20+ years on it’s fine. Jones’ voice is soothing, the easy listening jazz accompaniment is as boring as ever. But I think in the early post 9/11 world soothing and boring were what people wanted.

Perfectly arranged and produced and sweet sounding, yet somehow bereft of any soul and utterly inconsequential. Never heard music so determined to fade into the background. Take drugs, kids, not sugar pills.

I can't lie, by the time I bothered to open up my music player and check where I was, I was 13 songs deep and nearly finished. The whole thing just breezes by me without so much as grabbing a spec of my attention. It's great background music that your mum or elderly relatives would probably love. Not bad, just bland and inoffensive.

Boring

Not for me. I just find this kind of music a little boring. She's a fantastic singer, and I'm sure it's good for the genre, but if I have to give my own personal subjective opinion, I don't like it.

Sau Langweilig

Music to listen to while holding a mug of tea with both hands. Sweet enough to give you diabetes.

Smothered in a warm beige blanket.

no thanks!

Nice voice. Songs all kinda sound the same.

This album achieved something extraordinary - it put me to sleep. In the middle of the day. This is so boringly insipid that its success makes me question humanities future.

Not sure why anyone has to hear this before they die. Not that it's bad, it's just so forgettable. I feel like it should be played quietly of the lobby in the Hilton in Krakow. A few songs stand out a bit, but a good 10+ I skipped as I was falling asleep and I actually need to be awake today

Well, it's all very pleasant but...... Seems to be a bit of a theme going on here. Is there any difference between Nora Jones, K.T. Tunstall and Katie Melua? Not to what I can remember. Not a fan of any of them at the time. And no reason to change that opinion here. A 2 for niceness.

Undeniably such a great vocalist, but just too middle of the road easy listening for me. A high 2 stars.

Good vocalist singing over jazzy stuff. Like Joni Mitchell or something. Sometimes it;s country tinged. This is just fine, but not for me. 2/5

This is not unpleasant but also makes me feel like I’m in Kmart.

Just so so.

Look, its wel ldone and inoffensive. It falls into that category of the one album a year a certain type of people buy.

Absolute snoozer

Smooth Jazz-Pop. Nice voice. Music for a bar or jazz-club. But bit too lame for my taste. Especially for an album on fathers-day! 😉 2,5

Nice voice, boring songs

Great music for falling asleep to! 2/5

I'll come away with you anywhere you wanna go Norah, just don't sing when we get there! 🤐🤐

Nightinggale was good. But i found the album mostly boring

Beautiful voice but all the songs sound the same

Liked the first song, then had a nice sleep to this on the Eurostar.

Well, first(?) father - daughter duo on this list. Unfortunately, except for that bicycle song in Beijing, I am unable to listen and enjoy and Norah Jones track. Her style of singing just do not compute with my brain at all. Beautiful voice, just the overall presentation is unbearable. I'd rather listen to Ravi all day long, and there is no competition.

It's fine to put on for background noise when your parents or grandparents are over for the holidays, but there really is no distinction to the ear between songs.

My mum and dad used to put this on when they had people round for dinner. She has a nice voice, but it's bland. "Music for people who don't like music" sums up my feelings about Norah Jones

I had heard some of these songs before. I didn't need to hear any of them again. It was just kinda bland. She really can't sing.

didn't really scratch my brain at all idk couldn't really focus on it because it felt more like background music

bit slow, didn't really get into it

Pretty, but boring. I got sick of it by the third song. Prefer something with a bit more oomph and this doesn't have it.

🤮

It sounds fine, but makes for a forgettable piece of muzak. Something to put on in the background. Don’t know why is quite nostalgic though.

Leicht weinerlicher Acustic Pop.

i’ve got to see you again was in my rotation all the time in high school because my mom’s boyfriend’s brother introduced it to me in north italy somewhere. i’m not sure why it was in rotation, i don’t think i really liked it then and i don’t really like it now, but it eats the rest* of the record up. again, maybe i just didn’t get a divorce in 2002, but i don’t know that this is it for me. drags like a mf. lonestar devours tho.

Chico, que poco me me interesa este disco.

Don’t Know Why is like aural Lindor, delicious and sensual and silky smooth. There are a couple of other swoon-worthy moments on the album but more often than not it becomes snooze-worthy, especially in the second half. So while I definitely think there’s a place for this kind of pleasant, inoffensive music, you still need great songs to make it work. 2.5

Almost felt like I was sitting in a conservatory drinking a Nespresso and reading the Guardian and voting for New Labour

Feel like my wife picked the album today. This reminds me of that trend where pretty, sweet sounding white ladies did covers of hard core rap on acoustic guitars.

Nice Voice of the Interpret but the songs are to lazy for me

Not my bag, nice enough, but a bit too slow

Con apariencia de jazz, pero en realidad pop suave con ecos de la música soul y el country, el debut discográfico de Norah Jones fue toda una agradable sorpresa en 2002. Melodías y progresiones sencillas y elegantes con letras muy evocadoras. Me quedo con la canción que da título al disco, que no puede faltar en ninguna colección de música pop. También es aconsejable la versión del tema compuesto por J.D. Loudermilk, "Turn Me On".

Best song: Don't Know Why Vibes: peaceful coffee shop , indie jazz Themes: introspective, self love

Mehh

I don’t really enjoy the breathy faux crooning style and i feel like this was one of the main influences of every girl trying to sing this way. Also boring.

There is nothing easy about easy listening...

Dull

Her voice is silky smooth, yet strangely flat. There are a lot of notes that she hints at hitting but never quite gets there. A good album if I'm having a little insomnia. 2002 must have been a really boring year for music for this to have won all the awards it did

She makes me sleepy

hyvä ääni likalla.kuullukkaan moisesta, ja megastara... massive shining star... vähän kuitenkin käy tylsäksi ei yksittäiset viisut mutta albumi kokonaisuudessaan erittäin toistuvaa. olisi ehkä paremmin ihan vitun paskalla äänitalletus välineistöllä, siis ihan vitun paskalla. silloin tätä kiinnostavaa kuunnella. ei voi molemmat musiikki ja produktio olla näin puhdasta, toisen täytyy olla nasty fucking shit... tätä kun kuuntelisi tarpeeksi niin lähtisi into elämästä kokonaan nighynintgale

Rather tedious but a few nice jazzy moments

Beautiful singing voice. Boring album.

Pub music

Background pub music. Nice voice but nothing much beyond that (Liv literally stole my words)

Norah has a truly lovely and seductive voice that saves most of these songs for me. Otherwise, this album just doesn't work for me. There are a few songs that highlight some great instrument parts, but they style and pace make it hard for me to get through. Favorite songs: Shoot the Moon, Nightingale.

ok, I'm really conflicted with rating this because, again, competent, even skilled but boring .... I'm not even gonna say "it's not my thing" because Hey, Laura Nyro is amazing and maybe that's the source of my conflict with a number of the records on this list: They're fine but does anyone really need to hear these??? ... ever??

I definitely get why, in Nathan for You, they made dumb starbucks have a CD of "Dumb Norah Jones Duets." Her voice is good and the songwriting is not bad by any means but this is what I think of when I think of coffeeshop jazz for sure.

Kinda depressing

It's not bad, it's just not remarkable. The even-keeled nature of the album wore me down after a while. Norah's voice is the big highlight here but the instruments hold back most of the songs.

Nice sounding but slightly boring and mid compared to music today. Katerina music

Ingen tvivl om at hun er en dygtig sangerinde! Det er bare ikke min smag. Jeg keder mig enormt meget efter den første sang.

Det er pænt, hyggeligt og keeedeeeliiiiigt… Norah Jones har en fantastisk smuk stemme. Blød og forførende. Men arrangementerne kører den kendte slagne vej. Der bliver ikke eksperimenteret og prøvet noget nyt. Det er så forudsigeligt at musikken falder i baggrunden. Man kunne ønske sig at noget rejste sig og gjorde opmærksom på sig selv. Perfekt til en mainstream kaffebar, elevatormusik eller en par middag hvor man skal ramme noget alle kan acceptere at lytte til.

I’ve seen this album a lot. It’s in almost every collection of for-sale CDs on Facebook, but I haven’t heard it- maybe a song or two that I didn’t realize was hers. I will face down my prejudice to Jazz vocals and listen. Here’s my impression: not Jazz! Lightweight pop, some country. Nice voice two stars

Its of its time. A gateway album to better albums

More than 10 million copies of this album sold. And we found WMDs in Iraq. Norah Jones has a lovely voice. Some of the tracks had instrumental parts I liked. Then, immediately after this album finished, Spotify queued up “Feelin’ Good” by Nina Simone. Which I thought was just downright unfair.

Me encanta ella, perome dormí. Esperaba q en algún momento reviente y no pasó. Igual lindo.

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Seemed like it was a pivotal album of the era. Seems like every decade a great singer songwriter brings the bluesy folk sound back.

It all sounded the same.

Really quite boring. The two singles are the most interesting tracks by far

Meh.

coffee shop music

I appreciate the influence Norah jones has had on the female singer songwriters I listen to today, but it just was meh for me.

Good background album. Nora has a great voice and the music is catchy

I know the singles from this one. Norah has a great voice. This is mostly just not my vibe. There's probably some former Borders' employee who has this album burned in their brain from it spinning on the overhead 8 hours a day.

Not my stile to listen

I didn’t want to listen to it. Didn’t hold my attention.

I’m feelin’ the same way all over again… 🔥 Can’t go wrong with a Hank Williams cover. Still not really my thing. It’s wild this is one of the best selling albums of all time. Decent album but I got hella bored - 2

Nice, soothing. Know the hits, of course, but it's interesting to hear tracks that I never have before.

A little too mellow for me. I like more uptempo music.

I get it. Not for me though.

Best Songs: N/A Listen Again: No

Perfectly fine background music for elevators, romantic dinners or falling asleep to… wait what time is it? Crap, I am soooo late for work

Not bad, just boring

God this was boring

This belongs as the soundtrack of a 00s Hallmark movie, and that's not a read - just not my cup of tea.

I remember people going mad for this at the time, pretty sure it was in the album charts top 10 for years but seems to have had no long term cultural affect. Like David Gray I guess. Dull but harmless.

This screams Jools Holland guest edits a radio 2 show where he goes over his albums of the year. Guest stars include Gary Barlow, Mika and Katie Melua

Of course, Norah Jones has a lot of talent. She can play piano. She can sing. She writes her own songs... However, this type of coffee shop music is exactly the type of music I can't stand to listen to, so I just can't rate it highly.

Fucking awful, how is this released on blue note. Sounds like a CD you would buy in Starbucks

it’s nice but not my thing

Uhh okay singer-songwriter album type of thing. Whats the point now? Significant 23/62 Liked 10/62 Added 3/62 NNN Like I dont get it its like the most lukewarm album Ive heard here. Its not annoying at least.

Yh 2000-luvun kantri. Ei nappaa. 2/5

Don't Know Why 7/10 Seven Years 5/10 Cold Cold Heart 4/10 Feelin' The Same Way 5/10 Come Away With Me 6/10 Shoot The Moon 5/10 Turn Me On 4/10 Lonestar 3/10 I've Got To See You Again 2/10 Painter Song 4/10 One Flight Down 3/10 Nightingale 4/10 The Long Day Is Over 2/10 The Nearness of You 4/10

Gar nicht mein Stil.

Está bien para ponerse de fondo, pero después de un rato aburre un poco.

A good album to fall asleep to, or for getting annoyed to in Starbucks

A fabulous voice, it's just a shame that it's not really my type of music - pleasant but insipid jazz blues pop.

Beige and boring

Norah Jones has an amazing voice, but her songwriting skills are forgettable.

Soooo boring. The kind of music that boring middle-aged women that think they’re bougie listen to while sipping wine.

Smooth, easy listening, just not my personal jam.

Lovely, but just not my style. Wish I could give 2.5 stars

I struggled to get through the album. Some of the lyrics I didn't care for. Example "turn me on like a child waiting for spring", that's a no from me. Some times the instrumentals felt to fast for her style.

Beige and uninteresting. Inoffensive but immediately after finishing this album I had forgotten all the songs.

I've never sat down and listened to Norah Jones before, but I assumed that I would recognize some of the songs on this album as I listened to it. That turned out to not be the case. I guess I wasn't in Starbucks very much in 2002. This album was okay. I know the early aughts saw the emergence of a lot of acoustic pop performed by singer-songwriters, and this album managed to go diamond during a time when Napster was wreaking havoc on the music industry, which is really impressive. Norah Jones has a great voice and plays the piano well, but she didn't write a lot of these songs. I'm not quite sure how this album is different than the music of her contemporaries at the time, other than its massive sales numbers. Honestly, a sound like this was a dime a dozen at the time. Just because something has wide reach doesn't make it great. This album is kind of bottom-tier for me, but to each their own.

Album is carried by Norah Jones charismatic voice, but overral there isn't anything special in it. Favourite song(s): I've Got To See You Again, Cold Cold Heart, Don't Know Why.

Kjedelig

Ok

Slow, soulful, I fell asleep

Elle a une jolie voix mais franchement c'est zéro prise de risque, zéro dépassement des bords, zéro émotion réelle. Allez, pk pas "Feeling the same way again" et "Come away with me" qui n'est pas pour rien la chanson titre, l'instrumentation tente un peu des trucs, mais ça reste globalement de la musique d'ambiance. Ecoutez plutôt "Run away with me" de Carly Rae Jepsen, qui n'a pas peur de se rendre un peu ridicule avec du saxo qui dégouline et une voix qui casse un peu, plutôt que de plaquer les accords de piano les plus doux possibles pour ne froisser surtout personne.

Have never listened to it all the way through, but I know the hits. I liked it and a pretty impressive debut album.

This album sounds like a Starbucks. Norah clearly is a talented vocalist which sounds nice over the modest instrumentals but it's also just so damn boring. The only emotion being conveyed seems to be longing. Obviously don't know wide is pretty timeless but the rest of the album all blended together for me and was vert hard to focus through or distinguish between the tracks

I'm four songs in and really don't care very much. I enjoy Don't Know Why, and generally find the music to be inoffensive; however, the instrumental is generic coffee shop jazz. Not going to knock her voice though. It's smoky and very pretty; just doesn't do enough to pull me in. I'm over halfway through and have lost the urge to continue listening. As I said above, its inoffensive and she's a talented singer; just not for me. 2 / 5.

Lovely voice, a bit MOR for me though

Пазз Жоп епта Кристгау - хоси суй 4/10

She has a nice voice, but dear god is this album boring. Don't Know Why and Come Away With Me are the hits, but they have always been incredibly grating - an immediate skip or change the station.

Un prescindible album de Muzak que fue premiado en demasía, probablemente por se un representante de la cultura estadounidense de principio de los 2000s. Un disco que perfectamente podría estar fuera de esta lista.

tbh I can't rate this higher b/c I know some of the musicians and industry people that have worked with her professionally and, well, they say she's "difficult". It's not a bad record, but I can't listen to it for the same reason I have a hard time listening to Buddy Rich records.

Minun mielestäni aika turha albumi. En saa muuta irti kuin tunnelmointia ja kaunista, pehmeää laulua - vahva nainen mutta silti in love. Aila tylsää, ehkä 2002 tämä oli raikasta mutta monille uppoavaa.

Blandly pleasant.

2/5 Best: Don't Know Why Worst: Painter Song

I listened to the whole record but it was not very satisfying. I’m sorry to say that, but it I will probably not do it again

Blah

PAS POUR MOI

Harmless enough, but not exactly impactful. Nothing inherently bad, but nothing to get too excited about.

This is what I imagine Tapestry would sound like if there were no good songs. Bland lounge jazz with the only saving grace being her voice.

Pleasant 2+/5

Dit is muziek voor tijdens het strijken. Ik strijk alleen nooit. Zeikmuziek.

The first song is actually good but the rest of the album is very mid. It is basic singer-songwriter jazzz-pop with a calming undertone. Nothing special and actually kind of boring but it is not bad you just forget it right after you listened to it... 2/5

Not anything original or at all of use in my opinion. Well instrumented but not expressing anything in particular.

Послушала две песни, дальше стало неинтересно, хз как оценить

Not for me, some good songs but I felt they all meshed together after a while

Who knew that Ravi Shankar's daughter would go into music to make vocal jazz? It's a smooth and calming album that would fit perfectly into an evening cafe with dimmed lights. After a few songs, this becomes a bit of a dry, boring listen. Dear god is it a slog. What starts out as a relatively nice listen quickly becomes a soulless and vapid, with little variation in between songs. The closest I can think of is Lonestar and it's more country crooner sound, which still holds on tight to the slow, breathy delivery of the other songs. This is the musical equivalent of unflavored oatmeal. Perfectly competent, but so damn bland. Norah Jones would go on to sweep the big four awards at the 2003 grammys, which only proves how safe the grammys are. Wilco's indie rock masterpiece, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, was released the same year as Come Away With Me and would've been eligible for same awards. Wilco wasn't even nominated.

It did surprise me a little, because of my expectations, which is as low as that Titanic submarine. Her voice is nice and the guitar works okay... in the beginning. Reminds me of the local acoustic poppers here. But damn, I could only take a little of this white bread pop. I think I need something to purify myself. Black metal or death metal, maybe hardcore punk or big beat even. Come on generator, you can do it.

was bored

It was all right. I was bored

Can’t seem to engage with it. Certainly not unpleasant.

- Her voice sounds very nice, but the music is kinda boring - Not really my thing but I can respect it

- Shoutout Norah Jones for being on a Foo Fighters song - Nice voice, backing music can be sleepy - Overall nothing that stands out

ooo extricated list ooo This album is... nice, but it all kind of blends together, nice for background but there are better singer-songwriters out there. Didn't need to be as long as it was. 9/1001 Listened 5/26/2023

midpop

Something feels so inherently LAZY about easy listening music to me. Norah Jones has a cool vibe to her voice but I can't imagine this music being used as anything more than a Hallmark movie background track. And don't get me wrong; this is a well-assembled album. The instrumentation is appropriate, the vocals are flawless, and the songs do not seem overly similar or repetitive. The problem is that I don't feel anything (well, maybe a bit bored.) This is music that we're told is good. Music for people that don't like music. So to summarize: fantastic singer, mind-boggling popularity.

I know this is contrarian, but her voice is just not my taste. She is like licorice to my ears. I know some people like some licorice, I really don’t. Nora was probably taken to the cleaners with little profit from the massive success of this album. And it was produced by one of those chubby industry icon types that plucked the likes of Barbara, Diana, Whitney & Mariah.

I'm pretty used to Norah Jones playing in the background thanks to my parents' Norah Jones phase, but I was unpleasantly surprised how dull this music is when I actually tried to listen to it.

I am loosely associated with some jazz concert programmers and we get vocal jazz artists wanting to get programmed sending their music through. This is exactly why the never get programmed. It's not objectionable, but it's not really jazz. It's like jazz, in the way that Bud Light is like a beer.

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

Something I'd listen too to fall asleep tbh

Maybe a whole album of this is too much

it was alright but not spectacular 2.5/5

I mean it’s fine Her voice is lovely - very sultry - but it’s all very samey

Beautiful woman, even prettier voice. The music was just too slow and drab for me. Even the hits were just this side of a bummer in the slowness category. Have to give this at least a 2 though.

Highlights: "Don't Know Why," "Cold, Cold Heart," "Nightingale," "The Nearness of You" Maybe, to read way too much into it, this ends on "The Nearness of You" for a reason. Besides its claim to most of the greatest albums ever made, Blue Note guards its reputation for exacting production, and maybe we could say they were ahead of the curve in foreseeing The Great Clippening and realizing digital production could also be used to make the softest timbres really pop. In other words, Billie Eilish or mumblecore rappers, there was Norah Jones. This is forced, but I'm really scraping to justify this album's inclusion. Otherwise, the drumming on here can be really good; feels more high effort than the other parts. Jones' piano seems mostly to create an interesting harmonic line over the vocals, but that's enough to get interesting covers of stuff like Hank Williams. As a whole, though, it was a slog. You see Waits' and Zorn's drummer and Frisell on a track and the eyebrow raises, but it's somehow even more anodyne than the last track. Just a bunch of studio gladhanding. I was confused about why all the demos in the deluxe edition were more interesting than the songs that actually made it. If we're talking Blue Note's poppier side, I'd rather do something like Donald Byrd.

probably great if you like this kind of thing but i don’t like this kind of thing

It's nice. It's relaxing. It's some of the best elevator music I've ever heard.

Last 5 days Norah Jones, Suzanne Bega, Nina Simone, Joni Mitchell, the Pretenders.

I bought this record back in the day curious from all the hype; I remember being disappointed. Listening with older ears it is perfectly nice, she's a talented singer and the arrangements are pleasant, within a narrow range. A few songs bring a little impact, Don't Know Why and Come Away With Me, but most go by without leaving any mark. Listened to all in a row, the nice songs actually add up to a pretty tedious whole. I really don't hear anything that justifies this album being on this list.

An easy-listening classic - she's the musical equivalent of wrapping yourself in a towel after a bath...and the towel has been on a heated towel rail...it's lovely, but kind of non-descript. We all agree it's nice, but this album won't change your life. It's offensive in its inoffensiveness.

simples e bom jazz com vocal interessante, mas nada demais e ficou chato rapido

I can tell what this kinda was going for, and it was very nice to take a nap to, but I found it boring.

This is an album full of pretty songs. I just do not know when I would listen to this album again, as the pace is slow and it can feel like one long song at times. Very talented artist but I do not think this is a must-listen album and I remain confused how it was showered with such adulation. This feels like an album that became popular because rich people liked hearing it in the background of their dinner parties.

Not hugely keen although she has a great voice

It’s just not my idea of a good time, listening to this.

rätt så tråkigt va? gillade det här lite förr men njae.

Nice voice but that was VERY boring.

Nope, not for me.

Kwam erachter dat ik moeite heb met alles wat neigt naar 'soul'. Norah is wel goed natuurlijk, maar ik vind er zelf dan geen klap aan.

Iets te zoetzappig en erg laidback allemaal

Dum de dum de dum de dum. Glass of wine would be lovely thanks. Dum de dum de dum. Who is this album? Ah yes, I heard it at Peter’s house last week, and I think Sarah was playing it too. Dum de dum de dum. mmm Dinner looks lovely thanks. Dum de dum de dum.

This was a breakthrough when it happened of course. I'm not sure it holds up as well, since a lot of the hype was label driven. (Don't be mad at me.) It's a really good album, no doubt. But is it a timeless masterpiece? Not sure. Lonestar and Turn Me On are highlights for me.

lets go girlws

Ganske plagsomt

OrangeMochaFrappuccinos! 2*s for evoking something in me, if only that thing wasn't reaffirming why i don't go near a Starbucks

Now i'm depressed

Boring and samey. Sounds like backing music from a Nigella cooking show, possibly performed by one of her smug twat friends. All the songs sound the same, but somehow all worse than each other too. Inoffensive bland nothing, with as much substance as the frothy milk drinks she soundtracks. Still many million times better than Nico and Morrisey though.

not for me -- but the first song is okay (princess diaries vibeeee)

Un disc que va triomfar més pel seu concepte que per les seves cançons. Que la protagonista fos una noia jove guapa, amb una veu excepcional, fent r&b modern i amb un lleuger toc comercial va tocar la fibra del públic mainstream, que es va llençar en tromba a per ell. Jones ha fet discos molt millors a la seva carrera, amb aquest el factor sorpresa va jugar al seu favor

Nice voice, not a big fan though

inoffensive and unoriginal. something that is played in a doctors waiting room. soulless voice

I've had a lot of disheartening moments in my music journey, but Norah Jones singing "Cold Cold Heart" might be the nadir.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Prefs: Don't Know Why, Cold Cold Heart, Shoot the Moon Moins pref: The Nearness of You

This only gets a two because giving it the same rating as “Antichrist Superstar” seems wrong. But holy hell what a bore.

Couldn’t get into it, all slow songs

Nope. An album so massive and so good you were only ever allowed to hear one snippet of one song. But in every advert break for about 6 months. So I eventually stuck it on, but it didn't surprise, I have no real memory of it. Inoffensive though. 2 stars.

Dull

God this album is boring. It's so boring I didn't notice when it ended.

I can see how people really like this one but it's not my taste. Norah has an absolutely beautiful voice and the songs are well made. This set the stage for singer-song writers of early 2000's so it unfortunately has been played out and repackaged by every other artist to follow making this feel a bit boring. It's not bad by any means, its a solid easy listen - unoffensive soft jazz for the masses but I doubt I'll explore this album again in it's entirety for a while.

I'm... Conflicted about this album. I can't tell if I like it or not. Musically and lyrically it is good, but for me? I left me indeferent. And since I'm rating from a subjective point of view... Well...

The second half is better, the album is relaxing but is not my cup of tea

Wanted to give this one a shot, but 45 straight minutes of tempos in the sub-70 BPM range and not much melodic/instrumental variation made this LP a slog. Very much coffeeshop-core and not sure why it's on the list to be quite honest

So... I was confused by it, to be honest. Norah Jones has a lovely voice, of course, but the songs struck me as being so tepid... like background music that should play in a Starbucks or something. So I looked the album up on Wikipedia, and this is what it said: "Come Away with Me peaked at number one on the US Billboard 200, and received Grammy Awards for Album of the Year and Best Pop Vocal Album. It was later certified Diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005, for shipments of over ten million copies in the United States, and has sold over 27 million copies worldwide as of 2016, making it one of the best-selling albums of all time." This seems to confirm my suspicions that I am indeed a musical philistine who is not qualified to judge anything. But I judge it anyway.

I don’t like vocal jazz

When this came out I was in my serious "audiophile" phase, where I was listening to the equipment instead of the music. Along with the likes of Patricia Barber, Dianne Krall, Melody Gardot and Madelaine Peyroux, she was popular with the audio geeks who wanted to test their systems because it was well recorded and her voice is quite pleasant. But gawwwd is it ever tepid, bland and totally lacking in passion. I soon got tired of this genre and sold all my audiophile CDs and moved on to music with actual content. This album is not actually "bad" so I can't give it a 1, but a 2 is far as I can muster.

There's nothing objectionable about it, which I guess was the whole genre. Unfortunately every song kind of blends into the next, and I find myself listening to the sound without really hearing the words. The style is not my jam.

Not bad, but not what I'm here (in life) for.

Jesus this is so bland, generic and BOOOOORING. I could listen to some better music, but no. Her voice is generic female voice no. 5, the music is to sleep. 1/5 Like atleast the last no. 1 I gave, Tago Mago, I can see why this one should be on the list, I don't like it but it's interesting. This is just like the most generic whatever music. Edit: aight, it saved itself on the last 4-5 tracks, it's still a boring album, but these last were from aight to beautiful. 2/5

It's not bad enough to hate, but it certainly is dull. The songs on their own are tolerable but the 45 minutes feels twice as long when listening to the entire album. It's good for insomnia and yuppie dinner parties or something. Otherwise it's boiled celery bland.

Seichte Hintergrundmusik, mehr nicht. 'Don't Know Why' wurde eingespeichert

I don't actively dislike this music. It's just kind of sleepy and boring. It's what should be on in the background of a dimly lit restaurant. Nothing you actually listen to, it just sets the mood subconsciously.

I've previously stated that there was no good music released in the early 2000s, and this entry continues to supply hard evidence for this assertion. One of the greatest quotes from Star Trek: The Next Generation is "It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not failure, that is life." and this album is the musical embodiment of this observation. There is nothing wrong with this album. Jones' voice is perfect. The production values are superb, the songs are almost faultless. But does it win, given it does so much right? Does it hell as like. Overall, it is musical wallpaper. Beige in a way I've not heard since Taylor Swift's Evermore. Not actually offensive, because that would imply that has affected you in some way, this has the substance of blancmange.

pretty boring

korrek

Not my thing; all a little bland.

The thin line between listening to music and falling into a coma.

Nice but no thanks.

boring, dull, uninteresting. Need I go on.

It’s fine. It’s probably a real terms 3⭐️, but as an essential album…

C’est bien fait. C’est un mix de « jazz » (les guillemets sont volontaires) et « country » comme il n’y en avait pas vraiment à ma connaissance. C’est peut-être une des seules choses qui rende cet album intéressant. Comme dirait Mathieu, c’est parfait pour meubler les restaurants. Ça ne cherche pas à déstabiliser quoi que ce soit. Il n’y a rien qui retrousse. Ça manque un peu.