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Come Away With Me

Come Away with Me
Norah Jones - Come Away With Me.jpg
Studio album by Norah Jones
Released February 26, 2002 (2002-02-26)
Recorded 2001
Studio Sorcerer Sound, New York
Allaire Studios, Shokan
Genre
Length 45:03
Label Blue Note
Producer
Norah Jones chronology
First Sessions
(2001)
Come Away with Me
(2002)
Feels Like Home
(2004)
Singles from Come Away with Me
  1. "Don't Know Why"
    Released: July 2002
  2. "Feelin' the Same Way"
    Released: August 2, 2002
  3. "Come Away with Me"
    Released: December 30, 2002
  4. "Turn Me On"
    Released: 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 82/100
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars
Chicago Sun-Times 3.5/4 stars
Down Beat 3.5/5 stars
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 4/5 stars
Entertainment Weekly A−
The Guardian 3/5 stars
Los Angeles Times 3.5/4 stars
Rolling Stone 3.5/5 stars
The Rolling Stone Album Guide 4/5 stars
Vibe 3.5/5

Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released by Blue Note Records on February 26, 2002. Recording sessions for the album took place at New York City's Sorcerer Sound Studio and Shokan's Allaire Studios in 2001.

The album's critical and commercial success was a breakthrough for Jones in 2002, as it reached the top of the Billboard 200 chart and several jazz charts. The album also topped many critics' "albums of the year" lists and gathered major music awards in the process, including eight Grammy Awards. Following initial sales, Come Away with Me was certified diamond by the RIAA on February 15, 2005 after having shipped over 10 million copies in its first three years of release. It has sold more than 26 million copies worldwide as of April 2012.

Come Away with Me is a mellow, acoustic pop album with soul and country overtones. It also incorporates blues, jazz, and folk styles. Bobby Dodd of All About Jazz writes that, although the album features jazz standards, jazz purists and academics "may deny [Jones] jazz credibility for her folk infusion". Jones' guitarist Jesse Harris and bassist Lee Alexander wrote most of the album's songs, which feature simple melodies and progressions.

In the US, Come Away with Me debuted at No. 139 on the Billboard 200 before climbing to No. 1 in January 2003, almost a year after its release. In total the album has appeared on the Billboard 200 164 weeks. It was certified platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America on August 22, 2002. It went on to sell over ten million copies over the next year, and on February 15, 2005, was certified as a diamond record by the RIAA. As of March 2016, the album has sold 11.1 million copies, making it the eleventh best-selling album of the Nielsen SoundScan era in the US. The album sold approximately 26 million copies worldwide.


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