The Fall | ||||
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Studio album by Norah Jones | ||||
Released | November 11, 2009 | |||
Recorded | 2008–2009 | |||
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Length | 45:49 | |||
Label | Blue Note | |||
Producer | Jacquire King | |||
Norah Jones chronology | ||||
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Singles from The Fall | ||||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 73/100 |
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AllMusic | |
The A.V. Club | B |
Chicago Tribune | |
Entertainment Weekly | B- |
PopMatters | (5/10) |
Robert Christgau | |
Rolling Stone | |
Slant | |
USA Today | |
The Washington Post | (mixed) |
The Fall is the fourth studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones, released November 17, 2009, through Blue Note Records. The album debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, selling 180,000 copies in its first week. As of August 2012, the album has sold more than three million copies worldwide.
Prior to the album's release Jones' official website stated that she "has taken a new direction on The Fall, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who has worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse among others. Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partner Jesse Harris. King also helped Jones put together a new group of musicians to perform on the album, including drummers Joey Waronker (Beck, R.E.M.) and James Gadson (Bill Withers), keyboardist James Poyser (Erykah Badu, Al Green), and guitarists Marc Ribot (Tom Waits, Elvis Costello), Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer)", Lyle Workman, (Bourgeois Tagg, film composer for Superbad), and Peter Atanasoff (Rickie Lee Jones, Tito and Tarantula). The cover artwork for the album features a portrait by photographer Autumn de Wilde.