Come Away with Me

Come Away with Me
Studio album by Norah Jones
Released	February 26, 2002
Recorded	2001
Studio	Sorcerer Sound, New York Allaire Studios, Shokan
Genre	Pop Jazz
Length	45:03
Label	Blue Note
Producer	Jay Newland Arif Mardin Craig Street Norah Jones
Norah Jones chronology
First Sessions (2001) Come Away with Me (2002) Feels Like Home (2004)
Singles from Come Away with Me
"Don't Know Why" Released: July 2002 "Feelin' the Same Way" Released: August 2, 2002 "Come Away with Me" Released: December 30, 2002 "Turn Me On" Released: 2003

Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released by Blue Note Records on February 26, 2002.^[1] Recording sessions for the album took place at New York City's Sorcerer Sound Studio and Shokan's Allaire Studios in 2001.^[2]

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,^[3] including eight Grammy Awards.^[4] 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.^[5] It has sold more than 26 million copies worldwide as of April 2012.^[6]

Composition

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Come Away with Me is a mellow, acoustic pop album with soul and country overtones.^[1] It also incorporates blues, jazz,^[7] 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".^[8] Jones' guitarist Jesse Harris and bassist Lee Alexander wrote most of the album's songs, which feature simple melodies and progressions.^[1]

Commercial performance

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.^[9] In total the album has appeared on the Billboard 200 164 weeks.^[10] It was certified platinum from the Recording Industry Association of America on August 22, 2002.^[5] 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.^[5] 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.^[11] The album sold approximately 26 million copies worldwide.^[6]

In Germany, though the album debuted at just No. 37, it nevertheless stayed for a total of 141 weeks on the official German Albums Chart and it managed to reach No. 2 in its 37th week on that chart, where it stayed for 4 weeks. In the end, Come Away with Me sold 750,000 copies, reaching 5× gold, being her most successful album in that country and one of the longest-staying albums on the German Albums Chart.^[12][13]

Polyphonic HMI's "Hit Song Science" software predicted the album's success months before its release, contradicting skeptical executives.^[14]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	82/100[15]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Chicago Sun-Times	[16]
Down Beat	[17]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[18]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[19]
The Guardian	[20]
Los Angeles Times	[21]
Rolling Stone	[22]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[23]
Vibe	3.5/5[24]

Come Away with Me received acclaim from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 82 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 9 reviews.^[15]

The album received 3.5 out of 4 stars from both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Los Angeles Times reviews.^[21][16] AllMusic's David R. Adler wrote that "while the mood of this record stagnates after a few songs, it does give a strong indication of Jones' alluring talents."^[1] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice cited it as "the most unjazz album [Blue Note] has ever released" and criticized that "Jones's voice dominates the record" because "her main writers are pretty anonymous", although he found it to be a "sincere" and "exemplary biz success story in which the good guys win."^[25] In his Consumer Guide, Christgau picked out her cover version of Hank Williams' "Cold, Cold Heart" as a "choice cut",(),^[26] calling it "a good song on an album that isn't worth your time or money".^[27]

The A.V. Club gave it a favorable review and called the album "A showcase for Jones' remarkable voice, the disc captures a singer whose rare instinct for interpretation always serves the song, rather than working against it."^[28] E! Online gave it an A and stated: "Gorgeous and intimate, the 14 songs on her debut disc ache with romantic maturity and a smart, slow-jam sexiness that belies the fact that, at 22, Jones is hardly older than Britney Spears."^[15] Kludge included it on their list of best albums of 2002.^[29]

Accolades

The album won eight awards (Jones won five of the awards) at the Grammy Awards of 2003, including Album of the Year, as well as Record of the Year and Song of the Year for "Don't Know Why".^[30] Although she was happy about her success, Jones felt bad about sweeping the Grammy Awards. In an interview for 60 Minutes, Jones told Katie Couric:

I felt like I went to somebody else's birthday party and I ate all their cake. Without anybody else getting a piece. That's how I felt.^[4]

— Norah Jones

Rolling Stone ranked Come Away with Me at number 54 on its list of the 100 Best Albums of the Decade.^[31]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Don't Know Why"	Jesse Harris	3:06
2.	"Seven Years"	Lee Alexander	2:25
3.	"Cold Cold Heart"	Hank Williams	3:38
4.	"Feelin' the Same Way"	Alexander	2:55
5.	"Come Away with Me"	Norah Jones	3:18
6.	"Shoot the Moon"	Harris	3:57
7.	"Turn Me On"	John D. Loudermilk	2:33
8.	"Lonestar"	Alexander	3:05
9.	"I've Got to See You Again"	Harris	4:13
10.	"Painter Song"	Alexander JC Hopkins	2:41
11.	"One Flight Down"	Harris	3:03
12.	"Nightingale"	Jones	4:11
13.	"The Long Day Is Over"	Jones Harris	2:44
14.	"The Nearness of You"	Hoagy Carmichael Ned Washington	3:09
Total length:			44:58

Bonus tracks

Japan bonus track
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"What Am I to You?"	Jones	2:42

Limited edition bonus disc[32]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ruler of My Heart" (featuring Dirty Dozen Brass Band)	Irma Thomas	3:00
2.	"Cold, Cold Heart" (Live)	Williams	4:40
3.	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	Bob Dylan	3:18
4.	"Peace"	Horace Silver	3:49
5.	"Come Away with Me" (music video)		3:19

iTunes LP deluxe version[33]
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
15.	"I'll Be Your Baby Tonight"	Bob Dylan	3:20
16.	"Something Is Calling You" (original demo version)	Harris	3:33
17.	"Peace"	Horace Silver	3:52
18.	"Don't Know Why" (music video)		3:11
19.	"Come Away with Me" (music video)		3:19

Personnel

Musicians Norah Jones – vocals (1–14), piano (1, 3, 5–7, 9–14), Wurlitzer electric piano (4) Sam Yahel – Hammond B-3 organ (6, 7, 11) Rob Burger – pump organ (8), accordion (10) Jesse Harris – acoustic guitar (1, 5, 6, 9, 11–13), electric guitar (1) Kevin Breit – acoustic guitar (2, 4), National guitar (2), electric guitar (4, 13) Adam Levy – electric guitar (3, 5, 6, 9, 11, 12), acoustic guitar (8, 10) Adam Rogers – guitar (7) Tony Scherr – slide guitar and acoustic guitar (8) Bill Frisell – electric guitar (13) Jenny Scheinman – violin (9, 11) Lee Alexander – bass (1–13) Joseph Quevedo – drums (1, 5, 7, 11) Brian Blade – drums (2, 4, 6, 8–10, 12), percussion (2, 9) Kenny Wollesen – drums (13) Arif Mardin – string arrangement (11)

Technical personnel Producers: Norah Jones, Arif Mardin, Jay Newland, Craig Street Engineers: Jay Newland, S. Husky Höskulds Assistant engineers: Mark Birkey, Dick Kondas, Brandon Mason, Todd Parker Mixing: Arif Mardin, Jay Newland Mixing assistant: Todd Parker Remixing: Jay Newland Mastering: Ted Jensen, Mark Wilder A&R: Brian Bacchus, Chris Cofoni, Bruce Lundvall, Eliott Wolf Assistant: David Swope Production coordination: Eden White, Shell White Product manager: Zach Hochkeppel Creative director: Gordon Jee Art direction: Jessica Novod Design: Jessica Novod Photography: Joanne Savio

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002–03) Peak position Australian Albums Chart[34] 1 Austrian Albums Chart[34] 2 Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[34] 1 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[34] 1 Canadian Albums Chart[35] 1 Danish Albums Chart[34] 1 Dutch Albums Chart[34] 1 European Top 100 Albums[36] 1 Finnish Albums Chart[34] 5 French Albums Chart[34] 1 German Albums Chart[35] 2 Irish Albums Chart[35] 1 Italian Albums Chart[34] 7 Japanese Albums Chart[37] 10 New Zealand Albums Chart[34] 1 Norwegian Albums Chart[34] 4 Polish Albums Chart[35] 3 Portuguese Albums Chart[34] 3 Spanish Albums Chart[38] 6 Swedish Albums Chart[34] 1 Swiss Albums Chart[34] 2 UK Albums Chart[35] 1 US Billboard 200[35] 1 Chart (2013) Peak position scope="row" Korean Albums (Gaon)[39] 30 Chart (2014) Peak position scope="row" Polish Albums (ZPAV)[40] 1

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position UK Albums Chart[41] 11 Chart (2003) Position UK Albums Chart[42] 5 Chart (2004) Position UK Albums Chart[43] 52 Decade-end charts Chart (2000–2009) Position Australian Albums Chart[44] 4 UK Albums Chart 14 US Billboard 200[45] 4

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[46]	2× Platinum	80,000^*
Australia (ARIA)[47]	11× Platinum	770,000^^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[48]	2× Platinum	60,000^*
Belgium (BEA)[49]	2× Platinum	100,000^*
Brazil (ABPD)[50]	Platinum	125,000^*
Canada (Music Canada)[51]	Diamond	1,000,000^^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[52]	3× Platinum	150,000^^
France (SNEP)[53]	Diamond	1,776,000[54]^*
Germany (BVMI)[55]	5× Gold	750,000^^
Greece (IFPI Greece)[56]	Gold	10,000[57]^^
Italy (FIMI)[58]	Gold	50,000^*
Japan (RIAJ)[59]	2× Platinum	500,000^^
Mexico (AMPROFON)[60]	Gold	75,000^^
Netherlands (NVPI)[61]	3× Platinum	240,000^^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[62]	11× Platinum	165,000^^
Poland (ZPAV)[63]	2× Platinum	200,000^*
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[64]	Platinum	100,000^^
Sweden (GLF)[65]	Platinum	60,000^^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[66]	3× Platinum	120,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[67]	8× Platinum	2,556,651[68]
United States (RIAA)[69]	Diamond	11,100,000[11]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[70]	7× Platinum	7,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year	Winner	Category
2003	Come Away with Me	Album of the Year
		Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical
		Producer of the Year, Non-Classical
		Best Pop Vocal Album
	"Don't Know Why"	Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
		Record of the Year
		Song of the Year
	Norah Jones	Best New Artist

See also

• List of best-selling albums
• List of best-selling albums in the United States
• List of best-selling albums in Australia
• List of best-selling albums in New Zealand
• List of best-selling albums in the United Kingdom

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External links

• Come Away with Me at Discogs