The Fall

Norah Jones

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 17, 2009)
• Original Release Date: November 17, 2009
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Blue Note Records
• ASIN: B002NWRMVS
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #3 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Track Listings

1. Chasing Pirates

2. Even Though

3. Light As A Feather

4. Young Blood

5. I Wouldn't Need You

6. Waiting

7. It's Gonna Be

8. You've Ruined Me

9. Back To Manhattan

10. Stuck

11. December

12. Tell Yer Mama

13. Man of the Hour

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Norah has taken a new direction on the 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. Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Ryan Adams and Okkervil River's Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partners Jesse Harris & Richard Julian. Musicians include 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) and Smokey Hormel (Johnny Cash, Joe Strummer). The first single/video is for the album's lead track 'Chasing Pirates'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

31 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Norah's return to rock genre? A+!, November 17, 2009

By	Hayden R. Deck (Virginia, USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Overall Grade: A
Hilights: Chasing Pirates, Young Blood, It's Gonna Be, Man of the Hour

Since her major pop debut in 2002, Norah Jones has been fluffing our pillows and stoking the fires with her cozy hearthside tales and heartwarmingly hopeless romanticisms. At a glance one might think that the art for her latest release, "The Fall", which features our lady in a top hat and a snowy white gown sitting next to a large cuddly canine, would suggest yet another album of dessert wine pop-jazz. This is not the case. Instead, Norah sidesteps the "sweet" almost completely and heads into a more rock-based sound, for which her voice is perfectly suited. The direction is fresh and the pace is easy to settle into (with a pace set by "Chasing Pirates"). Though the album lacks a real kick-in-the-pants sort of song, it certainly delivers some of her best work to date. Expect less piano, more guitar, and the sweetest ending Norah could offer. Wonderful!

20 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good work from Ms Jones, November 17, 2009

By	William Merrill "eclecticist" (San Antonio, TX United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This new Norah CD is being received as some kind of "beefed up" version of her music, or a "return to rock." I understand where that perspective is coming from. The songs are more rock/ roots oriented, but for me, this is not any kind of major departure from her previous stuff. First, she's still a singer-songwriter, and the observational and confessional style of song she writes (or co-writes) is still very similar to before. Second, while the tunes often have a more upfront electric guitar (one difference), otherwise they are still largely on the mellow side. A new song such as "I Wouldn't Need You," still has Norah softly crooning the lyrics over a slow tempo, with a relatively gentle backing band. Not that this is a bad thing! I would use the word "charming" to describe the singer and her music, and that's undiminished on The Fall. Compared to someone else in the roots-rock field like Lucinda Williams, Norah Jones is not someone who's going to bowl you over with her passion. It's more of a seduction than an "in your face" approach. All of that said, I've really enjoyed listening to these new songs, and I think I'll be enjoying them much more in the days to come.

16 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some lights but many shadows, November 19, 2009

By	Jose Maria Cuellar (Madrid, Spain.) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I am a Norah Jones fan since her first and wonderful album "Come away with Me". This was a say, 10/10 album. Then came out "Feels like home", a 9/10 album, good but not perfect. Two years ago she gave us "Not Too Late", say 7/10. Now we have this "The Fall" and as you can guess from the album title, the rate is "falling" and I think this is a 6/10 album.

The first albums were full of memorable and captivating songs. This one is full of boring songs. "Chasing pirates" , "Tell yer Mama" or "Man of the hour" are lights but I find many of the other songs are just shadows.