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The Fall | 
| Artist: Norah Jones
Label: Blue Note Records
Category: Music
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Rating:  138 reviews
Sales Rank: 201
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.2 x 4.6 x 0.2
EAN: 5099969928628
ASIN: B002NWRMVS
Release Date: November 17, 2009
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| Tracks:
| | Chasing Pirates | | | Even Though | | | Light As A Feather | | | Young Blood | | | I Wouldn't Need You | | | Waiting | | | It's Gonna Be | | | You've Ruined Me | | | Back To Manhattan | | | Stuck | | | December | | | Tell Yer Mama | | | Man of the Hour |
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Album 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'.
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 Norah's return to jazz rock genre? A+! November 17, 2009
Hayden R. Deck (Virginia, USA)
94 out of 102 found this review helpful
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!
Dark and edgy, but still pretty! November 17, 2009
Nse Ette (Lagos, Nigeria)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Having broken up with boyfriend and long time musical collaborator Lee Alexander, Norah Jones' fourth CD "The Fall" finds her working with a new producer Jacquire King, and headed more in an edgier and denser Blues/Rock direction. It's not a dramatic makeover, subtle, but it shows.
Opening is "Chasing pirates", a quivering soft Rock song. Similar is "Even though". Other upbeat numbers include the pulsing "Young blood" (with quivering guitars), the incredibly catchy Rocking Blues "It's gonna be" (which is so KT Tunstall sounding), and the gently galloping Country-tinged "Tell yer mama".
Everything else is smouldering and slow, with standouts including the forlorn sounding "Light as a feather" (co-written with Ryan Adams), "I wouldn't need you", the slowly chugging "Waiting", the seasonal but cold sounding acoustic ballad "December" (really a break up song), and the Jazzy piano/acoustic "Man of the hour" (in which she appears to sing about her ideal man till you realize she's singing about her dog), the lone throwback to her old sound.
Her voice is as smooth, breathy and elfin as always and while fans of Norah of old may scratch their heads a wee bit at first, this should win her some new fans, especially those that cheekily nicknamed her Snorah.
A great new direction .... I love it November 23, 2009
H. R. Daniel Guerra (Kingwood, TX USA)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Ok, so Norah Jones is a constantly growing artist and this growth has taken her into a great new direction! The music, the phrasing, the words, and the driving beats in songs like Chasing Pirates and Young Blood just keep Rocking! There is not a weak song on the album and after many many listens I have ranked this album up there with "Come away with Me." On The Fall Norah's instrument of choice, (and mine) is her beautiful voice that rises above the retro guitars and banging drums to cut through the distorted piano and guitar like a knife seeking the heart. Gone are the quietly lush orchestrations of her earlier albums and they have been replaced with guitar, bass, drums, and a Wurlitzer keyboard, that will easily be duplicated in concert in smaller venues. Yea, I can't wait! I find it a little dissapointing that some people just don't get it but that is their problem. I get it and I love it.
Norah Jones continues with class November 23, 2009
cdmusicline (Fullerton, CA United States)
8 out of 10 found this review helpful
Norah Jones is one of this decades classiest young singers. She has relied on her talent to sell 3 (soon to 4) multi-platinum albums.
Her latest effort "The Fall" bring a slightly new sound from Norah. She's not rocking as some reviewer claim. The main difference is instead of being piano based songs these songs are guitar driven. I really enjoy the smooth electric guitar sounds featured in most of the songs. I have always been a fan of electric guitar and am happy that Norah Jones is finally featuring more guitar in her work. On several of the songs Norah herself picks up the guitar and plays the instrument herself. She's a fine guitarist. I especially like the percussion and bass lines in each song. There's a bit more rhythm on this album than past works.
I find this to be a nice development from Norah. It's cool with a focus more on pop-rock sounds.
Favorite tracks:
Chasing Pirates
It's Gonna Be
Stuck
Tell Yer Mama
As a Not-So-Faithful Fan...I LOVE IT! May 25, 2010
K. Ritchie (GA)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
What I mean by my title is that I liked Norah Jones when she first debuted, but after a while, I found her to be a little "soft" for my tastes. I have tuned in and out over the past few years and am happy to say that this album has got my FULL attention! This is, for me, a fabulous, complex and yet simple album that adds a lovely (gritty?) depth to Norah's musical repertoire--I can truly appreciate the change of pace and NJ's willingness to experiment. Her current sound is definitely heavier than I have heard in the past, but in an extremely pleasing way. I cannot define the genre of this title, but to my untrained ear, I think her influences encompass rock, folk, jazz, blues...a harmonious blend indeed. I must say that I understand how some critics feel as though they have been disappointed by "The Fall," although I feel TOTALLY differently; I know that most of us want our favorite artists to keep putting out that comfy old shoe style that we come to know and love, but these are ARTISTS and risks have to be taken for the sake of personal growth. In my opinion, this risk paid off big time, but hey--you like what you like. I would challenge any folks who are put off at the first listen to keep this in rotation for a while. Give Norah a fair shot here, and I really do think that she (and her new crew) will win you over!
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