Customer Reviews
NORAH JONES - come away with me - By: Tapfer Herz, 10 Aug 2008 
The album was fantastic! The selection of songs was good. The songs are beautifully sung; I especially enjoyed `Don't Know Why' & `Nightingale'. Norah has a great voice, her music is soothing. NORAH JONES - come away with me, is definitely a good buy!
Nightingale!!! - By: Nick Dunning, 28 May 2008 Well, I have just worked my way through 70 reviews of this wonderful album, & did not see a single mention of what, to me, is the best track on here, so I thought I would try to redress the balance.
The songin question is the magnificent Nightingale, one of Norah's own compositions. I can remember the first time I listened to this album, it was onin the background whilst we were cooking or something, & the album slipped by beautifullyin the background, but when it came to Nightingale, my ears really pricked up & I had to go back & listen to it again.
To me, everything about the song is fantastic, from the vocals to the unusual drumming to the absolute highlight of the song - the guitar solo. I am a bit of a guitar solo nut, & enjoy all genres of music from the heaviest metal, to jazz to country & plain old rock, & to me, the soloin this song is as good as any I have heard. The tone of the guitar is amazing, & the solo is composed beautifully, perfectly fitting into the song, which is what a good solo should do.
Anyway, I am glad I have got that off my chest now.
The rest of the album is marvellous, too, especially Come Away With Me, one of the most relaxing songs ever.
Seduction on a silver platter - By: bugrit, 18 Jun 2007 Norah has the most seductive vocal delivery I have ever heardin all my years of buying recorded music. The first time I noticed such things was when I heard the Supremes, led by the voluptuously skinny Dianna Ross, doing "Baby Love" on TOTP half a century ago. Since then, I have moved on to Julie London, Peggy Lee, Nancy Wilson & sundry other sultries but none of them is a patch on Norahin the seductivenesss stakes. Female crooning just doesn't come any more breathily appealing than this.
I'm listening to the album right now & I'm going to sign off so I can immerse myselfin her version of Hoagy Carmichael's superb "Nearness of You" again. Although he wrote it seventy years ago, it now belongs to Norah... & to me & to every other bloke on the planet who cares to give it a listen. I'm sure that would include Hoagy as well, if he were still around to hear it.
this album is absolutely fantastic - By: dan the fan, 20 Jul 2006 I don't usually listen to laid-back-take-it-easy music like this,but I have to say this cd is wonderful.Its classy mix of country,pop & jazz are a powerful cocktail & highly addictive.By the time Norah got to the title track Come Away with Me I found myself thinking "just tell me where we're going honey!" By the time the next track Shoot the Moon arrived I felt as though I could.For me this album is summed up by The Nearness of You.But it's Norah who's near:you really feel that she's singing to you.
Be moved - By: Mr. L. Parker, 28 Nov 2005 There will always be some fans of any genre that isn't pop who will instantly hate something for its popularity & desperately try & shout about how this isn't rock/metal/jazz etc.
Forget the genre. Forget the popularity & forget the adverts on telly & just listen.
This album has stolen my heart, thrown it on top of its piano & sauntered off into a lazy sunset. It is superb. Probably one of the best albums I have heardin a LONG time (and I work with music).
Norah's voice, which is a beautiful sound on the ear, takes you through a fantastic series of songs each as beautiful as the last. The powerin her voice is distinct & obvious, but she does not belt out the sounds needlessly, with only a hint at what she can do. She takes us gently, & its unutterably beautiful.
Just buy the album. Outstanding
