"No One Noticed, We Set Five Boroughs Aflame"

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	• The Fall Norah Jones Blue Note Records, 2009 average customer review:based on 117 reviews view larger image
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Confused! Where is "Tell Yer Mama"

I listen to the CD daily, and my favorite track is"Tell Yer Mama" However, that song is not in the list of the contents of the two CDs. If this is a mistake it should be corrected. If the list is correct, then do not buy this version - Tell Yer Mama is the great song of The Fall.
Let's assume the list is a mistake. What I have been hearing in the music of Norah Jones became explicit in my thinking when I saw Blueberry Nights. At the end, I said to my date, "That end credit music sounds like Ry Cooder," and it was. I am hearing a lot of Cooder's style in The Fall, and that brings two of my favorite artists together.

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Her voice and music are pleasant. I don't think anything is ground breaking here, but I do enjoy her music once and a while. 3 Stars people. Nothing more, nothing less. She is talented.

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The BEST Norah Jones yet!

Everyone is entitled to their opinion - but if you like Norah Jones please do not let the negative reviews dissuade you. In my opinion this is, by far, Norah's best.

"No One Noticed, We Set Five Boroughs Aflame"

The Fall is Norah Jones's fourth studio album. For this record, she's chosen a slightly different direction than her previous releases. The Fall has more of an art-rock sound it to it, probably the result of Jones's decision to have Jacquire King produce the recording. According to interviews, Norah is a big fan of the Tom Waits' album Mule Variations, on which King was an engineer. Along with King, Jones also enlists Waits collaborators Smokey Hormel and Marc Ribot on a few tracks.

While the tempo of the music hasn't changed from her previous albums, The Fall is darker lyrically and musically. The songs may not be fast, but they have an intensity like a slow burn. Jones's voice smolders over each track, landscapes of distorted guitar, echoey piano, and distant drums. Her songwriting has improved with each release and some of her best work is on display here. She chooses songwriting partners well, such as Ryan Adams ("Light as a Feather"), and Okerville River's Will Scheff ("Young Blood").

If you purchase the CD version of The Fall, be sure to download the Amazon exclusive track, "Can't Stop", which is so good that I can't fathom how she decided to leave it off the album proper. It certainly makes for a better coda than the canine ode "Man of the Hour", by far the album's weakest moment. Here's hoping Norah continues her musical development and releasing beautiful albums like The Fall.

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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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