| Product Summary | | Label: Blue Note Records | | UPC: 00094637451625 | | Release Date: 1/30/2007 | | Buy.com Sku: 203756280 | | Item#: M3E6YC | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654 | Format:  CD |
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Special guests include Jesse Harris, M. Ward, Larry Goldings, Richard Julian, Robbie McIntosh, and Tony Scherr, among others.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel: Norah Jones (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano, pump organ, Wurlitzer organ, Mellotron); Norah Jones (Wurlitzer piano); Daru Oda (vocals, whistling, whistle); Adam Levy (vocals, electric guitar); M. Ward, Richard Julian (vocals); Tony Scherr, Robbie McIntosh (electric guitar); Lee Alexander (lap steel guitar, bass instrument); Rob Sudduth, Bill McHenry (tenor saxophone); Chuck MacKinnon (trumpet); J. Walter Hawkes (trombone); Jose Davila (tuba); Larry Goldings (organ, Hammond b-3 organ); Paul Bryan (keyboards); Jesse Harris (acoustic guitar); Kevin Breit (mandolin); Julia Kent, Jeffrey Zeigler (cello); Andrew Borger (marimba, drums, cymbals, pans); Tony Mason (drums). | | Audio Mixers: Tom Schick; Lee Alexander. | | Recording information: Brooklyn Recording, NY; The Coop, New York, NY. | | Photographer: Todd Chalfant. | | For a young and commercially successful artist, Norah Jones has admirably avoided playing it too safe. After scoring an unlikely sales sensation and multiple Grammy award winner with 2002's torchy COME AWAY WITH ME, Jones shifted gears slightly to accent that album's country and folk elements on the 1970s-styled follow-up, FEELS LIKE HOME. Following that, Jones deliberately played with expectations, first becoming a low-key sideman in a quirky alt-country band called the Little Willies, then playing the lead role in a new movie by Hong Kong arthouse director Wong Kar-Wai. | | Jones's third album, NOT TOO LATE, is perhaps not as extreme as any of those other moves away from her initial comfort zone, but it's a departure nonetheless. Recorded by Jones and longtime collaborator Lee Alexander in their home studio and featuring only self-penned material, NOT TOO LATE is far less polished than Jones's previous records, with many songs featuring little more than the singer's familiar croon, a Floyd Cramer-influenced piano, and Alexander's subtle bass. Not quite jazz, country, or pop, NOT TOO LATE fuses all of Jones's influences into an immediately identifiable whole. It's easily her most mature and personal album to date. |
Producer: Lee Alexander; Lee Alexander |
Engineer: Tom Schick; Tom Schick |
Musical Guests | | Larry Goldings |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | Norah Jones - Not Too Late - CD By: Brendan Butler - Cinema Blend CD Reviews Published on: 1/31/2007 7:44 PM | | It takes a particular mood to fully delve into the sultry, smooth rhythms and vocals of a Norah Jones record. We're usually used to something more fast-paced, booming and contemporary, so it might take some adjusting to sit still and mellow the senses. But once the necessary mood is reached, without any assistance from Xanax, the soothing sensation of her music is extraordinary. ...read the full review |
| Norah Jones - Not Too Late - CD By: El Bicho - Blogcritics.org Reviews Published on: 3/9/2007 5:50 PM | | Not Too Late opens with the somber “Wish I Could,” which leads off with just a guitar followed by Norah’s sublime vocals. This one is heavy for an opener, with lyrics about the unfairness of love in war. What kicks are lines like “I don’t tell her that I once loved you too” and “We met in a place I used to go/ Now I only walk by slow/ Can’t bear to go in without you, you know/ Wish I could.” Words that hit hard, as do the rest of the lyrics on this CD written by Norah or the team of Jones/Alexander.
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 01/30/2007 | | Original Release Date : 2007 | | Catalog ID : 74516 | | Label : Blue Note Records (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00094637451625 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.66)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[S]he's quirkier lyrically than any of her helpmates. And she remains pop's nicest superstar..."Entertainment Weekly (p.122)
- "NOT TOO LATE has a slightly, rougher, home-studio sound....[With] slow, gorgeous dream-pop ballads..." -- Grade: B- Q (p.98)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[An] understated blend of country, folk, jazz and soul....Simple songs, lovingly crafted and sweetly sung." Uncut (p.75)
- 4 stars out of 5 -- "[S]omething altogether fresh....Just like that, Jones transforms herself into the gentlest of cutting-edge artists." Down Beat (p.58)
- "Jones still favors gentle love songs, tunes streaked with a mix of nostalgia and hope, and her elegant amalgam of acoustic pop, soft focus country and polished blues still goes down like a spoonful of sugar." No Depression (p.108)
- "NOT TOO LATE operates from an intimate stance.....Acoustic textures and bone-dry vocals draw the focus to the tune..." Mojo (Publisher)
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- 4 stars out of 5 -- "Jones has reclaimed her music on her own terms, establishing a new level of artistry with a fascinating line in subversion of the politest kind." Rolling Stone 6 of 10
In general, the organs and cellos and even horns Jones enlists blend into what must now be deemed an all-too-soothing formula. The fans who adore her take this formula as proof of her kindness, and they're probably right. - Robert Christgau
L.A. Times 7 of 10
On the country side project the Little Willies and in a guest vocal with the experimental rock-hip-hop band Peeping Tom, she loosened up and showed a lively, rowdy side.
A bit of that spirit finds its way onto her third album, which comes out Tuesday. In "Sinkin' Soon," a Weill-style cabaret number, and the theatrical "My Dear Country," she's an entirely different singer, with an edgy tone and an animated personality. "Little Room" is less adventurous, but she does give it a bit of bawdiness. But whenever she finds herself somewhere like that, she quickly repairs to her sanctuary of austere alt-country and simmering light soul.
- Richard Cromelin
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| | Bio | | When young singer/pianist Norah Jones arrived in New York City from Texas, few expected that within a couple of years she'd be a chart-topping, MTV-friendly, press-besieged sensation. Yet she charmed listeners by the truckload with her 2002 Blue Note release Come Away With Me, with ethereal, wispy vocals, melodic, dewy piano work, and the songwriting acumen of such NYC cult heroes as Jesse Harris.
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