Analogue Productions - AAPP 045 - 200 Gram Virgin Vinyl - AAA 100% Analogue

Mastered by Kevin Gray at Cohearent Audio 

Limited Edition - Pressed at QRP Quality Record Pressings  

AAA 100% Analogue This LP was Remastered using Pure Analogue Components Only, from the Master Tapes through to the Cutting Head

Gatefold, tip-on jackets on heavy cardboard stock, deluxe high quality!

It's tricky reviewing the work of Jones, who — like Alicia Keys and Aimee Mann — has redefined the nature of the distaff soloist. Unlike their predecessors, epitomised by Carole King and others, then learning how to translate the freedoms of feminism into a new language, this Jones is traceable to Rickie Lee Jones and even Sade, both of whom have added a sense of ease and sa voir faire in place of the angst. Jones has always come across as more mature than her years could possibly account for, because she exhibits the sensibilities of the great stylists of the 1940s-1950s. Thus, she seems both modern and 'vintage' all at once. The result is simply gorgeous." Sound Quality: 89%, — Ken Kessler, Hi-Fi News

Highly Recommended Sound 90%  Audiophile
What can we say? The Norah Jones collection from Analogue Productions and Quality Record Pressings are as good as it gets. Super quiet, incredible sound quality and should be in every collection. Not to mention, the performances are second to none.

"The Fall sounds particularly good — with Jones going for a different sonic palette ...The bass and general bottom end of tracks like 'Chasing Pirates' and 'Waiting' sounds exceptional on this vinyl pressing."  

Norah Jones went in new directions on her fourth full-length, 2009's The Fall, experimenting with different sounds and a new set of collaborators, including Jacquire King, a noted producer and engineer who had worked with Kings of Leon, Tom Waits, and Modest Mouse, among others.

During the 13-song set, Jones ditches the gentle piano playing of her preceding affairs and tears into fresh, beat-savvy arrangements, playing plenty of electric guitar and exploring the piercing quality of the Wurlitzer electric piano. 

Jones’ smoky voice and soulful veneer highlight the opening track and first single, "Chasing Pirates" while a slinky kind of ambience is dislplayed on "Light As a Feather" (co-written with Ryan Adams). The social commentary of "It’s Gonna Be" offers a garage-rock attitude, and "You’ve Ruined Me" claims a rich Americana flavor. But Jones is still a little bit country ("Tell Yer Mama") and a little bit rock ’n’ roll ("Stuck").

On The Fall, Jones enlisted several songwriting collaborators, including Adams and Okkervil River’s Will Sheff, as well as her frequent partners Jesse Harris and 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). 

Written-By, Vocals – Norah Jones

Side A:
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 
Side B:
1. You've Ruined Me 
2. Back To Manhattan 
3. Stuck 
4. December 
5. Tell Yer Mama 
6. Man Of The Hour