| Norah Jones's New Album 'The Fall' |
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For the ailing music industry, Norah Jones is about as close to a sure thing as it's got. Every one of her first three records has gone to No. 1 both inside and outside the U.S.?she's sold more than 36 million albums around the world, and she's not even 30. "My first album was made by just throwing stuff to the wall to see if it stuck," she has said about Come Away With Me, which won eight Grammy Awards. The songs on that album were so delicately precious that you could almost flick them with your fingernail and they'd fall apart. Wildly successful, they were the beginning of an evolution: as she has said, "I hadn't even figured out what kind of music I wanted to do yet."
On The Fall, it's not just the instruments that have changed. The album was produced by Jacquire King, a new addition whose rock credits include Kings of Leon and Modest Mouse. Several co-writers made the album, too, including the prolific alt-country-rock wunderkind Ryan Adams. Texas indie rocker Will Sheff helped write "Stuck," a twangy tune that still showcases Jones's big ability to sing beautifully up high. But the new approach also poses the biggest risk to her longtime fans: with the louder band, her voice, rather than a shining jewel, may be lost amid the ruckus.
Norah Jones could have kept recording iterations of Come Away With Me for decades. Legions of fans, the record label, and her savings account all would have been plenty happy. Clearly, that's not what she's doing. The gradual shifts away from that oversize debut have worked so far, and thankfully, The Fall is an even bigger step away, and a step up in what is still the beginning of a big career.
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