Come Away With Me
by Norah Jones
User Score
8.0

Generally favorable reviews- based on 76 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 63 out of 76
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 76
  3. Negative: 10 out of 76

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  1. HeatherM
    Mar 30, 2005
    5
    Not bad but severely overrated. Safer than milk, i.e. TOO safe, no back-bone, no risks, virtually no excitement. She has a beautiful voice, but a fine instrument doesn't mean much when it's stuck playing Muzak. The first song is pleasant, but you may have trouble staying awake past the halfway point, unless you're the type who treats music like background noise, in which Not bad but severely overrated. Safer than milk, i.e. TOO safe, no back-bone, no risks, virtually no excitement. She has a beautiful voice, but a fine instrument doesn't mean much when it's stuck playing Muzak. The first song is pleasant, but you may have trouble staying awake past the halfway point, unless you're the type who treats music like background noise, in which case this should do fine. There's nothing wrong with soft pop, but if this is supposed the 'best' that's out there, then the public's either too desperate or need to challenge themselves a wee bit more.… Expand
  2. All_ButTrU4
    May 20, 2022
    4
    Cool easy listening by a light jazzy voice. Nora Jones one in a million success is no confusion once you begin to pierce individually the soft ballads she spins. It just puts you at peace...but it is flawed by a gradual pace and lack of compositional diversity.

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#30 Best Album of 2002
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#57 Most Discussed Album of 2002
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#22 Most Shared Album of 2002

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Metascore
82

Universal acclaim - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 9
  3. Negative: 0 out of 9
  1. Austin Chronicle
    67
    There's a seductive quality to the simple yet sophisticated and intimate ambience Jones creates with this music.
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  2. The A.V. Club
    90
    A showcase for Jones' remarkable voice, the disc captures a singer whose rare instinct for interpretation always serves the song, rather than working against it.
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  3. Amazon.com
    70
    Her readings of the Hank Williams classic, "Cold Cold Heart" and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You" alone are worth the price of the CD.
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