20th Anniversary Edition of 'Come Away With Me' announced
Norah Jones' seminal debut album is set to have a deluxe release in 2022
Last updated 16th Mar 2022
Norah Jones and Blue Note Records has announced a deluxe 20th-anniversary super-edition of her debut album Come Away With Me.
Released by the legendary jazz label Blue Note Records, Come Away With Me wasn’t a conventional jazz album, nor did it resemble anything else on the pop landscape of 2002. But Come Away With Me, would go on to charm the world and introduce one of the greatest voices of our time. The album steadily grew into a global phenomenon, reaching #1 in 20 countries, selling nearly 30 million copies, and sweeping the 2003 GRAMMY Awards with eight wins including 'Album of the Year', 'Record of the Year', 'Song of the Year', and 'Best New Artist'.
The new edition is a remarkable 44-track collection that captures the emergence of a singular talent and reveals for the first time the full story of the making of this now-classic album. In addition to a remaster of the original album, which was produced by Arif Mardin, the Super Deluxe Edition also includes 22 previously unreleased tracks including the original demos that Norah submitted to Blue Note, the complete First Session demos she made after being signed, and the first version of the album that Norah made at Allaire Studios with producer Craig Street, most of which has never been heard before and offers a fascinating look at the album that might have been.
The 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition was produced by Eli Wolf and will be released digitally and physically as a 4-LP vinyl set and a 3-CD set, both of which come in premium packaging with an extensive booklet featuring new liner notes by Norah and rare session photos. Standalone 1-LP and 1-CD versions of the remastered original album will also be released.
The Jazz FM Award-winning singer and pianist says she’ll be “forever grateful” to Blue Note Records for taking a chance on the album. Reflecting on the 20th anniversary, Norah said: "I figured it was a good first try and felt that it truly captured who I was - musically - at that time, which made me the proudest and is all you can really hope for when making a record. In the end, I was so thankful that I got to explore a few different paths before putting them all together. No one, including the label, had any idea it would reach the success that it did."
When is Norah Jones' Come Away With Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition going to be released?
Norah Jones' Come Away With Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition will be released via Blue Note Records / UMe on the 29th of April 2022.
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