Art K.
The Voodoo You Do!
Norah Jones - The Fall
Mixed bag. "Back to Manhatten" seems the closest to evolution that we get on the record. "December" is classic Norah, nothing new but if it ain't broke...
A blending of the old Nora and this strange mess that she is experimenting with on this record are "Tell Yer Mama" and "Man of the Hour". Not bad.
Seems that several songs are an attempt to pander to critics by presenting something new and different, a visit to her dark side, but in the end it sounds more like a failed attempt to reach the stars already long ago reached by Neko Case, The White Stripes and Lorreta Lynn and others. Thankfully, like Cassandra Wilson on "Thunderbird" and Lucinda Williams on "Honey Bee", Nora and her producers can't hide her talent in a bunch of electronic mess and she still shines through, but on some of these songs it's more like a peak of sunshine through the clouds.
All in all it's a keeper, but I'm looking forward to the next one, more as redemption than anything else.
Mixed bag. "Back to Manhatten" seems the closest to evolution that we get on the record. "December" is classic Norah, nothing new but if it ain't broke...
A blending of the old Nora and this strange mess that she is experimenting with on this record are "Tell Yer Mama" and "Man of the Hour". Not bad.
Seems that several songs are an attempt to pander to critics by presenting something new and different, a visit to her dark side, but in the end it sounds more like a failed attempt to reach the stars already long ago reached by Neko Case, The White Stripes and Lorreta Lynn and others. Thankfully, like Cassandra Wilson on "Thunderbird" and Lucinda Williams on "Honey Bee", Nora and her producers can't hide her talent in a bunch of electronic mess and she still shines through, but on some of these songs it's more like a peak of sunshine through the clouds.
All in all it's a keeper, but I'm looking forward to the next one, more as redemption than anything else.
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