Norah Jones - In the Dark - Non-Album Tracks (2001-2002)

I just posted an album by Sheryl Crow, and that reminded me that it's high time I post another album by Norah Jones, because the way I feel about Crow is exactly the same as how I feel about Jones except doubly so. Namely, for both artists, generally speaking, I find their stray tracks to be more interesting than their album tracks.

Jones has the reputation, which I think is deserved, of making jazzy, easy listening, mood music. It makes for good background music that you almost forget is playing. The problem is, Jones is a good songwriter, but not a great one. Her big hits have been written, or at least co-written, by others. Yet she fills her albums mostly with her own songs which are good for mood music, but rarely stand out on their own.

Luckily, there's a whole other Norah Jones career. It seems she's always up to lending her unique, sultry voice to other artists and to a wide variety of side projects. I like this Jones much better, because she still is great at setting a mood, but with a much better selection of songs.

This album is a case in point. If you look at the song list below, at least half of the songs are widely considered classics, and the rest are covers that are very much in the same vein. Her 2002 debut album "Come Away with Me" has sold nearly 30 million copies. I think that if this album would have been released as a follow up, it would have sold many, many millions too. But she's gone out of her way to avoid releasing a covers album, because she wants to be known as someone who does her own songs. Luckily, we can gather up her stray tracks and enjoy her as a covers artist too.

Furthermore, I added the a bonus track, "Que Sera, Sera." It's a live cover version from a bootleg. The sound quality is a little too rough to merit more than bonus track status. 

This album is 43 minutes long.

01 Something Is Calling You (Norah Jones)
02 Healing Hands of Time (Jim Campilongo Band with Norah Jones)
03 I'll Be Your Baby Tonight (Norah Jones)
04 Crazy (Norah Jones)
05 Bessie Smith (Norah Jones)
06 Comes Love (Norah Jones)
07 Everybody's Crying Mercy (Norah Jones)
08 Help Me Make It through the Night (Norah Jones)
09 Will You Love Me Tomorrow (Touch Acoustra with Norah Jones)
10 In the Dark (Norah Jones with Jools Holland)
11 Peace (Norah Jones)
12 Are You Lonesome Tonight (Norah Jones)

Que Sera, Sera (Norah Jones)

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The cover is based on a 2002 publicity photo.