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NORAH JONES RELEASES RAY CHARLES COVER “HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HIM SO”

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NORAH JONES RELEASES RAY CHARLES COVER “HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HIM SO”

A PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED TRACK FROM HER FIRST SESSIONS DEMOS
FEATURED ON THE EXPANDED VERSION OF HER SEMINAL DEBUT ALBUM
COME AWAY WITH ME: 20th ANNIVERSARY SUPER DELUXE EDITION

OUT APRIL 29 INCLUDING 22 PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD TRACKS


Norah Jones has released “Hallelujah, I Love Him So” a cover of Ray Charles’ classic song “Hallelujah, I Love Her So.” It’s one of the 22 previously unreleased tracks included on Come Away With Me: 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition, a remarkable collection that reveals for the first time the full story of the making of Norah’s seminal debut album. The song was recorded during the first demo sessions that Norah did for Blue Note in 2000, and features her on vocals with Jesse Harris on harmonica, Lee Alexander on bass, and Dan Rieser on drums and percussion. The demos led to Norah’s signing and the release of Come Away With Me, which came out in February 2002 and 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.

In addition to a remaster of the original album, which was produced by Arif Mardin, the 20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition also includes the original demos that Norah submitted to Blue Note, the complete First Session demos she made for the label, 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 Super Deluxe Edition was produced by Eli Wolf and will be released April 29 as a 3-CD set and May 20 as a 4-LP vinyl set, both of which come in premium packaging with an extensive booklet featuring new liner notes by Norah and rare session photos. The full digital collection, as well as standalone 1-LP and 1-CD versions of the remastered original album will also be released on April 29. The original album was remastered directly from the ½” vinyl master reels by Ted Jensen, with vinyl cut all-analog by Joe Nino-Hernes. All other material was mastered from the highest resolution digital source available by Ted Jensen and Greg Calbi, with vinyl cut by Joe Nino-Hernes.



WATCH THE ALBUM TRAILER 


Come Away With Me—20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition – Track Listing:


DISC 1


                Come Away With Me – 20th Anniversary Remaster
1              Don’t Know Why
2              Seven Years
3              Cold Cold Heart
4              Feelin’ The Same Way
5              Come Away With Me
6              Shoot The Moon
7              Turn Me On
8              Lonestar
9              I’ve Got To See You Again
10           Painter Song
11           One Flight Down
12           Nightingale
13           The Long Day Is Over
14           The Nearness Of You

DISC 2


                The Demos
1              Spring Can Really Hang You Up the Most
2              Walkin’ My Baby Back Home
3              World of Trouble
                First Sessions Outtakes
4              The Only Time
5              I Didn’t Know About You
6              Something Is Calling You (tabla version)
7              Just Like A Dream Today
8              When Sunny Gets Blue
9              What Am I To You
10           Hallelujah, I Love Him So
11           Daydream


All tracks above previously unreleased


                First Sessions EP
12           Don’t Know Why
13           Come Away With Me
14           Something Is Calling You
15           Turn Me On
16           Lonestar
17           Peace


These 6 demos previously released as the promo-only First Sessions EP


DISC 3


                The Allaire Sessions       
1              I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight
2              I’ve Got To See You Again *
3              What Would I Do
4              Come Away With Me *
5              Picture In A Frame **
6              Nightingale *
7              Peace *
8              What Am I To You *
9              Painter Song *
10           Turn Me On *
11           A Little At A Time
12           One Flight Down *
13           Fragile


*             alternate version
**           alternate mix


All tracks previously unreleased except “I’ll Be Your Baby Tonight” and “Picture In A Frame”

 

Norah Jones first emerged on the world stage with the February 2002 release of Come Away With Me, her self-described “moody little record” that introduced a singular new voice and grew into a global phenomenon, sweeping the 2003 GRAMMY Awards. Since then, Jones has become a nine-time GRAMMY-winner, sold more than 50 million albums, and her songs have been streamed six billion times worldwide. She has released a series of critically acclaimed and commercially successful solo albums—Feels Like Home (2004), Not Too Late (2007), The Fall (2009), Little Broken Hearts (2012), Day Breaks (2016), Pick Me Up Off The Floor (2020), the live album ‘Til We Meet Again (2021), and her first-ever holiday album I Dream Of Christmas (2021)—as well as albums with her collective bands The Little Willies, El Madmo, and Puss N Boots featuring Sasha Dobson and Catherine Popper who released their second LP Sister in 2020. The 2010 compilation …Featuring Norah Jones showcased her incredible versatility by collecting her collaborations with artists as diverse as Willie Nelson, Foo Fighters, Outkast, and Herbie Hancock. Since 2018 Jones has been releasing a series of singles including collaborations with artists and friends such as Mavis Staples, Jeff Tweedy, Thomas Bartlett, Tarriona Tank Ball, Rodrigo Amarante, and Brian Blade, some of which were compiled on the 2019 singles collection Begin Again.

Follow Norah Jones:
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