Not Too Late
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Not Too Late is the third studio album
by jazz
and pop
musician Norah Jones
, released in January 2007. It was produced by Lee Alexander, the songwriter and bassist
featured on Jones's previous albums, Come Away with Me
and Feels like Home. The album reached number one in the United States
and the United Kingdom
.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200
, making it Jones' third consecutive number-one album. It was the tenth best-selling album of 2007, according to IFPI
.
, "Rosie's Lullaby" in Australia
, and "The Sun Doesn't Like You" in Brazil
. Jones wrote "Thinking About You" in 1999 with Ilhan Ersahin, her then-bandmate in Wax Poetic
, but she thought it was too much of a pop
song for her to record and rejected a version she recorded for Feels like Home. Jones had an acoustic guitar
with her on the tour and wrote more songs with it than she previously had: "The guitar is simple and a lot easier to carry than a piano", she said.
After the tour concluded, Jones began recording the album with Alexander, who "tweak[ed]" the lyrics of the songs and "pulled [them] into better shape", according to Jones. Not Too Late was mostly recorded at Jones's home studio and is the first album Jones recorded without producer Arif Mardin
, who died in the summer of 2006. Jones described the sessions as "fun, relaxed and easy" and without a deadline; executives at Blue Note Records reportedly did not know they were recording an album. Many of the sessions were "spur of the moment", with friends of Jones and musicians they recommended being asked to play. The album features guest appearances by organist Larry Goldings
, singer-songwriter M. Ward
, and Kronos Quartet
cellist Jeff Ziegler. Jones said the songs on the album are "not so cut-and-dried" compared to her earlier material and have "a twist to them". In contrast to her previous albums, the piano
, organ
and Wurlitzer
are not as prominent as the guitar: "the piano is always loud in the mix, but I've never been into it being the main rhythm instrument unless we're playing something funk
y. I've always liked the guitar as the rhythmic instrument", Jones explained.
, Jones' second album after Feels like Home to reach the merchant's all-time top ten pre-order list.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200
with first-week sales of 405,000. According to Nielsen SoundScan
, it was the eighteenth highest selling album of 2007 in the U.S., with 1.50 million copies sold. In the United Kingdom
, it entered the UK Albums Chart
at number one, becoming the 800th number-one album in the history of the chart; it sold 60,500 copies in its first week. It debuted at number five in Japan
, opening with sales of 36,400 copies; in Canada
, the album entered at number one with opening week sales of 36,000. In Australia
, it entered the ARIA Albums Chart at number two and was certified gold with shipments of 35,000 copies. The album reached number one in seventeen countries, including Germany
and France
. (For more information, see Charts.) According to a press release from EMI, Not Too Late is certified gold or platinum in twenty-one countries as of February 2007. In February, the IFPI
awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping one million copies in Europe.
The first single from the album was "Thinking About You
", which was released in the U.S. in early December 2006 and was one of the first songs by a major artist to be available for paid digital download
in mp3
format. "Not Too Late
" was released as a radio single in Taiwan
in early 2007. For the week beginning January 23, the entire album was streamed
on VH1.com's "Hear Music First" program. Jones recorded an hour-long performance for UK BBC
radio and television that was aired in late January, and she performed via simulcast
on the feature Live@BT: Norah Jones for Canada
's Citytv
in early February. The third single from the album was "Sinkin' Soon
", released in March.
Jones was scheduled to embark on a twenty-two date concert tour of North America, beginning on April 13 and ending on May 12. One of the dates was to take place at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, on April 28. On February 16, 2008, Not Too Late re-entered the Greek International Albums Chart at number fourteen and climbed to number thirteen the next week. On August 18, the album returned to the top ten on the French Albums Chart and reached number seven.
Studio album
A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...
by jazz
Jazz
Jazz is a musical style that originated at the beginning of the 20th century in African American communities in the Southern United States. It was born out of a mix of African and European music traditions. From its early development until the present, jazz has incorporated music from 19th and 20th...
and pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
musician Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
, released in January 2007. It was produced by Lee Alexander, the songwriter and bassist
Bass guitar
The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
featured on Jones's previous albums, Come Away with Me
Come Away with Me
Come Away with Me is the debut album of pianist and singer Norah Jones, released February 26, 2002 on Blue Note Records. Recording sessions for the album took place at New York City's Sorcerer Sound Studio and Shokan's Allaire Studios in 2001...
and Feels like Home. The album reached number one in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
.
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
, making it Jones' third consecutive number-one album. It was the tenth best-selling album of 2007, according to IFPI
IFPI
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...
.
Background and recording
Jones wrote most of the songs on the album when she was on tour during 2004 and 2005; for example, "Until the End" was written in the South PacificOceania
Oceania is a region centered on the islands of the tropical Pacific Ocean. Conceptions of what constitutes Oceania range from the coral atolls and volcanic islands of the South Pacific to the entire insular region between Asia and the Americas, including Australasia and the Malay Archipelago...
, "Rosie's Lullaby" in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, and "The Sun Doesn't Like You" in Brazil
Brazil
Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...
. Jones wrote "Thinking About You" in 1999 with Ilhan Ersahin, her then-bandmate in Wax Poetic
Wax Poetic
Wax Poetic is a New York-based trip-hop band. The band came together in 1997 founded by Turkish music guru Ilhan Ersahin who is still a current member, playing tenor saxophone and keys...
, but she thought it was too much of a pop
Pop music
Pop music is usually understood to be commercially recorded music, often oriented toward a youth market, usually consisting of relatively short, simple songs utilizing technological innovations to produce new variations on existing themes.- Definitions :David Hatch and Stephen Millward define pop...
song for her to record and rejected a version she recorded for Feels like Home. Jones had an acoustic guitar
Acoustic guitar
An acoustic guitar is a guitar that uses only an acoustic sound board. The air in this cavity resonates with the vibrational modes of the string and at low frequencies, which depend on the size of the box, the chamber acts like a Helmholtz resonator, increasing or decreasing the volume of the sound...
with her on the tour and wrote more songs with it than she previously had: "The guitar is simple and a lot easier to carry than a piano", she said.
After the tour concluded, Jones began recording the album with Alexander, who "tweak[ed]" the lyrics of the songs and "pulled [them] into better shape", according to Jones. Not Too Late was mostly recorded at Jones's home studio and is the first album Jones recorded without producer Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin
Arif Mardin was a Turkish-American music producer, who worked with hundreds of artists across many different styles of music, including jazz, rock, soul, disco, and country...
, who died in the summer of 2006. Jones described the sessions as "fun, relaxed and easy" and without a deadline; executives at Blue Note Records reportedly did not know they were recording an album. Many of the sessions were "spur of the moment", with friends of Jones and musicians they recommended being asked to play. The album features guest appearances by organist Larry Goldings
Larry Goldings
-Life and career:Goldings was born in Boston, Massachusetts. His father was a classical music enthusiast, and Larry studied classical piano until the age of twelve. While in high school at Concord Academy, he attended a program at the Eastman School of Music. During this period Erroll Garner,...
, singer-songwriter M. Ward
M. Ward
Matthew Stephen Ward, known by his stage name M. Ward, is a singer-songwriter and guitarist who rose to prominence in the Portland, Oregon music scene. In addition to his solo work he is known as a member of She & Him and Monsters of Folk.-Career:...
, and Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet
Kronos Quartet is a string quartet founded by violinist David Harrington in 1973 in Seattle, Washington. Since 1978, the quartet has been based in San Francisco, California. The longest-running combination of performers had Harrington and John Sherba on violin, Hank Dutt on viola, and Joan...
cellist Jeff Ziegler. Jones said the songs on the album are "not so cut-and-dried" compared to her earlier material and have "a twist to them". In contrast to her previous albums, the piano
Piano
The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard. It is one of the most popular instruments in the world. Widely used in classical and jazz music for solo performances, ensemble use, chamber music and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to composing and rehearsal...
, organ
Organ (music)
The organ , is a keyboard instrument of one or more divisions, each played with its own keyboard operated either with the hands or with the feet. The organ is a relatively old musical instrument in the Western musical tradition, dating from the time of Ctesibius of Alexandria who is credited with...
and Wurlitzer
Wurlitzer
The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, was an American company that produced stringed instruments, woodwinds, brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs, orchestrions, electronic organs, electric pianos and jukeboxes....
are not as prominent as the guitar: "the piano is always loud in the mix, but I've never been into it being the main rhythm instrument unless we're playing something funk
Funk
Funk is a music genre that originated in the mid-late 1960s when African American musicians blended soul music, jazz and R&B into a rhythmic, danceable new form of music. Funk de-emphasizes melody and harmony and brings a strong rhythmic groove of electric bass and drums to the foreground...
y. I've always liked the guitar as the rhythmic instrument", Jones explained.
Reception
Reviews of the album have generally been favorable. By January 29, 2007, it had become the most pre-ordered album of all time on Amazon.comAmazon.com
Amazon.com, Inc. is a multinational electronic commerce company headquartered in Seattle, Washington, United States. It is the world's largest online retailer. Amazon has separate websites for the following countries: United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Japan, and...
, Jones' second album after Feels like Home to reach the merchant's all-time top ten pre-order list.
The album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200
The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...
with first-week sales of 405,000. According to Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan
Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada...
, it was the eighteenth highest selling album of 2007 in the U.S., with 1.50 million copies sold. In the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
, it entered the UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart
The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled every week by The Official Charts Company and broadcast on a Sunday on BBC Radio 1 , and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website .To qualify for the UK albums chart...
at number one, becoming the 800th number-one album in the history of the chart; it sold 60,500 copies in its first week. It debuted at number five in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, opening with sales of 36,400 copies; in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
, the album entered at number one with opening week sales of 36,000. In Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
, it entered the ARIA Albums Chart at number two and was certified gold with shipments of 35,000 copies. The album reached number one in seventeen countries, including Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
and France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
. (For more information, see Charts.) According to a press release from EMI, Not Too Late is certified gold or platinum in twenty-one countries as of February 2007. In February, the IFPI
IFPI
The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland...
awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping one million copies in Europe.
The first single from the album was "Thinking About You
Thinking About You
"Thinking About You" is the first single from Norah Jones' third solo album, Not Too Late . Jones wrote "Thinking About You" in 1999 with Ilhan Ersahin, her then-bandmate in Wax Poetic. She said the song had "always been in the back of my mind", but she thought it was too much of a pop song for her...
", which was released in the U.S. in early December 2006 and was one of the first songs by a major artist to be available for paid digital download
Music download
A music download is the transferral of music from an Internet-facing computer or website to a user's local computer. This term encompasses both legal downloads and downloads of copyright material without permission or payment...
in mp3
MP3
MPEG-1 or MPEG-2 Audio Layer III, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a patented digital audio encoding format using a form of lossy data compression...
format. "Not Too Late
Not Too Late (song)
"Not Too Late" is a song written by Norah Jones and Lee Alexander, and is a single from Jones's third solo album, Not Too Late . It was released as a radio single in Taiwan in early 2007 ....
" was released as a radio single in Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
in early 2007. For the week beginning January 23, the entire album was streamed
Streaming media
Streaming media is multimedia that is constantly received by and presented to an end-user while being delivered by a streaming provider.The term "presented" is used in this article in a general sense that includes audio or video playback. The name refers to the delivery method of the medium rather...
on VH1.com's "Hear Music First" program. Jones recorded an hour-long performance for UK BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
radio and television that was aired in late January, and she performed via simulcast
Simulcast
Simulcast, shorthand for "simultaneous broadcast", refers to programs or events broadcast across more than one medium, or more than one service on the same medium, at the same time. For example, Absolute Radio is simulcast on both AM and on satellite radio, and the BBC's Prom concerts are often...
on the feature Live@BT: Norah Jones for Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
's Citytv
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
in early February. The third single from the album was "Sinkin' Soon
Sinkin' Soon
"Sinkin' Soon" is a song written by Norah Jones and Lee Alexander, and is the second single from Jones's third solo album, Not Too Late . It was released in the United States on March 26, 2007 ....
", released in March.
Jones was scheduled to embark on a twenty-two date concert tour of North America, beginning on April 13 and ending on May 12. One of the dates was to take place at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival, on April 28. On February 16, 2008, Not Too Late re-entered the Greek International Albums Chart at number fourteen and climbed to number thirteen the next week. On August 18, the album returned to the top ten on the French Albums Chart and reached number seven.
Track listing
Bonus track- "2 Men" (Jones, Alexander) (Japan bonus track) – 2:30
Deluxe version (CD and DVD)
- "Thinking About You" – music video
- "Sinkin' Soon" – music video
- "Until the End" – music video
- "Thinking About You" – Making of....
- "Sinkin' Soon" – Making of....
- "Until the End" – live performance filmed in Burbank, CA, in November 2006
- "Sinkin' Soon" – live performance filmed in Burbank, CA, in November 2006
- "12 minutes interview" – with Norah Jones
Charts
The album debuted on the Billboard 200 at #1, selling 405,000 copies in its first week in the United States. The album spent 34 weeks on the U.S. chart.| Chart | Provider(s) | Peak position |
Certification | Sales/ shipments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists... (U.S.) |
Billboard Billboard (magazine) Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis... |
1 | 2× platinum | 2,000,000 |
| Brazil ABPD | ABPD Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos The Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos is an official representative body of the record labels in the Brazilian phonographic market.- About :... |
— | Gold | 50,000 |
| Euro Album Chart | IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... |
1 | Platinum | |
| Argentinian Album Chart | CAPIF | 1 | ||
| Australian Album Chart | ARIA Australian Recording Industry Association The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australian recording industry which was established in 1983 by six major record companies, EMI, Festival, CBS, RCA, WEA and Universal replacing the Association of Australian Record Manufacturers which was formed in 1956... |
2 | Platinum | 70,000 |
| Austrian Album Chart | Media Control Media Control Charts The official music charts in Germany are gathered and published by the company Media Control GfK International on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie... Europe |
1 | 2× platinum | 40,000 |
| Belgium Album Chart (Flanders) | IFPI/Ultratop Ultratop Ultratop is an organization which generates and publishes the official record charts in Belgium, and it is also the name of most of those charts... |
1 | Gold | |
| Belgium Album Chart (Wallonia) | 1 | |||
| Canadian Album Chart | Nielsen SoundScan Nielsen SoundScan Nielsen SoundScan is an information and sales tracking system created by Mike Fine and Mike Shalett. Soundscan is the official method of tracking sales of music and music video products throughout the United States and Canada... |
1 | 2× platinum | 200,000 |
| Czech Album Chart | IFPI | 3 | ||
| Danish Album Chart | IFPI/Nielsen Music Control | 1 | Gold | 20,000 |
| Estonian Album Chart | Pedrobeat | 2 | Gold | 5,000 |
| Finnish Albums Chart | GLF GLF -Places:* Glenfinnan railway station, Scotland* Golfito Airport , Golfito, Costa Rica-Organizations:* GLF Feed Mill, Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange* Gay Liberation Front... |
1 | 12,000 | |
| French Albums Chart | SNEP/IFOP | 1 | 240,000 | |
| German Albums Chart | Media Control | 1 | Platinum | 200,000 |
| Greek International Albums Chart | IFPI | 2 | ||
| Greek Albums Chart | IFPI IFPI The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry is the organisation that represents the interests of the recording industry worldwide. It is a not-for-profit members' organisation registered in Switzerland... |
5 | ||
| Hungarian Top 40 Album Chart | Mahasz Mahasz Mahasz is the Hungarian music industry association, founded in 1992. Mahasz hands out the Hungarian Music Awards and maintains the music charts for Hungary.... |
1 | Gold | 5,000 |
| Irish Album Chart | IRMA Irish Recorded Music Association Irish Recorded Music Association is the Irish record industry association. IRMA is a non-profit association set up to manage and control the music industry in the Republic of Ireland.-Goals and activities:... |
2 | Gold | 7,500 |
| Italian Album Chart | FIMI/Nielsen SoundScan | 5 | Platinum | 80,000 |
| Japanese Albums Chart | Oricon Oricon , established in 1999, is the holding company at the head of a Japanese corporate group that supplies statistics and information on music and the music industry in Japan. It started as , which was founded by Sōkō Koike in November 1967 and became known for its music charts. Oricon Inc... /RIAJ |
5 | Gold | 190,000 |
| Korean Album Chart | MIAK | 1 | 12,000 | |
| Mexican Albums Chart | AMPROFON AMPROFON Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas is a non-profit organization integrated by multinational and national record companies in Mexico. Established on April 3, 1963, it groups phonographic companies that represent more than 70 percent of the market in Mexico... |
16 | ||
| Netherlands Albums Chart | NVPI/MegaCharts MegaCharts MegaCharts is responsible for the composition and exploitation of a broad collection of official charts in the Netherlands, of which the Mega Top 50 and the Mega Album Top 100 are the most known ones. Mega Charts also provides information to the Stichting Nederlandse Top 40, of which the Dutch Top... |
1 | ||
| New Zealand Albums Chart | RIANZ | 1 | 7,500 | |
| Norwegian Albums Chart | VG Nett Verdens Gang Verdens Gang , generally known under the abbreviation VG, is a Norwegian tabloid newspaper... |
1 | ||
| Polish Album Chart | ZPAV | 1 | Platinum | 20,000 |
| Portuguese Album Chart | AFP Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa The Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa is currently the only recording industry association in Portugal. Created in 1989, it succeeded GPPFV and UNEVA .... /Nielsen |
5 | Gold | 10,000 |
| Spanish Album Chart | PROMUSICAE PROMUSICAE Spanish Music Producers is a trade group representing the Spanish recording industry... /Media Control |
3 | Gold | 40,000 |
| Swiss Album Chart | Media Control Europe | 1 | 2× platinum | 60,000 |
| Swedish Album Chart | GLF GLF -Places:* Glenfinnan railway station, Scotland* Golfito Airport , Golfito, Costa Rica-Organizations:* GLF Feed Mill, Cooperative Grange League Federation Exchange* Gay Liberation Front... |
1 | Gold | 30,000 |
| Taiwanese International Album Chart | ICRT International Community Radio Taipei International Community Radio Taipei is Taiwan's only English-language radio station. Prior to 1979, the station served the U.S. military community in Taiwan as the United States Armed Forces Network Radio Taiwan... |
3 | ||
| UK Albums Chart | BPI British Phonographic Industry The British Phonographic Industry is the British record industry's trade association.-Structure:Its membership comprises hundreds of music companies including all four "major" record companies , associate members such as manufacturers and distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies... /The Official UK Charts Company The Official UK Charts Company The Official Charts Company , previously called the Chart Information Network and then The Official UK Charts Company, compiles various "official" UK record charts, including the UK Singles Chart, the UK Albums Chart, and the UK Official Download Chart, as well as genre-specific and music video... |
1 |
Year-end
| End of year chart (2007) | Position |
|---|---|
| German Albums Chart | 5 |
Personnel
- Vocals: Norah Jones
- Backing vocals: Norah Jones, Daru Oda, M. Ward, Richard Julian, Adam Levy
- Whistle: Daru Oda
- Piano: Norah Jones
- Chamberlain keyboards: Paul Bryan
- Acoustic guitars: Jesse Harris, Norah Jones
- Electric guitar: Adam Levy, Norah Jones, Tony Scherr, Robbie McIntosh
- Backwards electric guitars: Adam LevyAdam LevyAdam Levy is an accomplished jazz guitarist and singer-songwriter. Levy has recorded with Norah Jones, Tracy Chapman, Sex Mob, and Amos Lee, and has released several solo albums as well. is his latest....
- Pizzicato cello: Julia Kent
- Bowed cello: Jeffery Ziegler
- Guitjo: Jesse Harris
- Mandolin: Kevin Breit
- Trombone: J. Walker Hawkes
- Bass: Lee Alexander
- Bowed basses: Lee Alexander
- Drums: Andy Borger, Tony Mason
- Slit drum: Andy Borger
- Pots & Pans: Andy Borger
- Wurlitzer: Norah Jones
- Hammond B-3 organ: Larry Goldings, Devin Greenwood
- Marimba: Andy Borger
- Cymbals: Andy Borger
- Trumpet: Chuck Mackinnon
- Tenor sax: Rob Suddith, Bill McHenry
- Mellotron: Norah Jones
- Cellos: Julia Kent
- Pizzicato: Lee Alexander
- Tuba: Jose Davilla
- Lap steel: Lee Alexander
External links
- Not Too Late at DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
- Not Too Late at MetacriticMetacriticMetacritic.com is a website that collates reviews of music albums, games, movies, TV shows and DVDs. For each product, a numerical score from each review is obtained and the total is averaged. An excerpt of each review is provided along with a hyperlink to the source. Three colour codes of Green,...