The Fall

Rock · 2009 · 14 tracks · 49m

The Fall

A gritty, guitar-driven pivot away from jazz-pop. Smoky, restless, and deeply urban, it trades gentle piano for electric textures and raw emotional weight.

The one where Norah Jones picks up a Telecaster and gets her heart broken in the city.

A restless and slightly gritty urban melancholy that feels like walking through a cold city at night.

The Fall · vs · Norah Jones

Restless+4.0σ

Restless saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 14 Tracks · 49m

01

Chasing Pirates

2:40

02

Even Though

3:52

03

Light as a Feather

3:52

04

Young Blood

3:38

05

I Wouldn’t Need You

3:30

06

Waiting

3:31

07

It’s Gonna Be

3:11

08

You’ve Ruined Me

2:45

09

Back to Manhattan

4:07

10

Stuck

5:15

11

December

3:05

12

Tell Yer Mama

3:25

13

Man of the Hour

2:57

14

Her Red Shoes

3:14

Moments Worth Waiting For

The fuzzy, distorted guitar riff that opens Chasing Pirates, signaling a total break from her previous acoustic sound.

The skeletal, bluesy stomp of It's Gonna Be where her vocals take on a sharper, more confrontational edge.

The cinematic, sweeping melancholy of Back to Manhattan that captures the feeling of a relationship ending in real-time.

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