Norah Jones didn't mean to make another album. After she finished touring 2016's Day Breaks — her beloved return to piano-based jazz — she walked away from the well-worn album cycle grind and into an unfamiliar territory without boundaries: a series of short sessions with an ever-changing array of collaborators resulting in a diverse stream of singles (with Mavis Staples, Rodrigo Amarante, Thomas Bartlett, Tarriona Tank Ball, and more). But then an odd thing happened. Slowly but surely, the session songs Jones hadn't released congealed into that very thing she'd meant to avoid — an album, lucky for us. Because Pick Me Up Off The Floor is not some disjointed collage. It holds together beautifully, connected by the sly groove of her piano trios, lyrics that confront loss and portend hope, and a heavy mood that leans into darkness before ultimately finding the light.

《诺拉琼丝：家的感觉》2003春天——她的初试啼声感动了整个世界，超过2千万颗的心得到抚慰。2004春天——那个满怀着8座葛莱美奖的女孩，即将再度用她温暖的声音，拂去你辛劳的尘埃，陪伴你迎接每一天。首张专辑全球突破2000万张的销售量蝉联Billboard流行专辑TOP40长达46周，2003葛莱美奖8项大奖最大赢家与制作人Arif Mardin再度合作，备受瞩目的全新专辑13曲全新作品，全心收录。



☆ 首支浪漫主打Don't Know Why调曲创作人Jesse Harris客串吉他演奏/Norah与贝斯手Lee Alexander共谱　柔美情歌/电影《蝴蝶》英文主题曲Those Sweet Words。
☆ 大破美国iTUNES网站Digital Download单日点选最高纪录，媲美Come Away With Me全新推曲Sunrise/Norah首次尝试轻快节奏/乡村天后桃莉芭顿热情跨刀合唱曲Creepin'in及重新演绎汤尼冯查德经　典之作的Be Here To Love Me。
☆ 特立风格葛莱美奖传奇歌手汤姆威兹与夫人Kathleen Brennan共同谱写新作The Long Way Home。
☆ 特别推荐艾灵顿公爵Duke Ellington名曲Melancholia首次演唱版本Don't Miss You At All。

“ 我喜欢把期望值降低一点，因为这样的话，一旦成绩还不错，你就会享受到意外的惊喜。”2002年2月，诺拉琼丝在Blue Note唱片公司旗下发行她的首张个人专辑《Come Away With Me远走高飞》时，这位当时只有22岁的年轻歌手并不晓得这张专辑发行后，排山倒海而来的成串惊喜。《远走高飞》专辑在商业与口碑方面都获得了压倒性的胜利，不但让诺拉抱走了8座葛莱美奖，专辑的销售数字也直线狂飙，成为一张多白金唱片。

去年四月，诺拉与她的乐团伙伴们在纽约郊区的一间录音室里开始新专辑的录制工作。就像在第一张专辑一样，在这张最新专辑《Feels Like Home家的感觉》中透着乡村、流行与爵士等各式不同曲风色调。在这张新专辑中，诺拉再度与制作人Arif Mardin以及与她默契娴熟的乐团成员们倾力合作演出，自己身兼歌手/创作者与钢琴演奏者三重身分。专辑中的13首歌曲，除了诺拉自己以及她与老搭档 Lee Alexander共同谱写的伤口之外，也收录了几首由与诺拉合作的乐团成员及好友所创作的歌曲，并首次尝试以翻唱的方式，重新演绎Townes Van Zandt的Be Here To Love Me、Tom Waits与夫人Kathleen Brennan合的 The Long Way Home 以及诺拉四年前就构思完成，将艾灵顿公爵（Duke Ellington）的Melancholia填上歌词，并名改为Don't Miss You At All的作品等三首经典老歌。首支单曲Sunrise 带着明亮、活泼的感觉，这首歌曲是由诺拉与Lee Alexander共同谱写的。另外两首由Don't Know Why创作者Jesse Harris客串吉他演奏的慢板抒情曲Carnival Town,Those Sweet Words,及乡村音乐传奇歌后桃莉芭顿（DollyParton）、 著名摇滚经典团体The Band的鼓手Levon Helm以及风琴手Garth Hudson、诺拉的好友吉他手Jesse Harris与Tony Scher、鼓手Brian Blade，还有键盘乐器手Rob Burger等，亦同时为这张专辑带来令人兴奋的感动。

灵感上正是 “Feels Like Home”专辑的核心。诺拉在努力维持《远走高飞》专辑一样的浓醇音乐的同时，她也强调她并不想复制《远走高飞》的成功模式：“我很高兴大家喜欢我的上一张专辑，那纪录了当时的我在音乐上的想法，现在这张专辑则反映出我现在的想法。这就是我对录制唱片的感觉，就像拍快照一样，纪录下当时的心情。录这张专辑带给我们好多乐趣。”

01 Sunrise 日出
02 What Am I to You? 对你来说我算什么
03 Those Sweet Words 那些甜言蜜语
04 Carnival Town 狂欢之城
05 In the Morning 在清晨
06 Be Here to Love Me 留在这里爱我
07 Creepin In 早早来看我
08 Toes 脚趾
09 Humble Me 轻视我
10 Above Ground 地面上
11 The Long Way Home 漫漫回家路
12 The Prettiest Thing 最美丽的事
13 Don't Miss You At All 不去想你

It is not just the timbre of Norah Jones's voice that is mature beyond her 22 years. Her assured phrasing and precise time are more often found in older singers as well. She is instantly recognizable, blending shades of Billie Holiday and Nina Simone without sounding like anyone but herself. Any way you slice it, she is a singer to be reckoned with. Her readings of the Hank Williams classic "Cold Cold Heart" and Hoagy Carmichael's "The Nearness of You" alone are worth the price of the CD. Jones's own material, while not bad, pales a bit next to such masterpieces. They might have fared better had she and producer Arif Mardin opted for some livelier arrangements, taking better advantage of brilliant sidemen such as Bill Frisell, Kevin Breit, and Brian Blade; or if the tunes had simply been given less laconic performances. Jones has all the tools; what will come with experience and some careful listening to artists like J.J. Cale and Shirley Horn is the knack of remaining low-key without sounding sleepy--sometimes less is not, in fact, more. --Michael Ross

2000年，钢琴手兼歌手Norah Jones还未获得那8个格莱美大奖，她只是在纽约东部贫民区的起居室里演奏，她应邀为吉他手Peter Malick和他的乐队演唱几首布鲁斯。这张唱片的灵感源于Ray Charles和Billie Holiday等名家的经典作品，也是一张典型的唱作人专辑，而Jones那同样经典的演唱风格更是将其演绎得淋漓尽致。大部分Malick的曲目都是当代蓝调，让人想念起Bonnie Raitt和Eric Clapton的作品。“Strange Transmissions”，一首忧郁的爱的宣言，Jones醇美的嗓音奠定了她后来布鲁斯歌后的地位，而“Heart of Mine”则表明，这个钢琴家充满生气的风格与Bob Dylan是绝配。至于首席Malick，为大部分曲子贡献了他沉静切肤的吉他演奏。