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Little Broken Hearts ~ Norah Jones [2012]

Bought this cd when it first came, out but the Title Track JUST HIT ME, I enjoyed it before, but something about the bass vocals and murkiness just snapped

Little broken hearts of the night
Slowly picking up their knives
On the way to the fight
Tonight they want revenge

Beautiful soldiers in their beds
Making love inside their hands
With no chance to defend
Tonight could be their end

With the weapons in their hands
And their eyes closed as they stand
Can they end it all tonight so easily?

Did the darkness of their days
Make them let go of their light?
Will they want to find a way
To make it all right?

When the beautiful awake
See the sadness in their eyes
Will they want to find a way
To make it all right,
To make it all right?

Only the fallen need to rise
What if lightning strikes them twice?
Will they give up on their lives
And finally divide?

Did the darkness of their days
Make them let go of their light?
Can they ever find a way
To sleep side by side?

When the beautiful awake
See the sadness in their eyes
Will they ever find a way
To sleep side by side,
To sleep side by side,
To sleep side by side?

Credits for Little Broken Hearts adapted from album liner notes.

  • Norah Jones – vocals, acoustic guitar, bass, electric guitar, guitar, organ, piano, Rhodes, Wurlitzer
  • Ronette Bowie – A&R administration
  • Brian Burton – acoustic guitar, bass, drums, electric guitar, organ, percussion, piano, producer, programming, string arrangements, synthesizer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Dan Elkan – electric guitar
  • Sarai Fiszel – make-up artist
  • Vanessa Freebairn-Smith – score preparation
  • Ira Friedman – business affairs
  • Frank Harkins – art direction, design
  • Kemal Harris – stylist
  • Jonathan Hischke – bass
  • Zach Hochkeppel – product manager
  • Liz Isik – A&R administration
  • Gordon H. Jee – creative director
  • Mandy Lyons – hair stylist
  • Heather McIntosh – bass, cello, cello arrangement
  • Blake Mills – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • Todd Monfalcone – electric guitar, engineer
  • Frank W. Ockenfels 3 – photography
  • Tom Schick – additional engineer
  • Gus Seyffert – backing vocals, bass, electric guitar
  • Sonus Quartet – strings
  • Kennie Takahashi – engineer, mixing
  • Joey Waronker – drums, percussion
  • Eli Wolf – A&R
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Norah Jones (born Geethali Norah Jones Shankar; March 30, 1979) is an American singer-songwriter, pianist, and actress. She is the daughter of Indian sitar player Ravi Shankar and Sue Jones. She is also Anoushka Shankar's half-sister.

Jones was born in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York, to Indian sitar player Pandit Ravi Shankar and American concert producer Sue Jones. After her parents' separation in 1986, Jones spent her childhood with her mother in Grapevine, Texas. She attended Colleyville Middle School and Grapevine High School before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. While in high school, Jones sang in the school choir, participated in band and played the alto saxophone. At the age of sixteen, with her parents' consent, she officially changed her name to Norah Jones.

Jones always had an affinity for the music of Bill Evans and Billie Holiday, among other "oldies". She once said, "My mom had this eight-album Billie Holiday set; I picked out one disc that I liked and played that over and over again."

Jones began singing in church choirs and took piano lessons as a child. She still attends church. She considers herself spiritual and appreciates the rituals of her church but does not consider herself deeply religious.

She attended Interlochen Center for the Arts during the summers. While at high school, she won the DownBeat Student Music Awards for Best Jazz Vocalist (twice, in 1996 and 1997) and Best Original Composition (1996).

Jones attended the University of North Texas (UNT), where she majored in jazz piano and sang with the UNT Jazz Singers. During this time, she had a chance meeting with future collaborator Jesse Harris. She gave a ride to a band playing at the university whose members happened to be friends of Harris. He was on a cross-country road-trip with friend and future Little Willies member, Richard Julian, and stopped to see the band play. After meeting Jones, Harris started sending her lead sheets of his songs. In 1999, she left for New York City. Less than a year later, she started a band with Harris, which made her famous.

2012–present: Little Broken Hearts

After working with Danger Mouse and Daniele Luppi on some of the tracks of their album Rome, Jones teamed up with Danger Mouse for her fifth studio album, Little Broken Hearts, which was released on May 1, 2012. Jones played the album at SXSW 2012 in its entirety. American Songwriter has referred to Little Broken Hearts as the "most dramatic and rewarding departure she’s made in her career."

On May 25, 2012, Norah Jones kicked off her fifth world tour in Paris. Her tour includes stops in Europe, North America, Asia, South America, and Australia.

Norah Jones performed in London at the Roundhouse on Monday, September 10, 2012, as part of the iTunes Festival lineup. The concert was broadcast live over the internet.

In September 2012, she was featured in a campaign called "30 Songs / 30 Days" to support Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, a multi-platform media project inspired by Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn’s book.


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