Not Too Late (album)

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Not Too Late
Studio album by
Norah Jones
ReleasedJanuary 30, 2007
RecordedSummer 2005–Fall 2006
StudioThe Coop, Brooklyn Recording, New York City
Length45:22
LabelBlue Note
ProducerLee Alexander
Norah Jones chronology
The Chill Album
(2005) 		Not Too Late
(2007) 		Live from Austin, Texas
(2008)
Norah Jones studio album chronology
Feels Like Home

(2004) 		Not Too Late
(2007) 		The Fall
(2009)
Alternative cover
Deluxe edition cover
Singles from Not Too Late
  1. "Thinking About You"
    Released: December 5, 2006
  2. "Not Too Late"
    Released: February 13, 2007
  3. "Sinkin' Soon"
    Released: March 26, 2007
  4. "Until the End"
    Released: May 21, 2007

Not Too Late is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter

Feels Like Home (2004). The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, making it Jones' third consecutive number one album.[1]

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 Pacific, "Rosie's Lullaby" in Australia, and "The Sun Doesn't Like You" in Brazil.

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.[3] 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.[2]

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.[2] 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.[2] 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 funky. I've always liked the guitar as the rhythmic instrument", Jones explained.[2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[6]
The Guardian[7]
Los Angeles Times[8]
The Observer[9]
PopMatters(7/10)[10]
Rolling Stone[11]
Slant Magazine"[14]
Sputnikmusic[12]
StylusB−[13]

Not Too Late received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 68 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 23 reviews.[4]

Mojo gave the album four stars out of five and said that its majority "hums with a placid darkness and neurosis which is as delicious as it is unexpected."[4] Uncut also gave it four stars and said, "What's especially daring about Not Too Late is the degree to which Jones and [producer Lee] Alexander trust their songs and her languorous voice to hold the listener's interest."[4] musicOMH likewise gave it four stars and said that "This collection of quaint, feel-good numbers is not going to set the world alight, but it offers something warm and comforting to come home to."[15] Now gave it the similar four stars out of five score and called it "A very good showcase for Jones's evolution as a writer and musician."[16] The Phoenix gave it three stars out of four and said of Jones, "Too good to hate, not exciting enough to love, she still makes most of what’s out there sound like phony baloney."[17] Hartford Courant gave it a positive review and also said of Jones, "Subtlety was a defining characteristic of her first two records, and it carries over onto 'Not Too Late,' where even the differences are understated and discreet."[18]

Other reviews are average or mixed:

Q gave it three stars out of five and said, "With a surfeit of samey country-rock ballads, Not Too Late ultimately proves rather a long haul."[4] Blender gave the album two stars out of five and said that "the results are a mutant virus of gorgeous and bland, grainy and slick."[4] The Village Voice gave it a mixed review and stated that Jones' voice "is still 'that voice,' but gravity was never what made it fly."[22]

Accolades

By January 29, 2007, the album had become the most pre-ordered album of all time on

Amazon.com, and was Jones' second album (Feels like Home) to reach Amazon's all-time top ten pre-order list.[23]

The first single from the album was "

VH1.com's "Hear Music First" program.[26] Jones recorded an hour-long performance for UK BBC radio and television that was aired in late January,[27] and she performed via simulcast on the feature Live@BT: Norah Jones for Canada's Citytv in early February.[28][29] The third single from the album was "Sinkin' Soon", released in March.[30]

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

Jazz & Heritage Festival, on April 28.[31] 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.[32] On August 18, the album returned to the top ten on the French Albums Chart and reached number seven.[33]

Commercial performance

Not Too Late debuted at number one on the U.S.

IFPI awarded the album a platinum certification for shipping one million copies in Europe.[41]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Wish I Could"
Ilhan Ersahin
3:20
7."Broken"Jones, Alexander3:20
8."My Dear Country"Jones3:24
9."Wake Me Up"Jones, Alexander2:46
10."Be My Somebody"Jones3:36
11."Little Room"Jones2:43
12."Rosie's Lullaby"Jones, Daru Oda3:56
13."Not Too Late"Jones, Alexander3:31
Total length:45:22
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."2 Men"Jones, Alexander2:30

Deluxe version DVD-Video

  1. "Thinking About You" – music video
  2. "Sinkin' Soon" – music video
  3. "Until the End" – music video
  4. "Thinking About You" – Making of....
  5. "Sinkin' Soon" – Making of....
  6. "Until the End" – live performance filmed in
    Burbank, CA
    , in November 2006
  7. "Sinkin' Soon" – live performance filmed in Burbank, CA, in November 2006
  8. "12 minutes interview" – with Norah Jones

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

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Certifications for Not Too Late
Region Certification Certified units/sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[99]
Album 		Platinum 40,000^
Argentina (CAPIF)[100]
Video 		Gold 4,000^
Australia (ARIA)[101] Platinum 70,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[102] 2× Platinum 40,000*
Belgium (BEA)[103] 2× Platinum 100,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[104] Gold 30,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[105] 2× Platinum 200,000^
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[106] Gold 20,000^
France (
SNEP)[107]
 Platinum 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[108] Platinum 200,000^
Hungary (MAHASZ)[109] Gold 3,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[110] Gold 7,500^
Japan (RIAJ)[111] Gold 100,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[112] Gold 7,500^
Poland (ZPAV)[113] Platinum 20,000*
Portugal (AFP)[114] Gold 10,000^
Russia (
NFPF)[115]
 Gold 10,000*
South Korea — 11,616[116]
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[117] Gold 40,000^
Sweden (GLF)[118] Gold 20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[119] 2× Platinum 60,000^
Turkey (Mü-Yap)[120] Platinum 10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI)[121] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[122] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[123] Platinum 1,000,000*
Worldwide — 5,000,000[124]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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