Begin Again (Norah Jones album)

Jones said of the album that she wanted to record different things, in particular songs that were "quick and fun and easy and low-pressure", including collaborations with musicians that took no more than three days in the studio. She did not want to plan ahead aside from voice memo ideas, but to "create in the moment".{{cite web|url=https://www.idolator.com/7708592/norah-jones-begin-again-announcement|title=Norah Jones Compiles 7 Eclectic Singles On 'Begin Again'|website=Idolator|last=Wass|first=Mike|date=February 25, 2019|accessdate=March 14, 2019}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 70/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/begin-again/norah-jones|title=Begin Again By Norah Jones Reviews And Tracks|accessdate=April 19, 2019|publisher=Metacritic}}

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Begin Again has a score of 70 out of 100 from Metacritic based on 5 reviews. On the music blog Idolator Mike Wass calls the musicians involved in the album and the final outcome "eclectic", concluding that "the resulting songs are some of the most inventive of her career." Gabriel Fine wrote in his album review for Consequence of Sound that "there is something thrillingly free about the songs on Begin Again. They resist simple categorization and are experimental in the sense that they embody an unabashed confluence of Jones’ many musical inspirations", and sees that "much of the propulsion on the record comes from Jones’ personnel, who she manages to brilliantly highlight without losing her creative reigns."[https://consequence.net/2019/04/album-review-norah-jones-begin-again/ Gabriel Fine's album review] on Consequence of Sound.

{{Track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = My Heart Is Full

| writer1 = Norah Jones, Thomas Bartlett

| extra1 = Bartlett

| length1 = 3:06

| title2 = Begin Again

| writer2 = Norah Jones, Emily Fiskio

| extra2 = Jones

| length2 = 3:50

| title3 = It Was You

| writer3 = Jones

| extra3 = Jones

| length3 = 5:30

| title4 = A Song with No Name

| writer4 = Jones, Jeff Tweedy

| extra4 = Tweedy

| length4 = 4:03

| title5 = Uh Oh

| writer5 = Jones, Bartlett

| extra5 = Bartlett

| length5 = 3:36

| title6 = Wintertime

| writer6 = Jones, Tweedy

| extra6 = Tweedy

| length6 = 3:48

| title7 = Just a Little Bit

| writer7 = Jones, Sarah Oda, Brian Blade, Christopher Thomas

| extra7 = Jones

| length7 = 5:02

| total_length = 28:53

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• Norah Jones - vocals, piano (tracks 2-7), acoustic guitar and celesta (4), Rhodes electric piano and drums (5), electric organ (7)
• Thomas Bartlett - keyboards, piano and OP-1 synthesizer (1, 5), drum programming (5)
• Jeff Tweedy - electric guitar (4, 6), acoustic guitar (4), electric bass (6)
• Pete Remm - Hammond B3 organ (2, 3)
• Christopher Thomas - bass (2, 3, 7)
• Brian Blade - drums (2, 3, 7)
• Leon Michels - tenor saxophone (3, 7)
• Dave Guy - trumpet (3, 7)
• Spencer Tweedy - drums (6)

Technical

• Thomas Bartlett - recording (1, 5)
• Patrick Dillett - recording (2, 3, 7), mixing (1, 5, 7)
• Andy Taub and Jens Jungkurth - recording (3)
• James Yost - recording assistant (2, 3, 7)
• Genevieve Nelson - recording assistant (3)
• Tom Schick - recording and mixing (4, 6)
• Mark Greenberg - recording assistant (4, 6)
• Homer Steinweiss - recording of horns (7)
• Tom Elmhirst - mixing (2, 3)
• Brandon Bost - mixing engineer (2, 3)
• Chris Gehringer - mastering
• Will Quinnell - mastering assistant
• Frank Harkins - art direction, design
• Clay Patrick McBride - photography

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