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Jones' originals feel as elegant as time-honored standards, and all her covers feel fresh. The former speak to her craft, the latter to her gifts as a stylist, and the two combine to turn Day Breaks into a satisfying testament to her ever-evolving musicianship. [15]

Glenn Gamboa of Newsday rated the album an "A", calling it Jones' "latest masterpiece". [22] Rating the album an "A−", Entertainment Weekly's Jim Farber writes of Jones: "Not since her entrancing debut has she sounded this engaged." [18]

Accolades

Day Breaks
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Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 7, 2016 (2016-10-07)
Recorded2015 [1]
Studio Sear Sound Studios, New York City, Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, NY
Genre
Length48:47
Label Blue Note
Producer
  • Norah Jones
  • Eli Wolf
Norah Jones chronology
Foreverly
(2013)
Day Breaks
(2016)
Spotify Singles
(2017)
Norah Jones studio album chronology
Little Broken Hearts
(2012)
Day Breaks
(2016)
Pick Me Up Off the Floor
(2020)
PublicationRankList
Entertainment Weekly 25The 50 Best Albums of 2016 [25]
Rolling Stone 4650 Best Albums of 2016 [26]

Commercial performance

Day Breaks debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 (behind Green Day's Revolution Radio ), moving 47,000 equivalent album units; it sold 44,000 copies in its first week, with the remainder of its unit total reflecting the album's streaming activity and track sales, marking her sixth top five album on the chart. [4] It was a considerable drop from her previous efforts, Little Broken Hearts (2013) and The Fall (2009), which opened to sales of 110,000 and 180,000 units, respectively. [27] The album debuted at number one on the US Jazz Albums chart, making it Jones' second album to reach number one. [4]

Track listing

All tracks produced by Norah Jones and Eli Wolf, co-produced by Sarah Oda.

Standard edition [28] [29]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Burn" Norah Jones, Sarah Oda4:38
2."Tragedy"Jones, Oda4:14
3."Flipside"Jones, Peter Remm3:41
4."It's a Wonderful Time for Love"Jones, Oda3:53
5."And Then There Was You"Jones, Remm3:05
6."Don't Be Denied" Neil Young 5:36
7."Day Breaks"Jones, Remm3:57
8."Peace" Horace Silver 5:15
9."Once I Had a Laugh"Jones3:12
10."Sleeping Wild"Oda3:07
11."Carry On"Jones2:48
12."Fleurette Africaine (African Flower)" Duke Ellington 5:21
Total length:48:47
Target bonus tracks [30]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Carry On" (Live at the Flynn Center for the Performing Arts (Burlington, VT, 2016)Jones2:37
14."Flipside" (Live at the Newport Jazz Festival (2016)Jones, Remm4:39
15."Peace" (Live at the Newport Jazz Festival (2016)Silver4:12
16."Don't Know Why" (Live at the Newport Jazz Festival (2016) Jesse Harris 3:36
Total length:63:51

Personnel

Charts

Certifications and sales

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [81] Platinum15,000*
France (SNEP) [82] Gold50,000
Poland (ZPAV) [83] Platinum20,000
Summaries
Worldwide600,000 [84]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormat(s)LabelRef.
WorldwideOctober 7, 2016
  • CD
  • digital download
  • LP
Blue Note [85]
October 21, 2016 Streaming

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