Visions (Norah Jones album)

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Visions
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 8, 2024
Studio
  • Diamond Mine North (Rhinebeck, NY)
  • The Legendary Diamond Mine (Long Island, NY)
Length45:34
Label Blue Note
Producer Leon Michels
Norah Jones chronology
I Dream of Christmas
(2021)
Visions
(2024)
Singles from Visions
  1. "Running"
    Released: January 18, 2024
  2. "Paradise"
    Released: March 8, 2024 [1]

Visions is the ninth studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones. It was released on March 8, 2024, by Blue Note Records.

Contents

The album won Best Traditional Pop Vocal Album at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards. [2]

Background

Visions was produced by Leon Michels. [3] Of the album's title, Jones said in a press release that the majority of the ideas she envisioned for the album "came in the middle of the night or in that moment right before sleep, and "Running" was one of them where you're half asleep and kind of jolted awake." [4]

The album is described by the Los Angeles Times as "a funky, gently psychedelic garage-soul record." [3]

Promotion

The album's lead single, "Running", was released on January 18, 2024, simultaneously with the album's announcement. [5] Jones announced she would be embarking on a North American tour starting in Spring in support of the album. [6]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.1 [7]
Metacritic 81/100 [8]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
The Arts Desk Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Irish Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Line of Best Fit 9/10 [12]
Riff8/10 [13]
Shatter the StandardsStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [14]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 81 based on six reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". [8] The review aggregator site AnyDecentMusic? compiled seven reviews and gave Visions an average of 7.1 out of 10, based on their assessment of the critical consensus. [7]

Commercial performance

Visions debuted at number 168 on the US Billboard 200, number 1 on the Jazz Albums and number 40 on the Top Rock & Alternative Albums charts with pure sales of 7,000 copies. [15]

Track listing

Visions track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."All This Time"3:15
2."Staring at the Wall"
  • Jones
  • Michels
4:31
3."Paradise"
  • Jones
  • Michels
3:25
4."Queen of the Sea"Jones4:46
5."Visions"Jones2:42
6."Running"
  • Jones
  • Michels
3:28
7."I Just Wanna Dance"
3:07
8."I'm Awake"Jones4:18
9."Swept Up in the Night"
  • Jones
  • Michels
3:34
10."On My Way"
  • Jones
  • Pete Remm
3:52
11."Alone with My Thoughts"
  • Jones
  • Michels
4:14
12."That's Life"
  • Jones
  • Michels
4:22
Total length:45:34
Target bonus track [16]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Until My Heart Is Found"
  • Jones
  • Michels
4:46
Japanese limited edition and SACD bonus track [17]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Can You Believe"
  • Jones
  • Michels
3:56

Personnel

Musicians

Technical

Charts

References

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