Come Away with Me incorporates
blues,
jazz,[8]folk,
soul, and
country.[3] Bobby Dodd of All About Jazz writes that although the album features
jazz standards, jazz purists and academics "may deny [Jones] jazz credibility for her folk infusion".[9]
Commercial performance
Come Away with Me debuted at number 139 on the
Billboard 200 in the US upon its release in February 2002 selling 10,000 copies in its first week.[10][11] Despite being released at a time when
music piracy was high and album sales were declining,[12] the album was certified
Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (
RIAA) in August that same year.[5] The album eventually climbed to the top of the Billboard 200 in January 2003, almost a year after it was released selling 108,000 copies that week.[13] By the time of the Grammy Awards the following month, Come Away with Me had already sold 3 million copies in the country.[14] Jones' success at the award show resulted in the album moving another 600,000 copies the week immediately following the awards.[14] In total, the album appeared on the Billboard 200 for 165 weeks[15] and sold 11.1 million copies in the US as of March 2016.[16] The album was certified
Diamond by the RIAA in February 2005 for selling over ten million copies in the US.[5] It was also the eleventh best-selling album of the
Nielsen SoundScan era as of 2016.[16]
As of October 2016, the album had sold more than 27 million copies worldwide.[7]Polyphonic HMI's "
Hit Song Science" software claimed to have predicted the album's success months before its release, contradicting skeptical executives.[17] In Germany, the album debuted at No. 37. It remained on the
German Albums Chart for 141 weeks and reached No. 2 in its 37th week on that chart, where it stayed for four weeks. Come Away with Me sold 750,000 copies, reaching 5× gold,[18] becoming her most successful album in Germany and one of the longest charting albums on the German Albums Chart.[19]
Come Away with Me received acclaim 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 82 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 9 reviews.[20]
The album received 3.5 out of 4 stars from both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Los Angeles Times reviews.[22][26]AllMusic's David R. Adler wrote that "while the mood of this record stagnates after a few songs, it does give a strong indication of Jones' alluring talents."[21]Robert Christgau of The Village Voice cited it as "the most unjazz album [Blue Note] has ever released" and criticized that "Jones's voice dominates the record."[31]
The A.V. Club gave it a favorable review and called the album "A showcase for Jones' remarkable voice, the disc captures a singer whose rare instinct for interpretation always serves the song, rather than working against it."[32]E! Online gave it an A and stated: "Gorgeous and intimate, the 14 songs on her debut disc ache with romantic maturity and a smart, slow-jam sexiness that belies the fact that, at 22, Jones is hardly older than
Britney Spears."[20]Kludge included it on their list of best albums of 2002.[33]
20th anniversary edition
In April 2022, a remastered expanded edition of Come Away with Me was released, with demos from the promo-only First Sessions EP, and including 22 previously unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternative versions.[34]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Rolling Stone ranked Come Away with Me at number 54 on its list of the 100 Best Albums of the Decade.[202]Rhapsody ranked the album at 16 on its list of 100 Best Albums of the Decade,[203] while Spinner listed the album at the 42nd Best Album of the 2000s.[204]
^"Jazzens pris" (in Norwegian). April 15, 2003. Retrieved March 2, 2024. Hun er bare 24 år, men har allerede solgt sju millioner eksemplarer av debutalbumet {ndash} 55000 av dem her i Norge
Come Away with Me incorporates
blues,
jazz,[8]folk,
soul, and
country.[3] Bobby Dodd of All About Jazz writes that although the album features
jazz standards, jazz purists and academics "may deny [Jones] jazz credibility for her folk infusion".[9]
Commercial performance
Come Away with Me debuted at number 139 on the
Billboard 200 in the US upon its release in February 2002 selling 10,000 copies in its first week.[10][11] Despite being released at a time when
music piracy was high and album sales were declining,[12] the album was certified
Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (
RIAA) in August that same year.[5] The album eventually climbed to the top of the Billboard 200 in January 2003, almost a year after it was released selling 108,000 copies that week.[13] By the time of the Grammy Awards the following month, Come Away with Me had already sold 3 million copies in the country.[14] Jones' success at the award show resulted in the album moving another 600,000 copies the week immediately following the awards.[14] In total, the album appeared on the Billboard 200 for 165 weeks[15] and sold 11.1 million copies in the US as of March 2016.[16] The album was certified
Diamond by the RIAA in February 2005 for selling over ten million copies in the US.[5] It was also the eleventh best-selling album of the
Nielsen SoundScan era as of 2016.[16]
As of October 2016, the album had sold more than 27 million copies worldwide.[7]Polyphonic HMI's "
Hit Song Science" software claimed to have predicted the album's success months before its release, contradicting skeptical executives.[17] In Germany, the album debuted at No. 37. It remained on the
German Albums Chart for 141 weeks and reached No. 2 in its 37th week on that chart, where it stayed for four weeks. Come Away with Me sold 750,000 copies, reaching 5× gold,[18] becoming her most successful album in Germany and one of the longest charting albums on the German Albums Chart.[19]
Come Away with Me received acclaim 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 82 out of 100, which indicates "universal acclaim" based on 9 reviews.[20]
The album received 3.5 out of 4 stars from both the Chicago Sun-Times and the Los Angeles Times reviews.[22][26]AllMusic's David R. Adler wrote that "while the mood of this record stagnates after a few songs, it does give a strong indication of Jones' alluring talents."[21]Robert Christgau of The Village Voice cited it as "the most unjazz album [Blue Note] has ever released" and criticized that "Jones's voice dominates the record."[31]
The A.V. Club gave it a favorable review and called the album "A showcase for Jones' remarkable voice, the disc captures a singer whose rare instinct for interpretation always serves the song, rather than working against it."[32]E! Online gave it an A and stated: "Gorgeous and intimate, the 14 songs on her debut disc ache with romantic maturity and a smart, slow-jam sexiness that belies the fact that, at 22, Jones is hardly older than
Britney Spears."[20]Kludge included it on their list of best albums of 2002.[33]
20th anniversary edition
In April 2022, a remastered expanded edition of Come Away with Me was released, with demos from the promo-only First Sessions EP, and including 22 previously unreleased demos, outtakes, and alternative versions.[34]
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
Rolling Stone ranked Come Away with Me at number 54 on its list of the 100 Best Albums of the Decade.[202]Rhapsody ranked the album at 16 on its list of 100 Best Albums of the Decade,[203] while Spinner listed the album at the 42nd Best Album of the 2000s.[204]
^"Jazzens pris" (in Norwegian). April 15, 2003. Retrieved March 2, 2024. Hun er bare 24 år, men har allerede solgt sju millioner eksemplarer av debutalbumet {ndash} 55000 av dem her i Norge