Norah Jones ‎– Come Away With Me

This review is based on my listening experience using a custom built U-Turn Orbit turntable with a built in Pluto amplifier & a Ortofon 2M Red cartridge paired with Edifier R2000db powered speakers.

I’m not an audiophile by any stretch of the imagination but I’m an aspiring one.

As for the pressing, I decided to splurge on this Analogue Productions to see what all the fuss is about... It’s worth every ounce of hype. Easily one of my best records in terms of quality & sound stage.

As for the music, what is there to say? If you haven’t listened to it, you’re missing out on a slice of serenity & peace. A must have, a beautiful record to unwind to.

I highly recommend.

Analog productions did an amazing job with this pressing. I have “Come Away With Me” on the original blue note CD, and on a vinyl pressing from a few years ago. They don’t even come close to the warmth and clarity of this pressing. I was able to get it for $35. Pick this pressing up while you still can, because it’s awesome

Excellent, clean sound. Without distortions and sibilants. (Pro-Ject Perspex 6SB, Ortofone Quintet Black S, Roksan K3 and Tannoy Revolution 8xt)

Personally, I think this is one of the most overrated albums of all-time. Is it well recorded - absolutely, are there many good songs - no. The pressing is very noisy - a lot of wash sounds, ticks and pops. Analogue Productions vinyl quality is getting worse and worse. I’m not getting any distortion, but a base system will struggle to cope with the vocals - they are very upfront, so expect some issues on that front. Go and grab k.d Lang’s ‘Drag’ album. Same concept, but better executed.

Sibilance here as well. Very annoying and unlistenable. It's a relieve when hearing the CD again. My copy's B side is pressed totally of centre. It's so bad that the pitch goes up and down a lot. This is just so sad, that they put out so much pressings with zero quality control, I bought a Blue Note Sidewinder as well a while ago, which is so warped that it almost pushes my tonearm of the table. I got my money back for the Norah Jones one, but I will not buy the same pressing again..

Its true there's more sibilance on side B. But side A has it here and there also. My shibata stylus handles it well and without distortion but there's no denying its there. Unsure if this is down to the mastering, inherent recorded sibilance but either way most likely could have been much improved if not avoided entirely if they went for 2 x LP. Otherwise this is a pretty good sounding record. And please rest assured there's no cart on the planet that will ever track this one without sibilance, some will just distort and others won't. From my experience ~42 mins is the cut off for a single LP pressing.

has anyone got any feedback on this pressing vs the analog productions 33rpm?

Picked this up used from Princeton Record Exchange. Outstanding pressing! Highly recommended!!

such a bad pressing. Appalling in every way..so much simbilance!