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Universal acclaim- based on 64 Ratings

  • Summary: The fifth solo album for Grammy-winning singer was produced and co-written by Danger Mouse.
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  • Record Label: Blue Note
  • Genre(s): Vocal, Pop/Rock, Adult Alternative Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Contemporary Singer/Songwriter
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Happy Pills
Trying to pick up the pace Trying to make it so I never see your face again Time to throw this away Wanna make sure that you never waste my time... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 27
  2. Negative: 1 out of 27
  1. May 9, 2012
    81
    Between the obvious hits and the Halcion fuzz however lays an interesting sound.
  2. Apr 27, 2012
    80
    In the past decade, it seems Jones has made a sneaky transition from dinner party backdrop to David Lynch soundtrack.
  3. May 1, 2012
    80
    There is a lot at play here, both sonically and lyrically, and the album rewards repeated listens. Most importantly, Little Broken Hearts is an album that just works.
  4. Apr 25, 2012
    70
    This is a serious indie pop album. Jones and Burton have created something that should fit in the record collection of any Feist-loving indie kid just as easily as that of those soccer moms she won over years ago.
  5. May 1, 2012
    70
    The entire album plays like a cohesive whole, somehow frayed and fragmented if not left intact.
  6. May 3, 2012
    60
    Little Broken Hearts is held back by a lack of intimacy and the unemotional stiffness we associate with Jones. Still, it's almost a great album.
  7. Q Magazine
    Jun 20, 2012
    20
    It's one boringly pedestrian plod after another. [Jun 2012, p.104]

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 0 out of 16
  1. Jul 7, 2013
    10
    I am a male who strongly favors music with a beautiful female voice. As such, I have always liked Norah Jones singing. But with the album,I am a male who strongly favors music with a beautiful female voice. As such, I have always liked Norah Jones singing. But with the album, "Little Broken Hearts." I have reached a totally new appreciation for her. It crept up on me. I liked "She's 22" right off because it hit real close to home. You hear a woman, still obviously in love, ask her ex forlornly whether the 22 year old he's now with "does she make you happy." Norah used to put her mouth close to the microphone and let her beautiful voice be heard with fairly standard musical accompaniment. With this album, she allows her voice to be the lead instrument in wonderfully stylized songs with a new mix of electronic music, cello, and steel guitar, all of which establish the mood for each song. "Take It Back" is a wonderful example of this new Norah Jones as her voice melds with a melody but does not dominate by any means. "Miriam" tells the story of a woman wronged and the lyrics haunted me from the first listening. Long after falling in love with this song, I found the video on YouTube. It is nothing short of Music Video Art. I hope Norah Jones continues to follow this new career path. Expand
  2. Mar 11, 2020
    10
    This album has everything I love in an album. Arguably best album of her career.
  3. Oct 6, 2012
    10
    Another Norah Jones album, another masterpiece, another broken heart. In evil moments, i wish Norah's heart never be rebuild, so we can listenAnother Norah Jones album, another masterpiece, another broken heart. In evil moments, i wish Norah's heart never be rebuild, so we can listen more and more good albuns like that. My favourite song is "4 broken hearts", listen it and get addicted ! Expand
  4. Sep 4, 2012
    9
    Maybe someone would say these songs and Norah are full of saddened and melancholy and you wouldn't like it, but if you listen to this moreMaybe someone would say these songs and Norah are full of saddened and melancholy and you wouldn't like it, but if you listen to this more carefully maybe you will find that Norah is great vocalist. The songs are beautify arranged and the lyrics are smart and give to think. Expand
  5. May 2, 2012
    9
    An amazing record!!!Deep, soullful and full of fragile and beautiful songs!!Welldone Norah for growing with your music and spreading yourAn amazing record!!!Deep, soullful and full of fragile and beautiful songs!!Welldone Norah for growing with your music and spreading your beautiful harmonic wings!!! Expand
  6. Nov 4, 2012
    8
    Corações partidos sempre rendem grandes músicas e ás vezes grandes álbuns. Dou dois exemplos apenas: JaggedCorações partidos sempre rendem grandes músicas e ás vezes grandes álbuns. Dou dois exemplos apenas: Jagged Little Pill da Alanis e 21 da Adele. Esses dois são apenas dois mais recentes que eu lembrei assim de bate e pronto. Agora nesse mesmo hall podemos citar a cantora Norah Jones com o lançamento do seu quarto álbum Little Broken Hearts. Porém, o resultado é mais que apenas um álbum sobre um coração partido. É um álbum sobre uma cantora encontrando sua maturidade artística.

    A dona de Don't Know Why traz á tona uma nova sonoridade para seu "piano/jazz": algo meio eletrônico/indie pop com uma alma sombria e bittersweet. O coração partido de Norah se mostra nas belas composições que permeiam todo álbum. Mantendo o estilo minimalista que a fez famosa só que agora com um peso libertador nas costas. Ao que parece a decepção amorosa fez com que ele se abrisse como compositora e a deixou liberar seus sentimentos mais obscuros como ciúmes, raiva e pessimismo com a vida de uma forma geral. A sonoridade de Norah está completamente diferente. Em busca de algo que a melhor em sua nova fase, ela explorou um som mais alternativo ao deixar uma pegada mais indie eletropop a contaminasse. A emoção vem de forma mais difícil. Você não viajar de primeira nas canções de Little Broken Hearts. Diferente das melodias aconchegantes, aqui ela faz seu ouvinte deitar em um colchão mais duro que demorar até acertar o "prumo" da coluna. Mesmo mantendo a delicada voz, os efeitos que acompanham os vocais de Norah têm a função de deixar mais estéril e distante a voz dela como uma quase espectadora da própria tristeza. Adora a dor imprensa em She's 22 onde Norah fala abertamente em ser traída. A bela Good Morning, que abre o álbum, tem uma produção instrumental belíssima. Little Broken Hearts tem algo de trilha para filme de David Lynch que assusta e cativa ainda mais que é a melhor composição do álbum. E por fim no topo do álbum está Happy Pills (resenha a seguir), mesmo um pouco deslocada no álbum, é impressionante. Depois de tudo isso só me resta a dizer: Norah Jones, muito bem vinda ao hall dos (pequenos) corações quebrados.
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  7. Feb 18, 2015
    7
    "Beautiful Soldiers in Their beds, make love inside Their hands" .This seems to be enough to prove that norah grown and matured in his latest"Beautiful Soldiers in Their beds, make love inside Their hands" .This seems to be enough to prove that norah grown and matured in his latest album, now everything she does has double meaning and is angry and perverse.
    All this because of a broken heart, norah decided to take "Happy Pills" and fully recycle your music, giving up shy of pieces of jazz-blues and folk, with overdose of piano, which were the composition of their albums up to "The Fall ". In "Little Broken Hearts" Jones makes a change in his career, diving in Indie-pop melodies, embracing the way Lana del Rey to make music and finally bringing great news to his fans.
    The album starts with no big surprises with "Good Morning", and will gradually conquering, with "Say Goodbye" and "Happy Pills", great indie songs. You can bring tears to the sadness of "She's 22". Be surprised by this sexual content in "Little Broken Hearts" and the anger and jealousy in "Miriam".
    With many good moments, Little Broken Hearts is a big step in Jones' career, and is his best album since "Feels Like Home."
    We hope to continue evolving into something even better, because the latest Jones's work is very good but can be even better.
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