Pick Me Up Off the Floor

Pick Me Up Off the Floor is the seventh[6] studio album by American singer-songwriter Norah Jones. The album was released on June 12, 2020, by Blue Note Records.[7][8] A departure from Jones' lounge leanings of the past, Pick Me Up Off the Floor is a primarily jazz pop, orchestral pop, blues, and jazz folk record, with elements of gospel, soul, country, funk, and hip hop.[9][10]

Pick Me Up Off the Floor
Studio album by Norah Jones
Released	June 12, 2020
Recorded	2019
Studio	Electric Lady Studios, NYC, Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, NY, Reservoir Studios, NY, Rainbow Star, Brooklyn, NY
Genre	orchestral jazz jazz pop jazz folk blues
Length	45:25
Label	Blue Note/Capitol
Producer	Norah Jones, (Jeff Tweedy)
Norah Jones chronology
Begin Again (2019) Pick Me Up Off the Floor (2020)
Norah Jones studio album chronology
Day Breaks (2016) Pick Me Up Off the Floor (2020)
Singles from Pick Me Up Off the Floor
"I'm Alive" Released: March 13, 2020[1] "How I Weep" Released: April 14, 2020[2] "Tryin' to Keep It Together" Released: April 29, 2020[3] "Were You Watching?" Released: May 12, 2020[4] "Flame Twin" Released: July 7, 2020[5]

Critical Reception

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	83/100[11]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[12]
American Songwriter	[13]
The Independent	[9]
musicOMH	[14]
The Observer	[15]
The Telegraph	[16]
Tom Hull	B+ ()[17]

Pick Me Up Off the Floor received an average score of 83 out of 100 from 10 reviews on Metacritic, indicating "generally favorable reviews."[11]

Music journalist Rob Shepherd, writing for PostGenre, has summarized the work: "At its core Pick Me Up Off the Floor builds upon [Jones] career thus far and synthesizes it into a more cohesive work in ways its predecessors did not. It is her most mature and collected work to date." [18] Lior Phillips from Variety praised the album saying "stretching its borders from stormcloud blues to orchestral jazz pop to lithe Motown, the album is tied together by Jones’ ineffable ability to convey big emotions with simplicity."[19]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"How I Weep"	Norah Jones	4:42
2.	"Flame Twin"	Jones	3:21
3.	"Hurts to Be Alone"	Jones	3:25
4.	"Heartbroken, Day After"	Jones	4:12
5.	"Say No More"	Jones Sarah Oda	4:58
6.	"This Life"	Jones	2:38
7.	"To Live"	Jones	4:28
8.	"I'm Alive"	Jones Jeff Tweedy	4:16
9.	"Were You Watching?"	Jones Emily Fiskio	5:16
10.	"Stumble on My Way"	Jones	3:53
11.	"Heaven Above"	Jones Tweedy	4:15
Total length:			45:25

Target bonus tracks[20]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
12.	"Street Stranger"	Jones Fiskio	4:43
13.	"Tryin' to Keep It Together"	Jones Thomas Bartlett	4:00

Personnel

• Norah Jones - vocals and piano (on all tracks), Wurlitzer electric piano and Hammond B3 organ (track 3), drums (6), celesta (11)
• Ayane Kozasa - viola (1)
• Paul Wiancko - cello, string arrangement (1)
• Brian Blade - drums (2–6, 9)
• Pete Remm - Hammond B3 (2, 3), synthesizer and electric guitar (2)
• John Patitucci - electric bass (2)
• Christopher Thomas - upright bass (3, 4, 9)
• Ruby Amanfu and Sam Ashworth - backing vocals (3, 4, 9)
• Mauro Refosco - shaker (3)
• Dan Iead - pedal steel guitar (4, 10)
• Leon Michels - tenor saxophone (5, 7)
• Dave Guy - trumpet (5, 7)
• Jesse Murphy - upright bass (5–7)
• Nate Smith - drums (7)
• Jeff Tweedy - acoustic and electric guitar (8, 11), electric bass (8)
• Spencer Tweedy - drums (8)
• Mazz Swift - violin and backing vocals (9)
• Josh Lattanzi - electric bass (10)
• Dan Rieser and Josh Adams - drums (10)

Technical

• Norah Jones - production (except 8, 11)
• Jeff Tweedy - production (8, 11)
• Brandon Bost - recording at Electric Lady Studios, New York, NY (1)
• Andy Taub - recording at Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, New York (2, 5–7, 10)
• Patrick Dillett - recording at Reservoir Studios, New York (3, 4, 9)
• Matt Marinelli - additional recording at Rainbow Star, Brooklyn, NY (2–4, 6, 9, 10), mixing (1, 2, 4)
• Jake Owen - additional recording at Superlegal Studios, New York (3)
• Homer Steinweiss - horns recording at Diamond Mine Studios, Columbus, OH (5, 7)
• Jamie Landry - mixing at Flux Studios, New York (3–7, 9)
• Tom Schick - recording and mixing at The Loft, Chicago, IL (8, 11)
• Mark Greenberg - engineer (8, 11)
• Samuel Wahl - musical assistant at Brooklyn Recording, Brooklyn, NY (2, 5–7, 10, 11)
• John Muller and Joey Wunsch - musical assistants (3–7, 9)
• James Yost - musical assistant (3, 4, 9)
• Greg Calbi and Steve Fallone - mastering at Sterling Sound, Edgewater, NJ
• Frank Harkins - art direction, design
• Diane Russo - photography

Charts

Chart performance for Pick Me Up Off the Floor

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[21]	21
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[22]	2
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[23]	9
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[24]	7
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[25]	65
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[26]	38
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[27]	16
French Albums (SNEP)[28]	21
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[29]	6
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[30]	23
Italian Albums (FIMI)[31]	43
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[32]	31
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[33]	5
Scottish Albums (OCC)[34]	10
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35]	1
UK Albums (OCC)[36]	47
US Billboard 200[37]	87

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