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Secret Symphony is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Katie Melua, and was released on 5 March 2012.[1] The album was recorded at Air Studios in London in collaboration with orchestrator and conductor Mike Batt.
Melua said in a statement: "This album was going to be my 'singer's album'. I had always wanted to do this one day; singing other people's songs brings something out of you and your voice that isn't perhaps where you would have gone vocally with your own material."
She added: "It stretches you. As it happened Mike and I did write a couple of new ones, but the general idea was to find songs by great writers such as Ron Sexsmith ('Gold In Them Hills') and a favourite song of mine, originally recorded by Bonnie Raitt ('Too Long At The Fair') plus some more well-known ones like Keeping The Dream Alive."
The lead single, "Better Than a Dream", and the track "Walls of the World" were both originally recorded by Melua's longtime collaborator Mike Batt, for the TV series The Dreamstone and his 1977 solo album Schizophonia[2] respectively.
The record serves as the follow-up to Melua's 2010 album The House, which reached number four on the UK album chart. Musicperk.com rated the album 9/10. [3]
A "Special Bonus Edition" of the album has also been released. It consists of the album, four extra track dubbed "The Secret Sessions" and a second cd containing a live album: "Live In Berlin". [4][5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Gold in them Hills" | Ron Sexsmith | 3:31 |
2. | "Better Than a Dream" | Mike Batt | 3:10 |
3. | "The Bit That I Don't Get" | Batt | 3:12 |
4. | "Moonshine" | Francis Healy | 2:41 |
5. | "Forgetting All My Troubles" | Melua | 3:22 |
6. | "All Over the World" | Françoise Hardy | 2:56 |
7. | "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" | Jimmy Cox | 4:33 |
8. | "The Cry of the Lone Wolf" |
| 3:59 |
9. | "Heartstrings" |
| 2:53 |
10. | "The Walls of the World" | Batt | 3:25 |
11. | "Secret Symphony" | Batt | 3:51 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Gold in them Hills" | Ron Sexsmith | 3:31 |
2. | "Better Than a Dream" | Mike Batt | 3:10 |
3. | "The Bit That I Don't Get" | Batt | 3:12 |
4. | "Moonshine" | Francis Healy | 2:41 |
5. | "Forgetting All My Troubles" | Melua | 3:22 |
6. | "All Over the World" | Françoise Hardy | 2:56 |
7. | "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" | Jimmy Cox | 4:33 |
8. | "The Cry of the Lone Wolf" |
| 3:59 |
9. | "Heartstrings" |
| 2:53 |
10. | "The Walls of the World" | Batt | 3:25 |
11. | "Secret Symphony" | Batt | 3:51 |
12. | "Feels Like Home (The Secret Sessions)" | Randy Newman | 4:50 |
13. | "Too Long At The Fair (The Secret Sessions)" | Joel Zoss | 3:06 |
14. | "Love Me Tender (The Secret Sessions)" |
| 3:14 |
15. | "It's Over (The Secret Sessions)" | 3:20 |
Cd 2: Live in Berlin
Chart performance
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #8 with 19,071 copies sold in its first week.[8]
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References
- ^ Published Thursday, Sep 8 2011, 16:41 BST (2011-09-08). "Katie Melua announces new album 'Secret Symphony' - Music News". Digital Spy. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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- ^ "Secret Symphony - Katie Melua | Musicperk - Trending news, analysis, reviews, ratings and exclusive content for music". Musicperk.com. 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ Katie Melua. "Secret Symphony Bonus Edition by Katie Melua". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "Katie Melua - Secret Symphony (Special Bonus Edition) (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
- ^ "Secret Symphony: Katie Melua: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
- ^ "Secret Symphony (Special Bonus Edition): Katie Melua: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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- ^ "Danish album certifications – Katie Melua – Secret Symphony". IFPI Danmark. Scroll through the page-list below to obtain certification.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Katie Melua; 'Secret Symphony')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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- ^ "British album certifications – Katie Melua – Secret Symphony". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Secret Symphony in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.