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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

Standard listing[6]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gold in them Hills"Ron Sexsmith3:31
2."Better Than a Dream"Mike Batt3:10
3."The Bit That I Don't Get"Batt3:12
4."Moonshine"Francis Healy2:41
5."Forgetting All My Troubles"Melua3:22
6."All Over the World"Françoise Hardy2:56
7."Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"Jimmy Cox4:33
8."The Cry of the Lone Wolf"
  • Melua
  • Batt
3:59
9."Heartstrings"
  • Melua
  • Batt
2:53
10."The Walls of the World"Batt3:25
11."Secret Symphony"Batt3:51


Special Bonus Edition[7]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Gold in them Hills"Ron Sexsmith3:31
2."Better Than a Dream"Mike Batt3:10
3."The Bit That I Don't Get"Batt3:12
4."Moonshine"Francis Healy2:41
5."Forgetting All My Troubles"Melua3:22
6."All Over the World"Françoise Hardy2:56
7."Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out"Jimmy Cox4:33
8."The Cry of the Lone Wolf"
  • Melua
  • Batt
3:59
9."Heartstrings"
  • Melua
  • Batt
2:53
10."The Walls of the World"Batt3:25
11."Secret Symphony"Batt3:51
12."Feels Like Home (The Secret Sessions)"Randy Newman4:50
13."Too Long At The Fair (The Secret Sessions)"Joel Zoss3:06
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]

References

  1. ^ 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Dave Sleger. "Schizophonia - Mike Batt | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  3. ^ "Secret Symphony - Katie Melua | Musicperk - Trending news, analysis, reviews, ratings and exclusive content for music". Musicperk.com. 2016-06-04. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  4. ^ Katie Melua. "Secret Symphony Bonus Edition by Katie Melua". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  5. ^ "Katie Melua - Secret Symphony (Special Bonus Edition) (CD, Album)". Discogs.com. 2012-11-01. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  6. ^ "Secret Symphony: Katie Melua: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  7. ^ "Secret Symphony (Special Bonus Edition): Katie Melua: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
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  12. ^ "Official Retail Sales Chart - sales for the period 05.03.2012 - 11.03.2012". OLiS. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  13. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100 | Official Charts Company". Officialcharts.com. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
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  16. ^ Steffen Hung. "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
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  19. ^ "VIVA Jahrescharts 2012 Album - Charts - VIVA". Viva.tv. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  20. ^ Steffen Hung. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2012". Hitparade.ch. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  21. ^ "Danish album certifications – Katie Melua – Secret Symphony". IFPI Danmark. Scroll through the page-list below to obtain certification.
  22. ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Katie Melua; 'Secret Symphony')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
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  24. ^ "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.
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