The Katie Melua Collection
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Released | October 27, 2008 | |||
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Length | 61:46 | |||
Label | Dramatico | |||
Producer | Mike Batt | |||
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The Katie Melua Collection is a compilation album by Georgian-born British singer and songwriter Katie Melua. The album is a two disc set with 17 songs, three previously unreleased, and a DVD that was filmed in Rotterdam, Netherlands.
The album includes the singles "When You Taught Me How to Dance" from the film Miss Potter, "What a Wonderful World" with a recording of Eva Cassidy, and three new songs: "Toy Collection" (written by Melua for the film Faintheart), "Two Bare Feet", and "Somewhere in the Same Hotel".[3]
Track listing
[edit]Disc 1
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | From Album | Length |
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1. | "The Closest Thing to Crazy" | Mike Batt | Call Off the Search | 4:15 |
2. | "Nine Million Bicycles" | Batt | Piece by Piece | 3:17 |
3. | "What a Wonderful World (duet with Eva Cassidy)" | Bob Thiele, George David Weiss | Previously unreleased | 4:19 |
4. | "If You Were a Sailboat" | Batt | Pictures | 4:01 |
5. | "Piece by Piece" | Katie Melua | Piece by Piece | 3:24 |
6. | "Call Off the Search" | Batt | Call Off the Search | 3:25 |
7. | "On the Road Again" | Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson | Piece by Piece | 4:38 |
8. | "Mary Pickford" | Batt | Pictures | 3:13 |
9. | "Spider's Web" | Melua | Piece by Piece | 3:56 |
10. | "Thank You, Stars" | Batt | Piece by Piece | 3:40 |
11. | "I Cried for You" | Melua | Piece by Piece | 3:38 |
12. | "Crawling up a Hill" | John Mayall | Call Off the Search | 3:25 |
13. | "Tiger in the Night" | Batt | Call Off the Search | 3:08 |
14. | "When You Taught Me How to Dance" | Batt, Nigel Westlake, Richard Maltby Jr., Melua | Miss Potter Soundtrack | 3:24 |
15. | "Two Bare Feet" | Batt, Melua | Previously Unreleased | 3:00 |
16. | "Toy Collection" | Melua | Previously Unreleased | 3:13 |
17. | "Somewhere in the Same Hotel" | Batt, Melua | Previously Unreleased | 3:50 |
Disc 2 (A 90-minute DVD – The Arena Tour 2008, Live from Rotterdam)
[edit]- Piece By Piece
- I Do Believe In Love
- My Aphrodisiac Is You
- Crawling Up A Hill
- Mary Pickford
- Blues In The Night
- If You Were A Sailboat
- Ghost Town
- Thank You, Stars
- Perfect Circle
- What I Miss About You
- Spider's Web
- If The Lights Go Out
- Scary Films
- Spellbound
- Mockingbird Song
- The Closest Thing To Crazy
- Nine Million Bicycles
- On The Road Again
- Kozmic Blues
- I Cried For You
- Behind the Screens – a short film about the preparation and design of the tour production.
Extra download tracks
[edit]Three extra tracks have been released as downloads only, by different vendors:
- "Kozmic Blues" – iTunes
- "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" – available on Tesco Digital download
- "By the Light of the Magical Moon" – free download from The Times
Chart performance
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Weekly charts[edit] |
End of year charts[edit]
Certifications[edit]
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References
[edit]- ^ a b O'Brien, Jon. "The Katie Melua Collection". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Music - Review of Katie Melua - The Katie Melua Collection". BBC. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ "Katie Melua - Collection: Includes Dvd". HMV. hmv.com. Aug 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: Issue 978" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. 2008-12-20. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-12-19. Retrieved 2018-12-03.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Steffen Hung. "Katie Melua - The Katie Melua Collection". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ "The ARIA Report: Issue 977" (PDF). webarchive.nla.gov.au. 2006-08-23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-19. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ "The Official Charts Company - Katie Melua - The Collection". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
- ^ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ Steffen Hung. "Swiss Year-End Charts 2008". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
- ^ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets->Year 2008 Retrieved January 3, 2011.
- ^ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2009". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
- ^ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2008". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
- ^ "Danish album certifications – Katie Melua – The Katie Melua Collection". IFPI Danmark. Scroll through the page-list below until year 2008 to obtain certification.
- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Katie Melua; 'The Katie Melua Collection')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ^ "Portuguese album certifications – Katie Melua – The Collection" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
- ^ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('The Katie Melua Collection')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
- ^ "British album certifications – Katie Melua – The Collection". British Phonographic Industry.