Label Dramatico / Universal Motown
Release Date May 05, 2009
01 - Mary Pickford 03:13 瑪莉碧克馥（玫瑰美人）(描述與卓別林搭檔的默片女星瑪莉的歌曲)
02 - Its All In My Head 04:04 虛擬畫面(描寫為愛抓狂的男子的心境的曼妙小品)
03 - If The Lights Go Out 03:15 燈火熄滅時
04 - What I Miss About You 03:49 想念你的記憶(投注凱特個人生活中對於思念的感覺的傷感情歌)
05 - Spellbound 03:01 著了魔
06 - What It Says On The Tin 03:45 罐頭上的標示
07 - Scary Films 04:03 恐怖電影
08 - Perfect Circle 04:01 完整的圓圈
09 - Ghost Town 03:32 荒城(採擷了雷鬼、搖擺與民謠元素而成的風格單曲)
10 - If You Were A Sailboat 04:03 如果你是艘帆船(首支詩意單曲打入英國排行)
11 - Dirty Dice 03:39 壞骰子
12 - In My Secret Life 04:28 我的秘密生活 (重新詮釋加拿大詩人歌手李歐納孔(Leonard Cohen)的歌曲)
13 - The Closest Thing To Crazy (Live) 04:17
14 - Nine Million Bicycles (Live) 03:19
15 - Piece By Piece (Live) 03:11
16 - Thank You, Stars (Live) 03:49
Originally issued in Europe during late 2007, Katie Melua's third studio album, PICTURES, finally received a U.S. release in the spring of '09. Massively successful in her adopted home of England (and many of its neighbors), the Russian-born ... Full Descriptionjazz-pop singer rarely goes the easy and accessible route on this collection of moody tunes, as exemplified by the sassy and sultry "Scary Films."
Personnel: Katie Melua (vocals, guitar); Chris Spedding, Steve Donnelly, John Parricelli (guitars); The Irish Film Orchestra (strings, flute); Dominic Glover (trumpet); Mike Batt (piano, organ); Tim Harries (bass instrument); Henry Spinetti (drums); Ray Cooper, Rob Farrer (percussion).
Katie Melua was born in Georgia (former USSR) in 1984, growing up under the communist regime in the capital, Tbilisi. The family left Georgia when Katie was eight and moved to Belfast where her father got a job as a heart surgeon. Katie didn't always want to be a singer or songwriter. Her ambition when she was thirteen was to be a politician or a historian "I honestly thought I'd be able to bring peace to the world...if I ruled it!)" The family lived in Belfast for five years before moving to South East London. At sixteen, Katie joined the BRIT School for Performing Arts.
Composer/producer Mike Batt paid a visit to the school. Katie signed to Batt's record label Dramatico, but stayed at the BRIT School to complete her studies where she graduated with distinction in July 2003.
Unable to secure a contract with a Major record company, Katie and Mike decided to put her album Call Off The Search (containing the song "The Closest Thing To Crazy") out on Batt's own, small record label. After an appearance on The Royal Variety Show, 19 year old Katie shot to the top of the UK album charts and became the biggest selling female artist for the next two years. Her two albums, (the second of which contained the hit "Nine Million Bicycles") have sold more than 10 million copies to date. She and her family took British nationality in 2005. In December 2007, Katie topped the charts with a duet with her idol, the late Eva Cassidy, entitled "What A Wonderful World", with proceeds from the single going to support the UK work of the British Red Cross.
The past years have been quite extraordinary for Katie (now 24). She has had a Dutch tulip named in her honor, met and played for Nelson Mandela in South Africa visiting his Aids charity, has become a hard working Ambassador for Save The Children, raced at 160mph around Grand Prix, flown a plane, learned to dive and parachute freefall, set a Guinness World Record for deepest underwater concert (19 miles under water on a gas rig in the North Sea), and picked up various prestigious awards within Europe, including a World Music Award, a Golden Camera Award, and two German Echo Awards.
Katie's third studio album, Pictures, confirms Katie's status as a unique and remarkable vocalist, and reveals the third chapter of what is destined to be a long musical career.
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