The Katie Melua Collection
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 Katie Melua Collection | ||||
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| Released | October 27, 2008 | |||
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| Length | 61:46 | |||
| Label | Dramatico | |||
| Producer | Mike Batt | |||
| Katie Melua chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| BBC Music | (positive) [2] |
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
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | From Album | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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)
- 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
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
Weekly charts |
End of year charts
Certifications
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References
- 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.
- 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 (Katie Melua; 'The Katie Melua Collection')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
- "British album certifications – Katie Melua – The Collection". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type The Collection in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
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