Katie Melua - The House - Music & Performance - CD

2010 album from the platinum-selling British singer/songwriter. Recorded at Air Studios in London, Katie's fourth studio album was produced by William Orbit and sees Katie writing on her own and with Guy Chambers, Rick Nowels, Mike Batt and school friend Polly Scattergood. William enlisted Katie's manager and record label boss Mike Batt for the string arrangements. 12 tracks including 'I'd Love to Kill You'. Dramatico.

Vocalist Katie Melua's 2010 album The House is an atmospheric, romantic, and sometimes eerie album of arty adult alternative pop. While longtime producer Mike Batt is on board here, journeyman electronic producer William Orbit takes the main production helm. The result is Melua's most mature album to date and one that will certainly draw well-earned comparisons to such art pop icons as Kate Bush and Tori Amos. And while immaculately produced tracks like "The Flood" and "Twisted" do evince Bush's literate and operatic sound, they also bring to mind the grand, retro-leaning approach of guitarist/singer-songwriter Richard Hawley. Which isn't to say that Melua hews closely to any kind of '60s pop; on the contrary, these are clearly contemporary songs with a modern point of view. But there is a bit of moody Nick Drake-style guitar work and the way the songs build and swoop, often with symphonic backing (the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra appears here), is very much in keeping with Hawley's particular Brill Building meets coastal British town grandeur. In that sense, the album is a bit of a grower and has an overall soft, reflective quality. As with most of The House, songs like the folk-inflected opener "I'd Love to Kill You," the Eastern-tinged "The Flood," and the yearning and pretty "Red Balloons," take time to build and grab you slowly with deft, biting lyrics and Melua's lilting, burnished vocals. ~ Matt Collar, Rovi

Performer	Katie Melua
Music genre	Rock
Music subgenre	CD - ROCK
Music release type	Release
Media format	CD
Original release date	2010
Edition	Standard
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Number of tracks	12
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Katie Melua - House [CD]
Track listing	I'd Love to Kill You, The Flood, A Happy Place, A Moment of Madness, Red Balloons, Tiny Alien, No Fear of Heights, The One I Love Is Gone, Plague of Love, God on the Drums, Devil on the Bass, Twisted, The House
Record label	Dramatico
Songwriter	Katie Melua, Guy Chambers, Rick Nowels, Mike Batt, Polly Scattergood
Music producer	William Orbit
Track name	I'd Love to Kill You
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N