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List Price: $13.98 | | Label: Umvd Labels
Salesrank: 2977
Released: June 8, 2004 |
| Our Price: $9.90 |
| Used Price: $3.60 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Call off the Search Track Listing:
1. Call Off The Search
2. Crawling Up A Hill
3. The Closest Thing To Crazy
4. My Aphrodisiac Is You
5. Learnin' The Blues
6. Blame It On The Moon
7. Belfast
8. I Think It's Going To Rain Today
9. Mockingbird Song
10. Tiger In The Night
11. Faraway Voice
12. Lilac Wine
Editorial Review:
Call Off The Search is the 2003 debut album from Georgia born singer/songwriter Katie Melua. The album is a mix of contemporary adult pop, jazz, blues and world music. This limited special bonus edition features a PAL DVD recorded film called Katie Melua
Description of Call off the Search:
Call Off the Search was released in the U.K. in November 2003 to deserved acclaim, alongside countless declarations that this 19-year-old British music school-educated, Russian-born singer is "the next Norah." There are similarities--Melua does work within a jazz/blues idiom, is talented beyond her years, and concentrates more on classics than her own material (ten are covers and two originals). But she's far more of a classic showbiz type singer than the sultry and sophisticated-sounding Jones. On the single "The Closest Thing to Crazy," for instance, Melua's phrasing is pure show tune. But it works for her, as it did for Lena and Liza before. The only weak link resides in a few straightahead blues songs, notably the 12-bar stomp "My Aphrodisiac Is You." Melua has the talent, she just lacks the soul to put oomph into a song that namechecks the Kama Sutra (this is as it should be, of course, as she's a teenager, but the choice of material is suspect nonetheless). Melua is a great torch singer who deserves the spotlight; odds are you'll eagerly await her next album before you're even done listening to this one all the way through. --Mike McGonigal
Call off the Search Reviews:
Regina Spektor meets broadway! 
2008-08-28 - Her vocals are incredible! She has a magical voice that casts a spell on you and doesn't let go. I initially heard her on the radio at a cafe in Edinburgh. A couple months later, I saw a review in a Chicago paper. Bought the CD and came home. I spent weeks listening to her and buying up the rest of her songs. She has a very impressive range, genuine spirit that shines through in her songs. Truly someone I would pay to see over and over!
A great beginning for a talented artist!
2008-06-25 - Katie Melua possesses singing talent, for sure. But there's more here. Her melancholy, far-off voice transforms these songs into a wonderful tapestry of emotional love, loss and longing. Bravo!
CD of Katie Melua, Call off the Search 
2008-06-05 - I have not yet received the product. On your e-mail confirmation you typed next to the city of destination "Carimate" Como, which is the province but also a city.
Think: Cocktail Music / Wedding Receptions
2008-05-28 - OK, I have nothing against Norah Jones, but it's nice to change up the music and "mix it up" - I think mixing in Katie's CD for cocktail music is perfect!!! It has that sound that's just right and enjoyable as guests mingle. Make sure you at least listen to this CD -- and hopefully you'll end up buying it! It's great. It's even a nice 'cozy' CD for couples to play as they spend the night inside together :)
A beautiful accident... 
2008-03-02 - I was browsing through the Jazz section of a music store in Bangkok three years ago when I stumbled upon this gem of a girl. This debut CD was then being marketed and was on the shelves for listening. I have been hooked since then. She has a combination of a jazzy, bluesy voice that is uniquely her own (definitely not Norah Jones although I like her too!) and while there are shades of Eva Cassidy, Katie is Katie. Her songs take me to places deep in my heart, and "Closest Thing to Crazy" always stirs something inside me whenever I listen to it. Her Tiger in the Night makes me want to weep, it is melancholy yet it is so wonderfully sung that it just touches me. A simply beautiful album!
I am definitely a big fan... and I would love to hear her live in concert...she seems like a wisp of a girl with a powerful voice!
