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List Price: $22.98 | | Label: Dramatico
Salesrank: 8111
Released: November 6, 2007 |
| Our Price: $9.52 |
| Used Price: $29.95 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Pictures Track Listing:
1. Mary Pickford
2. It's All in My Head
3. If the Lights Go Out
4. What I Miss About You - Katie Melua, McEwan
5. Spellbound - Katie Melua, Melua, Katie
6. What It Says on the Tin
7. Scary Films
8. Perfect Circle - Katie Melua, McQueen
9. Ghost Town
10. If You Were a Sailboat
11. Dirty Dice - Katie Melua, McQueen
12. In My Secret Life - Katie Melua, Cohen, Leonard
Editorial Review:
2007 album from the UK singer/songwriter, her third album overall. Equal parts Pop, Folk and Blues, Pictures builds upon Katie's successes as one of Britain's finest female artists and shows her experimenting and growing as a songwriter extraordinaire. 12 tracks including the first single 'If You Were A Sailboat'. Naive.
Description of Pictures:
There is something innately British about Katie Melua’s appeal, her style reminiscent of former '60s UK legend Lulu, especially in songs that combine adult contemporary pop with a slight crooning style ("All In My Head," "If You Were A Sailboat"). Whatever her je-ne-sais-quality is, Melua’s popularity in Europe is massive; she has sold more CDs in Britain than any other female artist in both 2005 and 2006. At the time of the release of her third CD, Pictures, sales of her first two were at an impressive eight million sold and climbing. Many compare her sound and style to Norah Jones and Diana Krall, but that is quite misleading, as she is neither as bluesy as Jones nor as jazzy as Krall, landing in fact much more in the middle of the road stylistically. Cover songs are in short supply on this disc (unlike Melua’s prior releases); Pictures contains only one cover tune, a Motown-affected Leonard Cohen song entitled "In My Secret Life." While all the other songs are originals, many do significantly resemble Cohen cuts, pairing poetry with melancholy ("If The Lights Go Out," "Dirty Dice"). One word of advice to the unfamiliar; the former Russian resident has a vibrato that at times approaches a warble, so although Melua’s music clearly has massive appeal to an entire continent, North American eardrums would do well to preview her sonic wares prior to purchasing the whole disc. --Denise Sheppard
Pictures Reviews:
Jazz-Folk Excellence 
2008-11-25 - Katie has a honey-sweet voice that blends the stylings of Jazz and pop music interwoven with folk rhythms. Clever romantic verses are mixed with fetching tunes to make this a lovely collection of music.
Mellow
2008-09-29 - Katie, the best, nice and mellow and very relaxing. Unusual and true to her own style. A very good album.
Not her best 
2008-04-13 - While I am a Katie fan, this is not her best album, "Piece by Piece" and "Call Off the Search", were both better. The material in "Pictures" is much weaker, but she still has that great voice. I look forward to her next album.
Great album - what's with the price? 
2008-04-13 - This is a great album, a bit different than the previous 2 albums but not a lot. But I'm puzzled by the insane price this is showing - over $26 as I write this? I downloaded it (elsewhere) for $7.99.
Katie continues to grow
2008-02-10 - As I huddle inside by my fire on a blustery, chilly day, listening to a truly unique talent, I can only imagine how much more Katie Melua has to offer in coming years. A nightingale's voice, a composer's delight, a musican with taste and subtley, and a classic, breathtaking face with expressive eyes that carry the weight. The complete package that delivers the music.
