The Katie Melua Collection
Compilation album by
Katie Melua
ReleasedOctober 27, 2008 (2008-10-27)
Genre
Length61:46
LabelDramatico
ProducerMike Batt
Katie Melua chronology
Pictures
(2007)		 The Katie Melua Collection
(2008)		 Live at the O² Arena
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
BBC Music(positive) [2]

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 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

Disc 1

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)From AlbumLength
1."The Closest Thing to Crazy"Mike BattCall Off the Search4:15
2."Nine Million Bicycles"BattPiece by Piece3:17
3."What a Wonderful World (duet with Eva Cassidy)"Bob Thiele, George David WeissPreviously unreleased4:19
4."If You Were a Sailboat"BattPictures4:01
5."Piece by Piece"Katie MeluaPiece by Piece3:24
6."Call Off the Search"BattCall Off the Search3:25
7."On the Road Again"Floyd Jones, Alan WilsonPiece by Piece4:38
8."Mary Pickford"BattPictures3:13
9."Spider's Web"MeluaPiece by Piece3:56
10."Thank You, Stars"BattPiece by Piece3:40
11."I Cried for You"MeluaPiece by Piece3:38
12."Crawling up a Hill"John MayallCall Off the Search3:25
13."Tiger in the Night"BattCall Off the Search3:08
14."When You Taught Me How to Dance"Batt, Nigel Westlake, Richard Maltby Jr., MeluaMiss Potter Soundtrack3:24
15."Two Bare Feet"Batt, MeluaPreviously Unreleased3:00
16."Toy Collection"MeluaPreviously Unreleased3:13
17."Somewhere in the Same Hotel"Batt, MeluaPreviously Unreleased3:50

Disc 2 (A 90-minute DVD – The Arena Tour 2008, Live from Rotterdam)

  1. Piece By Piece
  2. I Do Believe In Love
  3. My Aphrodisiac Is You
  4. Crawling Up A Hill
  5. Mary Pickford
  6. Blues In The Night
  7. If You Were A Sailboat
  8. Ghost Town
  9. Thank You, Stars
  10. Perfect Circle
  11. What I Miss About You
  12. Spider's Web
  13. If The Lights Go Out
  14. Scary Films
  15. Spellbound
  16. Mockingbird Song
  17. The Closest Thing To Crazy
  18. Nine Million Bicycles
  19. On The Road Again
  20. Kozmic Blues
  21. I Cried For You
  22. 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:

Chart performance

References

  1. 1 2 O'Brien, Jon. "The Katie Melua Collection". AllMusic. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
  2. ↑ "Music - Review of Katie Melua - The Katie Melua Collection". BBC. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  3. ↑ "Katie Melua - Collection: Includes Dvd". HMV. hmv.com. Aug 2008. Retrieved 2008-09-27.
  4. ↑ "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.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Steffen Hung. "Katie Melua - The Katie Melua Collection". danishcharts.dk. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  6. ↑ "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.
  7. ↑ "The Official Charts Company - Katie Melua - The Collection". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  8. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". ultratop.be. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  9. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Swiss Year-End Charts 2008". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 2011-06-16.
  10. ↑ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets->Year 2008 Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Swiss Year-End Charts 2009". Media Control. Hung Medien. Retrieved February 6, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2008". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  13. ↑ "Danish album certifications – Katie Melua – The Katie Melua Collection". IFPI Danmark. Scroll through the page-list below until year 2008 to obtain certification.
  14. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Katie Melua; 'The Katie Melua Collection')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  15. ↑ "Portuguese album certifications – Katie Melua – The Collection" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved November 28, 2020.
  16. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('The Katie Melua Collection')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  17. ↑ "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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