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Secret Symphony Music Artist : Katie Melua Music Label : Dramatico Release Date : 2012-03-13 Artistopia's Price :$18.00
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2012 release, the fifth album from the British singer/songwriter. Secret Symphony is an exquisite collection of songs that perfectly showcases that unique, instantly recognizable voice. Those songs include `All Over The World' (Fran‡oise Hardy), `Gold In Them Hills' (Ron Sexsmith), `Nobody Knows You' (Jimmie Cox) and `Moonshine' (Fran Healy). Katie's also written her own song `Forgetting All My Troubles', and she teams up with manager and producer Mike Batt on `Heartstrings' and `Lone Wolf'. Batt also contributes title track `Secret Symphony', `The Walls Of The World', `Better Than A Dream' and `The Bit That I Don't Get'. The result is a collaboration that imbues the songs with a distinct personality that could only be the work of this creative team. The record allows Katie's distinctive voice and the songs to truly shine.
The House Music Artist : Katie Melua Music Label : Dramatico Entertainment Release Date : 2010-08-03 Artistopia's Price :$13.78
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2010 fourth studio album recorded at Air Studios in London produced by William Orbit. This album has been described as sonically epic, adventurous and dramatic and, whilst appealing to Katie's fans, also promises to draw a new audience. 12 tracks.
Piece By Piece Music Artist : Katie Melua Music Label : Umvd Labels Release Date : 2006-06-06 Artistopia's Price :$13.62
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Exclusive Asian re-issue of her 2006 sophomore album includes three bonus tracks on the audio CD, It's Only Pain, Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds (Acoustic Version) and Sometimes When I'm Dreaming. The bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 0) features, Piece By Piece - Moment By Moment, an 80 minute film shot during Katie's 2006 European Tour plus 'Nine Million Bicycles' (Promo Clip), 'Cried For You' (Promo Clip), 'Spider's Web' (Promo Clip) and more. Avex.
Pictures Music Artist : Katie Melua Music Label : Dramatico Release Date : 2009-05-05 Artistopia's Price :$8.24
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Katie Melua was born in Georgia (former USSR) in 1984, growing up under the communist regime in the capital, Tbilisi. The family left Georgia when Katie was eight and moved to Belfast where her father got a job as a heart surgeon. Katie didn't always want to be a singer or songwriter. Her ambition when she was thirteen was to be a politician or a historian "I honestly thought I'd be able to bring peace to the world...if I ruled it!)" The family lived in Belfast for five years before moving to South East London. At sixteen, Katie joined the BRIT School for Performing Arts.
Composer/producer Mike Batt paid a visit to the school. Katie signed to Batt's record label Dramatico, but stayed at the BRIT School to complete her studies where she graduated with distinction in July 2003.
Unable to secure a contract with a Major record company, Katie and Mike decided to put her album Call Off The Search (containing the song "The Closest Thing To Crazy") out on Batt's own, small record label. After an appearance on The Royal Variety Show, 19 year old Katie shot to the top of the UK album charts and became the biggest selling female artist for the next two years. Her two albums, (the second of which contained the hit "Nine Million Bicycles") have sold more than 10 million copies to date. She and her family took British nationality in 2005. In December 2007, Katie topped the charts with a duet with her idol, the late Eva Cassidy, entitled "What A Wonderful World", with proceeds from the single going to support the UK work of the British Red Cross.
The past years have been quite extraordinary for Katie (now 24). She has had a Dutch tulip named in her honor, met and played for Nelson Mandela in South Africa visiting his Aids charity, has become a hard working Ambassador for Save The Children, raced at 160mph around Grand Prix, flown a plane, learned to dive and parachute freefall, set a Guinness World Record for deepest underwater concert (19 miles under water on a gas rig in the North Sea), and picked up various prestigious awards within Europe, including a World Music Award, a Golden Camera Award, and two German Echo Awards.
Katie's third studio album, Pictures, confirms Katie's status as a unique and remarkable vocalist, and reveals the third chapter of what is destined to be a long musical career.
2009 compilation from the Georgian-born, London-based singer/songwriter that includes three new tracks. Since finding fame with her debut album Call Off The Search in 2004, Katie Melua has enjoyed immense popularity throughout Europe and beyond thanks to her blend of Pop, Easy Listening and soulful Rock. This collection brings together some of the most successful singles and album tracks from across her career, the most notable including 'The Closest Thing To Crazy', 'If You Were A Sailboat' and the hugely successful 'duet' with Eva Cassidy, 'What A Wonderful World'. 17 tracks.
Call Off the Search Music Artist : Katie Melua Music Label : Dramatico Entertainment Release Date : 2004-06-08 Artistopia's Price :$10.09
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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
Katie Melua has firmly established herself among the ranks of international music stars with her unique and unmistakable style. One of Britain's most successful female singers of the past decade, Katie has sold more than 10 million albums with multi-platinum awards in 13 countries. Born in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, Katie and her family moved to Belfast before settling in Surrey where Katie attended the Brit School for the Performing Arts. Having signed to Mike Batt's independent record label Dramatico while still at school, Katie's first two albums - 'Call Off The Search' and 'Piece By Piece' - both became international number ones with singles such as `The Closest Thing To Crazy' and `Nine Million Bicycles' becoming airplay hits around the world. By the release of her third album `Pictures', in 2007, Katie was the biggest-selling UK-based, female artist in the world. Her current album `The House' has received some of the finest reviews of her career and gave Katie another European number 1 record.
In addition to the phenomenal success of her records, Katie has enjoyed many special experiences - including several massive world tours, receiving numerous awards, playing on stage for Nelson Mandela with the band Queen, dining at Buckingham Palace with The Queen, performing a gig at the bottom of the North Sea and walking the Great Wall of China. Internationally respected as an advocate for environmental protection and charitable activities, Katie recently became the brand ambassador for Vauxhall/Opel's ecological initiatives and their revolutionary electric car Ampera.
2008 two disc (CD + PAL/Region 0 DVD) release, a musical summary of the 23 year old British singer/songwriter's journey so far with 17 songs on the CD including 'The Closest Thing To Crazy', Nine Million Bicycles', 'What A Wonderful World' (with Eva Cassidy) and three previously unreleased bonus tracks. The bonus live DVD was filmed earlier this year in Rotterdam. Highlights from her three previous albums are joined by 'When You Taught Me How To Dance', from the film Miss Potter, and three new songs recorded for this album release: 'Toy Collection' (written by Katie for the MySpace film 'Faintheart'), 'Somewhere In The Same Hotel' (a slow, bluesey song co-written by Katie) and 'Two Bare Feet' (a brand new, up-tempo, foot-tapping Katie co-write). Dramatico.
'Live at the O2 Arena' was recorded on 8th November 2008 during Katie's 'Pictures' world tour. In a live review of the concert The Times wrote "her voice was rarely short of astounding" and this live recording leaves the listener in no doubt as to what a unique and extraordinarily perfect voice Katie Melua has.
Katie opened the concert, with just her electric guitar for accompaniment, singing 'Piece By Piece' - the title track of her second album - and 'Lilac Wine' before taking a seat at the grand piano to play the Georgian folk song 'Yellow Leaves' (or Qviteli Potlebi).
"She sings impeccably in her sultry but innocent way" - Mojo
The concert was a celebration of the remarkable success that Katie has enjoyed since the release of 'Call Off The Search' in 2003. Joined by her 6 piece band Katie weaved her way through her three multi-platinum selling albums including her debut single 'Closest Thing To Crazy', the international hit single 'Nine Million Bicycles' and the more recent singles from her third album 'Pictures'.
After a mesmerising cover of Janis Joplin's 'Kosmic Blues' Katie closed the show as she began, unaccompanied, to sing the heartbreaking 'I Cried For You'.
Secret Symphony Music Artist : Katie Melua Music Label : DRAMATICO Release Date : 2012-04-10 Artistopia's Price :$41.68
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Vinyl LP pressing includes bonus CD version. 2012 release, the fifth album from the British singer/songwriter. Secret Symphony is an exquisite collection of songs that perfectly showcases that unique, instantly recognizable voice. Those songs include `All Over The World' (Fran‡oise Hardy), `Gold In Them Hills' (Ron Sexsmith), `Nobody Knows You' (Jimmie Cox) and `Moonshine' (Fran Healy). Katie's also written her own song `Forgetting All My Troubles', and she teams up with manager and producer Mike Batt on `Heartstrings' and `Lone Wolf'. Batt also contributes title track `Secret Symphony', `The Walls Of The World', `Better Than A Dream' and `The Bit That I Don't Get'. The result is a collaboration that imbues the songs with a distinct personality that could only be the work of this creative team. The record allows Katie's distinctive voice and the songs to truly shine.