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Katie Melua - The House - 2010

Posted By: mfrwiz

Date: 27 May 2010 10:12:48

Katie Melua - The House - 2010
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Audio CD (24 May 2010) - Number of Discs: 1 - Label: Dramatico - Catalog Number: 0061 - Source: BitTorrent
Rock/Pop, Rock

Product Description: On the final track of 2007’s Pictures, a cover of Leonard Cohen’s In My Secret Life, Katie Melua sang of missing a loved one. Three years on, she opens this fourth album with I’d Love to Kill You: “I’d love to kill you as you eat / The pleasure would taste so sweet”. She’s said that The House may shock fans who’ve followed her since her 2003 breakthrough, and such lyrical wickedness might imply she’s been through quite the stylistic sea change. As if. The House is as box-ticking of design as even the most fair-weather of fans should expect from an artist who’s never pushed at any creative envelope. At their worst these arrangements are lazy to the point of absolute stupor, as lively as a well-fed fatso snoozing in front of the Queen’s Christmas speech. This should allow Melua’s voice to shine through, but she can sound racked by tracheal rigor mortis, a whisper escaping where a little more of the wow factor that first attracted the ears of Dramatico boss Mike Batt would have improved proceedings. Batt, for the first time on a Melua album, makes no appearance (save for a single co-write) – in his place William Orbit produces, and former Robbie Williams collaborator Guy Chambers contributes to several songs. This new line-up hasn’t led to a considerable shift of dynamic, many songs contentedly shuffling at a mid-tempo pace. This is meant as no slight: Melua is the kind of artist who responds to demand, rather than one who writes to challenge her audience. As such The House is largely a success – those boxes, ticked. But it’s disappointing that she’s not edged that little further from her comfort zone given the promise of surprises. Highlights are apparent, though. The Flood, the album’s lead single, is a polished arrangement that reins in the temptation for bombast and is better for its restraint. Red Balloons, a co-write with Polly Scattergood, is so delicate the listener might want to hold their breath for its duration, for fear that exhaling would shatter its frail form. And when Melua’s vocals convey real intimacy and vulnerability, such as on the closing title-track, she engages the listener with a rarefied grace. When Melua reveals this sensitive side she’s amongst the best artists in her easy-on-the-ear field, and she could yet surpass several of her own idols. But The House contains enough forgettable filler to suggest she’s some way off delivering a career-defining canon classic.

Katie Melua - The House - 2010

Review: Katie Melua's fourth studio album, and her first away from the guiding influence of Mike Batt, a collaboration that has produced some fabulous music over the last five years. It seems this has been something of a double-edged sword for the artist. In my humble opinion she is a supremely gifted singer and no mean songwriter either, but her critics have always used the "Batt factor" as an excuse to undermine her worth. I hope I am wrong, but it seems to me she may have felt this a little too, grateful for the mentoring, musicianship and astounding song-writing talent of Mr Batt, but feeling in latter years that she still needs to prove herself as an individual. If that was the case, then it is a testament to her ambition and dedication that somebody who has already penned such heartbreakingly beautiful songs as "Faraway Voice", "Piece By Piece" and "I Cried For You" should still feel the need to prove her writing ability. Melua's songs don't always grab one instantly. In fact I have initially dismissed several as duds. But it is always the same - after a couple of plays they begin to haunt my brain like some strange, beautiful ghost. The House certainly hasn't let me down. In fact I think it is superb.

Katie Melua - The House - 2010

Lyrically clever, haunting, diverse and full of subtle melodies, there is plenty here to please the old Melua fans, but enough diversification from her past style to gain many new ones (and hopefully some younger ones!) William Orbit's production is certainly evident, and some passages wouldn't be out of place in a club. I especially liked the little vocal quirks which are dotted throughout the songs, which only someone of Melua's talent and range could pull off effectively. In fact, in places it put me in mind of Kate Bush's vocal experimentation - and that's no bad thing. You may not enjoy Melua's particular style, and that is down to individual taste. But for me this album proves there can be no doubt about her talent as a writer of songs. You may suspect I am a fan of Katie Melua's music, and you would be right. I need music like this - it is one of the things that helps to brighten the days and soothe the nights, and I for one hope that she keeps producing albums as good as "The House" for many years to come. But whatever I say won't make any difference. You will either like something or you won't, and the only way to find out is to listen to it. But in my opinion, pure talent, with or without Mr Batt. Highly recommended. ~ Amazon Customer

Note: Credit to mirceaRo, the original uploader.

Track Listing:

01 - I'd Love To Kill You - 2:58
02 - The Flood - 4:04
03 - A Happy Place - 3:27
04 - A Moment Of Madness - 3:47
05 - Red Balloons - 4:20
06 - Tiny Alien - 4:36
07 - No Fear Of Heights - 2:54
08 - The One I Love Is Gone - 3:39
09 - Plague Of Love - 3:26
10 - God On The Drums, Devil On The Bass - 3:48
11 - Twisted - 3:44
12 - The House - 5:01

Time: 45:45 min

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