Pictures (Katie Melua album)

Pictures
Studio album by Katie Melua
Released 1 October 2007 (UK)
Recorded 2006–07
Genre
Length 44:44
Label Dramatico
Producer Mike Batt
Katie Melua chronology
Piece by Piece
(2005)Piece by Piece2005		 Pictures
(2007)		 The Katie Melua Collection
(2008)The Katie Melua Collection2008
Singles from Pictures
  1. "If You Were A Sailboat"
    Released: 24 September 2007
  2. "Mary Pickford"
    Released: 26 November 2007
  3. "If the Lights Go Out"
    Released: 25 February 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Digital Spy[2]
BBC Music(mixed)[3]
The Guardian[4]
Virgin Media[5]

Pictures is the third album by British-Georgian jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, and was released on 1 October 2007. It was released in the USA on 5 May 2009 with a different album cover.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mary Pickford"Mike Batt3:12
2."It's All in My Head"
4:03
3."If the Lights Go Out"Batt3:14
4."What I Miss About You"
3:48
5."Spellbound"Melua3:00
6."What It Says on the Tin"Batt3:44
7."Scary Films"Batt4:02
8."Perfect Circle"
  • Molly McQueen
  • Melua
4:01
9."Ghost Town"
  • Batt
  • Melua
3:31
10."If You Were a Sailboat"Batt4:02
11."Dirty Dice"
  • McEwan
  • Melua
3:39
12."In My Secret Life"
4:23

Variants

The iTunes release includes a bonus track, "Under the Cherry Moon".

The Japanese release also contains extra tracks, "When You Taught Me How to Dance" and "Closest Thing to Crazy (acoustic version)".

In the United States, the Target store release had four extra live tracks:

  1. "The Closest Thing to Crazy"
  2. "Nine Million Bicycles"
  3. "Piece by Piece"
  4. "Thank You, Stars"

iTunes early release

On 2 September 2007, iTunes began selling Pictures in many of its locations, including the UK and Australian stores in error, a month before its official release date. Initially, it was unclear if it was in error. However, moderators on Melua's forums had deleted any posts relating to the discussion of the release, and the "tell a friend" link on the UK iTunes Store stated the album would be available on 29 September, suggesting that it should not have been available. Melua's official website also made no mention of an early iTunes release.

By 3 September 2007 the album was unavailable in the iTunes Store, with an error message stating the album would be available on 29 September. The album peaked at number 3 in the UK iTunes vocal-genre chart.

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #2 with 53,878 copies sold in its first week.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Mason, Stewart. Pictures at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Levine, Nick (2007-10-02). "Katie Melua: 'Pictures'". Digitalspy.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  3. ↑ "Music - Review of Katie Melua - Pictures". BBC. 2007-10-01. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  4. ↑ Clarke, Betty (28 September 2007). "CD: Katie Melua, Pictures". The Guardian. London.
  5. ↑ "Music". Virgin Media. 2016-04-15. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-01-11. Retrieved 2012-03-14.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 "finnishcharts.com - Katie Melua - Pictures". finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  8. 1 2 3 "Katie Melua - Pictures - Music Charts". acharts.us. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  9. ↑ ケイティ・メルアけいてぃめるあ (2007-10-01). "ピクチャーズ | ケイティ・メルア | ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  10. ↑ "Official Retail Sales Chart - sales for the period 15.10.2007 - 21.10.2007". OLiS. Retrieved 2013-09-20.
  11. ↑ "Chart Stats - Katie Melua - Pictures". chartstats.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
  12. ↑ "Pictures - Katie Melua | Billboard.com". billboard.com. Retrieved 24 August 2011.
  13. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  14. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Das österreichische Hitparaden- und Musik-Portal". Austriancharts.at. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. Archived from the original on 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  16. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  17. ↑ "Billboard.BIZ". Web.archive.org. 2009-02-25. Archived from the original on 2009-02-25. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  18. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-03-05. Retrieved 2011-04-05.
  19. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2012-03-17.
  20. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Swiss Year-End Charts 2007". Swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-16. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  21. ↑ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets: Year 2007 Retrieved January 1, 2011.
  22. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop.be. Archived from the original on 2012-01-05. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  24. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Dutch Charts". Dutchcharts.nl. Archived from the original on 2012-03-31. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  25. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-10-04. Retrieved 2011-08-01.
  26. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Swiss Year-End Charts 2008". Swisscharts.com. Archived from the original on 2010-02-13. Retrieved 2016-07-29.
  27. ↑ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets: Year 2008 Retrieved January 3, 2011.
  28. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Katie Melua – Pictures" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Katie Melua in the field Interpret. Enter Pictures in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen. 
  29. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – albums 2007". Ultratop. Hung Medien.
  30. ↑ "Danish album certifications – Katie Melua – Pictures". IFPI Denmark. Click on næste to go to page if certification is from the official website.
  31. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Katie Melua; 'Pictures')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  32. ↑ "Portuguese album certifications – Katie Melua – Pictures" (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa.
  33. ↑ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2008" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden.
  34. ↑ "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Katie Melua; 'Pictures')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien.
  35. ↑ "British album certifications – Katie Melua – Pictures". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Platinum in the Certification field. Type Pictures in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  36. ↑ "IFPI Platinum Europe Awards – 2007". International Federation of the Phonographic Industry.
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