Pictures (Katie Melua album)

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Pictures
Katie Melua Pictures.jpg
Studio album by
Katie Melua
Released1 October 2007 (UK)
Recorded2006–07
Genre
Length44:44
Label Dramatico
Producer Mike Batt
Katie Melua chronology
Piece by Piece
(2005)		Pictures
(2007)		 The Katie Melua Collection
(2008)
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 Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Digital Spy Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
BBC Music (mixed) [3]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Virgin Media Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Pictures is the third album by British 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.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Mary Pickford" Mike Batt 3:12
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 number two with 53,878 copies sold in its first week. [6]

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [29] Gold10,000*
Belgium (BEA) [30] Gold15,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [31] Platinum30,000^
France (SNEP) [32] Platinum100,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [33] Platinum200,000^
Netherlands (NVPI) [34] Platinum70,000^
Portugal (AFP) [35] Gold10,000^
Sweden (GLF) [36] Gold20,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [37] 2× Platinum60,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [38] Platinum300,000^
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [39] Platinum1,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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