The Katie Melua Collection

The Katie Melua Collection
Compilation album by Katie Melua
Released	October 27, 2008 (2008-10-27)
Genre	Pop rock vocal jazz [1]
Length	61:46
Label	Dramatico
Producer	Mike Batt
Katie Melua chronology
Pictures (2007) The Katie Melua Collection (2008) Live at the O² Arena (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
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

No.	Title	Writer(s)	From Album	Length
1.	"The Closest Thing to Crazy"	Mike Batt	Call Off the Search	4:15
2.	"Nine Million Bicycles"	Batt	Piece by Piece	3:17
3.	"What a Wonderful World (duet with Eva Cassidy)"	Bob Thiele, George David Weiss	Previously unreleased	4:19
4.	"If You Were a Sailboat"	Batt	Pictures	4:01
5.	"Piece by Piece"	Katie Melua	Piece by Piece	3:24
6.	"Call Off the Search"	Batt	Call Off the Search	3:25
7.	"On the Road Again"	Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson	Piece by Piece	4:38
8.	"Mary Pickford"	Batt	Pictures	3:13
9.	"Spider's Web"	Melua	Piece by Piece	3:56
10.	"Thank You, Stars"	Batt	Piece by Piece	3:40
11.	"I Cried for You"	Melua	Piece by Piece	3:38
12.	"Crawling up a Hill"	John Mayall	Call Off the Search	3:25
13.	"Tiger in the Night"	Batt	Call Off the Search	3:08
14.	"When You Taught Me How to Dance"	Batt, Nigel Westlake, Richard Maltby Jr., Melua	Miss Potter Soundtrack	3:24
15.	"Two Bare Feet"	Batt, Melua	Previously Unreleased	3:00
16.	"Toy Collection"	Melua	Previously Unreleased	3:13
17.	"Somewhere in the Same Hotel"	Batt, Melua	Previously Unreleased	3:50

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:

• "Kozmic Blues" – iTunes
• "How Sweet It Is to Be Loved by You" – available on Tesco Digital download
• "By the Light of the Magical Moon" – free download from The Times

Chart performance

Weekly charts Chart (2008) Peak position Australian Albums Chart [4] 92 Austrian Albums Chart [5] 29 Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart [5] 13 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [5] 8 Danish Albums Chart [5] 3 Dutch Albums Chart [5] 3 European Top 100 Albums [6] 7 Finnish Albums Chart [5] 40 German Albums Chart 12 Irish Albums Chart 17 New Zealand Albums Chart [5] 27 Norwegian Albums Chart [5] 12 Polish Albums Chart 34 Portuguese Albums Chart [5] 4 Swedish Albums Chart [5] 25 Swiss Albums Chart [5] 5 UK Albums Chart [7] 15

End of year charts End of year chart (2008) Position Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart [8] 100 Swiss Albums Chart [9] 53 UK Albums Chart [10] 145 End of year chart (2009) Position Swiss Albums Chart [11] 75 Certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Belgium (BRMA) [12] Gold 15,000* Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [13] Gold 15,000^ Germany (BVMI) [14] Gold 100,000^ Portugal (AFP) [15] Gold 10,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [16] Platinum 30,000^ United Kingdom (BPI) [17] Gold 100,000^ * Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. 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. 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.

External links

• Official website