Katie Melua - Call Off The Search (2003)

Artist: Katie Melua
Album: Call off the Search
Label: Dramatico Entertainment Ltd.
Original Release Date: Nov 3, 2003
Genre: Vocal Style: Adult, Alternative Pop/ Rock, Vocal Jazz, Jazz Blues
Format, bitrate: MP3@320 kbit/s
Time: 41:16
Size: 95 MB

Предлагаю вашему вниманию альбом "Call off the Search" 2003 года. На данный момент он считается наиболее успешным в карьере певицы.

Tracks:
01. Call Off The Search 03:23
02. Crawling Up A Hill 03:25
03. The Closest Thing To Crazy 04:13
04. My Aphrodisiac Is You 03:33
05. Learnin' The Blues 03:24
06. Blame It On The Moon 03:46
07. Belfast (Penguins And Cats) 03:22
08. I Think It's Going To Rain Today 02:29
09. Mockingbird Song 03:07
10. Tiger In The Night 03:08
11. Faraway Voice 03:13
12. Lilac Wine 04:13

Personnel:
Katie Melua - vocals, guitar
Jim Cregan - guitar
Mike Batt - piano, organ
Tim Harries - bass instrument
Michael Kruk - drums
Chris Spedding - guitar
Henry Spinetti - drums

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Review:
English listeners went mad for Katie Melua with the release of her debut album there in late 2003. Issued domestically in June 2004, Call Off the Search posits the lovely Melua pristinely in between pop, adult contemporary, and traditional American musical forms, with savvy marketing handling the finishing touches. (Think Norah Jones.) It's a comfortable, lightly melodic affair that drinks red wine safely in the middle of the road. Raised in Soviet Georgia and the United Kingdom, Melua has a beguiling accent that colors the ends of her phrases, adding character to her velvety, if occasionally only satisfactory singing voice. She has a nice time with the understated R&B sashay of John Mayall's "Crawling Up a Hill," as well as Mike Batt's "My Aphrodisiac Is You," which is spiced up with barrelhouse piano, muted trumpet, and sly references to opium and the Kama Sutra. The singer's own "Belfast (Penguins and Cats)" opens nicely with a few measures of solo acoustic guitar before it's joined by the orchestral maneuvers that sweep through the majority of Call Off the Search's after-dark cabaret. (Melua also penned a dedication to Eva Cassidy, who she's been compared to vocally.) While the instrumentation is never overbearing, a stoic version of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" and a couple of late-album pop vocal entries do dawdle a bit in the soft-focus halo that hovers over Search's more easygoing stretches. These selections are perfectly capable, yet pretty obvious, as if the decision was made to sprinkle Melua's debut equally with safety and variety, in case a particular style didn't stick. Still, despite a few detours down easy street, Call Off the Search is a promising debut, and comfortable like the first drink of the evening.
Johnny Loftus, AMG

Any notions of Katie Melua being a calculated Norah Jones knockoff fly out the window within seconds of listening to the jazzy chanteuse's wispy, sultry voice on her debut CALL OFF THE SEARCH. Like her idol, the late Eva Cassidy, in tribute to whom Melua penned the fetching "Faraway Voice," the young singer is clearly one of those fortunate souls who feels music in every fiber of their being.
It's somewhat surprising to note that the songs, which have the feel of Gramophone antiquity, were actually written by the singer herself or her mentor Mike Batt. Mixed in with the originals are some truly lovely covers including a heart-wrenching rendition of Randy Newman's "I Think It's Going to Rain Today" and a soulful version of John Mayall's "Crawling Up a Hill." Melua's vocals lie somewhere between the introverted pop quiver of Sarah McLachlan and the debauched croon of Billie Holiday, an otherworldly and appealing voice that makes CALL OFF THE SEARCH an intriguing first outing.
cduniverse.com


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