Pictures - Katie Melua

After not being keen on her last album quite so much (piece by piece) which I felt was slightly lacking after her amazing debut, I can honestly say that with this latest offering, Katie is right back on form again with Pictures- her difficult third album. Right from the beginning, the album starts off well with the upbeat, poppy and indeed quirky "Mary Pickford" which not only had me singing away in the car but humming the words and tune in my head for days. To be fair, I have only the vaguest idea of what it is about (the romance shared between Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks and their marriage to which Charlie Chaplin was invited seems to make ...  Read the complete review

Katie Melua...ahhhh, that girl with the warble who likes to count the number of various modes of transport, in foreign climates...ah the joys of metaphorical lyrical creations (of course, I'm referring to one of her biggest hits '9 million bicycles (in Beijing)' (released in 2005). How clever she is to do all that counting. One of the ever growing number of Brit school graduates (along with fellow pupils Kate Nash, Amy Winehouse and Leona Lewis to name a few), this singer/songwriter is a force to be reckoned with, gaining a massive fan base after only 5 years and three albums in the industry. Who is she? Full name Ketevan and of Georgian (Russian) decent, ...  Read the complete review

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ About Katie Melua ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Katie Melua is a Georgia-born singer songwriter, in 2003 while she was still studying at the Brit School of Performing Arts in Surrey, Katie was discovered at just 18. 4 years later, she is still going strong as is a huge household name having sold more than 7.5 million albums and in 2006 becoming the years best selling British female in the world. Katie's first album Piece by Piece was released in 2005. Katie has had several UK number one tracks, with many others being top 10. Katie was awarded the Golden Camera Award for International Pop Artist at the start of 2007 and Katie was presented with the ...  Read the complete review

A farcry from the stereotype I may have had thrust upon myself through my previous album reviews, it wouldn't be entirely unfair to say a verdict from myself on a Katie Melua album isn't going to be as generous as I have to a cast of R&B artists. On the other hand, Katie Melua does not fall under my scrutiny in the same way artists who disappoint with their follow-up albums do, and if you think my discussion of an artist like Melua is going to be anything similar to that of the diva that is Mariah Carey -- you would be wrong. When I hear the name Katie Melua I do automatically come to a conclusion in my head that is usually correct, but she is a name that makes me ...  Read the complete review