Pictures (Katie Melua album)
{{Infobox album
| name = Pictures
| type = Album
| artist = Katie Melua
| cover = Katie Melua Pictures.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 October 2007 {{small|(UK)}}
| recorded = 2006–07
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{flatlist|
| length = 44:44
| label = Dramatico
| producer = Mike Batt
| prev_title = Piece by Piece
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = The Katie Melua Collection
| next_year = 2008
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Pictures
| type = Studio album
| single1 = If You Were A Sailboat
| single1date = 24 September 2007
| single2 = Mary Pickford
| single2date = 26 November 2007
| single3 = If the Lights Go Out
| single3date = 25 February 2008
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic|rev1Score={{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1207004|first=Stewart|last=Mason|label=Pictures}}
| rev2 = Digital Spy|rev2Score={{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|last=Levine |first=Nick |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a76853/katie-melua-pictures.html |title=Katie Melua: 'Pictures' |website=Digitalspy.co.uk |date=2007-10-02 |accessdate=2016-07-29}}
| rev3 = BBC Music|rev3Score=(mixed){{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/zg54/ |title=Music - Review of Katie Melua - Pictures |publisher=BBC |date=2007-10-01 |accessdate=2016-07-29}}
| rev4 = The Guardian|rev4Score={{Rating|2|5}}{{cite news| url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2007/sep/28/popandrock.shopping5 | location=London | work=The Guardian | first=Betty | last=Clarke | title=CD: Katie Melua, Pictures | date=28 September 2007}}
| rev5 = Virgin Media|rev5Score={{Rating|2|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.virginmedia.com/music/reviews/albumreviews/katiemelua-pictures.php |title=Music |publisher=Virgin Media |date=2016-04-15 |accessdate=2016-07-29}}
| noprose = yes
}}
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.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Mary Pickford|length1=3:12 |writer1=Mike Batt
| title2 = It's All in My Head|length2=4:03 |writer2= {{hlist|Batt|Katie Melua}}
| title3 = If the Lights Go Out|length3=3:14 |writer3=Batt
| title4 = What I Miss About You|length4=3:48 |writer4={{hlist|Andrea McEwan|Melua}}
| title5 = Spellbound|length5=3:00 |writer5=Melua
| title6 = What It Says on the Tin|length6=3:44 |writer6=Batt
| title7 = Scary Films|length7=4:02 |writer7=Batt
| title8 = Perfect Circle|length8=4:01 |writer8={{hlist|Molly McQueen|Melua}}
| title9 = Ghost Town|length9=3:31 |writer9={{hlist|Batt|Melua}}
| title10 = If You Were a Sailboat|length10=4:02 |writer10=Batt
| title11 = Dirty Dice|length11=3:39 |writer11={{hlist|McEwan|Melua}}
| title12 = In My Secret Life|length12=4:23 |writer12={{hlist|Leonard Cohen|Sharon Robinson}}
}}
=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:
- "The Closest Thing to Crazy"
- "Nine Million Bicycles"
- "Piece by Piece"
- "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.{{cite web|url=http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode%3D1%26storycode%3D1048801%26c%3D1 |title=Music Week |accessdate=2012-03-14 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140111004600/http://www.musicweek.com/story.asp?sectioncode=1&storycode=1048801&c=1 |archivedate=2014-01-11 }}
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= Weekly charts =
= Decade-end charts =
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!Chart (2000–2009) !Position |
Dutch Albums Chart{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=a |title=Dutch Charts |website=Dutchcharts.nl |accessdate=2016-07-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150208110332/http://dutchcharts.nl/decennium.asp?cat=a |archivedate=2015-02-08 }}
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2007|relyear=2007}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2007|relyear=2007|relmonth=10|certmonth=10}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=2008|relyear=2007|relmonth=10}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|title=Pictures|artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=2020|relyear=2017|access-date=14 February 2024}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2007}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Netherlands|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2007|access-date=October 15, 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2008|source=archive|relyear=2007}}
{{certification Table Entry|title=Pictures|artist=Katie Melua|type=album|region=Sweden|award=Gold|relyear=2008|certyear=2008}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2007}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2007|id=5098-3276-2}}
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Europe|title=Pictures |artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Platinum|certyear=2007|relyear=2007}}
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References
{{Reflist|30em}}
{{Katie Melua}}
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