The Katie Melua Collection
{{Infobox album
| name = The Katie Melua Collection
| type = compilation
| artist = Katie Melua
| cover = The Katie Melua Collection.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2008|10|27}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Pop|rock|vocal jazz}}
| length = 61:46
| label = Dramatico
| producer = Mike Batt
| prev_title = Pictures
| prev_year = 2007
| next_title = Live at the O² Arena
| next_year = 2009
}}
{{Album reviews
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |last1=O'Brien |first1=Jon |title=The Katie Melua Collection |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-katie-melua-collection-mw0001678771 |website=AllMusic |accessdate=3 October 2018}}
| rev2 = BBC Music
| rev2Score = (positive) {{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/hqp2/ |title=Music - Review of Katie Melua - The Katie Melua Collection |publisher=BBC |date= |accessdate=2011-06-16}}
|noprose=yes
}}
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".{{cite web |url=http://hmv.com/hmvweb/displayProductDetails.do?ctx=280;-1;-1;-1&sku=823466 |title= Katie Melua - Collection: Includes Dvd |accessdate=2008-09-27 |work=HMV |publisher=hmv.com |date=Aug 2008 }}
Track listing
=Disc 1=
{{Track listing
| extra_column = From Album
| title1 = The Closest Thing to Crazy
| writer1 = Mike Batt
| extra1 = Call Off the Search
| length1 = 4:15
| title2 = Nine Million Bicycles
| writer2 = Batt
| extra2 = Piece by Piece
| length2 = 3:17
| title3 = What a Wonderful World (duet with Eva Cassidy)
| writer3 = Bob Thiele, George David Weiss
| extra3 = Previously unreleased
| length3 = 4:19
| title4 = If You Were a Sailboat
| writer4 = Batt
| extra4 = Pictures
| length4 = 4:01
| title5 = Piece by Piece
| writer5 = Katie Melua
| extra5 = Piece by Piece
| length5 = 3:24
| title6 = Call Off the Search
| writer6 = Batt
| extra6 = Call Off the Search
| length6 = 3:25
| title7 = On the Road Again
| writer7 = Floyd Jones, Alan Wilson
| extra7 = Piece by Piece
| length7 = 4:38
| title8 = Mary Pickford
| writer8 = Batt
| extra8 = Pictures
| length8 = 3:13
| title9 = Spider's Web
| writer9 = Melua
| extra9 = Piece by Piece
| length9 = 3:56
| title10 = Thank You, Stars
| writer10 = Batt
| extra10 = Piece by Piece
| length10 = 3:40
| title11 = I Cried for You
| writer11 = Melua
| extra11 = Piece by Piece
| length11 = 3:38
| title12 = Crawling up a Hill
| writer12 = John Mayall
| extra12 = Call Off the Search
| length12 = 3:25
| title13 = Tiger in the Night
| writer13 = Batt
| extra13 = Call Off the Search
| length13 = 3:08
| title14 = When You Taught Me How to Dance
| writer14 = Batt, Nigel Westlake, Richard Maltby Jr., Melua
| extra14 = Miss Potter Soundtrack
| length14 = 3:24
| title15 = Two Bare Feet
| writer15 = Batt, Melua
| extra15 = Previously Unreleased
| length15 = 3:00
| title16 = Toy Collection
| writer16 = Melua
| extra16 = Previously Unreleased
| length16 = 3:13
| title17 = Somewhere in the Same Hotel
| writer17 = Batt, Melua
| extra17 = Previously Unreleased
| length17 = 3:50
}}
=Disc 2 (A 90-minute DVD – ''The Arena Tour 2008, Live from Rotterdam'')=
- Piece By Piece
- I Do Believe In Love
- My Aphrodisiac Is You
- Crawling Up A Hill
- Mary Pickford
- Blues In The Night
- If You Were A Sailboat
- Ghost Town
- Thank You, Stars
- Perfect Circle
- What I Miss About You
- Spider's Web
- If The Lights Go Out
- Scary Films
- Spellbound
- Mockingbird Song
- The Closest Thing To Crazy
- Nine Million Bicycles
- On The Road Again
- Kozmic Blues
- I Cried For You
- 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
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=Weekly charts=
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=End of year charts=
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| End of year chart (2008)
!Position |
|---|
| Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2008&cat=a |title=Ultratop Belgian Charts |publisher=ultratop.be |date= |accessdate=2011-06-16}}
| style="text-align:center;"|100 |
| Swiss Albums Chart{{cite web|author=Steffen Hung |url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2008 |title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2008 |publisher=swisscharts.com |date= |accessdate=2011-06-16}}
| style="text-align:center;"|53 |
| UK Albums Chart[http://www.zobbel.de/ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets->Year 2008] Retrieved January 3, 2011.
| style="text-align:center;"|145 |
| End of year chart (2009)
!Position |
| Swiss Albums Chart{{cite web |url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2009|title=Swiss Year-End Charts 2009 |work=Media Control |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=February 6, 2009}}
| style="text-align:center;"|75 |
=Certifications=
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|title=The Katie Melua Collection|artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2008|relyear=2008}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=The Katie Melua Collection|artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2008|relyear=2008}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=The Katie Melua Collection|artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Gold|relyear=2008}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Portugal|title=The Collection|artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Gold|id=200915|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100918014634/http://www.artistas-espectaculos.com/topafp/pt/200915.htm|archive-date=September 18, 2010|access-date=November 28, 2020|relyear=2008}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|title=The Katie Melua Collection|artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2008}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=The Collection|artist=Katie Melua|type=album|award=Gold|certyear=2008|id=6847-3276-2}}
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References
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External links
- [http://www.katiemelua.com/ Official website]
{{Katie Melua}}
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Category:2008 compilation albums
Category:Video albums by British artists
Category:2000s live video albums
Category:Albums produced by Mike Batt
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