The House (Katie Melua album) explained
The House is the fourth studio album by British singer Katie Melua, released on 24 May 2010 by Dramatico. This is Melua's first studio album not to be produced by Mike Batt. The first single from the album, "The Flood", was released on 17 May 2010 and was written by Melua, Guy Chambers and Lauren Christy.[1] The second single "A Happy Place" was released in July 2010, featuring a remix of the track by Sparks. The third single "To Kill You With A Kiss" (called I'd Love To Kill You on the album) was released at the end of November 2010.[2]
Track listing
All tracks produced by William Orbit.
Personnel
Additional musicians
- B J Cole - pedal steel on tracks 1, 5, 9
- Dominic Miller - guitar on tracks 5, 9
- Jim Watson - piano on track 2
- Keith Brazil - drums on track 3
- Paul Stanborough - mandolin on track 2
- Fergus Gerrand - drums on tracks 2, 6, 9-11
- William Orbit - kalimba on track 6
Chart positions
In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #4 with 29,611 copies sold in its first week.[3]
End of year charts
End of year chart (2010) | Position |
---|
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[24] | 60 |
Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[25] | 20 |
European Top 100 Albums[26] | 33 |
Danish Albums Chart[27] | 41 |
Dutch Albums Chart[28] | 44 |
French Albums Chart[29] | 85 |
German Albums Chart[30] | 72 |
Swiss Albums Chart[31] | 17 |
UK Albums Chart[32] | 125 | |
Notes and References
- Web site: In The House with Katie Melua. Colin Polonowski . 2010-03-17 . The Music Fix . 2010-03-17.
- Web site: product-page . Amazon.co.uk . 2012-09-19.
- Web site: Music Week . Music Week . 2012-07-26.
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . austriancharts.at . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Katie Melua - The House . ultratop.be . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: CANOE - JAM! Music SoundScan Charts . https://archive.today/20041226005640/http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Charts/ALBUMS.html . usurped . December 26, 2004 . Jam.canoe.ca . 2012-02-22 .
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . danishcharts.dk . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . dutchcharts.nl . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: European Albums . Billboard.com . 2010-12-11 . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . finnishcharts.com . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Disque en France . Disque en France . 2012-02-13 . 2012-02-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100329083439/http://www.disqueenfrance.com/fr/page-256595.xml . 2010-03-29 .
- Web site: Charts: Longplay KW 08/2012, Chartverfolgung, Hitlisten . musicline.de . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Katie Melua - The House - Music Charts . Acharts.us . 2012-02-22.
- http://www.fimi.it/classifiche_artisti.php
- Web site: The Official New Zealand Music Chart . Rianz.org.nz . 2012-02-22 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20081216021138/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp . 2008-12-16 .
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . norwegiancharts.com . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Oficjalna lista sprzedaży :: OLiS - Official Retail Sales Chart . OLiS . 2010-06-20 . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . portuguesecharts.com . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Top 100 Albumes . promusicae.es . 2010-05-24 . 2012-09-20 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120309060130/http://www.promusicae.es/files/listassemanales/albumes/historial/TOP%20100%20ALBUMES%2010_21.pdf . 2012-03-09 .
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . swedishcharts.com . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Katie Melua - The House . hitparade.ch . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: The Official Charts Company - Katie Melua - The House . . 12 August 2011.
- Web site: [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=katie melua|chart=Heatseekers Albums}} Katy Melua chart history ]. Billboard.com . 2012-09-19.
- Web site: Ultratop Belgian Charts . ultratop.be . 2012-03-18 . 2012-03-18.
- Web site: Ultratop Belgian Charts . ultratop.be . 2012-02-17 . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: Best of 2010 - European Top 100 Albums . Billboard.com . 2010 . 2012-09-20.
- Web site: Album Top 100 . WebCite . Hitlisten.nu . 2010 . 2012-09-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20101124011814/http://hitlisterne.dk/yearlist.asp . November 24, 2010 .
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Dutch year-end album chart 2010 . dutchcharts.nl . 2012-09-20.
- Web site: Classement des 100 premiers Singles Fusionnés par GfK Music . 2012-09-19.
- Web site: VIVA Album Top 50 - Alle Musikvideos - Chart . VIVA.tv . 2012-07-26 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110108131925/http://www.viva.tv/charts/viva-album-jahrescharts-2010-2010-211/ . 2011-01-08 .
- Web site: Steffen Hung . Swiss Year-End Charts 2010 . swisscharts.com . 2012-02-22.
- Web site: UK Charts plus: 2010 . ukchartsplus.co.uk . 2012-09-19.