The Katie Melua Collection
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The Katie Melua Collection is a compilation album by Georgian-born British singer/songwriter Katie Melua. The album is a two disc set with 17 songs, 3 of which are previously unreleased, and a DVD filmed in Rotterdam.
The songs on the album include the main singles from Melua's three previous albums, "When You Taught Me How to Dance" from the film Miss Potter, "What a Wonderful World" performed with a recording of the late Eva Cassidy and three new songs recorded for the album - "Toy Collection" (written by Melua for the MySpace film Faintheart), "Two Bare Feet" and "Somewhere in the Same Hotel".[3]
Track listing
Disc 1
- "The Closest Thing to Crazy"
- "Nine Million Bicycles"
- "What a Wonderful World" (duet with Eva Cassidy)
- "If You Were a Sailboat"
- "Piece by Piece"
- "Call Off the Search"
- "On the Road Again"
- "Mary Pickford"
- "Spider's Web"
- "Thank You, Stars"
- "I Cried for You"
- "Crawling Up a Hill"
- "Tiger in the Night"
- "When You Taught Me How to Dance"
- "Two Bare Feet"
- "Toy Collection"
- "Somewhere in the Same Hotel"
Disc 2
- A 90 minute DVD - The Arena Tour 2008, Live from Rotterdam.
- 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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End of year chart (2008) |
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Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart[7] |
100 |
Swiss Albums Chart[8] |
53 |
UK Albums Chart[9] |
145 |
End of year chart (2009) |
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Swiss Albums Chart[10] |
75 |
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