Katie Melua - Call off the search[2004] [MP3]-RoCK&BlueLadyRG

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Proudly presents: Katie Melua - Call off the Search (2004)

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General Information

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Type.................: Music

Image type...........: CD Rip

Covers...............: Front, Back, CD, Inside, Inlay

Artist...............: Katie Melua

Album................: Call off the Search (2004)

Year.................: 2004

Genre................: Vocal Jazz

Type.................: Studio

Duration.............: 00:41:20

Number of Songs......: 12



Audio Format.........: MP3

Encoder..............: Lame

Bitrate..............: 320 (CBR)

Hz...................: 44,100

Channels.............: Joint Stereo





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Post Information

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Posted by............: RoCK (http://www.genesis-sp.com/forum)

Posted on............: 04-08-2008



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Release Notes

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English listeners went mad for Katie Melua with the release of her debut album

there in late 2003. Issued domestically in June 2004, Call Off the Search posits

the lovely Melua pristinely in between pop, adult contemporary, and traditional

American musical forms, with savvy marketing handling the finishing touches.

(Think Norah Jones.) It's a comfortable, lightly melodic affair that drinks red

wine safely in the middle of the road. Raised in Soviet Georgia and the United

Kingdom, Melua has a beguiling accent that colors the ends of her phrases, adding

character to her velvety, if occasionallymoreà only satisfactory singing voice.

She has a nice time with the understated R&B sashay of John Mayall's "Crawling Up

a Hill," as well as Mike Batt's "My Aphrodisiac Is You," which is spiced up with

barrelhouse piano, muted trumpet, and sly references to opium and the Kama Sutra.

The singer's own "Belfast (Penguins and Cats)" opens nicely with a few measures of

solo acoustic guitar before it's joined by the orchestral maneuvers that sweep

through the majority of Call Off the Search's after-dark cabaret. (Melua also

penned a dedication to Eva Cassidy, who she's been compared to vocally.) While the

instrumentation is never overbearing, a stoic version of Randy Newman's "I Think

It's Going to Rain Today" and a couple of late-album pop vocal entries do dawdle a

bit in the soft-focus halo that hovers over Search's more easygoing stretches.

These selections are perfectly capable, yet pretty obvious, as if the decision

was made to sprinkle Melua's debut equally with safety and variety, in case a

particular style didn't stick. Still, despite a few detours down easy street, Call

Off the Search is a promising debut, and comfortable like the first drink of the

evening.





CALL OFF THE SEARCH

JUN 08, 2004

PLAYLIST:



01. Call Off The Search

02. Crawling Up A Hill

03. The Closest Thing To Crazy

04. My Aphrodisiac Is You

05. Learnin' The Blues

06. Blame It On The Moon

07. Belfast

08. I Think It's Going To Rain Today

09. Mockingbird Song

10. Tiger In The Night

11. Faraway Voice

12. Lilac Wine













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