Pictures (Katie Melua album)

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Pictures
Studio album by Katie Melua
Released	1 October 2007 (UK)
Recorded	2006–07
Genre	Acoustic, blues, jazz
Length	44:44
Label	Dramatico
Producer	Mike Batt
Professional reviews
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Katie Melua chronology
Piece by Piece (2005) Pictures (2007)

Pictures is the third album by Georgian-born British jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, and was released on October 1, 2007.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Mary Pickford (Used to Eat Roses)" – 3:12 (Mike Batt)
2. "All in My Head" – 4:03 (Batt/Katie Melua)
3. "If the Lights Go Out" – 3:14 (Batt)
4. "What I Miss About You" – 3:48 (Andrea McEwan/Melua)
5. "Spellbound" – 3:00 (Melua)
6. "What It Says on the Tin" – 3:44 (Batt)
7. "Scary Films" – 4:02 (Batt)
8. "Perfect Circle" – 4:01 (Molly McQueen/Melua)
9. "Ghost Town" – 3:31 (Batt/Melua)
10. "If You Were a Sailboat" – 4:02 (Batt)
11. "Dirty Dice" – 3:39 (McEwan/Melua)
12. "In My Secret Life" – 4:23 (Leonard Cohen / Sharon Robinson)

The early iTunes release also includes a bonus track, "Under the Cherry Moon".

[edit] iTunes early release

On September 2, 2007, iTunes begun 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 iTunes UK store stated the album would be available on September 29, suggesting that it should not have been available. Melua's official website also made no mention of an early iTunes release.

By September 3, 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.

[edit] Charts

Chart (2007/2008)	Peak position[2]	Certification	Sales
Australia	63	-	5,000+
Austria	6
Belgium	10	Gold	15,000+
Denmark	2
Finland	20
France	4		33,000+
Germany	2	Platinum	200,000+
Ireland	6
Italy	18
Poland	3	Gold	19,000+
Portugal	9	Gold	10,000+
Netherlands	1 (4 weeks)	Platinum	70,000+
New Zealand	27
Norway	2
Sweden	9
Switzerland	1 (2 weeks)	2xPlatinum	30,000+
United Kingdom	2	Platinum	490,000
United World Chart	9		1,500,000

v • d • e Katie Melua Albums Call off the Search · Piece by Piece · Pictures Singles "The Closest Thing to Crazy" · "Call off the Search" · "Crawling up a Hill" · "Nine Million Bicycles" · "I Cried for You"/"Just like Heaven" · "Spider's Web" · "It's Only Pain" · "Shy Boy" · "If You Were a Sailboat" · "Mary Pickford" · "What A Wonderful World" (duet with Eva Cassidy) · "If the Lights Go Out" · "Ghost town" Related articles Discography · Images