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~ Katie Melua
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  • Audio CD (26 Sep 2005)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Dramatico
  • ASIN: B000ALLLHU
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
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Listen  1. Shy Boy 3:28£0.69
Listen  2. Nine Million Bicycles 3:14£0.69
Listen  3. Piece By Piece 3:24£0.69
Listen  4. Halfway Up The Hindu Kush 3:06£0.69
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Piece By Piece--the second album from Georgia-born chanteuse cum naturalised Brit, Katie Melua, and the successor to her multi-million selling Call Off The Search--begins teasingly with the soft-peddled "come hither" jazz flirtations of "Shy Boy" and concludes with the whispering philosophical torch song resignation of "I Do Believe In Love". The two songs represent opposite ends of the emotional spectrum--sultry and kittenish on the one hand, solitary and ruminative on the other--but they also offer clues that the cutesy, crazy, easy listening Melua of Mike Batt's mentorship may be gradually acceding to the full bloom of self-determined musical adulthood. Melua's songs are often the more fretful and organic, the ghostly title track and the lovely "I Cried for You" are especially recommended, while the bluesier numbers (particularly the cover of the classic "Blues In The Night") seem shoehorned-in gratuitously to match an anticipated demographic. Batt's contributions are melodic, memorably buoyant and childlike, the Chinese-flavoured "Nine Million Bicycles" and the naggingly catchy "Halfway Up The Hindu Kush" are both charming despite their naive, pseudo-ethnicity and currently offer, particularly when compared to something as ponderously wooly as "Spider's Web", a necessary fun counterbalance to Melua's burgeoning compositional skills.

At this stage, Piece By Piece fits together nicely like a little jigsaw puzzle. And even if it didn't, Melua would still sound simply ambrosial singing from a washing machine repair manual. --Kevin Maidment

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Katie Melua’s long awaited second album, Piece By Piece, is released nearly two years after the debut of her multi-platinum selling album, Call Off The Search. Piece By Piece demonstrates Katie’s significant growth as an artist, containing a larger percentage of self-penned songs than her first album.

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful, 23 Dec 2006
By MKJ (London) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Piece By Piece [Special Edition] [CD + DVD] (Audio CD)
What a wonderful, wonderful talent. This beautiful girl has a fantastic, dreamy voice and this album really does her justice. The CD/DVD "special edition" gives some extra features, but it is the music, and the voice, that enthralls.
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39 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Jazzy and Cool, 16 Nov 2005
This album is really atmospheric and shows of Katie Melua's skill as a songwriter as well as her hypnotic voice and all-round musical ability. Can anyone actually listen to Nine Million Bicycles without endlessly humming it afterwards? A great mood album perfect for chill-out times.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Dull, 4 Mar 2009
By Dave Gilmour's cat (on Dave Gilmour's boat) - See all my reviews
A woefully bland album, with 'lite' arrangements and sappy singing that's possibly meant to sound 'sultry' but ends up anodyne and flat. The whole thing is incredibly lifeless. 'On The Road Again' utterly destroys the Canned Heat track. All the groove is gone. It's a big mistake. 'Halfway Up The Hindu Kush' is interesting for its surprisingly extreme innuendo. Did Melua know what this phrase meant when she used it? It's a shame that the rest of the album is so dreary because she sings well in places. However, the material is bog-standard and the arrangements are clichéd and predictable. Melua may have led an incredibly exciting life but you'd never know it from this improbably dull album.
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5.0 out of 5 stars love matters.
Enjoyed this recording, it has the song i was wishing to hear, which is 'i cried for you', which i was sent by a friend after my sister died. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars Halfway Up The Hindu Kush
I haven't come on here to criticise Katie Melua.I recently heard a splendid version of her's covering Leonard Cohen's ' In My Secret Life ' off one of her other albums. Read more
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4.0 out of 5 stars She ain't heavy
I like to see and listen to Katie Melua, she's a lovely looking girl with a fabulous singing voice - but jazz? R&B? No, no, no. Read more
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To this 70 year old seasoned record collector, and lover of good voclalists, Katie Melua comes as a breath of fresh air amongst so much dross that passes for music today. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Mr. Kenneth J. Hodges

3.0 out of 5 stars not as good as CALL OFF THE SEARCH.
Not strictly a bad album and it does grow on you regarding certain songs but comparing to CALL OFF THE SEARCH, this in comparison is a bit dissapointing-So in conclusion worth a... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mrs. C. Casson

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant piece by piece
this is a fantastic album by the amazing singer katie melua. unlike many artists she can acctually sing very well live, which helps. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Mr. P. Lavender

3.0 out of 5 stars Not the same impact!
Lacks the magic of the songs of her earlier CDs but that's probably just my bias. This is not denying her ability as a superb singer and especially of jazz/blue music. Read more
Published on 25 Dec 2006 by Derek Jennings

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