Description
Katie Melua – Secret Symphony / Dramatico Audio CD 2012 / DRAMCD0078
UPC 802987034425
Secret Symphony is the fifth studio album by singer-songwriter Katie Melua, and was released on 5 March 2012. The album was recorded at Air Studios in London in collaboration with orchestrator and conductor Mike Batt.
Melua said in a statement: "This album was going to be my 'singer's album'. I had always wanted to do this one day; singing other people's songs brings something out of you and your voice that isn't perhaps where you would have gone vocally with your own material."
She added: "It stretches you. As it happened Mike and I did write a couple of new ones, but the general idea was to find songs by great writers such as Ron Sexsmith ('Gold In Them Hills') and a favourite song of mine, originally recorded by Bonnie Raitt ('Too Long At The Fair') plus some more well-known ones like Keeping The Dream Alive."
| Label: | Dramatico – DRAMCD0078 |
|---|---|
| Format: |
CD, Album
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| Country: | Europe |
| Released: |
Mar 2, 2012 |
| Genre: | Jazz, Pop |
| Style: | Ballad, Contemporary Jazz |
Tracklist:
| 1 | Gold In Them Hills | 3:31 | |
| 2 | Better Than A Dream | 3:10 | |
| 3 | The Bit That I Don't Get | 3:12 | |
| 4 | Moonshine | 2:41 | |
| 5 | Forgetting All My Troubles | 3:22 | |
| 6 | All Over The World | 2:55 | |
| 7 | Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out |
4:33 | |
| 8 | The Cry Of The Lone Wolf | 3:59 | |
| 9 | Heartstrings | 2:53 | |
| 10 | The Walls Of The World | 3:25 | |
| 11 | Secret Symphony | 3:51 |
- Bass – Tim Harries
- Design – www.wearetourist.com
- Drums – Henry Spinetti
- Engineer – Haydn Bendall, Luke Batt
- Engineer [Engineering Assistant] – Olga Fitzroy
- Guitar – John Parricelli, Luke Potashnick, Steve Donnelly
- Mastered By – Mazen Murad
- Orchestra – The Secret Symphony Orchestra
- Other [Jewellery] – Pebble London
- Photography By – Simon Fowler (2)
- Producer, Arranged By, Conductor [Orchestra Conducted By] – Mike Batt
- Written-By [Writers] – Fran Healy (tracks: 4), Françoise Hardy (tracks: 6), Jimmie Cox (tracks: 7), Katie Melua (tracks: 5, 8, 9), Mike Batt (tracks: 2, 3, 8 to 11), Ron Sexsmith (tracks: 1)
