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Do any of you have Katie's album The House ?

I recon that it is a quite superb collection of well sung and great sounding tunes for a long while.

What do you think ?     Cool

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Alantiggger wrote:

No idea if there is a better 'place' for posting this....

 

Do any of you have Katie's album The House ?

I recon that it is a quite superb collection of well sung and great sounding tunes for a long while.

What do you think ?     Cool

 

Mmm, but not as good as The Last Sessions LP by Mississippi John Hurt, surely?

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Katie Melua got me into proper HiFi. I tested my amp and cd player with her first album and literally felt the hairs go up on the back of my neck.  Almost brought a tear to my eye.

Made me realise how good music on a decent system can really mean something.

The House is good but after the 'Million bicycles in Bejing' was overplayed I went off her for a few years. Like her again now.

My wife and I saw her live after her first album and she was very good but I gather she had a breakdown until recently.

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Katie Melua got me into proper HiFi. I tested my amp and cd player with her first album and literally felt the hairs go up on the back of my neck.  Almost brought a tear to my eye.

Made me realise how good music on a decent system can really mean something.

The House is good but after the 'Nine Million bicycles' was overplayed I went off her for a few years. Like her again now.

My wife and I saw her live after her first album and she was very good but I gather she had a breakdown until recently.

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Tiny Aliens and Red Balloons are on this 'The House' as well... superb !

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Alantiggger wrote:

No idea if there is a better 'place' for posting this....

 

Do any of you have Katie's album The House ?

I recon that it is a quite superb collection of well sung and great sounding tunes for a long while.

What do you think ?     Cool

Yes thanks, and I couldn't agree more.  Smile

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Alantiggger wrote:

No idea if there is a better 'place' for posting this....

 

Do any of you have Katie's album The House ?

I recon that it is a quite superb collection of well sung and great sounding tunes for a long while.

What do you think ?     Cool

Probably the best place would be here...

http://www.whathifi.com/forum/this-week-i-have-mostly-been-listening-tow...

As for Melua, I find her music a bit weak and contrived.

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Alantiggger wrote:

No idea if there is a better 'place' for posting this....

 

Do any of you have Katie's album The House ?

I recon that it is a quite superb collection of well sung and great sounding tunes for a long while.

What do you think ?     Cool

Yep, good stuff. And it helps that William Orbit was at the helm. The Flood is epic Smiley

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Sorry, I cannot stand her whining voice. Nine Million Bicycles, I care not Batty Mike. Tongue

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Each to his own .. I have listened to a few tracks (after reading this topic) on amazon, and have put that cd on my wishlist:-).
Would be interested to hear her new cd as well, but no 'samples' available at the moment on amazon.

Thanks for intiating this thread, Alantigger.

You'll probably like Nora Jones as well right? Smile

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I personally could listen to her sing all day.  I have two of her ablums, the house album and "piece by piece".

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+ 1!!! I love her voice! And Diana Krall as well, two diferent singers but love them bouth.

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  Is she Nora Jones twin ?   Smile

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Saw her live at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on the "House" tour. Brilliant!

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visionary wrote:

Saw her live at Symphony Hall in Birmingham on the "House" tour. Brilliant!

And I'm happy to say she's back the 12th of October.  Cool

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+ 1!!! I love her voice! And Diana Krall as well, two diferent singers but love them bouth.

 

Saw Diana Krall as support to Tony Bennett at the Ross Bandstand in Princes Street Gardens in Edinburgh back in 1999.  Fantastic show.  Two great voices.

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