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Pictures (Katie Melua album)

Pictures
Katie Melua Pictures.jpg
Studio album by Katie Melua
Released 1 October 2007 (UK)
Recorded 2006–07
Genre
Length 44:44
Label Dramatico
Producer Mike Batt
Katie Melua chronology
Piece by Piece
(2005)
Pictures
(2007)
The Katie Melua Collection
(2008)
Singles from Pictures
  1. "If You Were A Sailboat"
    Released: 24 September 2007
  2. "Mary Pickford"
    Released: 26 November 2007
  3. "If the Lights Go Out"
    Released: 25 February 2008
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars
Digital Spy 3/5 stars
BBC Music (mixed)
The Guardian 2/5 stars
Virgin Media 2/5 stars

Pictures is the third album by British-Georgian jazz and blues singer Katie Melua, and was released on 1 October 2007. It was released in the USA on May 5, 2009, with a different album cover.

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

The Japanese release also contains extra tracks, "When You Taught Me How to Dance" and "Closest Thing to Crazy (acoustic version)".

In the United States, the Target store release had four extra live tracks:

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

By 3 September 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.

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #2 with 53,878 copies sold in its first week.


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