Pictures (Katie Melua Album)
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''Pictures'' is the third album by British jazz and blues singer
Katie Melua Ketevan Katie Melua (; ka, ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, ; born 16 September 1984) is a British singer and songwriter. She was born in Kutaisi, Georgia and raised in Belfast and London. Under the management of composer ...
, and was released on 1 October 2007. It was released in the USA on 5 May 2009 with a different album cover.


Track listing


Variants

The
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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
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store release had four extra live tracks: # "The Closest Thing to Crazy" # "Nine Million Bicycles" # "Piece by Piece" # "Thank You, Stars"


iTunes early release

On 2 September 2007,
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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.


Chart performance

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


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References

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