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British vocalist Katie Melua's 2010 album The House is an atmospheric, romantic, and sometimes eerie album of arty adult alternative pop. This is Melua's most mature album to date and one that will certainly draw well-earned comparisons to such art pop icons as Kate Bush and Tori Amos. And while immaculately produced tracks like "The Flood" and "Twisted" do evince Bush's literate and operatic sound, they also bring to mind the grand, retro-leaning approach of fellow Brit Richard Hawley. Which isn't to say that Melua hews closely to any kind of '60s pop; on the contrary, these are clearly contemporary songs with a modern point of view. But there is a bit of moody Nick Drake-style guitar work and the way the songs build and swoop, often with symphonic backing (the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra appears here), is very much in keeping with Hawley's particular Brill Building meets coastal British town grandeur.
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TRACK LISTING
1 I'd Love To Kill You 2:57
2 The Flood 4:03
3 A Happy Place 3:27
4 A Moment of Madness 3:47
5 Red Balloons 4:20
6 Tiny Alien 4:36
7 No Fear of Heights 2:53
8 The One I Love Is Gone 3:38
9 Plague of Love 3:26
10 God on Drums, Devil on the Bass 3:48
11 Twisted 3:44
12 The House 5:00
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