''Melody'' is the debut solo album by

Sharleen Spiteri Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born 7 November 1967) is a Scottish singer and guitarist, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Texas (band), Texas. She has a contralto vocal range. In 2013, Texas's worldwide album sales were counted at 40 mi ...

, lead singer of the Scottish band

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. It was released on 14 July 2008 and peaked at number three in the

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Singles

The first single taken from her debut album was "All The Times I Cried," and debuted on the

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at number 47, before rising to 26 with the physical release. Its full chart run was 47-26-27-32-33-37-47-out. Melody debuted at number 3 in the

, and its chart run in the first five weeks was 3-5-7-5-8. The album has so far been

certified Gold Music recording certification is a system of certifying that a music recording has shipped, sold, or streamed a certain number of units. The threshold quantity varies by type (such as album, single, music video) and by nation or territory (see ...

in the UK for sales of over 100,000 copies. The second single off the album "Stop, I Don't Love You Anymore" - released on 6 October 2008 - did not have as much chart success as the first single or the album; it peaked outside the top 100 at 107. The third single of the album was "

It Was You "It Was You" is the third single released off Sharleen Spiteri Sharleen Eugene Spiteri (born 7 November 1967) is a Scottish singer and guitarist, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Texas. She has a contralto vocal range. In 2013, T ...

," released on 1 December 2008. "Don't Keep Me Waiting" was only released in Switzerland and charted at number 78. The song was chosen for use in the soundtrack of the final run of ''

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'', an American television series.

Critical reception

Track listing

*"Melody" contains a sample from the recording "Jane B" performed by Jane Birkin and Serge Gainsbourg (taken from the album ''

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'') written by Serge Gainsbourg. *A non-CD track called "That Was a Lie" was recorded and made available for early download from Spiteri's website but did not make the final track listing.

Personnel

*Sharleen Spiteri - vocals, guitar, piano, percussion, backing vocals *

Johnny McElhone John Francis McElhone (born 21 April 1963 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish guitarist and songwriter. He has played with three bands who have enjoyed a top-20 presence in the UK Singles Chart; the new wave bands Altered Images and Hipsway, ...

- bass *Michael Bannister - drums, keyboards, piano, programming *Ross Hamilton - bass, guitar, piano, backing vocals *Tom MacNiven - trumpet *Bogus Kostecki, Chris Tombling, David Woodcock, Emlyn Singleton, Everton Nelson, Jonathan Rees, Julian Leaper, Patrick Kiernan, Peter Hanson, Steve Morris, Tom Pigott-Smith, Warren Zielinski - violin *Bruce White, Katie Wilkinson, Peter Lale - viola *Anthony Pleeth, Caroline Dale, Ian Burdge - cello *Paul Leonard Morgan - string arrangements with: *

Bernard Butler Bernard Joseph Butler (born 1 May 1970) is an English musician, songwriter and record producer. He is best known as the first guitarist with Suede, until his departure in 1994. He has been hailed by some critics as the greatest guitarist of his ...

- guitar, piano *Makoto Sakamoto - drums, percussion *

David McAlmont David Irving McAlmont (born 2 May 1967) is a British vocalist, essayist and art historian. He came to prominence in the 1990s as a singer, particularly through his collaboration with Bernard Butler. In the 2010s he returned to academia, working ...

- harmony vocals *Leon Michels - saxophone, piano *Allon Beauvoisin - baritone saxophone *Jim Hunt - saxophone *Dominic Glover, Michael Leonhart - trumpet *Nichol Thomson - trombone *Sally Herbert - string arrangement, violin *Louisa Fuller - violin ;Technical *Aboud Creative - art direction, design *Julian Broad - photography

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

* BPI (

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) - Gold warded on 8 August 2008ref>

References

{{Authority control 2008 debut albums Sharleen Spiteri albums Mercury Records albums Albums produced by Bernard Butler