''The House'' is the fourth studio album by British-Georgian singer

Katie Melua Ketevan Katie Melua (; ka, ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, ; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian and British singer and songwriter. She was born in Kutaisi and raised in Belfast and London. Under the management of comp ...

, released on 24 May 2010 by

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. This is Melua's first studio album not to be produced by

Mike Batt Michael Philip Batt, LVO (born 6 February 1949) is an English singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, record producer, director and conductor. He was formerly the Deputy Chairman of the British Phonographic Industry. Having achieved substantial ...

. The first single from the album, "The Flood", was released on 17 May 2010 and was written by Melua,

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and

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. The second single

A Happy Place "A Happy Place" is a song performed by the Georgia (country), Georgian-born, United Kingdom, British singer Katie Melua and the second single from her 4th studio album The House (Katie Melua album), The House. It was released on 12 July 2010, fea ...

was released in July 2010, featuring a remix of the track by

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. The third single To Kill You With A Kiss (called ''I'd Love To Kill You'' on the album) was released at the end of November 2010.

Track listing

All tracks produced by

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Personnel

*Katie Melua - lead vocals,

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

Tim Harries Tim Harries (born 1959) is a British bass player, who has played with various folk rock and jazz bands in his career. Biography Harries studied music at the University of York, graduating in 1981 before going on to study double bass with Tom ...

- bass,

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

on track 12 *Luke Potashnick - guitars *Steve Donnelly - guitars *

Henry Spinetti Enrico Antonio Giorgio Spinetti (born 31 March 1951) is a Welsh session musician, session drummer whose playing has featured on many prominent rock and pop albums. Career Spinetti was born in Cwm, Blaenau Gwent, Cwm, near Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshir ...

- drums *Arden Hart - keyboards

Additional musicians

B J Cole Brian John Cole is an English pedal steel guitarist, who has long been active as a session and solo musician. Coming to prominence in the early 1970s with the band Cochise, Cole has played in many styles, ranging from mainstream pop and rock t ...

- pedal steel on tracks 1, 5, 9 *

Dominic Miller Dominic James Miller (born 21 March 1960) is an Argentine-born guitarist. With much of his career as a sideman and guitarist for singer Sting (musician), Sting, he has also released several solo albums. Career Miller was born in Hurlingham, Bue ...

- guitar on tracks 5, 9 *Jim Watson - piano on track 2 *Keith Brazil - drums on track 3 *Paul Stanborough - mandolin on track 2 *Fergus Gerrand - drums on tracks 2, 6, 9-11 *

- kalimba on track 6

Chart positions

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #4 with 29,611 copies sold in its first week.

End of year charts

Certifications

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:House, The 2010 albums Katie Melua albums Albums produced by William Orbit