Katie Melua - The House (2010)

01. I'd Love To Kill You 
02. The Flood 
03. A Happy Place 
04. A Moment Of Madness 
05. Red Balloons 
06. Tiny Alien 
07. No Fear Of Heights 
08. The One I Love Is Gone 
09. Plague Of Love 
10. God On The Drums, Devil On The Bass 
11. Twisted 
12. The House

Katie Melua - Composer, Guitar (Acoustic), Vocals
Mike Batt - Arranger, Conductor
Keith Brazil - Drums
B.J. Cole - Pedal Steel Guitar
Steve Donnelly - Guitar
Fergus Gerrand - Drums
Tim Harries - Bass, Piano
Arden Hart - Keyboards
Dominic Miller - Guitar
William Orbit - Kalimba, Producer
Luke Potashnick - Guitar
Henry Spinetti - Drums
Paul Stanborough - Mandolin
Jim Watson - Piano 

Vocalist Katie Melua's 2010 album The House is an atmospheric, romantic, and sometimes eerie album of arty adult alternative pop. While longtime producer Mike Batt is on board here, journeyman electronic producer William Orbit takes the main production helm. The result 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 guitarist/singer-songwriter 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. In that sense, the album is a bit of a grower and has an overall soft, reflective quality. As with most of The House, songs like the folk-inflected opener "I'd Love to Kill You," the Eastern-tinged "The Flood," and the yearning and pretty "Red Balloons," take time to build and grab you slowly with deft, biting lyrics and Melua's lilting, burnished vocals. ---Matt Collar, Rovi

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