The House (Katie Melua album)

The House is the fourth studio album by British-Georgian singer Katie Melua, released on 24 May 2010 by Dramatico. This is Melua's first studio album not to be produced by Mike Batt. The first single from the album, "The Flood", was released on 17 May 2010 and was written by Melua, Guy Chambers and Lauren Christy.^[7] The second single "A Happy Place" was released in July 2010, featuring a remix of the track by Sparks. 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.^[8]

The House
Studio album by Katie Melua
Released	24 May 2010
Genre	Pop^[1] jazz^[1] progressive rock
Length	45:44
Label	Dramatico
Producer	William Orbit
Katie Melua chronology
Live at the O² Arena (2009) The House (2010) Secret Symphony (2012)
Singles from The House
"The Flood" Released: 17 May 2010 "A Happy Place" Released: 12 July 2010 "To Kill You With A Kiss" (single title) "I'd Love To Kill You (album title)" Released: 26 November 2010

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Daily Express	^[2]
The Daily Telegraph	^[3]
Mojo	^[4]
Slant Magazine	^[5]
Allmusic	^[6]

Track listing

All tracks produced by William Orbit.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'd Love to Kill You"	Katie Melua Guy Chambers	2:57
2.	"The Flood"	Melua Chambers Lauren Christy	4:03
3.	"A Happy Place"	Melua Chambers	3:27
4.	"A Moment of Madness"	Melua Chambers	3:47
5.	"Red Balloons"	Melua Polly Scattergood	4:20
6.	"Tiny Alien"	Melua Chambers	4:36
7.	"No Fear of Heights"	Melua	2:53
8.	"The One I Love Is Gone"	Bill Monroe	3:38
9.	"Plague of Love"	Melua Rick Nowels	3:26
10.	"God on the Drums, Devil on the Bass"	Melua Mike Batt	3:48
11.	"Twisted"	Melua Nowels	3:44
12.	"The House"	Melua	5:00

Personnel

• Katie Melua - lead vocals, guitar
• Tim Harries - bass, piano on track 12
• Luke Potashnick - guitars
• Steve Donnelly - guitars
• Henry Spinetti - drums
• Arden Hart - keyboards

Additional musicians

• B J Cole - pedal steel on tracks 1, 5, 9
• Dominic Miller - 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
• William Orbit - kalimba on track 6

Chart positions

In the United Kingdom, the album debuted at #4 with 29,611 copies sold in its first week.^[9]

Chart (2010) Peak position Austrian Albums Chart^[10] 3 Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart^[11] 3 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart^[11] 1 Canadian Albums Chart^[12] 100 Danish Albums Chart^[13] 2 Dutch Albums Chart^[14] 3 European Top 100 Albums^[15] 1 Finnish Albums Chart^[16] 15 French Albums Chart^[17] 5 German Albums Chart^[18] 3 Irish Albums Chart^[19] 18 Italian Albums Chart^[20] 51 New Zealand Albums Chart^[21] 15 Norwegian Albums Chart^[22] 3 Polish Albums Chart^[23] 1 Portuguese Albums Chart^[24] 14 Spanish Albums Chart^[25] 34 Swedish Albums Chart^[26] 10 Swiss Albums Chart^[27] 1 UK Albums Chart^[28] 4 U.S. Billboard Top Heatseekers^[29] 10

End of year charts End of year chart (2010) Position Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart^[30] 60 Belgian (Wallonia) Albums Chart^[31] 20 European Top 100 Albums^[32] 33 Danish Albums Chart^[33] 41 Dutch Albums Chart^[34] 44 French Albums Chart^[35] 85 German Albums Chart^[36] 72 Swiss Albums Chart^[37] 17 UK Albums Chart^[38] 125

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Belgium (BEA)^[39]	Gold	15,000^*
Germany (BVMI)^[40]	Gold	100,000^^
Poland (ZPAV)^[41]	Platinum	20,000^*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)^[42]	Platinum	30,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)^[43]	Gold	100,000^^
^* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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