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Secret Symphony
Pop · 2012 · 36 tracks · 2h 20m

Secret Symphony

Katie Melua

Lush orchestral pop meeting intimate vocal jazz. A velvet-smooth collection of covers and originals backed by the Secret Symphony Orchestra.

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It's like being wrapped in a silk duvet while a 50-piece orchestra plays in your living room.

A lush, symphonic embrace that feels both grandly cinematic and whispered-in-your-ear intimate.

Secret Symphony · vs · Katie Melua
Orchestral Arrangement+2.2σ

The production is built around orchestral arrangement than this artist usually allows.

Tracklist · 36 Tracks · 2h 20m
01
Secret Symphony
4:05
01
Gold in Them Hills
3:31
02
The Flood
4:00
02
Better Than a Dream
3:10
03
The Bit That I Don’t Get
3:13
03
A Moment of Madness
4:07
04
If You Were a Sailboat
3:57
04
Moonshine
2:42
05
Forgetting All My Troubles
3:23
05
Better Than a Dream
3:15
06
My Aphrodisiac Is You (Live in Berlin)
3:34
06
All Over the World
2:56
07
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
4:33
07
Gold in Them Hills
3:44
08
Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out
4:12
08
The Cry of the Lone Wolf
3:59
09
Crawling Up a Hill (live in Berlin)
3:33
09
Heartstrings
2:54
10
The Walls of the World
3:25
10
If the Lights Go Out
3:57
11
Secret Symphony
3:52
11
Moonshine
2:50
12
Call Off the Search
3:31
13
The Bit That I Don’t Get
3:09
14
Tiger in the Night
3:07
15
It’s Over
3:20
15
The Walls of the World
3:32
16
The Cry of the Lone Wolf
4:07
17
Nine Million Bicycles
3:15
18
All Over the World
3:03
19
Heartstrings
2:59
20
Mockingbird Song
4:10
21
Two Bare Feet
3:04
22
The Closest Thing to Crazy
4:27
23
Kozmic Blues (Live in Berlin)
5:18
24
I Cried for You (Live in Berlin)
3:48
Moments Worth Waiting For
The swell of the Secret Symphony Orchestra during the title track's bridge.
The delicate, almost whispered delivery of the opening lines in Gold in Them Hills.
The transition into the bluesy, live energy of Nobody Knows You When You’re Down and Out.
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