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The House
Pop · 2010 · 12 tracks · 45m

The House

A dramatic pivot toward art-pop and electronic textures. Melua trades coffee-shop comfort for cinematic, moody arrangements and darker, more complex songwriting.

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It's Katie Melua if she grew up listening to trip-hop and recorded an album in a haunted mansion.

A sophisticated blend of cinematic drama and intimate, late-night reflection.

The House · vs · Katie Melua
Mysterious+4.0σ

Mysterious saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks · 45m
01
I’d Love to Kill You
2:58
02
The Flood
4:04
03
A Happy Place
3:27
04
A Moment of Madness
3:47
05
Red Balloons
4:20
06
Tiny Alien
4:36
07
No Fear of Heights
2:54
08
The One I Love Is Gone
3:39
09
Plague of Love
3:26
10
God on Drums, Devil on the Bass
3:48
11
Twisted
3:44
12
The House
5:01
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition in 'The Flood' where the acoustic piano gives way to a massive, swirling electronic crescendo.
The eerie, toy-box piano melody and unsettling lyrics that open 'I’d Love to Kill You'.
The driving, rhythmic tension of 'God on Drums, Devil on the Bass' that feels like a departure from her usual stillness.
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