Katie Melua, who's album I listen to whenever I need to relax with a nice bottle of wine, is set to release her fifth album Secret Symphony on November 14. The album, which was recorded in London finds Melua collaborating with British songwriter and composer Mike Batt. Katie's last album, The House, which was produced by William Orbit peaked at #4 on the U.K. Albums Chart.
“This album was going to be my ‘singer’s album’,” Katie explains in a statement. “I had always wanted to do this one day; singing other people’s songs brings something out of you and your voice that isn’t perhaps where you would have gone vocally with your own material. It stretches you. As it happened Mike and I did write a couple of new ones, but the general idea was to find songs by great writers such as Ron Sexsmith (‘Gold In Them Hills’) and a favourite song of mine, originally recorded by Bonnie Raitt (‘Too Long At The Fair) plus some more well known ones like ‘Keeping The Dream Alive’.”
As I said before I am obsessed with her last album (because I'm always a sucker for a William Orbit production) and I cannot wait to hear the new music.
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