The House is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Katie Melua, and was released on 24 May 2010. 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. 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. The House is the fourth studio album by singer-songwriter Katie Melua, and was released on 24 May 2010. 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. 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. false 2023-11-13 06:03:28 The House 7.5 2010 2010-03-24 2010-03-24 46 Jazz Pop Easy Listening Jazz Pop 111546 2116914 e4b580da-d405-4ca4-b550-d564b39814ea 39e32995-6515-40b2-a6f0-841524047edc cdfcbaee-df34-4569-8438-5930ed7eb56b /media/data/media5/Music/Katie Melua/The House (2010)/folder.jpg Katie Melua Katie Melua 1 I’d Love to Kill You 02:57 2 The Flood 04:03 3 A Happy Place 03:27 4 A Moment of Madness 03:47 5 Red Balloons 04:20 6 Tiny Alien 04:36 7 No Fear of Heights 02:53 8 The One I Love Is Gone 03:38 9 Plague of Love 03:26 10 God on Drums, Devil on the Bass 03:48 11 Twisted 03:44 12 The House 05:00 Ketevan "Katie" Melua (; Georgian: ქეთევან "ქეთი" მელუა, IPA: [kʰetʰevan melua]; born 16 September 1984) is a Georgian and British singer and songwriter. Melua was born in Kutaisi and raised in Belfast and London. Under the management of composer Mike Batt, she was signed to the small Dramatico record label. She made her musical debut in 2003 and within three years, she was the United Kingdom's best-selling female artist as well as Europe's highest selling European female artist.In November 2003, Melua released her first album, Call Off the Search, which reached the top of the United Kingdom album charts and sold 1.8 million copies in its first five months of release. Her second album, Piece by Piece, was released in September 2005, and to date has gone platinum (one million units sold) four times. She released her third studio album Pictures in October 2007.According to the Sunday Times Rich List 2008, Melua had amassed a fortune of £18 million, making her the seventh-richest British musician under the age of 30.She possesses a contralto vocal range.