October 16th 2020 Katie Melua – Album No. 8 – Out Now Album No. 8 – released October 16th 2020 on BMG. Listen / buy HERE Daily Telegraph - Album of the Week ★★★★ “…evoking the fall of autumnal leaves” “dreamy, spooky, precise and mature” Daily Mail ★★★★ “Elegant, orchestral pop” Mail on Sunday – ★★★★ “…short, sweet and soothing.” The Times - “A glamorous, grown-up album” The Independent - ‘A richly autumnal affair’ Metro – “As comforting as a cashmere sweater” TheArtsDesk – “full of light and air and pleasing textures” Port Magazine - “soulful and intimate” Georgian/British singer, songwriter and musician Katie Melua today releases her 8th studio album. Simply titled Album No. 8, the record is the 36-year-old’s most personal, and assured, record of her seventeen-year career. Album No 8 has been met with strong critical praise with The Times remarking on the record’s “shades of Dusty Springfield, Minnie Riperton and other stars of the late Sixties/early Seventies golden age’ while the Sunday Times described the opening track (A Love Like That) as “sinuous, sepulchral pop- noir at its most enveloping.” Music OMH declared the album is “A compendious set of cinematic, soothing and poignant songs, showcasing a deeper maturity not only in Melua’s voice, but also in her song writing.” while the Daily Telegraph wrote “…it is the languid melodies, unhurried rhythms and gentle balance of acoustic instruments with richly orchestrated strings that convey Melua’s self- composure. This is a laid-back album, drawing on the dreamy Seventies milieu of Laurel Canyon with a touch of the easy listening sumptuousness of Burt Bacharach.” ‘Sunday Express noted that the album “sees her in control from start to finish.” with Music News calling it “…a gloriously cinematic record.” Justifiably, Album No. 8 is BBC Radio 2’s Album Of The Week, where the latest single ‘Your Longing Is Gone’ – an autumnal farewell to a fading love – is also on their playlist. Album No 8 sees Melua taking the role of sole lyricist, and the deeply personal lyrics see her attempting to reconcile the knotty complexities of real-life love to its fairytale counterpart. Recorded in London and Georgia, the record features The Georgian Philharmonic Orchestra and a special guest appearance from the Gori Women’s Choir. The record’s producer, classical ambient guitarist Leo Abrahams, “infuses these chamber-pop confessionals with the crackle and throb of ambient electronica” (Metro) while “his spacious, almost weightless arrangements really hit the sweet spot” (Daily Telegraph). Album No. 8 Tracklisting A Love Like That English Manner Leaving The Mountain Joy Voices In the Night Maybe I Dreamt It Heading Home Your Longing Is Gone Airtime Remind Me To Forget Katie Melua is one of Britain's most successful musical artists, with a catalogue that has been certified 56 times platinum around the globe. Originally from Kutaisi, in the former Soviet republic of Georgia, Melua moved to the UK at the age of eight. Something of a prodigious musical talent she released her debut album Call Off The Search when she was just 19 years old. Since then, Melua has released seven UK Top 10 studio albums: Call Off The Search, Piece By Piece, Pictures, The House, Secret Symphony, Ketevan and, most recently, 2016’s self-produced, critically acclaimed In Winter, which she recorded with the Gori Women's Choir in her native Georgia. She and Kate Bush are the only two British female artists in UK chart history to reach the Top Ten with seven consecutive albums. Keep up with Katie Melua: Instagram / Twitter / Facebook / Web / YouTube For more information on Katie Melua contact .