The Closest Thing to Crazy

Call off the Search Call Off the Search was released in the U.K. in November 2003 to deserved acclaim, alongside countless declarations that this 19-year-old British music school-educated, Russian-born singer is "the next Norah." There are similarities--Melua does work within a jazz/blues idiom, is ...	Piece by Piece Piece by Piece--the second album from Georgia-born-chanteuse-cum-naturalised-Brit Katie Melua, and the successor to her multimillion-selling Call Off the Search--begins teasingly with the soft-pedaled "come hither" jazz flirtations of "Shy Boy" and concludes with the whispering p...	It's Only Pain 2006 enhanced CD single from the UK-based singer/songwriter, inspired by her recent break up with Luke Pritchard, a member of quirky Britpop band The Kooks. Taken from the Special Edition version of her sophomore album Piece By Piece. Features two versions of 'It's Only Pain' (M...	Pictures There is something innately British about Katie Melua's appeal, her style reminiscent of former '60s UK legend Lulu, especially in songs that combine adult contemporary pop with a slight crooning style ("All In My Head," "If You Were A Sailboat"). Whatever her je-ne-sais-quality ...	Crawling Up a Hill Taken from the singer/songwriter's critically acclaimed 2003 debut album 'Call Off the Search'. The title track is b/w two non-LP tracks, 'Crawling Up A Hill' (Live) & 'Jack's Room'. Dramatico. 2004.
Spider's Web An Audience Favorite on her Recent UK and European Tour, Spider's Web is Written by Katie Melua and Reflects the Singer's Inquiring and Probing Mind. Melua was Pronounced the Highest Selling Female Artist in Britain in 2005, for the Second Year Running, Selling More Than One Mill...	Call Off the Search Pt.2 Taken from the 2003 album 'Call Off the Search'. The title track is b/w one non-LP track 'Turn To Tell'. Dramatico. 2004.	Katie Melua: Concert Under the Sea	Shy Boy Special holiday release from the Georgian-born Briton, the fifth single taken from her hit album "Piece By Piece". The accompanying b-side is the holiday classic "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas".	Nine Million Bicycles The First Single to Be Released from the Album 'piece by Piece'.

Russian - Irish
Not sure why some of the reviewers here think that Katie is Irish-American as she was born in Georgia (Russia) and lived for 5 years in Belfast (Northern Ireland) before the family moved to London (England).

Wow!
Amazing CD, considering she wrote most of her own material and she's so young! Definitely on my heavy rotation.

very good!
i liked this song very much-closest thing to crazy,lyrics are exellent and katie acts very well,i like her style of perfoming but i dont think that she is like norah jones,i think that she acts better( i mean katie acts better) and i like her voice and i would like to hear her songs more and more :)

Great voice and singer!
If you like The Closest Thing to Crazy, (...) this one of the best cd's of the year in my opinion. If you like Norah Jones, you will for sure like this one and I reckon you will never take it off your CD player!

Close but no cigar!
Listners will be more impressed to know that Katie is not Irish American... but in fact Georgian born ( as in former soviet republic) and Irish raised... Can't go wrong with a voice born from this beautiful country known for the gift of song and paired up with a Irish mentor of style combination.... truly gifted!