Surprising, but not unpleasant however ...

Huge fan of Katie Melua, I looked forward and curiosity both the new jewel that we had concocted ... And especially since I had heard of this famous shift to electro, through its collaboration with William Orbit. So I started by "the Flood" on web ze. A little baffled by this new style, listening strength, I acclimated to bias the electro even taking a certain pleasure to listen to this song almost oriental rhythm.
Then I procured the album ... And there is everything: Katie pure juice, as we have known it in its heyday of Call of the search ("the one love is gone" remember the cozy atmosphere of his first album), Piece by Piece (with "I'd love to kill you" in particular, for its acoustic side and just Katie's voice floating like a feather, so aerial) and Pictures (" a moment of madness "is reminiscent of the old-fashioned retro atmosphere (the affectionate sense) the previous album of this wonderful singer); Katie ringing Commercial (alas ...) as "Twisted"; Katie trying new music tracks (with "the flood" that goes well, "Happy Place", which goes musically limit to my ears accustomed to more subtle things from her). However, we have good surprises, with Katie Melua, but more mature in style and which explores all her vocal abilities ("God is Drums, Devil on the Bass is an example: Katie sings worse than to usual, but this tone is also fine him), or "the House", which touches the 7th heaven in terms of air style).
In short, who says new leg to production meant by change of course, new musical proposals, which may surprise some ... and not always in a good way. Therefore, like other commentators, I advise those whose ears have not had the great pleasure of getting to know Katie Melua go through Piece by Piece and Pictures, which are real gold mines, but not to neglect the seed of this album that does not live in that bad.