Call Off the Search

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Recording and release

British songwriter, producer and arranger Mike Batt signed Melua to his Dramatico recording and management label after she performed at a showcase at the Brit School for the Performing Arts in early 2003. Batt was looking for a young artist capable of "performing jazz and blues in an interesting way". Melua went into the studio soon after with Batt as the producer. She recorded songs written by Batt, John Mayall, Delores J. Silver, herself, Randy Newman, and James Shelton. Melua wrote "Faraway Voice" about singer Eva Cassidy. "Belfast (Penguins and Cats)" refers to Melua's upbringing in Belfast, Northern Ireland: "Penguins" referring to Protestants and "Cats" to Catholics.

Call off the Search was released in the United Kingdom on 3 November 2003. It became a hit, reaching number one on the UK album chart in January 2004 and the top twenty of the Australian album chart in June 2004. It spent 87 weeks in the ARIA Top 100, certified Platinum for shipments of 70,000+. First single "The Closest Thing to Crazy", written by Batt, reached the top five in Ireland, top ten in the UK, top twenty in Norway, and top fifty in Australia. The second single from the album was the title track, "Call Off the Search", which gave Melua her second UK top twenty hit. The third single, a cover of Mayall's "Crawling up a Hill", was released on 18 July as the third single in the UK. In the UK the album sold 1.8 million copies within its first five months of release, making it six times platinum.[1] It spent six weeks at the top of the UK chart.

Chart performance

In the United Kingdom, Call off the Search was the 5th best selling album of 2004 with 1,356,962 copies sold,[2] and has sold over 1.9 million copies in the UK as of January 2013.[3]

Track listing

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The Japanese release has the extra track "Deep Purple".

Personnel

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Technical
  • Steve Sale – engineering
  • Simon Fowler – photography
  • Michael Halsband – cover photo

Charts

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Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[15] Platinum 70,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[16] 2× Platinum 0 
France — 100,000[17]
Germany (BVMI)[18] 2× Platinum 400,000 
Netherlands (NVPI)[19] Platinum 80,000 
New Zealand (RMNZ)[20] Platinum 15,000 
Norway (IFPI Norway)[21] 3× Platinum 145,000[22]
South Africa (RISA)[21] Platinum 50,000 
Sweden (GLF)[23] Gold 30,000 
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[24] Platinum 40,000 
United Kingdom (BPI)[25] 6× Platinum 1,900,000[3]
United States — 66,000[26]
Europe (IFPI)[27] 2× Platinum 2,000,000 

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References

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  1. ^ BPI figures
  2. ^ Chartwatch Annual Chart Booklets->Year 2003 Retrieved August 4, 2010.
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  26. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Paine, Andre (13 October 2007). "Hits By Royal Appointment". Billboard. p. 64. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 13 March 2024 – via Google Books.
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