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The Closest Thing to Crazy [SINGLE] [ENHANCED] [IMPORT]

Katie Melua
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Product Details

  • Audio CD (April 19, 2004)
  • Original Release Date: December 1, 2003
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Single, Enhanced, Import
  • Label: Dramatico
  • ASIN: B00020VWMI
  • Also Available in: Audio CD
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #64,341 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Closest Thing to Crazy
2. Downstairs to the Sun
3. Thank You, Stars

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Taken from the 2003 album 'Call Off The Search'. The title track is backed with 'Downstairs To The Sun' & 'Thank You, Stars'. Melua's laid-back bluesy pop has been compared to Norah Jones & Eva Cassidy. Dramatic. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great voice and singer!, January 22, 2004
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!
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16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Jazzy Irish-American Lass punchs way above her age!, December 9, 2003
By "deranger" (Belfast, Co. Antrim United Kingdom) - See all my reviews
I dont normally review, I just ain't that kind of guy, I pay my taxes, go to work, buy a CD and chill.. .anything else is just a hassle! So why write a review? Because in short this album just demands attention in oh so many wonderful ways....

Take a much travelled teenager, give her Norah Jones-eque vocals with a splash of showtime and blues and you have something that really snarls, mellows and gracefully takes you along a wonderful journey!

Standout trackes like the gliding jazz laden "The closest thing to Crazy", the lead single I believe stand testimony that even a lazy-ass kind of guy like me can be stirred into doing his first review..!

Buy now folks and relax, Katie has you in safe hands.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Close but no cigar!, January 13, 2004
By Robin Sizemore (High Point, NC) - See all my reviews
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!
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5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published on May 26, 2006 by Padderz

5.0 out of 5 stars Wow!
Amazing CD, considering she wrote most of her own material and she's so young!

Definitely on my heavy rotation.
Published on January 29, 2005 by E. J. Angiolillo

5.0 out of 5 stars 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... Read more
Published on May 1, 2004 by natashka

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