Piece By Piece is guaranteed to continue the Katie Melua phenomenon, and the millions of people who bought Call Off The Search will no doubt rush out to buy this.  Full text...

There's a sense throughout of an artist playing it safe, and at times you're reminded of the old Dorothy Parker gibe that she can run the gamut of emotions from A to B. But for the moments when you're not in the mood for anything challenging, just pleasant adult listening, this will do the job nicely.   Full text...

In the meantime, "Piece By Piece" is a pleasing diversion; this year's sound of coffee tables, dinner parties and commercial breaks the land over.  Full text...

Melua strikes gold with the spellbinding title track, the sparsely-backed ballad I Cried for You, and an intoxicating cover of the Cure's Just Like Heaven. Her sassy take on Canned Heat's On the Road Again, meanwhile, is sure to get your hips going.  Full text...

The thirteen songs here flirt with blues, jazz and classic MOR, there's even a spot of exotica. So far, so good, but the trouble is that much of the original material here is so weak that it collapses under the strain of Mike Batt's highly calorific string arrangements.  Full text...

The good news, for Melua fans, is that the artist seems to have recovered the form that helped turn her into a household name in certain quarters.  Full text...

On her second album, this U.K. chanteuse lays her distinct, seductive voice into mostly dull jazz- and blues-tinged material.  Full text...