Melody (Sharleen Spiteri album)

Melody
Studio album by Sharleen Spiteri
Released	July 14, 2008 (2008-07-14)
Recorded	2007-2008
Genre	Pop, Soul, Sixties
Length	36:57
Label	Mercury, Universal Music
Producer	Sharleen Spiteri, Bernard Butler, George Millar
Sharleen Spiteri chronology
Melody (2008) The Movie Songbook (2010)
Singles from Melody
"All the Times I Cried" Released: July 7, 2008 "Stop, I Don't Love You Anymore" Released: October 6, 2008 "It Was You" Released: December 1, 2008

Melody is the debut solo album from Scottish Texas lead singer, Sharleen Spiteri. It was released on July 14. 2008 and went straight to #3 in the United Kingdom album charts. The first single from the album was All The Times I Cried.

Background

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Release

Critical reception

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Singles

The first single taken from her debut album was "All The Times I Cried", and debuted on the UK Singles Chart at number 47, before rising to 26 with the physical release. Its full chart run was 47-26-27-32-33-37-47-out. Melody debuted at number 3 in the UK Albums Chart, and its chart run in the first five weeks was 3-5-7-5-8. The album has so far been certified Gold in the UK for sales of over 100,000 copies.^{[citation needed]} The second single off the album "Stop, I Don't Love You Anymore" - released on October 6, 2008 - ^[3] did not have as much chart success as the first single or the album, it peaked outside the top 100 at 107, the third single of the album was "It Was You", released on December 1, 2008.^[4]

Don't Keep Me Waiting

Don't Keep Me Waiting is a song by Sharleen Spiteri from her debut solo album Melody. The song was only released in Switzerland and charted at #78.^[5]

The song was also chosen for use in the soundtrack of the final run of The L Word, an American television series.^[6]

Track listing

1. "It Was You"
2. "All the Times I Cried"
3. "Stop, I Don't Love You Anymore"
4. "Melody"
5. "I Wonder"
6. "I'm Going to Haunt You"
7. "Don't Keep Me Waiting"
8. "You Let Me Down"
9. "Where Did It Go Wrong"
10. "Day Tripping"
11. "Françoise"

A Non cd track called: "That Was A Lie" was recorded and made available for early download from her website. But did not make the Cut of final tracklisting.

Chart performance

Charts

Chart (2008)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	3[7]
French Album Charts Top 150	13[7]
Belgium Albums Chart	15[7]
Swiss Album Charts	19[7]
Irish Albums Chart	19[7]

Certifications

• BPI (United Kingdom) - Gold [Awarded on August 8, 2008] ^[8]

References

1. ^ Nick Levine. "Sharleen Spiteri: 'Melody'". http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/albumreviews/a111232/sharleen-spiteri-melody.html. Retrieved August 9, 2011. 
2. ^ Michael Quinn (4 July 2008). "A likable introduction to Spiteri’s new solo career.". http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/dgvr. Retrieved 9 August 2011. 
3. ^ Pete Lewis. "SHARLEEN SPITERI: The Single Life". Blues and Soul. http://www.bluesandsoul.com/feature/341/sharleen_spiteri_the_single_life/. Retrieved August 9, 2011. 
4. ^ http://www.sharleenspiteri.co.uk/news/english/Third+single Third Single Confirmed (Sharleen's Official Website)^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Sharleen Spiteri - Don't Keep Me Waiting". acharts.us. http://acharts.us/song/40115. Retrieved August 9, 2011. 
6. ^ [1]^{[dead link]}
7. ^ ^{a b c d e} "Sharleen Spiteri - Melody". acharts.us. http://acharts.us/album/36805. Retrieved August 9, 2011. 
8. ^ "Certified Award Search". The British Recorded Music Industry. http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx. Retrieved August 9, 2011.