UK iTunes topped by home-made album

23-year-old Kate Walsh recorded some music at a friend's house at a cost of a few hundred British pounds. Now that album is topping charts at the UK iTunes store. "Tim's House" currently holds the number three spot for top album sales and has received dozens of glowing reviews for its ten tracks, ranging from "[B]eautiful, calming, floaty, inspired and emotional" to "Stunning Album!". Helping to move the album into the public conciousness was the "Talk of the Town" track, which was recently featured as a UK iTunes Single of the Week.

The 30-second samples I listened to certainly don't sound like they were recorded in somebody's basement.