Drastic Fantastic (CD/DVD) [Deluxe Edition]

KT Tunstall | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 18, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Deluxe Edition
• Label: Virgin Records Us
• ASIN: B000RMQG3G
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #146,420 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Little Favours

2. If Only

3. White Bird

4. Funnyman

5. Hold On

6. Hopeless

7. I Don't Want You Now

8. Saving My Face

9. Beauty Of Uncertainty

10. Someday Soon

See all 11 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Documentary: All You Need Is Mud - KT Tunstall (1 hour, 3 minutes)

2. Interview: A Comic By Robin Footitt - KT Tunstall

3. Photo Gallery - KT Tunstall 3.38

Editorial Reviews

Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall burst onto the public consciousness last year with her gritty debut album Eye to the Telescope, a provocative sonic mesh of heartfelt pop, rootsy, electric blues, and left-field alt-rock. Eye spawned three hit singles — the Grammy-Award nominated "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree," "Suddenly I See," and "Other Side of the World" — all of which became omnipresent on radio, television, movies, and the Internet. Thanks to the multi-media exposure, Eye is certified platinum in the U.S., with worldwide sales exceeding 3.5 million copies.

Now Tunstall is readying her follow-up, entitled Drastic Fantastic, which will be released by Virgin Records on September 18th, 2007. It showcases the 31-year-old's growth as both a songwriter and musician on songs like the thumping "Hold On," the rollicking "Saving My Face," the jazz-inflected "Someday Soon," and the frisky pop gem "I Don’t Want You Now." "I wanted to be braver," Tunstall says of the album. "I wanted to push the musicality. You can't let previous success scare you away from moving on."

KT Tunstall Photos

More KT Tunstall

Eye to the Telescope

KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza

Guitar Tribute to KT Tunstall

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

83 of 85 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another winning number!, September 17, 2007

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Mr. R. J. Davidson (Edinburgh, Scotland. UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drastic Fantastic (Audio CD)

Making "Drastic Fantastic" in the same studio Arctic Monkeys recorded "Favourite Worst Nightmare" had a knock-on effect on her guitar, she said.
Certainly the stylish Scot's strings sound as they've undergone more of a thrashing this time round.
KT has taken all the dinner party-pleasing mellow elements that made "Eye To The Telescope" such a success and chucked them into the mix with a fat dollop of funk and a layer of grit.
"Drastic Fantastic" finds the 32-year-old from St Andrews again contradicting the stereotype of the navel-gazing singer-songwriter strumming her acoustic guitar.
Spirited KT once described her music as "stompy, sensitive girl-blues", and the portrayal is now even more fitting.
For all its pop tunes, "Drastic Fantastic" is surprisingly raw-boned.
You can hear it on first single "Hold On", with its near R&B beat, and the toe-tapping "Funnyman" with its indie stylings and moody mandolin.
"Little Favours" meanwhile, is a spunky ode to teen lust, while "Saving My Face" tackles the thorny topic of going under the knife.
Vocally, KT sounds even more confident as she travels through the vocal spectrum from sparky to smoky and sultry.
The album's highlight is "Someday Soon", a dreamily layered ballad she wrote about her painful brief split from bandmate Luke Bullen.
Another winner.
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51 of 55 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The World Will Turn if You're Ready or Not, September 18, 2007

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Scooter McGavin (Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Drastic Fantastic (Audio CD)

During Beauty of Uncertainty on her new album Drastic Fantastic, Scottish singer KT Tunstall tells us, "There's no sense in traveling if we've already been that way." That sentiment was very apparent on her debut, Eye to the Telescope, where every song was carefully crafted without repeating themes or sounds yet still having the ability to keep each song under the umbrella of adult contemporary. That helped garner the album a rare 5-star rating (out of two hundred and twenty-one album reviews, I have only given out four 5-Stars).

The quote can also be applied to the new disk where Tunstall wisely doesn't true to recreate the quirky hit Black Horse and the Cherry Tree. And that is the blessing and the curse of Drastic Fantastic. That hit was a huge risk that paid off tremendously but on the new disk Tunstall tends to play it safe carefully crafting each song into something that is more traditionally found on adult contemporary radio.

There are some flashes throughout the album like the funky upright bass found on the first single Hold On, but the bassist on the song rarely gets a moment to shine as the instrument spends most of the song forced into the background of the backing track. Then near the end there is a smoky, slow burner Beauty of Uncertainty that builds like a train coming down the track.

The rest of the album though falls directly into Adult Contemporary heavyweights Sheryl Crow and Matchbox Twenty territory: there is nothing horrible but then again there is nothing that really stands out. The polished edges may garner her more radio play, but KT may want to leave the wax behind for her next album if she want to make another album as good as Eye to the Telescope.

34 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quality stuff., September 17, 2007

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steamy blues - See all my reviews

This review is from: Drastic Fantastic (Audio CD)

"Eye To The Telescope" sold over 4 million copies and its best song, "Suddenly I See", ended up hard-wired into the intenational consciousness.
None of that happens without some prodigious songwriting talent and, without at any time seeming to erect a "genius at work" sign, she's done it again here. From the bumptious rock-out of "Hold On" to the pensive folky pluckings of "White Bird", this is quality stuff.
At the core of the album is a freshness and inventiveness - chord patterns which avoid the usual clichés and keep you intrigued.
Tunstall has never sounded better, and the Sheryl Crow riffs and mid-tempo chick rock of "If Only" and "Little Favours" serve her well.
But beneath the glitz, buttery harmonies and glaring hits, there's the sadness of "Funnyman", which details the mental anguish suffered by her friend Gordon Anderson (of the Aliens); the self-deprecation of "Hopeless"; and a sense that she is torn between her folk past and pop present
These are not, perhaps, songs to treasure for ever, study intently in the early hours or attach to the important landmarks of your life, but you'll be hearing them over and over and they will grow with repeated listenings.
My favourites tunes are the banging out folk-fuelled belters such as "Hold On" and "Hopeless"; on a more tender tip, "White Bird" is soul-sobbingly gorgeous.