| Drastic Fantastic | 
 enlarge | Artist: Kt Tunstall
Label: Virgin Records Us
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  64 reviews
Sales Rank: 349
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
MPN: 95618
UPC: 094639561827
EAN: 0094639561827
ASIN: B000RLIYZA
Release Date: September 18, 2007
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| Tracks:
| • | Little Favours | | • | If Only | | • | White Bird | | • | Funnyman | | • | Hold On | | • | Hopeless | | • | I Don't Want You Now | | • | Saving My Face | | • | Beauty Of Uncertainty | | • | Someday Soon | | • | Paper Aeroplane |
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Amazon.com
Don't be put off by the cover photo on K.T. Tunstall's follow-up to the four-million selling Eye of the Telescope. Yes, it's startling to see her sporting Buck Rogers boots and wielding a glittery, oversized silver guitar. And what's up with the comic book images that make up the CD booklet? But if Tunstall is feeling a bit like her overnight success is something out of interplanetary fiction, the new graphic "positioning" doesn't mean the Scottish singer-songwriter has gone full-blown, diva-fied pop-rock. Rather, she's built on the success of the euphorically catchy "Suddenly I See" and "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" to craft the bouncy kiss-off of "I Don't Want You Now," and the hypnotic beat of "Hold On," with its lyrical warning (shades of Bob Marley's "Judge Not") of karma and responsibility. The new repertoire, like her sensual, slightly slurred singing, is more authoritative, polished, and less bluesy and rough-edged as Eye…, despite a British urban influence. But Tunstall paves her continuum by again using producer Steve Osborne (U2, New Order, Happy Mondays), and with two songs she recorded for the first album--the driving pop-rock of the anti-plastic surgery anthem "Saving My Face" (with its irresistible "ooh-oohs" lifting the mood), and "Funnyman," a pop-alt-folk sonic blend that flirts with electronica. Best of all, Tunstall, who veers from playing a little electric lead guitar to ukulele on the album, is decidedly intent on reprising the spare framework of the songwriter. "White Bird," the most memorable of the four songs that spotlight her poetic, pensive side, amounts to a meditation ("Half of you is heavenly/Showing off your purity"). But whether meant as a metaphor or a literal descriptive paean, a la the romantic 19th-century poets, this melancholy, quiet song finds the 32-year-old musician more confident and on top of her craft than anything on her delicious debut. On the whole, then, this solid sophomore album isn't really such a "drastic" turn. But you just might agree with the second half of her title. --Alanna Nash
Amazon.com
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 from KT Tunstall 
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Album Description
Drastic Fantastic is a collection of soaring Pop songs and intimate ballads. Produced by Steve Osbourne (producer of Eye To The Telescope) it sees Tunstall's considerable songwriting skills and unique vocals underpinned by a rawer musical backdrop than it's predecessor. Full of powerful lyrics, bold colorful melodies and adventurous musicianship, it's a very definite move forward for Tunstall. Pensive ballads like 'White Bird' and 'Beauty Of Uncertainty' are complimented by the infectious lead single 'Hold On', and rollicking pop gems like 'Saving My Face' and the folk-punk of 'I Don't Want You Now'. Virgin.
Album Details
2007 Release of the Scottishrocker's Critically Acclaimed Album that Includes the Added Bonus Track, a Live Version of her Hit "Suddenly I See".
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 Better May 8, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I think this album is better than Eye to the Telescope, better lyrics, catchy and faster rhythms. That doesnt make the first one bad (just more mellow) but Drastic Fantastic is my personal favorite. My favorite tracks:
1. Little Favours
2. If Only
4. Funnyman
5. Hold On
6. Hopeless
7. I Don't Want You Now
8. Saving My Face
11. Paper Aeroplane
Very good mix of music, moods May 4, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Talented Tunstall offers up a nice variety of musical selections in this enjoyable collection. My personal favorite is "Hold On," which is unfortunately short (under three minutes) and I do admit to preferring her upbeat tracks.
It is a well produced CD and shows off not only her talent, but the promise for future albums and a long career to come.
It's not THAT drastic..... March 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a tough album to classify...the cover [nice legs], and opening cut would lead you to expect really "hard rock", and, in spots, it is. Overall though, the record is far from "hard", and is actually kind of "soft" at times.
My favorite cut is "White Bird", which has a jazz sound. The recording closes with "Someday Soon" and "Paper Aeroplane", which are rather mellow. Miss Tunstall is a pretty girl from "across the pond", who has a very pleasing voice. If you want to get rocked, but not too hard, you might just like it.
Hopeless-ly in My Head March 7, 2008
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This record has been played a lot on the local adult alternative station. I fell in love with it on the strength of one song, the beautiful "Hopeless." I'm from the '60s and early '70s, so melody and harmony are important to me, and "Hopeless" has it all. Not many songs today can manage a catchy chorus AND verse - most can't manage either - but this song has BOTH. Add to that some great harmonies and infectious guitar and vocals, and you have the perfect song! It's POWER POP at its best. I heard it at 8 am this morning, I've listened to several dozen songs since, and it's still in my head. Thanks KT, for proving that there's another flicker of hope in the vast wasteland of modern pop/rock.
4-1/2 stars -- I guess I'm the only one that doesn't think the cover art is supposed to signify something March 5, 2008
1 out of 3 found this review helpful
After KT Tunstall delivered the near-classic album Eye to the Telescope, I heard that she was releasing a new album barely a year later, and sometimes when an artist does that, the results aren't necessarily bad but still not quite as stellar. Well, my worries were put to rest after hearing Drastic Fantastic.
You won't find anything QUITE as catchy as "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" on here ("Hold On" comes pretty darn close, though), but there are still plenty of quality tracks. Such tracks include metaphorical tales like "Paper Aeroplane" and "White Bird", as well as more "standard" fare like "If Only", or even the more troublesome vibe of "Saving My Face". Speaking of poignant tracks, the mellow, acoustic "Beauty of Uncertainty" also shines.
Even though "I Don't Want You Now" made me say just that, Drastic Fantastic shows that KT Tunstall shot two for two because the album is indeed fantastic. Pick it up.
Anthony Rupert
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