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Drastic Fantastic
by: KT Tunstall

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 6 to 10 days Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0094639561827
Format: Enhanced
Label: Relentless
Manufacturer: Relentless
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Relentless
Release Date: September 10, 2007
Studio: Relentless
Sales Rank: 1116
MPN: 95618

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Amazon.co.uk Review:
As the sleeve of Drastic Fantastic, a shot of a wildly posing Kate Tunstall, suggests, the Scot never expected to find herself following up a multi-million selling debut. But her second official album, again produced by Steve Osborne, is an impressive piece of work, edgy enough to please those who delighted in her gleeful live shows yet suitably smooth for fans recruited via radio play. Unsurprisingly some of the songs on Drastic Fantastic is can be read as musings on fame, notably the catchy first single "Hold On" and the cleverly constructed Sixties-style pop of "Hopeless". Elsewhere "White Bird" is haunting and downbeat, while the propulsive "folk-punk" (her phrase) of "I Don’t Want You Now" is apparently intended as a musical tribute to Tunstall’s obvious precursor, the late Kirsty MacColl. The excellent ‘Saving My Face’ welds a moody stadium rocker to a chord progression familiar from the chorus of Slade’s timeless "Cum on Feel the Noize", a neat trick which pretty much encapsulates Tunstall’s ability to combine the fragile and hearty in equal measures. By the time the understated, quietly epic "Beauty of Uncertainty" and the accordion-led "Paper Aeroplane", a quirky folk song not miles from her erstwhile comrades in Scotland’s amorphous Fence Collective, bring proceedings to a close, the listener’s relief is palpable. Making an intelligent, radio-friendly pop album with a real heart is difficult enough once, but managing the trick again proves her talent is genuine. --Steve Jelbert

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- brilliantly fantastic
a perfect album, each track is as good as the last...keep up the good work kt

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- Great Pop
The first thing I noticed about this album was how much poppier it was than her debut, but that's not a bad thing. Sure there will be those who cry sell-out with this album but that couldn't be further from the truth. KT manages to go full on pop and keep what made her great.

The album takes a while to get going with "Little Favours" and "If Only" managing to sound decent-good but without sounding special and seem slightly uninspired. The next track "White Bird" shows KT has not lost her way but again it is only a good song, nothing special at all.

The album finally comes into its own with "Funnyman" a brilliant pop songs which I loved from first listen, "Hold On" (the album's first single) is similar in that it's ... Read More:

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- Subtle and deep
When I first heard Eye of the Telescope half the tracks immediately appealed to me but after playing it a few times I found, if anything I liked the sublteties and depth of the tracks that did not orignally catch the ear. The same can be said for Drastic Fantastic. Its a different sound from ETT and this might put you off if you expect more of the same. Play the tracks a few times however and that depth of music and lyrics come through again. There is no doubt that KTT is a very special musician and the more you listen to her music, the more you get out of it. An excellent disc.

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- Trouser Wobbler
What a honey KT Tunstall is. Nevermind the music, I just want to have her babies. I mean, I want her to have mine and ...errrmm, if she er.. if she wants to that is. Yes, if she wants to then... I.. don't.. really.. mind. Errr..... Hmmm.

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- Terrible title, good album
Firstly, can I just say what an awful title for an album Drastic Fantastic is? Thank you. OK, now I've got that out of the way, it only seems fair that I discuss KT's follow-up to her drastically fantastic (sorry!) 'Eye To The Telescope'.

Her debut was such a strong body of work that it was always going to be difficult replicating the success of a debut so long in the making and coming up with another set of songs as strong as those she had been composing and performing for a number of years. Disappointingly, if maybe a little predictably, this album isn't as good as 'Eye To The Telescope', but given the quality of the songs on her first album, it may have been a bit of a steep ask.

This is, however, a very good album ... Read More:

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