KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic (CD/DVD)
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Artist: KT TunstallEdition: Music CD
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Deluxe Edition
CD Release Date: 2007-09-18
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- 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
- Documentary: All You Need Is Mud - KT Tunstall (1 hour, 3 minutes)
- Interview: A Comic By Robin Footitt - KT Tunstall
- Photo Gallery - KT Tunstall 3.38
Music reviews of Drastic Fantastic (CD/DVD)
Music Review: KT comes out of her shell
Rating: 4 Stars
The CD:
If Eye To The Telescope represented a shell that KT Tunstall was tucked away safely inside in, Drastic Fantastic represents this shell cracking open and KT emerging, wanting to show herself to the world. After all, the former had a cover photo of a shy and timid KT, suggesting a retrospective and reflective album, which Eye To The Telescope essentially was. But after just one glance at Drastic Fantastic's cover photo it's apparent that KT now wants to (cliché as it is), rock. And I think she has pulled off a very worthy sophomore effort here, giving us something a little different while not completely abandoning the style and sound that we've come to love about her.
It's true that Drastic Fantastic has a more commercial sound to it and one could say that it's more "poppy." As others have noted, it's also more polished. "I Don't Want You Now," "Saving My Face" and "Little Favours" are the rockers here. "If Only," "Hopeless," "Funny Man" and "Hold On" are more low-key. "White Bird," "Beauty of Uncertainty," "Someday Soon" and "Paper Aeroplane" represent the mellow acoustic tracks, all songs that could easily have been on Eye To The Telescope. So in a sense KT gives something for everyone here. I do think that the album would have benefited from having the last 3 tracks a) not back-to-back and b) not at the end...a rocker would have closed the album off much better IMO.
The DVD:
Contains a total of 3 segments. The main segment, a 1-hour documentary titled "All You Need Is Mud," is pretty much the main reason to get this. It is broken down into the following chapters:
1) Opening Credits - "Turn Into You" 2) St. Andrews, Scotland 3) "If Only acoustic" 4) Telescope at St. Andrews, Scotland 5) "Suddenly I See" live at Fat Sam's, Scotland 6) West Sands, St. Andrews 7) "Saving My Face" acoustic 8) Dance Rehearsals "Hold On" promo 9) "Hopeless" acoustic 10) Behind-The-Scenes "Hold On" promo shoot 11) "White Bird" acoustic 12) Press at Outsider Festival, Scotland 13) "I Want You Back" live at Outsider Festival, Scotland 14) KT's birthday party 15) "Ain't Nobody" acoustic 16) Glastonbury Festival 17) "Hold On" acoustic. The acoustic performances of songs from Drastic Fantastic consist of KT outdoors jamming either with her band or just friends (I can't tell which). The other chapters are self-explanatory.
The second segment consists of a 13-minute mini-documentary called "Interview: A Comic By Robin Footitt" and is exactly what it implies: a sit-down interview with Robin, the artist who created the comic booklet for Drastic Fantastic. This was interesting to watch once, but I can't see it calling for repeated viewings by most people.
The final segment is merely a 3 and a half minute photo gallery with KT's music playing in the background.
This version has a really cool color drawing of KT walking through a field of flowers.
A quick note about the packaging of this deluxe edition. KT obviously had the environment in mind when laying it out. The CD is housed in a unique tray made out of some recycled material that seems to be a cross between styrofoam and an egg carton. As much as I applaud KT for this I'm a little skeptical about the durability of it, so you'll probably want to handle it carefully. And the DVD is housed in a pocket slit which is fine, but one must take care not to scratch it when removing it and putting it back.
So, who should buy this CD/DVD deluxe edition? I'd recommend it to those who are big enough fans to want to learn more about KT's experiences before "making it big," and who are generally interested in some nice bonus features. For the everyday casual fan though, you'll probably want to just stick with the CD-only version. But whichever version you buy, Drastic Fantastic is one great album.
Description of Drastic Fantastic (CD/DVD)
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."
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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
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