Drastic Fantastic

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Drastic Fantastic
Studio album by KT Tunstall
Released	September 10, 2007 September 15, 2007 September 18, 2007
Recorded	2006
Genre	Alternative rock, Pop, Folk
Length	39:50
Label	Virgin, Relentless
Producer	Steve Osborne
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link entertainment.ie link The Guardian link The Observer link Rolling Stone link The Times link Uncut link
KT Tunstall chronology
KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza (2006) Drastic Fantastic (2007)
Alternate cover
Special CD/DVD Edition Cover.
Singles from Drastic Fantastic
"Hold On" Released: July 16, 2007 (US) August 27, 2007 (UK) "Saving My Face" Released: November 12, 2007 "If Only" Released: March 3, 2008

Drastic Fantastic is the second studio album by Scottish singer KT Tunstall. It was released by Virgin Records on September 10, 2007 in the United Kingdom and September 18, 2007 in the United States and Canada.^[1] The album was leaked on P2P networks on September 3, 2007. "Hold On", the lead single was released on July 16, 2007 in the United States.

The album was expected to chart inside the top 5 on its release because it became one of the most downloaded albums in the week prior to its release, peaking at #2 on iTunes.^{[citation needed]} On the U.S. Billboard 200 chart, Drastic Fantastic debuted at number nine, selling about 50,000 copies in its first week.^[2]

In Scotland, KT beat both Kanye West and 50 Cent to make it to number 1 in the Scottish Album Charts.

Drastic Fantastic charted at #72 in the UK end of year chart selling around 225,000 copies in 2007.

Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 2.1 Bonus tracks 3 Singles 4 Personnel 5 Chart positions 6 References

[edit] Reception

The album was received warmly by most critics. Music critics from The Observer were quite impressed by the album, giving it five stars, stating the album was "bursting with so many hits that Tunstall's comic-book life is about to go stratospheric".^[3] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone gave the album three and a half stars out of five, and noted that Tunstall's sound in the album was a "flashback" to 1997, noting some similarities between the songs on Drastic Fantastic and songs written 10 years earlier.^[4]

However, some critics were less impressed, stating that the album was overproduced and lacked the "folky" touch of her previous album Eye to the Telescope. The Guardian gave it only three stars, stating "Tunstall could do better".^[5]

[edit] Track listing

1. "Little Favours" – 3:09 (KT Tunstall)
2. "If Only" – 3:46 (Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth)
3. "White Bird" – 3:13 (Tunstall)
4. "Funnyman" – 2:56 (Tunstall, Martin Terefe)
5. "Hold On" – 2:57 (Tunstall, Ed Case)
6. "Hopeless" – 3:41 (Tunstall)
7. "I Don't Want You Now" – 3:48 (Tunstall)
8. "Saving My Face" – 3:38 (Tunstall)
9. "Beauty of Uncertainty" – 5:01 (Tunstall)
10. "Someday Soon" – 3:53 (Tunstall, Hogarth, Sam Dixon)
11. "Paper Aeroplane" – 3:16 (Tunstall)

[edit] Bonus tracks

These bonus tracks appear on the iTunes pre-order edition of Drastic Fantastic.

12. "Suddenly I See" (Live)
13. "Hold On" (Live from The Today Show) – music video
14. "Bad Day" (UK only)
15. "Mothgirl" (UK only)

In the iTunes Deluxe Edition, the following music videos are included.

12. "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
13. "Suddenly I See (Standard Version)"
14. "Suddenly I See (Larger Than Life Version)"
15. "Under the Weather (Radio Mix)"
16. "Other Side of the World"
17. "Hold On"

In addition, it comes with an hour long documentary by film director Chris Bran as well as two digital booklets.

Most songs on Drastic Fantastic are not new songs. Little Favours appeared as the b-side to Under the Weather, Paper Aeroplane on the 2000 demo album 'Tracks In July', If Only, Funnyman and Saving My Face appeared on the demo album 'Toons 03', and Tunstall mentioned writing two new songs ('Hopeless' and 'White Bird with a Black Tail') in a blog entry from 2003.

[edit] Singles

"Hold On" was released as the album's lead single on July 16, 2007 in the United States, and on August 27 in the United Kingdom.

"Saving My Face" was chosen as the second single; it was released on November 12, 2007.

"If Only" was released on March 3, 2008.

In addition, "Someday Soon" is available as a single on Internet music stores such as iTunes and Rhapsody.

[edit] Personnel

• KT Tunstall — vocals, guitar, piano
• Luke Bullen — drums, percussion
• Sam Lewis — backing guitar
• Steve Osborne — bass, backing guitar, keyboards
• Arnulf Lindner — bass, double bass
• Kenny Dickenson — piano, keyboards
• Cat Sforza — backing vocals
• Gita Harcourt — backing vocals

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2007)	Peak position
UK Albums Chart	3
Irish Albums Chart	10[6]
U.S Billboard 200 Albums	9[7]
U.S Top Rock Albums	1[8]
Canadian Top 100 Albums	10[9]
Netherlands Albums Chart	21[10]
French Albums Chart	30[11]
German Albums Chart	35[12]
Austrian Albums Chart	43[13]
Italian Albums Chart	35[14]
European Top Albums	7
New Zealand Albums Chart	22[15]
Australian Albums Chart	48[16]
United World Chart	10[17]

[edit] References

v • d • e KT Tunstall Studio albums Eye to the Telescope · Drastic Fantastic Other albums Acoustic Extravaganza Singles "Throw Me a Rope" · "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" · "Other Side of the World" · "Suddenly I See" · "Under the Weather" · "Another Place to Fall" · "Hold On" · "Saving My Face" · "If Only" EPs False Alarm · Have A KT Christmas Related articles Discography