Drastic Fantastic

Drastic Fantastic
Studio album by KT Tunstall
Released 10 September 2007 (2007-09-10)
Recorded 2006–2007
Rockfield Studios, Wales
Eastcote Studios, London
Eden Studios, London
Length 39:50
Label Relentless
Producer Steve Osborne
KT Tunstall chronology
KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
(2006)KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza2006		 Drastic Fantastic
(2007)		 Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas
(2007)Have Yourself a Very KT Christmas2007
Alternative cover

Special CD/DVD Edition Cover.
Singles from Drastic Fantastic
  1. "Hold On"
    Released: 16 July 2007
  2. "Saving My Face"
    Released: 12 November 2007
  3. "If Only"
    Released: 3 March 2008
  4. "Little Favours[1]"
    Released: January 2009 (Brazil only)

Drastic Fantastic is the second studio album by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. It features some unreleased tracks she wrote before Eye to the Telescope such as new tracks she wrote in 2003. The record was released by Relentless Records on 10 September 2007 in the United Kingdom and elsewhere in Europe, on 15 September in Australia, and 18 September 2007 in the United States and Canada. However, the album was leaked on P2P networks on 3 September 2007.

Some additional tracks features other unreleased songs such as "Mothgirl", "Bad Day" and "Journey", and during the Drastic Fantastic Tour, Tunstall covered "La Vie En Rose", which is on the U.K Bonus tracks, "My Sharona", The Bangles' "Walk Like an Egyptian" and Chaka Khan's "Ain't Nobody" which features on the DVD. Also, three singles were taken from Drastic Fantastic: "Hold On", the lead single, "Saving My Face" and "If Only", which all charted in the UK Top 100.

On the US Billboard 200 chart, Drastic Fantastic debuted at number nine, selling about 50,000 copies in its first week, and sold around 225,000 copies in 2007.[2]

Artwork, packaging

According to Tunstall, the album cover is based on Suzi Quatro.[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[4]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[5]
Robert Christgau[6]
Entertainment.ie[7]
The Guardian[8]
The Observer[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Times[11]
Uncut[12]

The album received warm, though conservative, praise by most critics. Music critics from The Observer gave Drastic Fantastic five stars, stating the album was "bursting with so many hits that Tunstall's comic-book life is about to go stratospheric".[9] Rob Sheffield of Rolling Stone gave the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, and said that the album's sound was a "flashback" to 1997 by noting similarities between the songs on Drastic Fantastic and songs written 10 years earlier.[10] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic gave the album four out of five, calling Drastic Fantastic "a rare beast: a pop album with a songwriter's heart".[5]

However, some critics were less impressed, stating that the album was overproduced and lacked the "folksy" touch of her previous album Eye to the Telescope. The Guardian gave it three stars, stating "Tunstall could do better".[8]

Track listing

All tracks written by KT Tunstall except where noted..

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Favours" 3:09
2."If Only"KT Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth3:46
3."White Bird" 3:13
4."Funnyman"KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe2:56
5."Hold On"KT Tunstall, Ed Case2:57
6."Hopeless" 3:41
7."I Don't Want You Now" 3:48
8."Saving My Face" 3:38
9."Beauty of Uncertainty" 5:01
10."Someday Soon"KT Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth, Samuel Dixon3:53
11."Paper Aeroplane" 3:16
Total length:39:50
Digital bonus tracks[13]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
12."Journey" 4:39
13."La Vie en rose" (Edith Piaf cover)Louis Guglielmi, Edith Piaf2:29
UK iTunes bonus tracks[14]
No.TitleLength
12."Bad Day"4:09
13."Suddenly I See" (Live)6:03
Australian bonus track[15]
No.TitleLength
12."Suddenly I See"3:21
Japanese bonus track[16]
No.TitleLength
12."Suddenly I See" (Live)6:03
UK Amazon MP3 bonus tracks[17]
No.TitleLength
12."Mothgirl"5:01
13."Bad Day"4:09
14."Suddenly I See" (Live)6:03

In addition with the Deluxe edition, a documentary DVD with the album.

Most songs on Drastic Fantastic are not new songs. An acoustic version of "Little Favours" and "Paper Aeroplane" appeared on the 2000 demo album Tracks in July. "Little Favours" also appeared as the B-side to "Under the Weather". "If Only", "Funnyman", and "Saving My Face" appeared on the demo album Toons March '03. Finally, Tunstall mentioned writing two new songs, "Hopeless" and "White Bird", in a blog entry from 2003.

Singles

The song is featured on the Brazilian soap opera Três Irmãs.[1]

"Someday Soon" is available as a single on Internet music stores such as iTunes and Rhapsody. It was featured in the film The Women in a montage featuring Annette Bening and Meg Ryan.

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Chart positions

Chart (2007) Peak
position
U.S Billboard 200 Albums 9[20]
U.S Billboard Alternative Albums 1[21]
U.S Billboard Rock Albums 1[22]
U.S Billboard Digital Albums 9[23]
UK Albums Chart 3[24]
Scottish Albums Chart 1[25]
Irish Albums Chart 10[26]
Canadian Top 100 Albums 10[27]
Netherlands Albums Chart 21[28]
French Albums Chart 30[29]
German Albums Chart 35[30]
Austrian Albums Chart 43[31]
Italian Albums Chart 35[32]
Japanese Albums Chart 37[33]
New Zealand Albums Chart 22[34]
Australian Albums Chart 48[35]

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[36] Gold 100,000^
United States (RIAA)[37] Gold 500,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Region Date
Europe 10 September 2007
Australia 15 September 2007
Canada 18 September 2007
United States

References

  1. 1 2 "Som Livre". Som Livre. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  2. ↑ Katie Hasty, "Reba Outmuscles Kanye, 50 To Score First No. 1", Billboard.com, 26 September 2007.
  3. ↑ "andPOP Interviews KT Tunstall - ANDPOP.com". www.andpop.com. Thornhill, Ontario, Canada: andPOP. Retrieved 12 August 2012.
  4. ↑ "Album Review". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 8 August 2013.
  5. 1 2 "Drastic Fantastic". Allmusic. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  6. ↑ http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=5913&name=KT+Tunstall
  7. ↑ http://entertainment.ie/reviews/review.asp?ID=5163&subcat=CD%5B%5D
  8. 1 2 Clarke, Betty (7 September 2007). "CD: KT Tunstall, Drastic Fantastic". The Guardian. London.
  9. 1 2 Raphael, Amy (12 August 2007). "CD: K T Tunstall, Drastic Fantastic". The Guardian. London.
  10. 1 2 Sheffield, Rob (7 September 2007). "KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 15 September 2007. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
  11. ↑ Asthana, Anushka. "CD: K T Tunstall, Drastic Fantastic". The Times. London.
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2007-09-10.
  13. ↑ "Drastic Fantastic – AllMusic". Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  14. ↑ "iTunes – Music – Drastic Fantastic by KT Tunstall". Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  15. ↑ "KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic (CD, Album) at Discogs". Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  16. ↑ "Music: Amazon.com: Drastic Fantastic". Retrieved 22 January 2013.
  17. ↑ "Drastic Fantastic: KT Tunstall: Amazon.co.uk: MP3 Downloads". Retrieved 15 November 2013.
  18. ↑  . "Little Favours – KT Tunstall (Letra e Vídeo) no Kboing". Letras.kboing.com.br. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  19. ↑ "KT Tunstall – Little Favours – The Tunstallator". YouTube. Retrieved 5 January 2012.
  20. ↑ "KT Tunstall - Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  21. ↑ "KT Tunstall - Chart History (Billboard Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  22. ↑ "KT Tunstall - Chart History (Billboard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  23. ↑ "KT Tunstall - Chart History (Billboard Digital Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  24. ↑ "KT Tunstall - Drastic Fantastic". Official Charts. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  25. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
  26. ↑ KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic Archived 19 October 2012 at WebCite. IRMA. Accessed 14 September 2007
  27. ↑ Nielsen SoundScan JAM! Music Charts Archived 21 November 2008 at WebCite – Top 100 Albums: Accessed 27 September 2007
  28. ↑ Megacharts Archived 26 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine. – Accessed 17 September 2007
  29. ↑ French Albums Chart – acharts.us Accessed 20 September 2007
  30. ↑ German Top 100 Albums Chart – Accessed 26 September 2007
  31. ↑ Austrian Top 75 Albums Chart Archived 11 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine. – Accessed 20 February 2008
  32. ↑ Italian Albums Chart – Accessed 20 September 2007
  33. ↑ Oricon. "ＫＴ　タンストール". oricon.com. Retrieved 12 March 2012.
  34. ↑ New Zealand Albums Top 40 – acharts.us Accessed 20 September 2007
  35. ↑ Top 50 Albums Chart – Australian Record Industry Association Archived 22 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  36. ↑ "British album certifications – KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Drastic Fantastic in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Gold in the field By Award. Click Search
  37. ↑ "American album certifications – KT Tunstall – Drastic Fantastic". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH
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