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Eye to the Telescope by: KT Tunstall List Price: £8.99 CD-Charts Price: £4.98 You Save: £4.01 (45%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0724386024626 Label: Relentless Manufacturer: Relentless Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Relentless Release Date: January 10, 2005 Studio: Relentless Sales Rank: 557 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Amazon.co.uk Review: If the art of the female singer-songwriter revolves around coffee table soliloquies then Eye To The Telescope--the debut album from Edinburgh-born chanteuse / guitarist KT Tunstall--is a pleasing mediation between the traditional demands of brooding egocentricity (espresso) and frothy commerciality (cappuccino). KT Tunstall has star quality. "Suddenly I See" is an effortlessly liberating pop fillip while, conversely, "False Alarm" redresses Abba's "The Winner Takes It All" for losers who had nothing to lose to begin with. However, Tunstall isn't entirely convinced by the compromise ( "I'm struggling to cater for the space I'm meant to fill" she sings) and "Miniature Disasters"--one of several strong numbers showcasing her aptitude for wrapping up pop tunes in either folky bluesiness or ponderous jazz--catalogues her desires for unfettered self-expression. The opening cut "Other Side Of The World" might sound like Dido without the giftwrapped grief (she's none too flattered with the comparisons) but Eye To The Telescope is spiritually closer to Carol King and Elvis Costello than Katie Melua. And that's no bad thing. --Kevin Maidment From the Label: Eye To The Telescope is the debut album from acclaimed Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall. Born in Edinburgh and brought up in St Andrews, KT comes out of a burgeoning East Coast music scene that has already spawned the likes of The Fence Collective, The Beta Band and Dogs Die In Hot Cars. The album was produced by Steve Osborne (U2/New Order/Doves) and celebrates classic singer-songwriting in the tradition of Rikki Lee Jones, Carole King and Fleetwood Mac with songs that manage to be both intensely personal and incredibly accessible. Description: Reissue of the debut album from Scottish-born singer songwriter K.T. Tunstall. 'Eye To The Telescope' sees Tunstall deliver her fragile lyrics over soulful, folk tinged songs which have been compared to the work of Carole King. Includes tracks from the 'False Alarm' EP as well as the studio versionof 'Black Horse And The Cherry Tree', which appeared as a live recording on the original version of the album. Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - A class apartOnly you know your musical tastes and what you like in performers. I have the most eclectic tastes in music imaginable. KT Tunstall gives it all you could ever want from this genre. Simply outstanding on all levels. Rating: - Love this lady and her fairytale start in musicJust imagine busking on a street in Glasgow and next thing Rod Stewart stops and listens to you, takes your hand and says "Girl, you're coming on stage with me tonight". That's what happened to KT. I remember watching that show on telly and she was so nervous it was unreal but she got through it. I love this album. I love KT - end of story! She brings a real freshness to music and challenges everything we accept as norm. Great voice. Great music. Actually, when you're listening to this album, think of the story she tells of her father: He used to work in an observatory and any night that something amazing was happening in the skies he took KT and her brother up to the observatory. She recalls many a night watching comets, meteor ... Read More: Rating:  - pleasant but not exciting musicI would describe this cd as easy listening.The tracks have a blues/folk/rock sound and KT Tunstall is a competent singer but if you were walking through a shopping centre and any of her songs featured here was played through some speakers I don't think it would grab your attention.At times she sounds like Norah Jones without the piano and there is enough percussion to fill a tin mine.I think most people would enjoy having Eye To The Telescope playing in the background while they are doing something else.This is really music to listen while you are in an upmarket club. Rating:  - Just a simple and enjoyable album!I decided to get this album after watching KT Tunstall perform at the Live Earth concert and i am quite pleased i did. This album comprises a few briliant soul soothing songs and some nice upbeat songs and is just the kind of the album u want to sit back and listen to after work... loved it! Rating: - Not since joplin has a female artist gotten under my skin like KT has.Eye to the Telescope has been in my car player for the last three weeks. What an outstanding compilation of voice and sounds to feed ones senses. KT is a thunder storm on a hot windy night. I can only imagine the mornings, the sweet smell of her earthy naturalness must be overweling. God I love her ever changing rythums and totally different sound. Different from any other styles and as far as other females go; females? Just forget the rest of them. All I ask is that she make it to the Southwest, Phoenix would be great but just make it somewhere down here.. Wow... |
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