KT Tunstall
Eye To The Telescope
Label:  061002_2341 
Date:  2/7/2006
Length:  0:00
Format:  FLAC
  Textbox 1:  FLAC from Original CD
Genre:  Pop; rock
  Category:  pop flac
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Other Side Of The World    
      2.  
      		 Another Place To Fall    
      3.  
      		 Under The Weather    
      4.  
      		 Black Horse and the Cherry Tree    
      5.  
      		 Miniature Disasters    
      6.  
      		 Silent Sea    
      7.  
      		 Universe & U    
      8.  
      		 False Alarm    
      9.  
      		 Suddenly I See    
      10.  
      		 Stoppin' The Love    
      11.  
      		 Heal Over    
      12.  
      		 Through The Dark    
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      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 Carole King and Elvis Costello than Katie Melua. And that's no bad thing. --Kevin Maidment
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