Eye to the Telescope

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Eye to the Telescope
Eye to the Telescope cover
Studio album by KT Tunstall
Released Flag of the United Kingdom December 13, 2004
Flag of the United States February 7, 2006
Recorded 2004
Genre Alternative
Length 45:44
Label Relentless, Virgin
Producer Steve Osborne, Andy Green, Martin Terefe
Professional reviews
KT Tunstall chronology
False Alarm
(2004)		 Eye to the Telescope
(2004)		 KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
(2006)
Singles from Eye to the Telescope
  1. "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"
    Released: February 21, 2005 (UK)
    August 29, 2005 (US)
  2. "Other Side of the World"
    Released: May 9, 2005 (UK)
    May, 2007 (US)
  3. "Suddenly I See"
    Released: August 29, 2005 (UK)
  4. "Under the Weather"
    Released: December 5, 2005 (UK)
  5. "Another Place to Fall"
    Released: March 13, 2006 (UK)

Eye to the Telescope is an album by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, originally released 13 December 2004 (see 2004 in British music), and re-released 25 January 2005. On 19 July 2005 it was nominated for the 2005 Mercury Music Prize in the United Kingdom. Tunstall promoted the album in the United States and Canada in December 2005. The album was released 7 February 2006 in the U.S. Also a special CD/DVD edition of the album was released in September 2006 in America, along with a different cover and a bonus track.

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[edit] Critical reception

Reviews for Eye to the Telescope were mostly positive. Mark A. Price of PopMatters gave the album a score of 7 out of 10, noting how it manages to sound "both new and familiar", mixing influences from artists like Melissa Etheridge and Fiona Apple while adding some originality of her own.[1] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide gave it three and a half stars out of five, calling it "a promising, satisfying debut".[2]

However, most reviewers tended to complain that the album was overproduced and lacked the raw edges that Tunstall displays during her live performances.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Other Side of the World" – 3:34 (KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe)
  2. "Another Place to Fall" – 4:11 (Tunstall)
  3. "Under the Weather" – 3:37 (Tunstall, Tommy D)
  4. "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" – 2:51 (Tunstall)
  5. "Miniature Disasters" – 3:32 (Tunstall)
  6. "Silent Sea" – 3:48 (Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth)
  7. "Universe & U" – 4:01 (Tunstall, Pleasure)
  8. "False Alarm" – 3:50 (Tunstall, Terefe)
  9. "Suddenly I See" – 3:22 (Tunstall)
  10. "Stoppin' the Love" – 4:02 (Tunstall, Tommy D)
  11. "Heal Over" – 4:27 (Tunstall)
  12. "Through the Dark" – 3:48 (Tunstall, Terefe)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Charts

The album entered the UK album chart at 73 and quickly dropped out again (it originally entered the lower regions of the Top 200 in its debut week, but these placings are not officially recorded for statistical purposes). It re-entered at 66 a few weeks later, and its rise was both surprising and unique for a new album on the UK charts. It improved every week for four weeks before peaking at number 36, then dropping down as low as 63 again. It then resumed a somewhat meteoric rise, culminating in a peak of number seven before slowly shifting back down. The publicity surrounding Tunstall's Mercury Music Prize nomination sent it back up the charts to an eventual peak of No. 3, after which time it became a Top 20 mainstay for the rest of 2005. It dropped out of the Top 10 in the 61st week, and has dropped continually since, before ending its run at 72 weeks. After a several month absence, the album returned at No. 66 for a 73rd non-consecutive week in August 2006.

The singles from the album became increasingly more successful, with "Other Side of the World" spending almost five months on the chart and "Suddenly I See" remaining in the Top 40 for 10 weeks. The album's next single, "Under the Weather", entered the chart at No. 39, while the fifth and final single, "Another Place to Fall", became Tunstall's first single to miss the Top 40 after more than 1.3 million copies of the album had been sold. In total, Tunstall has spent 133 weeks so far on the British charts.

As of September 20, 2007, the album has sold 1,127,010 copies in the US.[3]

The album was certified 5x platinum by the Irish album chart selling about 75,000 copies, and around 1.5 million copies in the UK, certifiying it 5x platinum there as well.

The album was certified platinum in Canada in January 2007.[4]

Chart Provider(s) Peak
position		 Certification Sales/shipments
Australia Album Chart[5] ARIA 43
Austria Album Chart[5] Media Control 41
Canada Album Chart[5] CRIA 10 Platinum 100,000
France Album Chart[5] IFPI 7
Germany Album Chart[5] Media Control 43
Ireland Album Chart[5] IRMA 4 7x Platinum 75,000
Italy Album Chart[5] FIMI 37
Netherlands Album Chart[5] NVPI 53
New Zealand Album Chart[5] RIANZ 3
Norway Album Chart[5] IFPI 11
Switzerland Album Chart[5] Media Control 29 Gold 15,000
United Kingdom Album Chart[5] BPI 3 5xPlatinum 1,500,000
United States Album Chart[5] Billboard 33 Platinum 1,130,000[6]
United World Album Chart[5] Media Traffic 20
Album Chart[5]

[edit] References

  1. ^ Mark A. Price. [1] Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  2. ^ Stephen Thomas Erlewine. [2] Retrieved April 6, 2008.
  3. ^ Pulse Music Board - Billboard Top 200 - 9/29/07 Kanye 957K
  4. ^ CRIA Gold & Platinum certifications for January 2007. Retrieved July 25, 2007.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o KT Tunstall - Eye To The Telescope aCharts.us. Retrieved February 29, 2008.
  6. ^ Pulse Music Board - Billboard Top 200 - 9/29/07 Kanye 957K
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