Kin (KT Tunstall album)

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Kin
KIN by KT Tunstall.jpg
Studio album by
Released9 September 2016 (2016-09-09) [1]
Recorded2015–2016
StudioThe Hobby Shop
The Motherbrain
Sunset Sound
(Los Angeles)
Genre
Length46:14
Label
Producer Tony Hoffer
KT Tunstall chronology
Golden State EP
(2016)
Kin
(2016)
Live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
(2016)
KT Tunstall studio album chronology
Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon
(2013)
Kin
(2016)
Wax
(2018)
No.TitleMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Hard Girls" KT Tunstall Tony Hoffer 3:14
2."Turned a Light On"TunstallHoffer4:34
3."Maybe It's a Good Thing"TunstallHoffer4:01
4."Evil Eye"TunstallHoffer3:34
5."It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am"TunstallHoffer4:18
6."On My Star"TunstallHoffer4:16
7."Two Way" (featuring James Bay)Tunstall, James Bay Hoffer4:53
8."Run On Home"TunstallHoffer4:27
9."KIN"TunstallHoffer4:17
10."Everything Has Its Shape"TunstallHoffer4:23
11."Love Is an Ocean"TunstallHoffer4:17
Total length:46:14

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2016)Peak
position
Swiss Albums Chart 96
Scottish Albums Chart 7
UK Albums Chart 7
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [14] 72
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard) [15] 29
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [16] 23

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormat
Worldwide9 September 2016 Caroline, Sony/ATV Music CD, digital download
CD+DVD

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