KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza

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KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
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Studio album by
Released15 May 2006
RecordedVital Spark Studios
December 2005
Genre
Label Relentless
Producer Steve Osborne
KT Tunstall chronology
Eye to the Telescope
(2004)
KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
(2006)
Drastic Fantastic
(2007)

KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza is a collection [1] album by Scottish singer-songwriter KT Tunstall, originally released 15 May 2006 and was originally only available through her website. [3] The CD comes with a DVD which includes the making of the album and features about her songs and her equipment, namely her AKAI E2 headrush loop pedal which is known as her "Wee Bastard".

Contents

The Acoustic Extravaganza version of "Universe & U" was featured in a season 2 episode, "Deterioration of the Fight or Flight Response" of Grey's Anatomy , and is featured in the Volume 2 Soundtrack .

"Golden Age" is a Beck cover from the 2002 album Sea Change .

The album carries a "Parental Advisory" label, as the words "ass" and "fuck" are present in its first track, "Ashes".

Professional ratings
Review scores
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Track listing

CD

  1. "Ashes" – 3:34 (new song, released as a promo single)
  2. "Girl and the Ghost" – 4:14 (First released on the "Suddenly I See" single)
  3. "One Day" – 5:02 (First released on the "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" single)
  4. "Golden Age" – 5:00 (Beck cover)
  5. "Boo Hoo" – 4:56 (First released on the "Other Side of the World" single)
  6. "Gone to the Dogs" – 3:59 (Featured on the demo album Tracks in July)
  7. "Change" – 3:44 (Featured on the demo album Tracks in July)
  8. "Miniature Disasters" – 4:32 (Acoustic version of song of debut album)
  9. "Universe & U" – 4:31 (Acoustic version of song of debut album/released on the "Another Place to Fall" single)
  10. "Throw Me a Rope" – 3:43 (Acoustic version of first single)

DVD

  1. "Five Go to Skye (Making the Album)"
  2. "Gone to the Dogs"
  3. "Throw Me a Rope"
  4. "The Wee Bastard Pedal"
  5. "Out-takes"

Personnel

Chart positions

Chart (2007)Peak
position
UK Album Chart 32 [6]
French Album Chart188

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