Live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire

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Live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
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Released10 November 2016
Recorded9 November 2016
Venue Shepherd's Bush Empire (London)
Genre Pop, alternative rock
Length118:24
Label Live Here Now
KT Tunstall chronology
Kin
(2016)
Live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire
(2016)
KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza 2
(2017)

Live at O2 Shepherds Bush Empire is KT Tunstall's sixth live album, recorded on 9 November 2016. It features many tracks from her previous albums, with the second half of the double album containing many tracks from her 2016 release KIN . Tunstall was accompanied by a three-piece band consisting of Rachel Eckroth on keyboard, Solomon Dorsey on bass, and Denny Weston Jr. on drums. [1]

Contents

Release

The album was recorded and mixed by Max Butcher for Live Here Now. Fans were able to purchase the CD at the show and pick it up directly after the show finished. [2] [3] The CD was at one point available through KT Tunstall's PledgeMusic store. [4]

Track listing

Disc One

All tracks are written by KT Tunstall, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."If Only"Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth Drastic Fantastic 7:00 [5]
2."Little Favours" Drastic Fantastic5:03
3."Funnyman"Tunstall, Martin Terefe Drastic Fantastic4:33
4."(Still a) Weirdo"Tunstall, Greg Kurstin Tiger Suit 6:12
5."Maybe It's a Good Thing"  KIN 5:13
6."Evil Eye" KIN3:45
7."Other Side of the World"Tunstall, Terefe Eye to the Telescope 8:27
8."Hold On"Tunstall, Ed CaseDrastic Fantastic5:43
9."Run on Home" KIN5:06
10."Invisible Empire"  Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon 6:15
Total length:57:17

Disc Two

All tracks are written by KT Tunstall, except where noted

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" Eye to the Telescope10:46
2."It Took Me So Long to Get Here, But Here I Am" KIN5:59
3."KIN" KIN6:21
4."Two Way" (Duet vocals by Solomon Dorsey)KT Tunstall, James Bay KIN5:58
5."Hard Girls" KIN3:59
6."Saving My Face" Drastic Fantastic6:06
7."Fade Like a Shadow" Tiger Suit4:00
8."Everything Has Its Shape" KIN6:56
9."The Healer"  Golden State EP 4:57
10."Suddenly I See" Eye to the Telescope6:05
Total length:1:01:07

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