Scottish folk-pop songstress KT Tunstall has announced a re-release of her Gold-certified 2007 album Drastic Fantastic. The new ‘Ultimate Edition’ of the LP – complete with live tracks, acoustic versions, B-sides and four new remixes – will be available from January 15th 2021. Tunstall, who first shot to fame in 2004 following a mesmerising performance of her hit Black Horse and The Cherry Tree on Later…With Jools Holland, voiced her excitement over the reissue of her ‘little kicker of a second album‘ on her social media channels.
My little kicker of a second album #DrasticFantastic is getting a triple format reissue on Jan 15th!
Drastic Fantastic (Ultimate Edition) includes bonus material, acoustic & live versions, b-sides & remixes.
Pre-order now:https://t.co/mOpZYSrBWZ pic.twitter.com/5oTSNIQEJi
— KT Tunstall (@KTTunstall) November 18, 2020
Drastic Fantastic served as the successor to Tunstall’s Mercury Prize-nominated debut studio LP Eye To The Telescope, which had catapulted the singer-songwriter to international stardom in 2005. The Edinburgh product successfully avoided the dreaded ‘second album syndrome’ though, producing a radio-friendly sequel that enjoyed commercial and critical acclaim.
The album topped the US Billboard Rock and Alternative charts, and spawned three UK singles: Hold On; Saving My Face; and If Only. Hold On, which reached number 21 in Britain, remains the Scot’s third highest-charting single in the UK after 2005 global hits Suddenly I See and Other Side of the World.
Fans awaiting the Drastic Fantastic reissue were treated to a new KT Tunstall release this week. The multi-instrumentalist has linked up with Californian husband-and-wife indie-pop duo Pomplamoose for a cover of U2’s iconic 1987 single I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For. Tunstall gleefully described the recording process for the collaboration as “…pure fun, pure expression, and great musicians all round!” on her Instagram account.
2021 should be a busy year for KT, who is due to join pop-rock titans Hall and Oates on their mammoth two month tour of the United States starting next August. The Caledonian troubadour will also perform at a highly-anticipated fundraiser gig at Brixton’s Windmill as part of a nationwide campaign to save music venues.
Speaking about the show (the date of which will be determined by Covid-19 restrictions) Tunstall told the South West Londoner: “Independent venues provided me as a young person with a sense of optimism. They were the route to making a living as an artist. Without these venues there is no route. They are the places where you begin, they are where you cut your teeth, they are where you make friendships. Now, the new musicians who are about to go on tour or about to release music will suffer enormously from what is happening.”
Last month the singer also contributed to The Fruit Tree Foundation’s Whole Lotta Roadies compilation album, which saw a collection of Scottish artists recording covers of their best-known hits in a bid to raise money for live music workers. Tunstall laid down a version of Black Horse and the Cherry Tree for the LP with members of her own road crew.
The tracklisting for the re-issue of KT Tunstall’s Drastic Fantastic (Ultimate Version) is as follows:
LP1 – SIDE A
1. Little Favours
2. If Only
3. White Bird
4. Funnyman
5. Hold On
6. Hopeless
7. I Don’t Want You Now
LP1 – SIDE B
1. Saving My Face
2. Beauty of Uncertainty
3. Someday Soon
4. Paper Aeroplane
5. Journey
6. Mothgirl
LP2 – SIDE C
1. Bad Day
2. La Vie En Rose
3. I Want You Back – Live From Outsider Festival 2007
4. Walk Like An Egyptian – Live From Liverpool Academy 2007
5. Turn Into You – Acoustic
6. White Bird – Acoustic
7. Hopeless – Acoustic
LP2 – SIDE D
1. If Only – Acoustic
2. Hold On – Acoustic
3. Someday Soon – Acoustic
4. Saving My Face – Acoustic
5. Ain’t Nobody – Acoustic
6. Hold On / Walk Like an Egyptian – Live In Curitiba 2019
BONUS 10″ – SIDE A
1. Hold On – The Freelance Hellraiser (Holed Up) Remix
2. Saving My Face – Tunnelz Remix
BONUS 10″ – SIDE B
1. If Only – Subsonar Remix
2. Little Favours – MyRiot (Big Flavours) Remix
STREAMING / DIGITAL DOWNLOADS
1. Little Favours
2. If Only
3. White Bird
4. Funnyman
5. Hold On
6. Hopeless
7. I Don’t Want You Now
8. Saving My Face
9. Beauty of Uncertainty
10. Someday Soon
11. Paper Aeroplane
12. Journey
13. Mothgirl
14. Bad Day
15. La Vie En Rose
16. I Want You Back – Live From Outsider Festival 2007
17. Walk Like An Egyptian – Live From Liverpool Academy 2007
18. Turn Into You – Acoustic
19. White Bird – Acoustic
20. Hopeless – Acoustic
21. If Only – Acoustic
22. Hold On – Acoustic
23. Someday Soon – Acoustic
24. Saving My Face – Acoustic
25. Ain’t Nobody – Acoustic
26. Hold On / Walk Like an Egyptian – Live In Curitiba 2019
27. Little Favours – MyRiot (Big Flavours) Remix
28. If Only – Subsonar Remix
29. Hold On – The Freelance Hellraiser (Holed Up) Remix
30. Saving My Face – Tunnelz Remix
31. Little Favours – Instrumental
32. If Only – Instrumental
33. Funnyman – Instrumental
34. Hold On – Instrumental
35. I Don’t Want You Now – Instrumental
36. Saving My Face – Instrumental
37. Beauty of Uncertainty – Instrumental
38. Someday Soon – Instrumental
