KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza explained

KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
Type:	Album
Artist:	KT Tunstall
Cover:	acousticextravaganza.jpg
Released:	15 May 2006
Recorded:	Vital Spark Studios December 2005
Label:	Relentless
Producer:	Steve Osborne
Prev Title:	Eye to the Telescope
Prev Year:	2004
Next Title:	Drastic Fantastic
Next Year:	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.^[2] 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".

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".

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

• KT Tunstall — vocals, guitar
• Luke Bullen — drums, percussion, cajon
• Kenny Dickenson – trumpet, backing vocals, percussion, glockenspiel, Hammond organ, melodica
• Arnulf Lindner – double bass
• Sam Lewis – lead guitar
• Donna Maciocia – backing vocals – lead singer of Amplifico
• Chris Harley – shaker

Charts

Chart (2007)	Peak position
UK Album Chart^[3]	32
French Album Chart	188

External links

• KT Tunstall Official website
• Amplifico Official website

Notes and References

1. Web site: KT Tunstall: A Guide through her Universe. Part Three: "KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza" . SA Music Scene . 16 September 2016 . 24 September 2016 . Bantam, Arlin . 27 September 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160927231229/http://samusicscene.co.za/wp/kt-tunstall-a-guide-through-her-universe-part-three-kt-tunstalls-acoustic-extravaganza/ . dead .
2. Web site: KT Tunstall – Acoustic Extravaganza . The Skinny . 15 June 2006 . 24 September 2016 . Hurley, Caroline.
3. Web site: KT Tunstall – Acoustic Extravaganza – Music Charts . Acharts.us . 27 February 2012.