Eye to the Telescope

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Eye to the Telescope
Eyetothetelescope.jpg
Studio album by
Released13 December 2004 (2004-12-13)
Recorded2004
StudioNam Studios (Bath, England)
Length45:44
Label Relentless
Producer
KT Tunstall chronology
False Alarm EP
(2004)
Eye to the Telescope
(2004)
KT Tunstall's Acoustic Extravaganza
(2006)
KT Tunstall studio album chronology
Eye to the Telescope
(2004)
Drastic Fantastic
(2007)
Original European release [18]
No.TitleLength
1."Other Side of the World"3:34
2."Another Place to Fall"4:11
3."Under the Weather"3:37
4."Suddenly I See"3:22
5."Miniature Disasters"3:32
6."Silent Sea"3:48
7."Universe & U"4:01
8."False Alarm"3:50
9."Heal Over"4:27
10."Stoppin' the Love"4:02
11."Through the Dark"3:48
12."Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" (live on Later... with Jools Holland )4:47
International release and European reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Other Side of the World"KT Tunstall, Martin Terefe 3:34
2."Another Place to Fall"Tunstall4:11
3."Under the Weather"Tunstall, Tommy D 3:37
4."Black Horse and the Cherry Tree"Tunstall2:51
5."Miniature Disasters"Tunstall3:32
6."Silent Sea"Tunstall, Jimmy Hogarth 3:48
7."Universe & U"Tunstall, Pleasure4:01
8."False Alarm"Tunstall, Terefe3:50
9."Suddenly I See"Tunstall3:22
10."Stoppin' the Love"Tunstall, Tommy D4:02
11."Heal Over"Tunstall4:27
12."Through the Dark"Tunstall, Terefe3:48
CD/DVD bonus track [19]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Immune" (live from One Night in Gaia)Tunstall4:51
iTunes bonus track [20]
No.TitleLength
13."Black & White"2:45
Japanese bonus track [21]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
13."Boo Hoo" ( Acoustic Extravaganza version)Tunstall4:56

Notes

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [22]

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Canada (Music Canada) [16] Platinum100,000^
France (SNEP) [50] Gold100,000*
Ireland (IRMA) [14] 5× Platinum75,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ) [51] Platinum15,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [52] Gold20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] 5× Platinum1,682,867 [53]
United States (RIAA) [54] Platinum1,300,000 [55]
Summaries
Europe (IFPI) [56] 2× Platinum2,000,000*
Worldwide4,000,000 [57]

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

CountryRelease dateLabelFormatCatalogue
United Kingdom13 December 2004 Relentless CDCDREL06
10 January 2005CD + LPCDRELX06 + LPREL06
United States7 February 2006 Virgin CD507292
12 September 2006CD+DVD747292

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