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Billboard

A delicious blend of acoustic guitar, raw grooves and sublime melodies. [11 Feb 2006]

Paste Magazine

She combines a formidable voice with a rarefied command of phrasing. [Feb/Mar 2006, p.106]

Q Magazine

Tunstall has Norah Jones's throaty catch, Dido's warmth, plus a winning way with a soaring chorus. [Jan 2005, p.130]

Uncut

A bunch of amazing songs that combine the passion of early Sinead O'Connor with the craft of Christine McVie. [Jan 2005, p.124]

Entertainment Weekly

More pleasant than persuasive. [10 Mar 2006, p.69]

PopMatters

Unfortunately, [producer Steve Osborne] seems to have sanded down all of KT’s rough edges.

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All Music Guide

A promising, satisfying debut.

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Dot Music

Beautiful songs one and all, there’s much to recommend "Eye To The Telescope", and given enough time and patience, Tunstall’s subtle charm seeps through making it an album to love.

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E! Online

The disc is made up mostly by mid-tempo classic rockers and sweet nothing ballads. Disappointing? Well, yes.

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Blender

There are two even matched KT Tunstalls on her debut album: One borrows from Chris Martin's bag of shopworn metaphors... The other one is more unsettling and more intriguing. [Apr 2006, p.118]

Slant Magazine

If she doesn't quite justify her place in the company of Antony & The Johnsons' I Am A Bird Now or M.I.A.'s Arular on the short-list for the Mercury Prize, Tunstall certainly holds her own against the likes of [Kelly] Clarkson and [Sheryl] Crow.

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What Our Users Said

The average user rating for this album is 7.6 (out of 10) based on 25 User Votes

Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Lily none gave it a10:
This is my favorite CD by far. I think that anyone who says they hate KT should 1. listen to the Cd and 2. Listen to it again, it take twice to really love the songs like I do. KT's lyrics actually mean something and this is a wonderfull, relaxing album.

MTG gave it a10:
I loved this album, I thought it was awesome, unique and original.

Sam D gave it a9:
Really good. I like almost every track, except "silent sea", i could have lived without that one.

mmusicfan gave it a6:
I think she tried to prove she could write deep lyrics... but she didn't... catchy songs, but definetly wouldn't last more than 1 month listening to it... nice effort though...

Philip S gave it a7:
A good and catchy musician with a lot of talent.... i don't know why people slate her so much, she isn't that bad.

D Ranged gave it a3:
With the exception of about one or two tracks, this is nothing more than a Dido tribute CD (aka bland, mundane garbage!). Unoriginal and migraine inducing feces. Suddenly I See is arguably on of the most diabolically bad tracks of the last few years.

Mark D gave it a6:
A couple of good tracks (suddenly I see, other side of the world), but ultimatly this is a collection of songs that she wrote over a long period of time whilst trying to make it, and if this is the result of years of work, I doubt her next album will be very good

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