Invisible Empire // Crescent Moon
by KT Tunstall
  • Record Label: Virgin
  • Release Date: Aug 6, 2013
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 16 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 14 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 16
  3. Negative: 2 out of 16
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  1. raviopatra
    Nov 20, 2013
    10
    While this album is very much different compared to her other releases, Invisible Empire Crescent Moon has a special heart both in my music library and heart. The track "Made of Glass" is a masterpiece. Literally everyone that I have asked (sometimes forced) to listen to the track finds it very appealing and comforting. The set is also very balanced musically speaking. There's rock, folk,While this album is very much different compared to her other releases, Invisible Empire Crescent Moon has a special heart both in my music library and heart. The track "Made of Glass" is a masterpiece. Literally everyone that I have asked (sometimes forced) to listen to the track finds it very appealing and comforting. The set is also very balanced musically speaking. There's rock, folk, piano, ballad, power, just everything in this magnificent release.… Expand
  2. SavvyEnough
    Jan 31, 2020
    9
    Amazingly Introspective, with an air of mysticism yet highly enjoyable. This is the stuff of 10/ 10 solitary road trips! Ms. Tunstall churns out a classic once again!
  3. Ricko
    Jun 23, 2014
    7
    I was never particularly into KT Tunstall but saw on Later with Jools Holland last year and decided I'd check out her latest album which at the time was this, "Invisible Empire". The record is very folky and not as pop as some of the other songs I've heard from her in the past. Its very well recorded and highlights her excellent voice. There are a number of really good songs spread amongI was never particularly into KT Tunstall but saw on Later with Jools Holland last year and decided I'd check out her latest album which at the time was this, "Invisible Empire". The record is very folky and not as pop as some of the other songs I've heard from her in the past. Its very well recorded and highlights her excellent voice. There are a number of really good songs spread among several others which drift along without doing much and to be honest I was far more impressed with her live performance on Jools Holland than the record. Still, its well worth checking out if your into female vocalists and folk with a bit of a twist.… Expand

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Metascore
74

Generally favorable reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 8 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Under The Radar
    Aug 28, 2013
    70
    There's a soft Americana influence here, and in a way it's reminiscent of early Big Star. [Aug-Sep 2013, p.100]
  2. PopMatters
    Aug 8, 2013
    60
    This is an album Tunstall likely needed to make, a catharsis in song that would inevitably sound far removed from her first three efforts.
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  3. AllMusic
    Aug 6, 2013
    50
    Despite using occasional strings, steel drums euphonium, woodwinds, and even a mellotron, this is not a slick affair.
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