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This Scottish singer-songwriter's debut album -- the culmination of a slow-but-steady progression from the backwater of her rural hometown to the darker corners of post-millennial London -- is nothing short of a revelation. Tunstall herself has said that she doesn't want to be seen as another "girl with a guitar," and while she's perfectly credible when presenting herself as just that (as on the plaintive "Miniature Disasters"), she certainly succeeds in separating herself from the post-Alanis pack. Admirably, Tunstall's incursions aren't unidirectional. The filmy dreamscape "Silent Sea" proves her capable of drifting off into the ether, while the pulsing "Black Horse and the Cherry Tree" showcases her flair for raw-nerve blues-rock, which comes across in both her vocal delivery and her stinging guitar work. The latter song, while emotionally naked, incorporates a few intriguing technological tricks -- cleverly deployed loops and grooves -- that bring Eye to the Telescope into the modern world without rooting it firmly in that realm. It's a truly timeless disc that'll sound as intriguing ten years down the line.
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TRACK LISTINGS
1 Other Side of the World 3:34
2 Another Place to Fall 4:11
3 Under the Weather 3:36
4 Black Horse and the Cherry Tree 2:52
5 Miniature Disasters 3:31
6 Silent Sea 3:48
7 Universe & U 4:01
8 False Alarm 3:50
9 Suddenly I See 3:21
10 Stoppin' the Love 4:02
11 Heal Over 4:27
12 Through the Dark 3:48
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