Eye of the Hunter
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| Studio album by Brendan Perry | ||||
| Released | 4 October 1999 (UK) | |||
| Recorded | Quivvy Church, Ireland | |||
| Genre | Folk rock, dream pop | |||
| Length | 42:10 | |||
| Label | 4AD (CAD 9015) | |||
| Producer | Brendan Perry | |||
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| EW.com | (positive) |
Eye of the Hunter (1999) is the debut solo album by Brendan Perry, previously the male half of the band Dead Can Dance. The album was released by 4AD on 4 October 1999 in the UK and a day later in the US.
The album's title is found in the lyrics of the album's first single "Voyage of Bran", wherein a character called Brendan says: "I live by the river where the old gods still dream of inner communion with the open sea / Through the eye of a hunter in search of a prey, neither beast nor human in my philosophy."
The song "Sloth" first appeared during concerts with Dead Can Dance and appears on the band's 2001 box set Dead Can Dance (1981–1998). "I Must Have Been Blind" is a cover of a Tim Buckley song, from his 1970 album Blue Afternoon. Perry later covered another song by Buckley, "Dream Letter," which was released the following year on the tribute album Sing a Song for You.
Critical reception to the album was generally positive.
All tracks written by Brendan Perry (except where noted).
Note: The title "Voyage of Bran" refers to Irish story The Voyage of Bran, and "Medusa" to the mythological Medusa.
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