Eye of the Hunter

Eye of the Hunter 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.

Eye of the Hunter
Studio album by
Brendan Perry
Released4 October 1999 (UK)
RecordedQuivvy Church, Ireland
GenreFolk rock, dream pop
Length42:10
Label4AD (CAD 9015)
ProducerBrendan Perry
Brendan Perry chronology
Eye of the Hunter
(1999)		 Ark
(2010)

Overview

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."[1]

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.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
EW.com(positive)[3]

Critical reception to the album was generally positive.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Brendan Perry (except where noted).

No.TitleLength
1."Saturday's Child"4:30
2."Voyage of Bran"5:33
3."Medusa"6:10
4."Sloth"3:32
5."I Must Have Been Blind" (Tim Buckley)5:07
6."The Captive Heart"4:00
7."Death Will Be My Bride"5:46
8."Archangel"7:35
Total length:42:10

Note: The title "Voyage of Bran" refers to Irish story The Voyage of Bran, and "Medusa" to the mythological Medusa.

Personnel
Musical
  • Brendan Perry – vocals, 12-string guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, keyboards
with
  • Glen Garrett – electric bass guitar, upright bass guitar
  • Liam Bradley – drums
  • Martin Quinn – pedal steel guitar
  • Michael Brunnock – backing vocals on "Saturday's Child"
Technical
  • Mastered by Walter Coelho at Masterpiece
Graphical
  • Art direction by Brendan Perry
  • Design by Chris Bigg
  • Back cover photograph by Dennis Di Cicco
  • Textures by v23 (Vaughan Oliver)
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gollark: In what way?
gollark: 5 is just elder-worship, which I do *not* agree with, no murdering is reasonable but narrow in scope, the adultery one doesn't seem very important or fundamental-law-y, stealing is bad I guess, bearing false witness is somewhat bad too I guess, the coveting ones seem unnecessary.
gollark: I like to hope I would be better than to demand obedience/worship/belief on pain of eternal torture.
gollark: Just looking up the ten commandments quickly, fully two fifths of these are just bizarre narcissistic stuff about God.

References
  1. Lyrics from the CD booklet (sung identically as printed).
  2. Allmusic review
  3. EW.com review
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