Hendra (Ben Watt album)

Hendra
Studio album by Ben Watt
Released	April 14, 2014
Recorded	Berlin and London 2013
Genre	Acoustic, downtempo
Length	44:10
Label	Unmade Road, under exclusive license to Caroline International
Producer	Ewan Pearson
Ben Watt chronology

Hendra is the second studio album released by the English singer, author and multi-instrumentalist Ben Watt on April 15, 2014 through Unmade Road, under exclusive license to Caroline International. The record is a collaboration with Bernard Butler and features a guest-appearance by David Gilmour on slide guitar and backing vocals on "The Levels".[2]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating

This is Watt's first solo album for three-decades since his 1983's debut, North Marine Drive.

During an interview in 2014, Watt stated the following regarding the album's title:

"My sister died just shortly after finishing my last book and it was a big shock. She’d led a very simple life as a shopkeeper at a simple village store and lived quite a claustrophobic life. Whenever she’d try to get away she went to this little house on the edge of Cornwall called Hendra. When she died I did some research on the name and found that it’s an old Cornish word for home. It had this odd lyrical quality to it. When I found the actual meaning it seemed like the perfect title for the record."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ben Watt.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hendra"	3:22
2.	"Forget"	5:13
3.	"Spring"	3:55
4.	"Golden Ratio"	5:13
5.	"Matthew Arnold's Field"	4:31
6.	"The Gun"	5:34
7.	"Nathaniel"	4:46
8.	"The Levels"	3:59
9.	"Young Man's Game"	2:52
10.	"The Heart Is a Mirror"	4:45

Bonus tracks (Deluxe Edition)

All tracks are written by Ben Watt.

No.	Title	Length
11.	"Hendra (demo)"
12.	"Spring (demo)"
13.	"Young Man's Game (demo)"
14.	"Forget (live)"

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References

"Hendra Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
"Bennwatt.com newsitem" Official Website announcement of tracklisting and collaborators.
https://web.archive.org/web/20140418233924/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Interview-Ben-Watt-album-tour-Bernard-Butler/story-20973663-detail/story.html

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[1] "Hendra Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-04-25.

[2] "Bennwatt.com newsitem" Official Website announcement of tracklisting and collaborators.

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20140418233924/http://www.nottinghampost.com/Interview-Ben-Watt-album-tour-Bernard-Butler/story-20973663-detail/story.html