Hendra (Ben Watt album)

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]

Hendra
Studio album by
Ben Watt
ReleasedApril 14, 2014
RecordedBerlin and London 2013
GenreAcoustic, downtempo
Length44:10
LabelUnmade Road, under exclusive license to Caroline International
ProducerEwan Pearson
Ben Watt chronology
North Marine Drive
(1983)		 Hendra
(2014)		 Fever Dream
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic78/100[1]
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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.TitleLength
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.TitleLength
11."Hendra (demo)" 
12."Spring (demo)" 
13."Young Man's Game (demo)" 
14."Forget (live)" 

References
  1. "Hendra Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 2014-04-25.
  2. "Bennwatt.com newsitem" Official Website announcement of tracklisting and collaborators.
  3. 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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