Released September 1984 Length 27:15 Release date September 1984 Producer Penny Rimbaud | Recorded January 1984 Artist Kukl Label Crass Records | |
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The Eye
(1984) Kukl á Paris 14.9.84
(1984) Genres Post-punk, Gothic rock, Experimental music Experimental music albums Telegram, Drawing Restraint 9, Post, Nearly God, Medúlla | ||
K u k l assassin
The Eye is the debut album of the Icelandic post-punk group Kukl, released in September 1984 on Crass Records. The album peaked at No. 6 in the UK Independent Albums Chart.
Contents
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Production
The Eye was recorded at Southern Studios in January 1984, produced by Crass member Penny Rimbaud and engineered by Tony Cook. The cover art was designed by Dada Nana. It was named after Björk’s favorite book, Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille (1928), a very intense story about a young French couple involved in sexual perversions and violent behaviors. The album included "Dismembered", a new version of the band's first single, "Söngull" (1983), with most of the guitars replaced by pipes and bells.
Reception
In a September 3, 1984 review in Sounds magazine, David Tibet rated the album 5 out of 5 stars, saying, "'The Eye' steps boldly out of the supposed confines that the Crass label is meant to impose...and drags the listener into a glacial world of confused emotion and shattered visions". He went on to compare it to The Scream by Siouxsie and the Banshees, "primarily I suppose because of the howling vocals and decaying metal".
Reissue
The Eye has been reissued numerous times: in 1997 by Crass Records, and in 2002, 2004 and 2008 by One Little Indian Records.
Personnel
Video clips
Songs
1Assassin3:16
2Anna6:09
3Open the Window and Let the Spirit Fly Free2:36