Eye (album)
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Eye is an album
Music Album
Music album is the name of:* Music Album , a 1970s Canadian television series* Album, a collection of music tracks...

 released by Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Hitchcock
Robyn Rowan Hitchcock is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist. While primarily a vocalist and guitarist, he also plays harmonica, piano and bass guitar....

 in 1990 on Glass Fish (UK) and Twin/Tone Records
Twin/Tone Records
Twin/Tone Records was a record label based in Minneapolis, Minnesota that operated from 1977 until 1994 and helped several local groups receive national attention. The label was born from the Minneapolis punk rock music scene, which included venues like Jay's Longhorn Bar. The label was begun by...

 (US) and is his fourth solo album, and eighth including his work with The Egyptians. (This solo effort interrupted a series of releases by Robyn Hitchcock & The Egytians for A&M.)

Eye was recorded acoustically in the style of I Often Dream Of Trains
I Often Dream of Trains
I Often Dream of Trains is the third album by Robyn Hitchcock, released in 1984.After the break-up of The Soft Boys, Hitchcock recorded two solo albums — Black Snake Diamond Role and the experimental Groovy Decay — before hitting an artistic slump mitigated only by some collaborations...

(1984) with which it shares a similar green/gold sleeve design, and could therefore be seen as a sequel piece. Eye is entirely self-composed and ran to fourteen songs (vinyl) and eighteen (CD). Hitchcock plays all instruments (mostly guitars), and sings all the vocals.

Eye was reissued in 1995 by Rhino
Rhino Entertainment
Rhino Entertainment Company is an American specialty record label and production company. It is owned by Warner Music Group.-History:Rhino was originally a novelty song and reissue company during the 1970s and 1980s, releasing compilation albums of pop, rock & roll, and rhythm & blues successes...

and added the tracks "Raining Twilight Coast (demo)", "Agony of Pleasure (demo)", and "Queen Elvis (demo)". A third CD edition saw the previous demo bonus tracks dropped, along with "College Of Ice", while adding yet more.

Side One

  1. "Cynthia Mask" — 4:35
  2. "Certainly Clickot" — 2:14
  3. "Queen Elvis" — 4:22
  4. "Flesh Cartoons" — 4:22
  5. "Chinese Water Python" — 2:12
  6. "Executioner" — 3:43
  7. "Linctus House" — 5:12

Side Two

  1. "Beautiful Girl" — 2:12
  2. "Raining Twilight Coast" — 4:38
  3. "Clean Steve" — 3:51
  4. "Agony of Pleasure" — 2:23
  5. "Glass Hotel" — 3:26
  6. "Satellite" — 1:43
  7. "Aquarium" — 4:19

1st issue CD bonus tracks

  1. "Sweet Ghost of Light" — 3:07
  2. "College of Ice" — 3:41
  3. "Transparent Lover" — 3:35
  4. "Queen Elvis II" — 4:22

2nd issue CD bonus tracks (Rhino Records 1995)

  1. "Sweet Ghost of Light" — 3:07
  2. "College of Ice" — 3:41
  3. "Transparent Lover" — 3:35
  4. "Queen Elvis II" — 4:22
  5. "Raining Twilight Coast" (Demo) — 4:38
  6. "Agony of Pleasure" (Demo) — 2:40
  7. "Queen Elvis" (Demo) — 4:32

3rd issue CD bonus tracks (Yep Roc Records 2007)

  1. "Sweet Ghost of Light" — 3:07
  2. "Transparent Lover" — 3:35
  3. "Queen Elvis II" — 4:22
  4. "Century" — 3:41
  5. "Shimmering Distant Love" — 3:21
  6. "Lovers Turn To Skulls" — 1:40
  7. "The Beauty Of Earls Court" — 3:59
The sleeve notes erroneously omit the first two bonus tracks.
"College of Ice", "Raining Twilight Coast" (Demo), "Queen Elvis" (Demo) moved to "While Thatcher Mauled Britain".
"Agony of Pleasure" (Demo) dropped.
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