Look into the Eyeball

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Look into the Eyeball
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)
RecordedThe Cutting Room Studio and Sound on Sound Studio, New York City
Genre Art rock, alternative rock, folk rock, worldbeat
Length38:46
Label Virgin
Producer Michael Mangini
David Byrne chronology
In Spite of Wishing and Wanting
(1999)
Look into the Eyeball
(2001)
Lead Us Not into Temptation
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 68/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10) link

Look into the Eyeball is the sixth studio album by musician David Byrne, released on May 8, 2001. The single "Like Humans Do" was supplied with the Windows XP operating system to showcase Microsoft's Windows Media Player. [3] [4]

Contents

"Desconocido Soy" is a Spanish language song, performed with Nrü (a.k.a. Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega) from Café Tacuba. The title means "I Am Unknown" in English. [5]

As of August 2001 the album has sold 63,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. [6]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by David Byrne

No.TitleLength
1."U.B. Jesus"3:49
2."The Revolution"2:15
3."The Great Intoxication"2:36
4."Like Humans Do"3:32
5."Broken Things"4:29
6."The Accident"2:34
7."Desconocido Soy"2:38
8."Neighborhood"4:32
9."Smile"3:33
10."The Moment of Conception"2:55
11."Walk on Water"3:26
12."Everyone's in Love with You"2:27
Special edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."All Over Me"5:18
14."Princess"3:56

Personnel

Additional musicians
Production

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Worldwide2001-05-08 Virgin CD50924

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References

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  2. Allmusic review
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