Look into the Eyeball

Look into the Eyeball
Studio album by David Byrne
Released	May 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)
Recorded	The Cutting Room Studio and Sound on Sound Studio, New York City
Genre	Art rock alternative rock folk rock worldbeat
Length	38:46
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)
Singles from Look into the Eyeball
"Like Humans Do" Released: September 18, 2001 "U.B. Jesus" Released: 2001 "Desconocido Soy" Released: 2001 (Europe and Spain)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	68/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	[3]
Blender	[4]
Dotmusic	[5]
Entertainment Weekly	A– [6]
The Guardian	[7]
Mojo	[1]
Now	[8]
Pitchfork	8.0/10 [9]
Uncut	7/10 [10]

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 version 8 of Microsoft's Windows Media Player. ^{[11] [12]}

"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. ^[13]

As of August 2001 the album has sold 63,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. ^[14]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by David Byrne

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
13.	"All Over Me"	5:18
14.	"Princess"	3:56

Personnel

• David Byrne  – vocals and guitar, keyboards on "Walk on the Water", Mellotron on "Everyone's in Love with You", and timpani on "The Accident"

Additional musicians

• Thom Bell  – Rhodes on "Neighborhood"
• Herb Besson – trombone
• Virgil Blackwell – clarinet on "Smile"
• Kysia Bostic – back-up vocals
• Paulo Braga – percussion on "The Great Intoxication"
• Vinicius Cantuária  – percussion on "The Great Intoxication"
• Bob Carlisle – French horn
• Tara Chambers – cello
• Vivian Cherry – back-up vocals
• Greg Cohen  – upright bass
• Imani Coppola  – back-up vocals on "Everyone's in Love with You"
• Nick Cords – viola
• Michael Davis  – trombone
• Larry Etkin – flugelhorn and trumpet on "Broken Things"
• Bruno Eicher – violin
• Arlen Fast – bassoon on "The Accident""
• Paul Frazier – bass guitar
• Robert Funk – trombone on "Broken Things"
• Karen Griffin – piccolo
• Dawn Hannay – viola
• Jim Hayes – trumpet on "Like Humans Do"
• Birch Johnson  – trombone on "Broken Things"
• Bradley Jones – bass on "The Revolution", baby bass on "Everyone's in Love with You"
• Rodd Kadleck – trumpet
• Vivek Kamath – viola
• Lisa Kim – violin
• Judy Leclair – bassoon on "The Accident""
• Ken Lewis – bass and keyboards
• Eileen Moon – cello
• Kristina Mosso – violin
• Maxim Moston – violin
• Nrü (a.k.a. Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega)  – vocals on "Desconocido Soy"
• Suzanne Ornstein – violin
• Sandra Park – violin
• Rajnhidur Pejursdottir – violin
• Shawn Pelton  – drum kit and percussion
• Susan Pray – viola
• Dan Reed – violin
• Mauro Refosco  – percussion
• Robert Rinehart – viola
• Stewart Rose – French horn
• Roger Rosenberg – baritone saxophone
• Marlon Saunders  – back-up vocals
• Laura Seaton – violin
• Sarah Seiver – cello
• Fiona Simon – violin
• Alan Stepansky – cello
• John Vercesi – Rhodes on "The Revolution"
• Shelley Woodworth – English horn on "The Great Intoxication"
• Sharon Yamada – violin

Production

• David Byrne – photography
• Greg Calbi  – mastering
• Danny Clinch  – photography
• Stephen Doyle – photography
• Ken Lewis – engineering, mixing (tracks 2 to 12)
• Michael Mangini  – producer
• Doyle Partners – artwork

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
Worldwide	2001-05-08	Virgin	CD	50924

References

1. "Look into the Eyeball by David Byrne". Metacritic . Retrieved 7 March 2018.
2. AllMusic review
3. A perfectly pleasant background score for pasta-making, garden work, and other stuff 40-something yuppies waste their time on. Which makes it my definition of hell, actually. [Jul 2001, p.60]
4. While Eyeball is essentially a breezy gloss on the blend of idiosyncratic pop chops and exotica that characterizes much of the Luaka roster, it's buoyantly lightweight nonetheless. [Jun/Jul 2001, p.106]
5. Barnes, Jake (3 May 2001). "DAVID BYRNE - 'LOOK INTO THE EYEBALL'". Dotmusic . Retrieved 10 November 2025.
6. His Great Solo Album, folding his obsessions with Afro-Cuban rhythms, Brazilian art song, American soul-funk, and workaday surrealism into perhaps his sweetest melodies ever. [11 May 2001, p.80]
7. Petridis, Alexis (4 May 2001). "BMXs and brainboxes". The Guardian . Retrieved 10 November 2025.
8. Galloway, Matt (9 May 2001). "DAVID BYRNE Look Into The Eyeball". Now . Retrieved 10 November 2025.
9. Owen, Spencer (8 May 2001). "Look into the Eyeball - David Byrne". Pitchfork . Retrieved 10 November 2025.
10. "Uncut - August 2015 UK". Uncut . 1 August 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
11. David Byrne to Provide Promotional Music for Windows XP: "Like Humans Do" to Give Music Fans a Taste of the Digital Music Experience in Windows XP Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine , Microsoft
12. You May Find Yourself On Windows XP, Forbes.com
13. "Desconocido Soy" - Look into the Eyeball. DavidByrne.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
14. "You May Find Yourself On Windows XP". Forbes.

External links

• DavidByrne.com on Look into the Eyeball