Pop-Eyes

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Pop-Eyes
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Studio album by
Released22 April 1983 [1]
RecordedAutumn 1982 at Tanglewood & Fortress Dax
Mixed at Phoenix Studio 15-17 November 1982 [2]
Label Awesome Records
Producer Danielle Dax
Danielle Dax chronology
Pop-Eyes
(1983)
Jesus Egg That Wept
(1984)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Trouser Press very favorable [4]

Pop-Eyes is the first solo album by Danielle Dax, an English experimental musician and former member of the Lemon Kittens. It was originally recorded in the fall of 1982 and released on 22 April 1983 on the Awesome Records label. The album was re-released in 1992 on the Biter of Thorpe label (BOT131-01CD) and distributed through World Serpent Distribution.

Contents

Dax wrote and produced all the songs on the album as well as playing the guitar, drums, bass, flute, keyboards, banjo, tenor & soprano saxophones, trumpet, tapes, drone guitar, TR-808, toys and voices. [2] The original "Meat Harvest" artwork for Pop Eyes was also created and compiled by Dax during January 1981 and proved to be too shocking for some in the music industry. It was later replaced with artwork created by Holly Warburton. Warburton's artwork can be found in most of Dax's early works.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Danielle Dax.

No.TitleLength
1."Bed Caves"3:14
2."Everyone Squeaks Gently"3:36
3."The Wheeled Wagon"5:51
4."The Stone Guest"1:59
5."Here Come the Harvest Buns"3:00
6."The Shamemen"3:44
7."Kernow"4:18
8."Numb Companions"3:59
9."Tower of Lies"2:49
10."Cutting the Last Sheaf"3:12

Release history

CountryDateFormatLabelCatalog
United Kingdom22 April 1983LPThe Initial Recording CompanyIRC 009 [1]
April 1985LP (with Alternate Artwork)Awesome RecordsAOR 2 [5]
1992CDBiter of ThorpeBOT 131-01 CD [6]
Japan27 June 2012Hayabusa LandingsHYCA-2057 [7]

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