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The King & Eye | ||||
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Released | September 1989 | |||
Genre | Avant-garde, experimental | |||
Length | 52:27 | |||
Label | Rykodisc | |||
Producer | The Residents | |||
The Residents chronology | ||||
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Singles from The King & Eye | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Encyclopedia of Popular Music | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Great Rock Discography | 4/10 [3] |
MusicHound | 5/5 [4] |
NME | 8/10 [5] |
Rolling Stone | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Spin Alternative Record Guide | 4/10 [8] |
The King & Eye is an album by the American art rock band The Residents, released in 1989. It consists of a series of Elvis Presley songs strung together with a narration exploring what motivated him throughout his career. Most of the album showed up in the Cube-E tour. This album was the last full-length album The Residents released before entering their "Multimedia Era."
A remix version of the album featuring a more heavily synthesised, drum n bass-type sound was released in 2004, consisting of a main album plus a three-track bonus e.p.
Omitted from the remix version were "Return to Sender", "His Latest Flame", and "The Baby King" Parts 2-5.