| Eric the Red | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Týr |
| Cover: | Eric_the_Red_cover.JPG |
| Released: | 27 June 2003 |
| Studio: | Jacob Hansen studio, Denmark |
| Genre: | |
| Length: | 60:14 |
| Label: | TUTL |
| Producer: | Týr |
| Prev Title: | How Far to Asgaard |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Ragnarok |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Eric the Red is the second studio album by Faroese folk metal band Týr. It was released on 27 June 2003 by TUTL Records.
The album is trilingual with Faroese and English as the predominant languages. The song "Ramund Hin Unge" is sung in Danish (specifically Gøtudanskt).[1]
The album was re-released on 24 March 2006 by Napalm Records with a new cover artwork and two additional tracks originally from a demo released in 2000.[2]
The original cover features a painting by Haukur L. Halldórsson titled The Ocean God.[3] The re-release album features cover art by Jan Yrlund.[3]