| Eye of the Hunter | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Brendan Perry |
| Cover: | Eye of the Hunter (Brendan Perry album) cover art.jpg |
| Released: | 4 October 1999 (UK) |
| Recorded: | Quivvy Church, Ireland |
| Genre: | Folk rock, dream pop |
| Length: | 42:10 |
| Label: | 4AD (CAD 9015) |
| Producer: | Brendan Perry |
| Next Title: | Ark |
| Next Year: | 2010 |
Eye of the Hunter is the debut solo album by Brendan Perry, previously the male half of the band Dead Can Dance. The album was released by 4AD on 4 October 1999 in the UK and a day later in the US.
The album's title is found in the lyrics of the album's first single "Voyage of Bran", wherein a character called Brendan says: "I live by the river where the old gods still dream of inner communion with the open sea / Through the eye of a hunter in search of a prey, neither beast nor human in my philosophy."[1]
The song "Sloth" first appeared during concerts with Dead Can Dance and appears on the band's 2001 box set Dead Can Dance (1981–1998). "I Must Have Been Blind" is a cover of a Tim Buckley song, from his 1970 album Blue Afternoon. Perry later covered another song by Buckley, "Dream Letter," which was released the following year on the tribute album Sing a Song for You.
Critical reception to the album was generally positive.
Note: The title "Voyage of Bran" refers to Irish story The Voyage of Bran, and "Medusa" to the mythological Medusa.
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