The Eye [Import]

Kukl | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 3, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: One Little Indian
• ASIN: B000067FS5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #674,869 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

One Little Indian 2002 reissue of 1984 album for alternative act featuring Bjork (pre-Sugarcubes) on wood-winds & voice.

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Power of youth and world domination, November 30, 2004

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Daniel - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Eye (Audio CD)

This is not conventional music, not even conventional punk, and it can't be compared to any of Björk's solo albums, but if you already heard some of the Sugarcubes music, you might have an idea of what KUKL is about. If I have to name two Sugarcubes songs as a point of reference to this album I would say "Dragon" and "Take some petrol darling" because both songs have a mysterious and almost gothic style that makes them really special. The record is not very long though, only 28 minutes, but hey! Forget about minutes and enjoy the music.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My, oh my, what DO we have here??!!?, February 22, 2003

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Beketaten "beketaten" (Pangea) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eye (Audio CD)

The first time i listened to this, i was so sleepy from just coming back from Iceland (where I bought it) on an aeroplane, that it shocked my braindead nerves and i felt like i was in some weird dream-state. It felt like some wacko-nightmare...yet interesting.
And the more times i listened to it, the more i couldn't deny it...and the more it gets into my psyche...in short...i can't Wait to hear their second album!
Buy this one! :>>
(and yes, Björk ROX!!:)

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars THE EYE, October 20, 2002

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"valeska_" (The Pacific Northwest) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Eye (Audio CD)

I really love Kukl. People were telling me this album wasn't as good as Holidays in Europe, but I didn't listen to them, and I'm glad I didn't! If you've heard "Holidays in Europe" and like it, I see no reason why you wouldn't like "The Eye". This was Kukl's first album and there's some really great tunes here. Please note, the track list listed above is not the order of this cd.

(track 1) ASSASIN--
Starts out with the scattered chords of electric guitar and Bjork singing far off in the background, then Einar joins in with his off-kilter voice singing and screaming.:-) The lyrics are quite different than what's on the cd sleeve.
I'm dead.
on the floor.

I'm dead.
Listening

I'm dead.
Kicking.

I'm dead.
I'm dead.
I'm dead.
I'm dead.

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!I'm dead, until I stand up.
I'm standing up.
And bring this to an end.

ANNA (track 2) really is quite beautiful, it includes woodwinds in the intro (which Bjork plays!) And the metalic sound of the Harmonium (a small organ with metal reeds) in the background-

DISMEMBERED (track 5) (one of my favorites from the album) It features ringing bells in the background. There's really more to it than the lyrics suggest, it's all sung in English.Bjork-
Dismembered.
Hugging shadows.
Dismembered.
Play me with.
Dismembered.
No one sees me.
Dismembered.
Enjoy and caress.

(repeat)

EInar:
I'll be back,
but I'm a terrible hurry!
I'll be back.

Bjork:
Dismembered.
Hugging shadows.
Dismembered.
Play me with.
Dismembered.
No one sees me.
Dismembered.
Enjoy and caress.

Einar:
Leave me alone, leave me, leave me!
I'll be back.
I'll be back.

Bjork: (repeat)

Einar:
Stop accusing.
I'm in a hurry.
I'll be back.
Shut up! Leave me alone!

Bjork: (repeat)

Einar:
I'll be back, of course.
I'll be back one day.
I have to go.
I'm a very busy man.
Leave me alone. leave me.

Bjork:
(repeat)

Einar:
I'll be back.
I promise.
I'll be back.
I'm in a hurry
I'm a very busy man!
Leave me alone now!

SEAGULL: (track 6) It's sung in Icelandic but the lyrics on the sleeve are in English. It features lots of bass and Einar's trumpet playing :-) The lyrics go:
Walking, attacked by a seagull.
Attack continues
Reflection, once killed a seagull
can the animals revenge
Seagull, our souls flying free
Abuse another, then just abusing myself.
I wonder flying down the stairs,
sucked out the door
Crawling up the pillar onto a line
I want to
Glide birds onto a line
She's coming
tries to bite
Flying down the stairs sucked out the door
Open the window and let the soul fly free

THE SPIRE- (track 7) both Bjork and Einar really whoop it up here, Einar sometimes literally!
It's really noisy, the music sounds disjointed and abstract, but it's got a steady beat. It's great.

HANDA TJOLLA: (track 8) is an intrumental, a frenzy of drums, but not snare. They sound like clay drums or some kind of hand drum, and other sounds, like thunder and rattles. No voices or guitars.