Dark Adapted Eye

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Field	Value
name	Dark Adapted Eye
type	compilation
artist	Danielle Dax
cover	Danielle_Dax_-_Dark_Adapted_Eye.jpg
released	November 1988
recorded	Fortress Dax Spring 1987
genre	Art rock
label	Sire Records
producer	Danielle Dax
prev_title	The Janice Long Session EP
prev_year	1988
next_title	Blast The Human Flower
next_year	1990
misc	{{Singles
name	Dark Adapted Eye
type	Compilation
single1	Cat-House
single1date	April 1988 (U.K.) / February 1989 (U.S.)
single2	White Knuckle Ride
single2date	3 April 1989 (U.K.)
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Dark Adapted Eye is a compilation album by Danielle Dax, an English experimental musician, formerly of The Lemon Kittens. Released in 1988 on Sire Records on LP, cassette and CD, it consisted of material from albums and singles released on her own label, Awesome Records, and was the first release of her material in North America. After being out of print for years, the CD was reissued in the U.S. by the Noble Rot label in 2008. In 2019, the U.S. label Rubellan Remasters remastered the album and reissued it on CD with several bonus tracks different from the original release. All tracks were produced by Dax and co-written by David Knight.

This compilation album could be considered an expanded international edition of her third album, Inky Bloaters, missing only "Born to Be Bad" from that album.

Cover artwork is by Holly Warburton.

Track listing

| extra_column = Original album or single | headline = Dark Adapted Eye track listing | total_length = 44:49 | all_music = Danielle Dax and David Knight except where noted | all_lyrics = Danielle Dax

| title1 = Cat-House | note1 = Single version | extra1 = The Chemical Wedding | length1 = 3:30 | title2 = Big Hollow Man | note2 = Remix/Single version | extra2 = Inky Bloaters | length2 = 4:48 | title3 = White Knuckle Ride | extra3 = Previously unreleased | length3 = 2:54 | title4 = When I Was Young | note4 = U.S. Mix | writer4 = | extra4 = B-side of "Where the Flies Are" | length4 = 3:49 | title5 = Yummer-Yummer Man | extra5 = Inky Bloaters | length5 = 3:25 | title6 = Fizzing Human Bomb | extra6 = Inky Bloaters | length6 = 3:44 | title7 = Whistling for His Love | note7 = U.S. Mix | extra7 = The Chemical Wedding | length7 = 3:29 | title8 = Flashback | extra8 = Inky Bloaters | length8 = 4:20 | title9 = Inky Bloaters | extra9 = Inky Bloaters | length9 = 3:29 | title10 = Brimstone in a Barren Land | extra10 = Inky Bloaters | length10 = 4:28 | title11 = Bad Miss 'M' | extra11 = Inky Bloaters | length11 = 2:44 | title12 = Touch Piggy's Eyes | note12 = U.S. Mix | extra12 = The Chemical Wedding | length12 = 4:05 | extra_column = Original album or single | headline = Bonus tracks on all CD and Cassette pressings (except 2019 CD issue) | total_length = 1:09:43

| title13 = House-Cat | extra13 = B-side of "Cat-House" (U.K. single) | length13 = 3:31 | title14 = Bed Caves | writer14 = Danielle Dax | extra14 = Pop-Eyes | length14 = 3:14 | title15 = Sleep Has No Property | extra15 = Inky Bloaters | length15 = 4:31 | title16 = Hammerheads | extra16 = Jesus Egg That Wept | writer16 = Danielle Dax | length16 = 3:15 | title17 = Pariah | extra17 = Jesus Egg That Wept | writer17 = Danielle Dax | length17 = 3:46 | title18 = Where the Flies Are | writer18 = | extra18 = Inky Bloaters | length18 = 3:15 | title19 = Funtime | extra19 = Inky Bloaters | length19 = 3:22 | extra_column = Original album or single | headline = Rubellan Remasters CD Bonus Tracks (2019) | total_length = 1:16:06

| title13 = Sleep Has No Property | extra13 = Inky Bloaters | length13 = 4:31 | title14 = Where the Flies Are | writer14 = | extra14 = Inky Bloaters | length14 = 3:15 | title15 = Funtime | extra15 = Inky Bloaters | length15 = 3:22 | title16 = Cold Sweat | extra16 = B-side of "White Knuckle Ride" (U.K.) and "Cat-House" 12" single (U.S.) | length16 = 6:01 | title17 = Cat-House | note17 = Overnight Mix | extra17 = "Cat-House" 12" single (U.S.) | length17 = 5:00 | title18 = White Knuckle Ride | note18 = Remix/Single version | extra18 = "White Knuckle Ride" single (U.K.) and "Cat-House" 12" single (U.S.) | length18 = 2:50 | title19 = Whistling for His Love | note19 = 12" Remix | extra19 = "Whistling for His Love" 12" promo single (U.S.) | length19 = 6:15

Reception

The single "Cat-House" was described by Billboard magazine as "Pile-driving dance-rock [radiating] with energy", and complimented the "warped, acid house" B-side "Cold Sweat".

Singles

Cat-House

U.K. 7" (April 1988) – Awesome Records AOR 12

1. "Cat-House" (Single version) – 3:30
2. "House-Cat" – 3:31

U.K. 12" (April 1988) – Awesome Records AOR 12T

1. "Cat-House" (Single version) – 3:30
2. "Touch Piggy's Eyes" (Single version) – 4:35
3. "House-Cat" – 3:31

U.S. 12" Promo (November 1988) – Sire PRO–A–3330

1. "Cat-House" (Single version) – 3:30
2. "Big Hollow Man" (Remix) – 4:48

U.S. 12" (February 1989) – Sire 9 21128-0

1. "Cat-House" (Single version) – 3:30
2. "White Knuckle Ride" (Remix) – 2:47
3. "Cold Sweat" – 6:01
4. "Cat-House" (Overnight Mix) – 5:00

White Knuckle Ride

U.K. 7" (3 April 1989) – Awesome Records AO23

1. "White Knuckle Ride" (Remix) – 2:47
2. "Whistling for His Love" (7" Remix) – 3:19

U.K. 12" (3 April 1989) – Awesome Records AO23T

1. "White Knuckle Ride" (Remix) – 2:47
2. "Whistling for His Love" (7" Remix) – 3:19
3. "Cold Sweat" (U.K. Edit) – 5:41

Promotional Singles

Whistling for His Love

U.S. 12" Promo (1989) – Sire PRO–A–3630

1. "Whistling for His Love" (12" Remix) – 6:14
2. "Whistling for His Love" (Bonus Beat Dub) – 4:04
3. "Whistling for His Love" (7" Remix) – 3:19
4. "Whistling for His Love" (Vocal Dub) – 4:03

References

References

1. Bill Coleman. (1988-11-26). "Divas Get Respect With First-Rate Releases".
2. "Danielle Dax – Dark Adapted Eye (2019, CD)".
3. (February 25, 1989). "Single Reviews".

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