{"product_id":"k-u-k-l-the-eye-copy","title":"K.U.K.L. - The Eye","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eK.U.K.L. - The Eye\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAvailable on CD and single 12\" heavyweight black vinyl.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Eye is the debut studio album by Icelandic post-punk band K.U.K.L - one of Björk's first bands. It was released in September 1984 by Crass Records. The album peaked at No. 6 in the UK Independent Albums Chart.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eNamed after Björk's favourite book, Story of the Eye by Georges Bataille, it was recorded at Southern Studios, produced by Crass member Penny Rimbaud and engineered by Tony Cook.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eIn a 1984 review a\u003cspan id=\"more_19982\"\u003et Sounds magazine, David Tibet gave the album a perfect score, saying - \"'The Eye' steps boldly out of the supposed confines that the Crass label is meant to impose...and drags the listener into a glacial world of confused emotion and shattered visions.\" He compared it to The Scream by Siouxsie and the Banshees, \"primarily I suppose because of the howling vocals and decaying metal\".\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe album included 'Dismembered', a new version of the band's first single, 'Söngull' (1983), with most of the guitars replaced by pipes and bells.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTracklist:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n1. Assassin\u003cbr\u003e\n2. Anna\u003cbr\u003e\n3. Open The Window And Let The Spirit Fly Free\u003cbr\u003e\n4. Moonbath\u003cbr\u003e\n5. Dismembered\u003cbr\u003e\n6. Seagull\u003cbr\u003e\n7. The Spire\u003cbr\u003e\n8. Handa Tjolla\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"OLI Records","offers":[{"title":"Single Vinyl","offer_id":51861268070633,"sku":"TPLP325DMM.","price":23.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"CD","offer_id":51861268103401,"sku":"TPLP325CD","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0721\/7984\/3305\/files\/TPLP325CD-scaled.jpg?v=1748987377","url":"https:\/\/olirecords.com\/products\/k-u-k-l-the-eye-copy","provider":"OLI Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}