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.

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AllMusic	[2]
EW.com	(positive)[3]

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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.

Musical

• Brendan Perry – vocals, 12-string guitar, electric guitar, mandolin, keyboards

with

• Glen Garrett – electric bass guitar, upright bass guitar
• Liam Bradley – drums
• Martin Quinn – pedal steel guitar
• Michael Brunnock – backing vocals on "Saturday's Child"

Technical

• Mastered by Walter Coelho at Masterpiece

Graphical

• Art direction by Brendan Perry
• Design by Chris Bigg
• Back cover photograph by Dennis Di Cicco
• Textures by v23 (Vaughan Oliver)