Dark Adapted Eye


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

Reception

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

Singles

Cat-House

U.K. 7" – Awesome Records AOR 12
  1. "Cat-House" – 3:30
  2. "House-Cat" – 3:31
U.K. 12" – Awesome Records AOR 12T
  1. "Cat-House" – 3:30
  2. "Touch Piggy's Eyes" – 4:35
  3. "House-Cat" – 3:31
U.S. 12" Promo – Sire PRO–A–3330
  1. "Cat-House" – 3:30
  2. "Big Hollow Man" – 4:48
U.S. 12" – Sire 9 21128-0
  1. "Cat-House" – 3:30
  2. "White Knuckle Ride" – 2:47
  3. "Cold Sweat" – 6:01
  4. "Cat-House" – 5:00

    White Knuckle Ride

U.K. 7" – Awesome Records AO23
  1. "White Knuckle Ride" – 2:47
  2. "Whistling for His Love" – 3:19
U.K. 12" – Awesome Records AO23T
  1. "White Knuckle Ride" – 2:47
  2. "Whistling for His Love" – 3:19
  3. "Cold Sweat" – 5:41

    Promotional Singles

Whistling for His Love

U.S. 12" Promo – Sire PRO–A–3630
  1. "Whistling for His Love" – 6:14
  2. "Whistling for His Love" – 4:04
  3. "Whistling for His Love" – 3:19
  4. "Whistling for His Love" – 4:03