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Darren Douglas Danahy
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Darren Douglas Danahy I moved to San Francisco from Denver for a very short period of time in 1996.

Apart from an army duffel, an inexpensive Japanese acoustic guitar, and my notebooks, I had a walkman and this tape. It was on the journey that I read in the liner notes that this album was recorded in the city I was now moving to.

My most recent memory of it is seeing Robyn perform "Queen Elvis" live with Emma Swift at Swallow Hill Music Hall in Denver.

Thank you for providing a lifelong influence. Favorite track: Queen Elvis.
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splunky Devastating and pure, like so many tracks on this album it cuts to the heart with the barest of utensils -- Robyn -- voice and guitar. Favorite track: Raining Twilight Coast.
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Six years after his superb I Often Dream of Trains, Robyn Hitchcock returned to the acoustic format of that album with Eye, and while the surfaces of the two albums are similar and Eye was eagerly embraced by fans, the tone of the two discs is considerably different. I Often Dream of Trains was a collection of songs written as Hitchcock was slowly returning to a career in music after a two-year layoff, and there's a striking if subtle power in the occasional tentative moments and understated tone. Eye, on the other hand, is a far more confident album, and Hitchcock's performances boast a precision that befits a musician who had been recording and touring at a steady clip for the past six years, especially in his splendid guitar work. The surreal whimsy of I Often Dream of Trains also takes a backseat on Eye, replaced by the relative clarity of "Cynthia Mask," an idiosyncratic but unblinking condemnation of Britain's failings during World War II, "Raining Twilight Coast," a point-of-view profile of various emotional hurts, and "Queen Elvis," a meditation on the effects of fame; the most Eye can offer in the way of humor is "Clean Steve" and "Certainly Clickot." But if Eye isn't the understated masterpiece I Often Dream of Trains was, it's Hitchcock's most consistent and satisfying album of the '80s; the songs are intelligent, effective and don't rely on his eccentricities to work, while the melodies are winning and his vocals are beautifully modulated.

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released November 13, 2007

1990, 1990 Robyn Hitchcock

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Robyn Hitchcock came to prominence in the late ‘70s with the neo-psych band The Soft Boys, before embarking on a solo career in 1981.

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