Look into the Eyeball

Look into the Eyeball
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 8, 2001 (2001-05-08)
RecordedThe Cutting Room Studio and Sound on Sound Studio, New York City
GenreArt rock, alternative rock, folk rock, worldbeat
Length38:46
LabelVirgin
ProducerMichael Mangini
David Byrne chronology
In Spite of Wishing and Wanting
(1999)
Look into the Eyeball
(2001)
Lead Us Not into Temptation
(2003)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic68/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Pitchfork Media(8.0/10) link

Look into the Eyeball is the sixth studio album by musician David Byrne, released on May 8, 2001. The single "Like Humans Do" was supplied with the Windows XP operating system to showcase Microsoft's Windows Media Player.[3][4]

"Desconocido Soy" is a Spanish language song, performed with Nrü (a.k.a. Rubén Isaac Albarrán Ortega) from Café Tacuba. The title means "I Am Unknown" in English.[5]

As of August 2001 the album has sold 63,000 copies in United States according to Nielsen SoundScan.[6]

  1. ^ "Look into the Eyeball by David Byrne". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 March 2018.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ David Byrne to Provide Promotional Music for Windows XP: "Like Humans Do" to Give Music Fans a Taste of the Digital Music Experience in Windows XP Archived 2007-02-12 at the Wayback Machine, Microsoft
  4. ^ You May Find Yourself On Windows XP, Forbes.com
  5. ^ "Desconocido Soy" - Look into the Eyeball. DavidByrne.com. Retrieved 2012-11-16.
  6. ^ "You May Find Yourself On Windows XP". Forbes.