Dark Adapted Eye

This article is about the music album. For the crime novel, see A 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.

Dark Adapted Eye
Compilation album by Danielle Dax
Released	November 1988[1]
Recorded	Fortress Dax Spring 1987
Genre	Art rock
Label	Sire Records
Producer	Danielle Dax
Danielle Dax chronology
The Janice Long Session EP (1988) Dark Adapted Eye (1988) Blast The Human Flower (1990)
Singles from Dark Adapted Eye
"Cat-House" Released: April 1988 (U.K.) / February 1989 (U.S.) "White Knuckle Ride" Released: 3 April 1989 (U.K.)

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

All lyrics are written by Danielle Dax; all music is composed by Danielle Dax and David Knight except where noted.

Dark Adapted Eye track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album or single	Length
1.	"Cat-House" (Single version)		The Chemical Wedding	3:30
2.	"Big Hollow Man" (Remix/Single version)		Inky Bloaters	4:48
3.	"White Knuckle Ride"		Previously unreleased	2:54
4.	"When I Was Young" (U.S. Mix)	Danielle Dax (Lyrics) Steve Reeves (Music)	B-side of "Where the Flies Are"	3:49
5.	"Yummer-Yummer Man"		Inky Bloaters	3:25
6.	"Fizzing Human Bomb"		Inky Bloaters	3:44
7.	"Whistling for His Love" (U.S. Mix)		The Chemical Wedding	3:29
8.	"Flashback"		Inky Bloaters	4:20
9.	"Inky Bloaters"		Inky Bloaters	3:29
10.	"Brimstone in a Barren Land"		Inky Bloaters	4:28
11.	"Bad Miss 'M'"		Inky Bloaters	2:44
12.	"Touch Piggy's Eyes" (U.S. Mix)		The Chemical Wedding	4:05
Total length:				44:49

Bonus tracks on all CD and Cassette pressings (except 2019 CD issue)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album or single	Length
13.	"House-Cat"		B-side of "Cat-House" (U.K. single)	3:31
14.	"Bed Caves"	Danielle Dax	Pop-Eyes	3:14
15.	"Sleep Has No Property"		Inky Bloaters	4:31
16.	"Hammerheads"	Danielle Dax	Jesus Egg That Wept	3:15
17.	"Pariah"	Danielle Dax	Jesus Egg That Wept	3:46
18.	"Where the Flies Are"	Danielle Dax (Lyrics and Music) David Knight (Music) Steve Reeves (Music)	Inky Bloaters	3:15
19.	"Funtime"		Inky Bloaters	3:22
Total length:				1:09:43

Rubellan Remasters CD Bonus Tracks (2019)^[2]

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album or single	Length
13.	"Sleep Has No Property"		Inky Bloaters	4:31
14.	"Where the Flies Are"	Danielle Dax (Lyrics and Music) David Knight (Music) Steve Reeves (Music)	Inky Bloaters	3:15
15.	"Funtime"		Inky Bloaters	3:22
16.	"Cold Sweat"		B-side of "White Knuckle Ride" (U.K.) and "Cat-House" 12" single (U.S.)	6:01
17.	"Cat-House" (Overnight Mix)		"Cat-House" 12" single (U.S.)	5:00
18.	"White Knuckle Ride" (Remix/Single version)		"White Knuckle Ride" single (U.K.) and "Cat-House" 12" single (U.S.)	2:50
19.	"Whistling for His Love" (12" Remix)		"Whistling for His Love" 12" promo single (U.S.)	6:15
Total length:				1:16:06

Reception

The single "Cat-House" was described by Billboard magazine as "Pile-driving dance-rock [radiating] with energy", and complimented the "warped, acid house" B-side "Cold Sweat".^[3]

Singles

Cat-House

U.K. 7" (April 1988) – Awesome Records AOR 12

1. "Cat-House" (Single version) – 3:30
2. "House-Cat" – 3:31

U.K. 12" (April 1988) – Awesome Records AOR 12T

1. "Cat-House" (Single version) – 3:30
2. "Touch Piggy's Eyes" (Single version) – 4:35
3. "House-Cat" – 3:31

U.S. 12" Promo (November 1988) – Sire PRO–A–3330

1. "Cat-House" (Single version) – 3:30
2. "Big Hollow Man" (Remix) – 4:48

U.S. 12" (February 1989) – Sire 9 21128-0

1. "Cat-House" (Single version) – 3:30
2. "White Knuckle Ride" (Remix) – 2:47
3. "Cold Sweat" – 6:01
4. "Cat-House" (Overnight Mix) – 5:00

White Knuckle Ride

U.K. 7" (3 April 1989) – Awesome Records AO23

1. "White Knuckle Ride" (Remix) – 2:47
2. "Whistling for His Love" (7" Remix) – 3:19

U.K. 12" (3 April 1989) – Awesome Records AO23T

1. "White Knuckle Ride" (Remix) – 2:47
2. "Whistling for His Love" (7" Remix) – 3:19
3. "Cold Sweat" (U.K. Edit) – 5:41

Promotional Singles

Whistling for His Love

U.S. 12" Promo (1989) – Sire PRO–A–3630

1. "Whistling for His Love" (12" Remix) – 6:14
2. "Whistling for His Love" (Bonus Beat Dub) – 4:04
3. "Whistling for His Love" (7" Remix) – 3:19
4. "Whistling for His Love" (Vocal Dub) – 4:03