Look Into The Eyeball - David Byrne
User Score
8.2 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 1 out of 6

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  1. GaylaG.
    Jul 7, 2001
    10
    I sat down to do some computer work, put on the headphones with David Byrne's new cd, thought I'd listen while I worked. Wrong. It's two days later, and so far all I've been able to do is listen. No work done, at all. This music thrills me. Completely captivating, all these utterly achingly perfect moments in music so good it's hard to believe it was made by a human being. … Expand
  2. StephenD.
    Jun 27, 2001
    10
    There is no greater capturer of the modern real-daily-workings-life humanity than the lyrisist, Mr. Byrne. Thhe juxtaposition of musicical style to these lyrics is essential to his reality caracturizations, two kinds of beauty that fit so well together.
  3. TonyG.
    Jul 13, 2001
    10
    Good clean fun. This album taught me how to lick my eyes clean with my tongue.

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Metascore
68 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 10 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 10
  3. Negative: 1 out of 10
  1. Entertainment Weekly
    91
    His Great Solo Album, folding his obsessions with Afro-Cuban rhythms, Brazilian art song, American soul-funk, and workaday surrealism into perhaps his sweetest melodies ever. [11 May 2001, p.80]
  2. Wall of Sound
    60
    This is an album about textures, grooves, and sounds, but it's not really about songs. Once one is done decoding its structure, Look Into the Eyeball is an elegant but empty building.
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  3. CDNow
    70
    What makes this disc cohere is the world view presented in Byrne's quirky lyrics, sometimes stark to the point of simplicity and often with the detached tone of an observer alternately shocked or amused.
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