Cat's Eyes (album)

Cat's Eyes is the self-titled debut album by London-based alternative pop duo Cat's Eyes, released on April 11, 2011 on the Polydor record label.^[7][8]

Cat's Eyes
Studio album by Cat's Eyes
Released	11 April 2011
Recorded	The Loft, London
Genre	Alternative rock, experimental rock
Length	28:10
Language	English
Label	Polydor
Producer	Steve Osborne
Cat's Eyes chronology
Broken Glass (2011) Cat's Eyes (2011) Treasure House (2016)
Singles from Cat's Eyes
"Face in the Crowd" / "Bandit" Released: 9 May 2011 "Over You" / "The Crying Game" Released: 25 July 2011

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
BBC Music	(favourable)[2]
Drowned in Sound	(8/10)[3]
The Guardian	[4]
NME	(8/10)[5]
Pitchfork	(7.9/10.0)[6]

The album featured the songs "Cat's Eyes" and "The Best Person I Know", which previously appeared on the group's Broken Glass EP, along with eight other tracks including "The Lull" (which the band noted was the first song they wrote for the project).

The album was dedicated to the memory of Charlie Haddon of electronica band Ou Est Le Swimming Pool, who committed suicide in August 2010 at Pukkelpop festival in Belgium. Badwan of Cat's Eyes was a friend of Haddon's, and his full-time band The Horrors played at his memorial gig in London.

Mojo placed the album at No. 13 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011."^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cat's Eyes"	2:38
2.	"The Best Person I Know"	3:10
3.	"I'm Not Stupid"	2:58
4.	"Face in the Crowd"	2:49
5.	"Not a Friend"	2:11
6.	"Bandit"	3:03
7.	"Sooner or Later"	3:59
8.	"The Lull"	2:40
9.	"Over You"	2:31
10.	"I Knew it was Over"	2:15

Personnel

Musicians^[10]

• Faris Badwan – vocals, guitar, Vox Jaguar Organ, synthesizers
• Rachel Zeffira – vocals, oboe, cor anglais, violin, viola, piano, vibraphone, harmonium, Vox Jaguar Organ, synthesizers

Production^[11]

• Joe Jones – engineering
• Steve Osborne – production, engineering
• Tom Dalgety – engineering
• Andrew Dudman – orchestra engineering,
• Kevin Metclafe – mastering