Eye of the Zombie explained

Eye of the Zombie
Type:Album
Artist:John Fogerty
Cover:Eyeofthezombiecover.jpg
Released:September 29, 1986
Length:44:07
Label:Warner Bros. (first pressing)
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DreamWorks/Interscope/Universal Records (second pressing)
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Producer:John Fogerty
Prev Title:Centerfield
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Blue Moon Swamp
Next Year:1997

Eye of the Zombie is the fourth solo studio album by American singer/songwriter John Fogerty. Released in September 1986, it was his first album with a backing band, and it includes the Creedence-inspired track "Change in the Weather" as well as "Wasn't That a Woman" and "Soda Pop", his first forays into 1960s-1970s Motown-sounding funk and R&B. The album was not received well by critics and had lukewarm chart success despite a Grammy nomination for Best Male Rock Vocal in 1987. After the Eye of the Zombie tour in 1986, Fogerty did not perform any material from this album in concerts until 2009, when he played "Change in the Weather" at a few shows. The song was also re-recorded in 2009 for The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again and performed live on several late-night TV shows to promote the album.

After Eye of the Zombie, Fogerty would not release another album until Blue Moon Swamp in 1997.

Billboard called the title track a "dark, shivery tale."[1] Cash Box called it "dirty and gritty" and "rock and roll with a vengeance."[2]

Cash Box called "Change in the Weather" a "swampy, grundgy, soulful groove that could have been a CCR hit."[3] Billboard called it a "swampy down-tempo swayer [with] apocalyptic social predictions."[4]

Track listing

All songs written by John Fogerty. Song times taken from original LP sticker.

Side one
Side two

Personnel

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Notes and References

  1. August 30, 1986 . Reviews . Billboard . 83 . 2022-08-04.
  2. August 30, 1986 . Single Releases . Cash Box . 9 . 2022-08-04.
  3. November 15, 1986 . Single Releases . Cash Box . 9 . 2022-08-07.
  4. November 22, 1986 . Reviews . Billboard . 79 . 2022-08-07.
  5. Book: Kent, David . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . Illustrated . St. Ives, New South Wales . David Kent (historian).