Hendra (Ben Watt album)

Hendra is the second studio album released by the English singer, author and multi-instrumentalist Ben Watt on 15 April 2014 through Unmade Road, under exclusive license to Caroline International. The record is a collaboration with Bernard Butler and features a guest-appearance by David Gilmour on slide guitar and backing vocals on "The Levels".[2]

Hendra
Studio album by
Ben Watt
Released14 April 2014
RecordedBerlin and London 2013
GenreAcoustic, downtempo
Length44:10
LabelUnmade Road, under exclusive license to Caroline International
ProducerEwan Pearson
Ben Watt chronology
North Marine Drive
(1983)		 Hendra
(2014)		 Fever Dream
(2016)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic78/100[1]
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This is Watt's first solo album for three-decades since his 1983's debut, North Marine Drive.

During an interview in 2014, Watt stated the following regarding the album's title:

"My sister died just shortly after finishing my last book and it was a big shock. She’d led a very simple life as a shopkeeper at a simple village store and lived quite a claustrophobic life. Whenever she’d try to get away she went to this little house on the edge of Cornwall called Hendra. When she died I did some research on the name and found that it’s an old Cornish word for home. It had this odd lyrical quality to it. When I found the actual meaning it seemed like the perfect title for the record."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ben Watt

No.TitleLength
1."Hendra"3:22
2."Forget"5:13
3."Spring"3:55
4."Golden Ratio"5:13
5."Matthew Arnold's Field"4:31
6."The Gun"5:34
7."Nathaniel"4:46
8."The Levels"3:59
9."Young Man's Game"2:52
10."The Heart Is a Mirror"4:45

Bonus tracks (Deluxe Edition)

All tracks are written by Ben Watt

No.TitleLength
11."Hendra" (demo) 
12."Spring" (demo) 
13."Young Man's Game" (demo) 
14."Forget" (live) 

References
  1. "Hendra Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved 25 April 2014.
  2. "Bennwatt.com newsitem" Official Website announcement of tracklisting and collaborators.
  3. "Interview: Ben Watt on his album and tour with Bernard Butler | Nottingham Post". www.nottinghampost.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 13 January 2022.


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