{{Infobox album | name = Eye of the Soundscape | type = Compilation | artist = Riverside | cover = Eye of the Soundscape front cover.jpg | released = 21 October 2016 | recorded = 2007–2016 | studio = Serakos Studio, Warsaw | genre = Ambient music<br />Instrumental rock | length = 102:14 | label = InsideOut Music | producer = Mariusz Duda, Magda Srzednicka, Robert Srzednicki | prev_title = Love, Fear and the Time Machine | prev_year = 2015 | next_title = Wasteland | next_year = 2018 | misc = {{Singles | name = Eye of the Soundscape | type = compilation | single1 = Shine/Time Travellers | single1date = 21 October 2016 }} }}
'''''Eye of the Soundscape''''' is a compilation album by Polish progressive rock band Riverside, released on 21 October 2016 through InsideOut Music.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.riversideband.pl/en/news/item/riverside-eye-of-the-soundscape-tracklist-revealed |title=Riverside – Riverside – "Eye of the Soundscape" tracklist revealed!<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2016-10-06 |archive-date=2017-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123124511/http://www.riversideband.pl/en/news/item/riverside-eye-of-the-soundscape-tracklist-revealed |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Background == The album is a collection of older experimental instrumental pieces in addition to four new tracks: "Where the River Flows", "Shine" (released in Poland as the only single), "Sleepwalkers" and "Eye of the Soundscape".<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.riversideband.pl/en/news/item/eye-of-the-soundscape-new-riverside-album |title=Riverside – „Eye of the Soundscape” – new Riverside album!<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2016-10-06 |archive-date=2017-01-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170123115933/http://www.riversideband.pl/en/news/item/eye-of-the-soundscape-new-riverside-album |url-status=dead }}</ref>
It is the first, and only, posthumous album to feature guitarist Piotr Grudziński after his death on 21 February 2016.<ref>[https://www.riversideband.pl/en/component/zoo/item/piotr-grudzinski-died Riverside – Piotr Grudziński died<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | all_writing = Mariusz Duda, Michał Łapaj and Piotr Grudziński | extra_column = Original album | headline = Disc 1 | total_length = 49:57 | title1 = Where the River Flows | extra1 = New song | length1 = 10:53 | title2 = Shine | extra2 = New song | length2 = 4:09 | title3 = Rapid Eye Movement | note3 = 2016 mix | extra3 = "Schizophrenic Prayer" <small>(single)</small> | length3 = 12:40 | title4 = Night Session – Part One | extra4 = ''Shrine of New Generation Slaves'' <small>(bonus disc)</small> | length4 = 10:40 | title5 = Night Session – Part Two | extra5 = ''Shrine of New Generation Slaves'' <small>(bonus disc)</small> | length5 = 11:35 }}
{{Track listing | extra_column = Original album | headline = Disc 2 | total_length = 52:17 | title1 = Sleepwalkers | extra1 = New song | length1 = 7:19 | title2 = Rainbow Trip | note2 = 2016 mix | extra2 = "Schizophrenic Prayer" <small>(single)</small> | length2 = 6:19 | title3 = Heavenland | extra3 = ''Love, Fear and the Time Machine'' <small>(bonus disc)</small> | length3 = 4:59 | title4 = Return | extra4 = ''Love, Fear and the Time Machine'' <small>(bonus disc)</small> | length4 = 6:50 | title5 = Aether | extra5 = ''Love, Fear and the Time Machine'' <small>(bonus disc)</small> | length5 = 8:43 | title6 = Machines | extra6 = ''Love, Fear and the Time Machine'' <small>(bonus disc)</small> | length6 = 3:53 | title7 = Promise | extra7 = ''Love, Fear and the Time Machine'' <small>(bonus disc)</small> | length7 = 2:44 | title8 = Eye of the Soundscape | extra8 = New song | length8 = 11:30 }}
== Personnel == '''Riverside''' * Mariusz Duda – loops and percussion <small>(except "Heavenland", "Promise" and "Eye of the Soundscape")</small>; bass <small>(CD1: 1–3; CD2: 1, 2, 4)</small>; acoustic guitar <small>(CD1: 1, 2 and 4; CD2: 1, 3, 4, 7)</small>; vocals <small>(CD1: 1, 3 and 5; CD2: 1, 2)</small>; keyboards on "Nigh Session – Part One", "Sleepwalkers" and "Machines"; ukulele on "Night Session – Part Two", "Rainbow Trip" and "Promise"; fretless bass on "Aether" * Michał Łapaj – keyboards <small>(except "Heavenland" and "Promise")</small>; synthesizers <small>(except "Nigh Session – Part Two, "Heavenland" and "Promise")</small>; electric piano on "Night Sessions"; piano on "Heavenland"; organ on "Eye of the Soundscape" *Piotr Grudziński – electric guitar <small>(except "Shine", "Heavenland" and "Machines")</small> * Piotr Kozieradzki – drums on "Rapid Eye Movement"
'''Guest personnel''' * Marcin Odyniec – saxophone on "Night Session – Part Two"
'''Production''' * Mariusz Duda – production * Magda & Robert Srzednicki – production, recording, mixing, mastering
==Charts== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2016) ! scope="col"| Peak<br /> position |- {{albumchart|Flanders|122|artist=Riverside|album=Eye of the Soundscape|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 October 2016}} |- {{albumchart|Wallonia|112|artist=Riverside|album=Eye of the Soundscape|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 October 2016}} |- {{albumchart|Netherlands|60|artist=Riverside|album=Eye of the Soundscape|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 October 2016}} |- {{albumchart|Germany|69|id=316202|artist=Riverside|album=Eye of the Soundscape|rowheader=true|accessdate=29 October 2016}} |- {{albumchart|Poland|4|id=1050|rowheader=true|accessdate=3 November 2016}} |- {{albumchart|Switzerland|92|artist=Riverside|album=Eye of the Soundscape|rowheader=true|accessdate=2 November 2016}} |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
{{Riverside}}{{Authority control}} Category:2016 albums Category:Inside Out Music albums Category:Riverside (band) albums