This was Hitchcock's only solo album released between 1985 and 1995, a period in which he recorded most of his music with his backing band, the Egyptians.

Eye was recorded acoustically in the style of I Often Dream of Trains (1984) with which it shares a similar green/gold sleeve design, and could therefore be seen as a sequel piece.

Eye is entirely self-composed and ran to fourteen songs (vinyl) and eighteen (CD).

Hitchcock plays all instruments (mostly guitars), and sings all the vocals.

A third CD edition saw the previous demo bonus tracks dropped, along with "College of Ice", while adding yet more.