''Hendra'' is the second studio album released by the English singer, author and multi-instrumentalist

Ben Watt Benjamin Brian Thomas Watt (born 6 December 1962) is a British musician, singer, songwriter, author, DJ and radio presenter, best known as one half of the duo Everything but the Girl. Early life Watt was born in Marylebone, London, and grew ...

on 15 April 2014 through Unmade Road, under exclusive license to

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. The record is a collaboration with

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and features a guest-appearance by David Gilmour on slide guitar and backing vocals on "The Levels". This is Watt's first solo album for three-decades since his 1983's debut, ''

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''. 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."

Track listing

Bonus tracks (Deluxe Edition)

References

2014 albums Caroline Records albums Ben Watt albums {{2010s-electronic-album-stub