Propeller (Peter Stuart album)

Propeller
Studio album by Peter Stuart
Released	August 13, 2002
Genre	Alternative, Pop Rock
Length	40:54
Label	Vanguard Records
Producer	Andrew Williams Curtis Schneider

Propeller is a 2002 studio album from the American singer-songwriter Peter Stuart. The album marked Stuart's solo debut. Stuart had previously formed the rock band Dog's Eye View in 1994. Before their hiatus, Stuart had been Dog's Eye View's lead vocalist and songwriter.

The album's lead single was "With My Heart in Your Hands".

Dog's Eye View founder and vocalist Peter Stuart had left the band to pursue solo projects following their 1997 release, Daisy. Stuart, who had been a solo performer prior to forming Dog's Eye View, has stated that the idea of his making a solo album originally came from the group's record label, Columbia Records:

Originally it was Columbia Records saying, "You're doing a solo record now. We're tired of the band." But, it (Dog's Eye View) was their idea in the first place. I was always a solo guy. So I was like, "OK." So I made that record as Peter Stuart and didn't even think about it when I got off the label with it. Didn't think of it being a Dog's Eye View record because it wasn't. It was a solo record.

His first solo album was originally slated to be called Songs About You. Stuart began recording the album for Columbia, which had released the first two Dog's Eye View albums, Happy Nowhere and Daisy. Early production and recording were completed in Los Angeles. However, Stuart soon became disenchanted with Columbia executives, citing a lack of support for the album and other creative differences. He voluntarily severed ties with Columbia, and left the label with the rights to his forthcoming solo album.

He sold four solo CDs while touring as an opening actor for Paula Cole, Live, and the Counting Crows. At one point, Stuart embarked in a six-week stint as Paula Cole's opening act by following her tour bus in his rental car, while looking for a new label.

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