Third Eye | ||||
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Released | September 14, 1990 | |||
Studio | Sound City Studios | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 43:59 | |||
Label | Atlantic | |||
Producer | Michael Vail Blum | |||
Redd Kross chronology | ||||
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Singles from Third Eye | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Entertainment Weekly | B [2] |
Q | [3] |
Rolling Stone | [4] |
Third Eye is the third studio album by Redd Kross. It was released by Atlantic Records on September 14, 1990. [5] It includes "Annie's Gone", which peaked at number 16 on Billboard 's Alternative Songs chart. [6] The naked masked woman on the cover of the album is Sofia Coppola. [7] [8] The band's guitarist Robert Hecker provided vocals on "1976", doing a Paul Stanley impersonation, which led people to believe Stanley did the singing. [9]
Alex Henderson of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying: "While some punk enthusiasts missed the old Kross, this decent though not outstanding album proves that the band was still worthwhile at the dawn of the '90s." [1] Greg Sandow of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a grade of B, saying: "Their uncanny '60s echoes have to be taken with a mountain or two of irony, which — take your choice — gives the album depth, or else weighs the group's cute little tunes down with more significance than they can easily bear." [2] Jeremy Clarke in Q Magazine described the album as a "potent neo-pop with bright melodies". [3]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "The Faith Healer" | Jeff McDonald | 3:52 |
2. | "Annie's Gone" | J. McDonald, Steven Shane McDonald, Michael Cudahy | 3:36 |
3. | "I Don't Know How to Be Your Friend" | J. McDonald | 3:55 |
4. | "Shonen Knife" | J. McDonald | 3:22 |
5. | "Bubblegum Factory" | J. McDonald | 2:50 |
6. | "Where I Am Today" | S. McDonald | 5:03 |
7. | "Zira (Call Out My Name)" | Robert Hecker | 4:09 |
8. | "Love Is Not Love" | J. McDonald, S. McDonald | 4:32 |
9. | "1976" | J. McDonald, Victor Indrizzo | 3:44 |
10. | "Debbie & Kim" | J. McDonald, S. McDonald, Hecker | 4:01 |
11. | "Elephant Flares" | J. McDonald, S. McDonald, Hecker, Indrizzo | 4:03 |
Credits adapted from liner notes.
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