Between the Eyes

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Between the Eyes
Love Battery Between the Eyes.jpg
Studio album by
Released1989 (as single) - 1990 (as EP) - 1991 (as LP)
Recorded1989–1991
Genre Grunge
Length8:28 (as single) 33:59 (as LP)
Label Sub Pop [1]
Producer Jack Endino, Steve Fisk,
Conrad Uno, Jon Auer
Love Battery chronology
Between the Eyes
(1989)
Dayglo
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Between the Eyes is the debut album by Seattle-based rock band Love Battery. [3] [4] Sub Pop Records had initially released a single titled "Between the Eyes" in 1989. Tupelo Recordings then released Between the Eyes as an EP/mini-album in 1990 (with "Licensed by Sub Pop" printed on the artwork). Sub Pop then solely released the final version in 1991, which expanded the album with three additional tracks. [5]

Contents

Critical reception

The single landed at #36 on Paste's list of the "50 Best Grunge Songs"; Paste called the LP "a stripped-down, gut-churning collection of gritty guitars and vox." [6] The Stranger wrote that the LP, and its follow-up, Dayglo, "remain psychedelic twin towers" in the catalog of Sub Pop. [7]

Track listing

All songs written by Love Battery (except where noted).

1991 LP
  1. "Between the Eyes" - 4:28
  2. "Easter" - 4:10
  3. "Highway of Souls" - 5:25
  4. "Orange" - 3:01
  5. "2 and 2" - 2:25
  6. "Before I Crawl" - 2:37
  7. "Ibiza Bar" (Pink Floyd) - 3:00
  8. "67" - 2:45
  9. "Wings" - 3:12
  10. "Shellshock" - 3:18
1990 EP
  1. "Between the Eyes" - 4:28
  2. "Easter" - 4:10
  3. "Highway of Souls" - 5:25
  4. "Orange" - 3:01
  5. "2 and 2" - 2:25
  6. "Before I Crawl" - 2:37
  7. "Ibiza Bar" (Pink Floyd) - 3:00
1989 single
  1. "Between the Eyes" - 4:28
  2. "Easter" - 4:10

Personnel

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References

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  2. "Between the Eyes - Love Battery". AllMusic.
  3. "TrouserPress.com :: Love Battery". www.trouserpress.com.
  4. "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. March 4, 1995 via Google Books.
  5. Between the Eyes Credits (liner notes). Tupelo. TUPLP 22. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  6. "The 50 Best Grunge Songs". pastemagazine.com. June 23, 2014.
  7. "Original Lineup of Love Battery to Play Dayglo in Its Entirety at Summer Stag Party 3". The Stranger.