Between the Eyes

Between the Eyes
Studio album by
Love Battery
Released
  • 1989 (as single)
  • 1990 (as EP)
  • 1991 (as LP)
Recorded1989–1991
GenreGrunge
Length
  • 8:28 (as single)
  • 25:06 (as EP)
  • 33:59 (as LP)
LabelSub Pop
ProducersJack Endino, Steve Fisk,
Conrad Uno, Jon Auer
Love Battery chronology
Between the Eyes
(1990)		 Dayglo
(1992)

Between the Eyes is the debut album by Seattle-based rock band Love Battery. 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. Between the Eyes is the only Love Battery album to feature original bassist Tommy Simpson. His replacement, Jim Tillman, played on the aforementioned three additional tracks when the album was widely issued.

Reception

Professional ratings
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The single landed at No. 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." The Stranger wrote that the LP, and its follow-up Dayglo, "remain psychedelic twin towers" in the catalog of Sub Pop.

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 (not included on vinyl version)
1989 single
  1. "Between the Eyes" - 4:28
  2. "Easter" - 4:10

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Between the Eyes". Sub Pop Records.
  2. ↑ "Love Battery". Trouser Press.
  3. ↑ "Reviews". CMJ New Music Monthly. CMJ Network, Inc. March 4, 1995.
  4. ↑ West, Phil (January 31, 1992). "Love Battery record release party, tonight at 9 p.m.". Tempo. The Seattle Times. p. 30.
  5. ↑ Between the Eyes Credits (liner notes). Tupelo. TUPLP 22. Retrieved January 13, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Between the Eyes - Love Battery". AllMusic.
  7. ↑ "The 50 Best Grunge Songs". Paste. June 23, 2014.
  8. ↑ "Original Lineup of Love Battery to Play Dayglo in Its Entirety at Summer Stag Party 3". The Stranger.