''Between the Eyes'' is the debut
single by
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-based rock band
Love Battery, released in 1989. In 1990 and 1991, the release was expanded and reissued as an
LP with bonus tracks.
Critical reception
The single landed at #36 on ''
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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).
; 1989 single
#"Between the Eyes" - 4:28
#"Easter" - 4:10
; 1990 EP
#"Between the Eyes" - 4:28
#"Easter" - 4:10
#"Highway of Souls" - 5:25
#"Orange" - 3:01
#"2 and 2" - 2:25
#"Before I Crawl" - 2:37
#"
Ibiza Bar" (
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) - 3:00
;1991 LP
#"Between the Eyes" - 4:28
#"Easter" - 4:10
#"Highway of Souls" - 5:25
#"Orange" - 3:01
#"2 and 2" - 2:25
#"Before I Crawl" - 2:37
#"
Ibiza Bar" (
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) - 3:00
#"67" - 2:45
#"Wings" - 3:12
#"Shellshock" - 3:18
Personnel
*Art Chantry - Artwork
*
Jason Finn - Drums
*Ron Nine - Vocals, guitar
*Tommy "Bonehead" Simpson - Bass (Tracks: 1-7)
*Jim Tillman - Bass (Tracks 8-10)
*Kevin Whitworth - Guitar
References
1992 debut albums
Sub Pop albums
Love Battery albums
Albums produced by Steve Fisk
Albums produced by Jack Endino
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