''Dayglo'' is the debut studio album by the American band

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. It was released in 1992 by

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. The band supported the album with a North American tour that included shows with L7.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' noted that, "unlike some of its upper-left-coast peers, Love Battery takes a more textured, psychedelic approach to modern rock." ''

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'' determined that the band "adds discernible melody, trance-inducing rhythms, guitar tremolo and trippy effects, plus lyrics shaded by a very distant influence, Georgia-based R.E.M." ''

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'' deemed the music "a dense, psychedelic-tinged sound that has more in common with the English 'dream pop' movement of My Bloody Valentine and Ride than the Seattle grunge sound of Mudhoney and Tad." ''

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'' called the album "the right mix of '60s garage psychedelia and Neil Young-style music-as-primal-scream-therapy."

Track listing

# "Out of Focus" – 5:23 # "Foot" – 3:48 # "Damaged" – 3:58 # "See Your Mind" – 3:21 # "Side (With You)" – 5:00 # "Cool School (Trane of Thought)" – 4:27 # "Sometimes" – 3:23 # "Blonde" – 4:19 # "Dayglo" – 3:42 # "23 Modern Stories" – 3:29

Personnel

* Ron Nine - Vocals, guitar *

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- Guitar *

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- Drums *Jim Tillman - Bass

References

{{Authority control Love Battery albums 1992 albums Sub Pop albums Albums produced by Conrad Uno