Between the Eyes explained

Between the Eyes
Type:	Studio album
Artist:	Love Battery
Cover:	Love Battery Between the Eyes.jpg
Released:	1989 (as single) - 1990 (as EP) - 1991 (as LP)
Recorded:	1989–1991
Genre:	Grunge
Length:	8:28 (as single) 33:59 (as LP)
Label:	Sub Pop^[1]
Producer:	Jack Endino, Steve Fisk, Conrad Uno, Jon Auer
Next Title:	Dayglo
Next Year:	1992

Between the Eyes is the debut album by Seattle-based rock band Love Battery.^{[2] [3]} Sub Pop Records had initially released a single titled "Between the Eyes" in 1989.^[4] 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]

Critical reception

The single landed at No. 36 on Pastes 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

• 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Between the Eyes. Sub Pop. Records. Sub Pop Records.
2. Web site: Love Battery. www.trouserpress.com.
3. Reviews. CMJ New Music Monthly. March 4, 1995. CMJ Network, Inc..
4. News: West . Phil . Love Battery record release party, tonight at 9 p.m. . The Seattle Times . Jan 31, 1992 . Tempo . 30.
5. Between the Eyes Credits . January 13, 2023 . liner notes . Tupelo . TUPLP 22.
6. Web site: The 50 Best Grunge Songs. June 23, 2014. pastemagazine.com.
7. Web site: Original Lineup of Love Battery to Play Dayglo in Its Entirety at Summer Stag Party 3. The Stranger.