Third Eye (Redd Kross album) explained

Third Eye
Type:studio
Artist:Redd Kross
Cover:ReddKross_ThirdEyeLP_cover.jpeg
Studio:Sound City Studios
Genre:Alternative rock
Label:Atlantic
Producer:Michael Vail Blum
Prev Title:Neurotica
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Phaseshifter
Next Year:1993

Third Eye is the third studio album by Redd Kross. It was released by Atlantic Records on September 14, 1990.[1] It includes "Annie's Gone", which peaked at number 16 on Billboards Alternative Songs chart.[2] The naked masked woman on the cover of the album is Sofia Coppola.[3] [4] The band's guitarist Robert Hecker provided vocals on "1976", doing a Paul Stanley impersonation, which led people to believe Stanley did the singing.[5]

Critical reception

Alex Henderson of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying: "While some punk enthusiasts missed the old Kross, this decent though not outstanding album proves that the band was still worthwhile at the dawn of the '90s."[6] Greg Sandow of Entertainment Weekly gave the album a grade of B, saying: "Their uncanny '60s echoes have to be taken with a mountain or two of irony, which — take your choice — gives the album depth, or else weighs the group's cute little tunes down with more significance than they can easily bear." Jeremy Clarke in Q Magazine described the album as a "potent neo-pop with bright melodies".[7]

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Redd Kross

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Counterbalance: Redd Kross' 'Third Eye'. PopMatters. Jason. Mendelsohn. Eric. Klinger. May 9, 2014. May 21, 2018.
  2. Web site: Red Kross: Chart History (Alternative Songs). https://web.archive.org/web/20180527034337/https://www.billboard.com/music/redd-kross/chart-history/alternative-songs. dead. May 27, 2018. Billboard. May 21, 2018.
  3. Web site: Sofia Coppola and Redd Kross. Entertainment Weekly. Bob. Mack. December 7, 1990. May 21, 2018.
  4. Web site: Redd Kross on the Pop Culture Obsessions That Shaped Their Band. https://web.archive.org/web/20171031050352/http://www.mtv.com/news/2696730/redd-kross-charles-manson-sofia-coppola/. dead. October 31, 2017. MTV. Kory. Grow. August 17, 2012. May 21, 2018.
  5. Web site: Rank Your Records: Steven McDonald Ranks the Eight Redd Kross Records. Noisey. Cam. Lindsay. November 11, 2016. May 21, 2018.
  6. Web site: Third Eye - Redd Kross. AllMusic. Alex. Henderson. May 21, 2018.
  7. Clarke . Jeremy . 5 March 1991 . Third Eye review . Q Magazine . 55 . 76.

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