Third Eye (Redd Kross album)
| Third Eye | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | September 14, 1990 | |||
| Studio | Sound City Studios | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 43:59 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Producer | Michael Vail Blum | |||
| Redd Kross chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Third Eye | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B[2] |
| Q |  [4] |
| Rolling Stone | [3] |
Third Eye is the third studio album by Redd Kross. It was released by Atlantic Records on September 14, 1990.[5] It includes "Annie's Gone", which peaked at number 16 on Billboard's Alternative Songs chart.[6] The naked masked woman on the cover of the album is Sofia Coppola.[7][8] The band's guitarist Robert Hecker provided vocals on "1976", doing a Paul Stanley impersonation, which led people to believe Stanley did the singing.[9]
Critical reception[edit]
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."[1] 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."[2] Jeremy Clarke in Q Magazine described the album as a "potent neo-pop with bright melodies".[4]
Track listing[edit]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Faith Healer" | Jeff McDonald | 3:52 |
| 2. | "Annie's Gone" | J. McDonald, Steven Shane McDonald, Michael Cudahy | 3:36 |
| 3. | "I Don't Know How to Be Your Friend" | J. McDonald | 3:55 |
| 4. | "Shonen Knife" | J. McDonald | 3:22 |
| 5. | "Bubblegum Factory" | J. McDonald | 2:50 |
| 6. | "Where I Am Today" | S. McDonald | 5:03 |
| 7. | "Zira (Call Out My Name)" | Robert Hecker | 4:09 |
| 8. | "Love Is Not Love" | J. McDonald, S. McDonald | 4:32 |
| 9. | "1976" | J. McDonald, Victor Indrizzo | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Debbie & Kim" | J. McDonald, S. McDonald, Hecker | 4:01 |
| 11. | "Elephant Flares" | J. McDonald, S. McDonald, Hecker, Indrizzo | 4:03 |
Personnel[edit]
Credits adapted from liner notes.
Additional musicians
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Technical personnel
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References[edit]
- ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Third Eye - Redd Kross". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ a b Sandow, Greg (September 28, 1990). "Third Eye". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ "Third Eye". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Clarke, Jeremy (5 March 1991). "Third Eye review". Q Magazine. 55: 76.
- ^ Mendelsohn, Jason; Klinger, Eric (May 9, 2014). "Counterbalance: Redd Kross' 'Third Eye'". PopMatters. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ "Red Kross: Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 27, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Mack, Bob (December 7, 1990). "Sofia Coppola and Redd Kross". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Grow, Kory (August 17, 2012). "Redd Kross on the Pop Culture Obsessions That Shaped Their Band". MTV. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (November 11, 2016). "Rank Your Records: Steven McDonald Ranks the Eight Redd Kross Records". Noisey. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
