Third Eye (Redd Kross album)

Third Eye
Studio album by
Redd Kross
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1990 (1990-09-14)
StudioSound City Studios
GenreAlternative rock
Length43:59
LabelAtlantic
ProducerMichael Vail Blum
Redd Kross chronology
Neurotica
(1987) 		Third Eye
(1990) 		Phaseshifter
(1993)
Singles from Third Eye
  1. "Annie's Gone"
    Released: 1991
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB[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

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Faith Healer"Jeff McDonald3:52
2."Annie's Gone"J. McDonald, Steven Shane McDonald, Michael Cudahy3:36
3."I Don't Know How to Be Your Friend"J. McDonald3:55
4."Shonen Knife"J. McDonald3:22
5."Bubblegum Factory"J. McDonald2:50
6."Where I Am Today"S. McDonald5:03
7."Zira (Call Out My Name)"Robert Hecker4:09
8."Love Is Not Love"J. McDonald, S. McDonald4:32
9."1976"J. McDonald, Victor Indrizzo3:44
10."Debbie & Kim"J. McDonald, S. McDonald, Hecker4:01
11."Elephant Flares"J. McDonald, S. McDonald, Hecker, Indrizzo4:03

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

References

  1. ^ a b Henderson, Alex. "Third Eye - Redd Kross". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. ^ a b Sandow, Greg (September 28, 1990). "Third Eye". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. ^ "Third Eye". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013.
  4. ^ a b Clarke, Jeremy (5 March 1991). "Third Eye review". Q Magazine. 55: 76.
  5. ^ Mendelsohn, Jason; Klinger, Eric (May 9, 2014). "Counterbalance: Redd Kross' 'Third Eye'". PopMatters. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  6. ^ "Red Kross: Chart History (Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 27, 2018. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  7. ^ Mack, Bob (December 7, 1990). "Sofia Coppola and Redd Kross". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  8. ^ Grow, Kory (August 17, 2012). "Redd Kross on the Pop Culture Obsessions That Shaped Their Band". MTV. Archived from the original on October 31, 2017. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  9. ^ Lindsay, Cam (November 11, 2016). "Rank Your Records: Steven McDonald Ranks the Eight Redd Kross Records". Noisey. Retrieved May 21, 2018.