Third Eye (Redd Kross album)

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]

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[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

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".[3]

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. Henderson, Alex. "Third Eye - Redd Kross". AllMusic. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  2. Sandow, Greg (September 28, 1990). "Third Eye". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved May 21, 2018.
  3. Clarke, Jeremy (5 March 1991). "Third Eye review". Q Magazine. 55: 76.
  4. "Third Eye". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 1, 2013.
  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. 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.
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