{{About|the Love Battery album|other uses|Between the Eyes (disambiguation)}} {{redirect|Two and Two|the song by Jesus Jones|Doubt (album)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Between the Eyes | type = Studio album | artist = Love Battery | cover = Love Battery Between the Eyes.jpg | alt = | released = 1989 (as single) - 1990 (as EP) - 1991 (as LP) | recorded = 1989–1991 | venue = | studio = | genre = Grunge | length = 8:28 (as single) 33:59 (as LP) | label = Sub Pop<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.subpop.com/releases/love_battery/between_the_eyes|title=Between the Eyes|website=Sub Pop Records}}</ref> | producer = Jack Endino, Steve Fisk,<br>Conrad Uno, Jon Auer | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = Dayglo | next_year = 1992 }} '''''Between the Eyes''''' is the debut album by Seattle-based rock band Love Battery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=love_battery|title=Love Battery|website=Trouser Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GC0EAAAAMBAJ&q=love+battery+band&pg=PA22-IA4|title=Reviews|magazine=CMJ New Music Monthly|date=March 4, 1995|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.}}</ref> Sub Pop Records had initially released a single titled "Between the Eyes" in 1989.<ref>{{cite news |last1=West |first1=Phil |title=Love Battery record release party, tonight at 9 p.m. |work=The Seattle Times |date=Jan 31, 1992 |department=Tempo |page=30}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Between the Eyes Credits |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/655370-Love-Battery-Between-The-Eyes/images |access-date=January 13, 2023 |type=liner notes |publisher=Tupelo |id=TUPLP 22}}</ref>
==Reception== {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11989|pure_url=yes}}|title=Between the Eyes - Love Battery|website=AllMusic}}</ref> }} The single landed at No. 36 on ''Paste'''s list of the "50 Best Grunge Songs"; ''Paste'' called the LP "a stripped-down, gut-churning collection of gritty guitars and vox."<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-50-best-grunge-songs/|title=The 50 Best Grunge Songs|date=June 23, 2014|magazine=Paste}}</ref> ''The Stranger'' wrote that the LP, and its follow-up, ''Dayglo'', "remain psychedelic twin towers" in the catalog of Sub Pop.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestranger.com/slog/2018/04/24/26090287/original-lineup-of-love-battery-to-play-dayglo-in-its-entirety-at-summer-stag-party-3|title=Original Lineup of Love Battery to Play Dayglo in Its Entirety at Summer Stag Party 3|newspaper=The Stranger}}</ref>
==Track listing== All songs written by Love Battery (except where noted).
;1991 LP #"Between the Eyes" - 4:28 #"Easter" - 4:10 #"Highway of Souls" - 5:25 #"Orange" - 3:01 #"2 and 2" - 2:25 #"Before I Crawl" - 2:37 #"Ibiza Bar" (Pink Floyd) - 3:00 #"67" - 2:45 #"Wings" - 3:12 #"Shellshock" - 3:18
; 1990 EP #"Between the Eyes" - 4:28 #"Easter" - 4:10 #"Highway of Souls" - 5:25 #"Orange" - 3:01 #"2 and 2" - 2:25 #"Before I Crawl" - 2:37 #"Ibiza Bar" (Pink Floyd) - 3:00 (not included on vinyl version)
; 1989 single #"Between the Eyes" - 4:28 #"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
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