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Behind the Door I Keep the Universe

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AFTER TEN YEARS OF CHURNING OUT WONDERFULLY CREATIVE GUITAR/MELODY DRIVEN TUNES ON A SHOE- STRING BUDGET THE DENTISTS FINALLY GOT A CHANCE TO WORK IN A REAL STUDIO WITH A REAL PRODUCER(NOT TO MENTION A REAL DRUMMER) AND THE RESULT....SURREAL!UNFORTUNATELY I NOW HAVE TO START SPEAKING OF THEM IN THE PAST TENSE BECAUSE THE DENTISTS CALLED IT QUITS IN 1995.IT'S A SHAME BECAUSE THIS WAS THE BEST EFFORT OF THIER ENTIRE CATALOGUE.AFTER SPENDING THE EARLIER YEARS LOCKED IN A SORT OF 60'S RETRO/PSYCHADELIC PHASE - "BEHIND THE DOOR" FOUND THEM PUSHING BRAVE NEW BOUNDARIES.WHILE THERE IS STILL MUCH OF THIER SIGNATURE HARMONIES TO BE FOUND HERE THERE IS SOMETHING RESOLUTELY MODERN AND BOLD ABOUT THIS ALBUM THAT JUST IS'NT PART OF THIER HISTORY.THE LOVE AFFAIR STARTS WITH THE FIRST THREE NUMBERS - "THIS IS NOT MY FLAG""SPACEMAN"(WICH SHOULD HAVE BEEN THE FIRST SINGLE INSTEAD OF THE CAPABLE BUT NOT COMMERCIAL "GAS")AND THE BEAUTIFULLY WRENCHING "SORRY IS NOT ENOUGH".IF YOU ARE NOT SINGING ALONG WITH THE STIRRINGLY POIGNAINT LYRICS AT THIS POINT - YOU'VE BEEN DEAD FOR SEVERAL WEEKS AND YOUR HEART JUST DOES'NT KNOW ENOUGH TO STOP BEATING.MARK JENNINGS OF THE WASHINGTON POST NAMED THIS ONE OF HIS TOP FIVE ALBUMS OF 1994.WAS HE THE ONLY CRITIC WHO HEARD THIS DISC? I HAVE TO ASSUME IT!

"Batter Up" is the third single from the "Country Grammar" album. This CD single is from the U.K. The track listings are as follows: 1.) Batter Up (Full Phatt Radio Edit)
2.) Batter Up
3.) Icey
4.) Batter Up video
The track "Icey" is one of two tracks that never made it on the U.S. version of "Country Grammar"