Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell

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Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
File:Social Distortion - Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell cover.jpg
Studio album by
Social Distortion
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1992
RecordedJune–October 1991 at El Dorado Studios in Hollywood, California
Genre
Length44:33
LabelEpic
ProducerDave Jerden
Social Distortion chronology
Social Distortion
(1990) 		Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
(1992) 		Mainliner: Wreckage From the Past
(1995)
Singles from Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell
  1. "Bad Luck"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Born to Lose"
    Released: 1992
  3. "Bye Bye Baby"
    Released: 1992
  4. "Cold Feelings"
    Released: 1992
  5. "When She Begins"
    Released: 1992

Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band Social Distortion, released on February 11, 1992. Following up on the surprise success of their breakthrough singles "Ball and Chain" and "Story of My Life", It became a popular album and received positive reviews from music critics. It also spawned their highest-charting single "Bad Luck", which peaked at number 2 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart.

Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell is one of the best-selling albums of Social Distortion's career, achieving gold sales certification in the United States by 2000,[3] and by 1996, the album had sold 296,000 copies.[4] It peaked at number 76 on the US Billboard 200 and topped the Heatseekers chart, and is the band's last album with drummer Christopher Reece, who left in 1994.

The cover art features frontman Mike Ness mid-jump, while playing one of his Gibson Les Pauls. The cover is reminiscent and possibly an homage to Joan Jett jumping with her Gibson MelodyMaker over a canary yellow background on her third album, Album.

Music style

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Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell continues the melding of country and rockabilly influences with punk that began with Social Distortion's 1988 album Prison Bound. Clear influences include Hank Williams (on "This Time Darlin'") and Johnny Cash (on "99 to Life").[5]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarHalf star[1]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[5]
Los Angeles TimesStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[6]
NME5/10[7]
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The Rolling Stone Album GuideStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[9]
The Village VoiceB+[2]

Reviews for Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell have generally been favorable. AllMusic's Paul Tinelli awards the album four-and-a-half stars out of five and praised the music as a "share of rollicking, straight-ahead hard rock." He also claims that Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell "had all the earmarks of a major commercial success with some radio friendly tunes and strong production, but it never found the large audience Epic Records expected."[1]

Track listing

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All songs written by Mike Ness unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Cold Feelings" – 3:31
  2. "Bad Luck" – 4:26
  3. "Making Believe" (Jimmy Work) – 4:12
  4. "Born to Lose" – 4:09
  5. "Bye Bye Baby" – 3:06
  6. "When She Begins" – 5:04
  7. "99 to Life" – 4:28
  8. "King of Fools" (W.E. Bruce) – 2:50
  9. "Sometimes I Do" – 4:01
  10. "This Time Darlin' " – 4:08
  11. "Ghost Town Blues" – 4:38 (CD bonus track)
  12. "Alone and Forsaken" – 3:12 (Hank Williams; Japanese bonus track)
  13. "Mainliner 1992" – 2:59 (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

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Social Distortion

Production

  • Dave Jerden – production, mixing
  • Bryan Carlstrom – engineering
  • Andy Wallace – mixing and engineering on "Bad Luck"
  • Annette Cisneros – assistant engineering
  • Eddy Schreyer – mastering

Charts

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Chart (1992) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[10] 76
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] 1

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[12] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

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