Dead Eyes Opened
"Dead Eyes Opened" | ||||
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EBM, industrial | ||||
Length | 3:22 (Album version) 6:35 (Single version) | |||
Label | Ink Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Tom Ellard | |||
Producer(s) | Tom Ellard | |||
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"Dead Eyes Opened" is a song by the experimental Australian group Severed Heads, originally released on their 1983 album Since the Accident. Upon its initial release as a 12-inch record single in 1984, the track received critical success. A remixed version released in October 1994[2] achieved commercial success in Australia, peaking at #16 on the ARIA Charts.[3]
In 2015, the song was listed at number 16 in In the Mix's '100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time'.[4]
Background
Initially, Since the Accident was a cassette tape recorded between 1982 and 1983, and "Dead Eyes Opened" was only left on said tape to help fill up the blank space.[5] The song includes a spoken word sample, which was credited by Tom Ellard in 2006 to be Edgar Lustgarten in the television series Scales of Justice.[6] Lustgarten is the narrator, but the sample is from the episode Death on the Crumbles[7] from the 1971 BBC radio series Accused in the Box.[8] The show was based on the 1924 murder of Emily Kaye.
Release and reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Pop Matters | [10] |
The track was released as a 12-inch
Since its initial release in 1984, the single has been reissued a few times, each "version" includes a completely new track listing from the original.
Track listing
Original Ink Records 1984 12"
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dead Eyes Opened" | 6:35 |
No. | Title | Length |
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2. | "Bullet" | 2:45 |
3. | "Mount" | 2:15 |
Nettwerk 1986 12"
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dead Eyes Opened (Remix Three)" | 6:05 |
2. | "Petrol" | 5:42 |
No. | Title | Length |
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3. | "We Have Come To Bless This House (Remix Two)" | 3:55 |
4. | "Oscar's Grind" | 3:48 |
5. | "Mambo Fist Miasma" | 5:10 |
Volition Records 1994 CD
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Dead Eyes Opened (Radio Edit)" | 3:51 |
2. | "Dead Eyes Opened (Re-Opened)" | 9:31 |
3. | "Dead Eyes Opened (The Love Experiment)" | 3:20 |
4. | "Dead Eyes Opened (Spooked)" | 9:05 |
5. | "Dead Eyes Opened (Original)" | 9:30 |
Chart history
Chart (1995) | Peak position |
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Australia (ARIA)[3] | 16 |
References
- ^ a b "Kent Music Report No. 520 โ 11 June 1984 > Singles: New Releases". Imgur.com (original document published by Kent Music Report). Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ a b "New Release Summary โ Product Available from: 17/10/94 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 244)". Imgur.com (original document published by ARIA). Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ a b "australian-charts.com > Severed Heads in Australian Charts". Hung Medien. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ "The 100 Greatest Australian Dance Tracks of All Time". 2015. Archived from the original on 16 December 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
- ^ D'Amico, Anthony. "Severed Heads, Since The Accident". brainwashed.com. Brainwashed. Retrieved 18 April 2010.
- ^ Jones, Todd. "Severed Heads: Tom Ellard Keeps His Severed Heads Under Gail Succubus". oocities.org. oocities. Retrieved 1 December 2006.
- ^ Severed Heads โ Dead Eyes Opened, retrieved 4 August 2018
- ^ "BBC Programme Index". genome.ch.bbc.co.uk. 15 November 1971. Retrieved 27 October 2023.
- ^ Carruthers, Sean. "Dead Eyes Opened Review". AllMusic.com. AllMusic Guide. Retrieved 22 March 2016.
- ^ Garratt, John. "Severed Heads: Dead Eyes Opened". popmatters.com. Pop Matters. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
- ^ Henderson, Dave (25 February 1984). Sounds: Dave Henderson Achieves Maximum Penetration. Sounds Magazine. p. 31. Archived from the original on 22 January 2017. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
- ^ Radio, Joe. "Interview: Severed Heads". Eyesore.no. The Eyesore Database. Retrieved 3 May 2017.
External links
- Dead Eyes Opened at Discogs (list of releases)
- Bandcamp page (1994 Version)