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| Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 11, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | June–October 1991 atEl Dorado Studios inHollywood, California | |||
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| Length | 44:33 | |||
| Label | Epic | |||
| Producer | Dave Jerden | |||
| Social Distortion chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell | ||||
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Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell is the fourthstudio album by Americanpunk rock bandSocial 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 theModern 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 USBillboard 200 and topped theHeatseekers chart, and is the band's last album with drummerChristopher Reece, who left in 1994.
The cover art features frontman Mike Ness mid-jump, while playing one of hisGibson Les Pauls. The cover is reminiscent and possibly an homage toJoan Jett jumping with her Gibson MelodyMaker over a canary yellow background on her third album,Album.
Somewhere Between Heaven and Hell continues the melding ofcountry androckabilly influences with punk that began with Social Distortion's 1988 albumPrison Bound. Clear influences includeHank Williams (on "This Time Darlin'") andJohnny Cash (on "99 to Life").[5]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[5] |
| Los Angeles Times |  [6] |
| NME | 5/10[7] |
| Q | [8] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
| The Village Voice | B+[2] |
Reviews forSomewhere 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 thatSomewhere 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]
All songs written byMike Ness unless otherwise noted.
Social Distortion
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| Chart (1992) | Peak position |
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| USBillboard 200[10] | 76 |
| USHeatseekers Albums (Billboard)[11] | 1 |
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[12] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. | ||
