marketable ska sound, Goldenvoice Records expressed mixed feelings over Floating Eye, reportedly telling the band that the album had no satisfactory single and would be difficult to promote. In a 2005 interview, bassist Chad Larson retrospectively agreed with this assessment on the album's lack of a commercial sound, noting that while he felt the material was strong, it "probably wasn't the record we should have put out at that time". True to the label's predictions, Floating Eye failed to match the success of The Fury, placing only at number 35 on Billboards Top Heatseekers chart. Goldenvoice nevertheless granted the band a budget to shoot a music video, which The Aquabats instead used to film an unsuccessful television pilot entitled The Aquabats! In Color!. Despite its relatively poor commercial success, critical reception to Floating Eye was mostly positive. Steve Huey of Allmusic gave The Aquabats vs. the Floating Eye of Death! a rating of four stars out of five, writing "Sure, the humor is frothy and avoids substance like the plague, but anybody expecting anything else from a typical third-wave ska album is waging a pointless battle. Better to just hang on and enjoy the ride, because the Aquabats conduct that ride with a panache few other third-wavers can match, and their songwriting skills continue to improve with each record." Coupled with Goldenvoice's ongoing financial troubles at the time as a result of the first Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the disappointing sales of Floating Eye eventually contributed to The Aquabats' dismissal from the label in 2000, beginning an extended period of relative inactivity which would last the band throughout the early 2000s until they would independently return to recording in 2004, with the EP Yo! Check Out This Ride!, which helped them sign to Nitro Records later in the year. Track listing All songs written by The Aquabats, except where noted otherwise. Previous availability Demo versions of tracks 9 and 11 first appeared on a series of 7" picture discs released in 1998. Charts Personnel The Aquabats The MC Bat Commander - vocals Crash McLarson - bass, vocals Catboy - trumpet, vocals The Robot - woodwinds, keyboards, vocals The Mysterious Kyu - guitar Prince Adam - synthesizers, trumpet Chainsaw Karate - guitar Doctor Rock (Gabe Palmer) - drums, programming Production Produced, engineered and mixed by Thom Wilson Tracks 3, 5 and 13 produced, engineered and mixed by Cameron Webb