Eye of the Hurricane [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED] [IMPORT]

The Alarm

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 5, 2002)
• Original Release Date: November 5, 2002
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered, Import
• Label: 21st Century UK
• ASIN: B00006SFAV
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #147,464 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Originally released in 1987, this 2002 remastered version includes 11 bonus tracks previously unreleased on CD, 'Permanence In Change', 'Presence of Love', 'World On Fire', 'Time To Believe', 'Only Love Can Set Me Free', 'Rescue Me', 'A New South Wales', 'Elders And Folklore', 'My Land Your Land', 'Pastures Of Plenty', 'Rescue Me' (Tearing The Bonds Assunder Mix) & 'Rain In The Summertime' (Thunder Mix). Also includes 24 page booklet & 34 photographs. Capitol Records. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars The Alarm's Best Album, September 22, 2005

By	Tim Brough "author and music buff" (Springfield, PA United States) - See all my reviews (TOP 500 REVIEWER)

These poor blokes never caught a break. They were "The Acoustic Clash." They were a "Poor Man's U2." They were everything but stars. It's too bad, because all their albums have glorious moments, and live, they were anthemic. I saw them in NYC in the late 80's and Neil Young joined them on stage to jam on "Rocking In The Free World." When they played live, they played up a storm. The Alarm just never quite got it together on record.

Except this one. Ten songs, and though the lyrics never rise as far as they could, they never descend to anything as bad as their final album, "Raw." I can still put on "Rain In the Summertime" and ride a blissful wave of many seasons at the beach. "Rescue Me" is the kind of plea for love's deliverance that anyone can relate to. This is the only Alarm album other than "Standards" to have remained in my collection after many years, and I highly recommend "Eye Of The Hurricane" to lovers of anthemish 80's rock.