Straight Between the Eyes [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Rainbow

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 25, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1982
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Polydor / Umgd
• ASIN: B00000J2SQ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #6,905 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars IF YOU WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL IN THE EARLY 80'S, March 6, 2003

By	C. Todaro "chazzt" (Rocky Point, NY United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Is there a better guitarist at placing his solos perfectly into his band's songs than the incomparable Ritchie Blackmore. He does it all over this album.

The reviews to this CD are an unfortunate mixed bag. In the context of its 1982 release it was a great album -- it stands alone and on its own merits. An Amazon reader can clearly be misled.

If you were in high school in the early 80's -- particularly 1982 you know MTV played "Stone Cold" nearly every hour. But Death Alley Driver was the better video. Where is the DVD of all those great Rainbow videos anyway??

I remember the MTV Saturday night concerts and the Rainbow weekend was a superb show. The one thing which was very true that senior year of high school was that although Van Halen blew through town in November '82 to support Diver Down -- .38 Special was touring to support the Special Forces album -- Def Leppard released the spectacular Pyromania album in Feb./March '83 and toured to support it then -- those bands had nothing on Rainbow. Stone Cold was the video of the year.

When Van Halen dumped Diamond Dave in 1985 I thought Joe Lynn Turner would have been a great fit.

Joe Lynn Turner and Ritchie Blackmore were a cut above those other frontmen. The one thing which was absolutely true about Rainbow fans was that they were more devoted to their band than fans of other bands were.

Though smaller in number -- true fans of this band had a genuine affection for Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover despite the sometimes musical chairs lead singers and keyboard players and drummers over the years.

Today, Ritchie has gone in a new direction with Blackmore's Night pursuing folk and medieval renaissance music --- but at a concert at the Patchogue Playhouse in November of 2000 -- Ritchie went into the archives to really rock out on some Rainbow and Deep Purple classics -- and the crowd loved it.

Listen to this record and you will be rewarded.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Best Album From The JLT Era, November 22, 2005

By	Christopher Fryer (Colorado United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Straight Between The Eyes came out in 1982 and contains Rainbow's biggest hit, Stone Cold, a "power ballad" I have never gotten tired of hearing. This was Joe Lynn Turner's second album after the decent Difficult To Cure. The production is better and so are the songs. Highlights are the rockin Death Alley Driver (good chorus and solo), Tearin' Out My Heart (a ballad with great vocals), Power (upbeat rocker), Eyes Of Fire (mystical), and Stone Cold. Every Rainbow album including the last one, Stranger In Us All, has at least a few gems. If I had to choose the best three I would say Rainbow Rising, Straight Between The Eyes, and Bent Out Of Shape. I recommend Martin Popoff's latest book about Blackmore (English Castle Magic) if you can find it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A hard album to put down, just fantastic, September 24, 2003

By	Daniel Mankowski "classic rocker" (Scottsdale, Arizona United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The reviews on this album don't give it justice. I like everything about this album. My favorite things are

1. A great album cover first of all, a guitar going through a guys head.....how cool is that?

2. Great vocals by Joe Lynn Turner, i like this album more than "Bent out of Shape", probably because that was thier last album!

3. Blackmore with that great guitar sound, especially on "Death Alley Driver"

4. The organ on "Stone Cold" still sends shiver ups my spine, especially the opening

5. Commercial hits "Stone Cold" and "Power",as well as one of my favorites "Tite Squeeze"

Overall, a great piece of work I own all of the Rainbow albums on vinyl and i put this one on at least twice a week