Rainbow
Straight Between The Eyes


Tracks:

1. Death Alley Driver
2. Stone Cold
3. Bring on the Night (Dream Chaser)
4. Tite Squeeze
5. Tearin' Out My Heart
6. Power
7. MISS Mistreated
8. Rock Fever
9. Eyes of Fire

Line up:

Joe Lynn Turner - Vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - Guitar
Roger Glover - Bass
Bobby Rondinelli - Drums
David Rosenthal - Keyboards

Record Label / Year of Release:

Polydor 1982

Notes:

Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth LP released by Rainbow, released in 1982. A remastered CD reissue, with packaging duplicating the original vinyl release, was released in May 1999.

The band line-up was the same as had recorded the previous year's Difficult to Cure album, with the exception of David Rosenthal, who replaced Don Airey on keyboards.

The title allegedly came from a phrase from Jeff Beck, describing Jimi Hendrix to Blackmore.

In an April 1982 interview with British Rock magazine Kerrang!, Blackmore stated of "MISS Mistreated", "Well, it's to avoid confusion that the 'Miss' is written three times bigger than the 'mistreated' but I expect we'll have someone who shall remain nameless coming up to us saying, 'I wrote that song'!" (That someone being David Coverdale, with whom Blackmore had co-written "Mistreated" for the 1974 Deep Purple album Burn.)

The tour would feature a giant pair of moving mechanical eyes as part of the stageset, with spotlights shining from the pupils. This is captured on the video, laserdisc and now DVD release Live Between the Eyes.

The tour, although extensive, did not include the UK, which rankled with British fans.

The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins. The original vinyl issue had the lyrics printed on the inner sleeve.

Engineered by Nick Blagona (assisted by Robbie Whelan)
Recorded at Le Studio, Morin Heights, Canada
Digital mixing by Roger Glover and Nick Blagona
Digital mastering by Greg Calbi, Sterling Studios, New York