Track Listing

1. Death Alley Driver - Rainbow, Roger Glover
2. Stone Cold - Rainbow, Roger Glover, Nick Blagona, Robbie Whelan, Ritchie Blackmore, François Dompierre, Raymond Dessaint
3. Bring On The Night (Dream Chaser) - Rainbow, Roger Glover
4. Tite Squeeze - Rainbow, Roger Glover
5. Tearin Out My Heart - Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
6. Power - Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
7. Miss Mistreated - Rainbow, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover
8. Rock Fever - Rainbow, Roger Glover
9. Eyes Of Fire - Rainbow, Roger Glover

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20730 in Music
• Released on: 1999-06-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Formats: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Dimensions: .20 pounds
• Running time: 41 minutes

Customer Reviews

Stone Cold - sad stuff!
Possibly Rainbow's most commercial album, "Straight Between the Eyes" is a collection of
average hard rock songs which have little interest for the Prog fan - but you knew that
when you saw that awful comic book cover, didn't you? Nevertheless this album contains
some stunning straight hard rock moments and sparkling guitar work from Ritchie throughout, and
great vocals from Joe Lynn Turner.

Fortunately within this sea of ordinary rock songs is a shining pearl, a haunting power
ballad called "Stone Cold" , which meant a lot to me personally at the time as I was going
through a nightmare sequence of events which life throws up at you now and then, and
this song could have been the perfect theme for that, though most of the other songs
relate the dark side of love too. The group were still experiencing personnel changes, Don
Airey gone and replaced by David Rosenthal on this recording. Another "gem" is the
song "Tearin' Out My Heart" , which could have been subtitled "Stone Cold part 2", has a
great slow riff, well written and performed and includes an emotional solo by Ritchie,
also "Eyes of Fire" is an interesting song, which has an almost Zeppelinesque mysterious
epic eastern flavour, and includes some intricately played solos.

Overall this album was typical of the sort of music the American rock stations were pumping out
at the time a-la Van Halen, Whitesnake and Def Leppard, I assume this was aimed at that
market, and guaranteed full venues, though one song an album does not make, however
brilliant - I kept this album to listen to "Stone Cold" occasionally but only played the whole
album through again after 24 years for this review!

The completion of Rainbow`s rebirth as AOR megastars
This was the album where Ritchie Blackmore started to get the formula right for creating AOR albums. This is a lot more solid an offering than `Difficult to cure`. There are plenty of highlights, the opener `Death alley driver`, the hit single `Stone cold` and my own personal favourite `Eyes of fire`. If you have only heard the early albums then this will cause a shock with its radio friendly sound but it is still a good album.

Not for Purple Fans
While there are a few decent tracks on this album it is generally poor pop/rock. One reviewer states for Purple and Rainbow fans, I am sorry but I totally disagree. This is only for fans of pop/rock not decent rock/metal. Decent Rainbow albums Rainbow, Rising, Long Live Rock and Roll, On stage.