Straight Between the Eyes
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Cover art by Jeff Cummins and Hipgnosis
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| Studio album by Rainbow | ||||
| Released | 10 June 1982 | |||
| Recorded | Le Studio, Morin Heights, Quebec, Canada, December 1981 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 40:58 | |||
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Polydor Mercury (North America) |
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| Producer | Roger Glover | |||
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| Singles from Straight Between the Eyes | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 8/10 |
| Rolling Stone |  |
Straight Between the Eyes is the sixth studio album by the British hard rock band 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.
The sleeve-art is by British artist Jeff Cummins and Hipgnosis. The original vinyl issue had the lyrics printed on the inner sleeve.
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. Blackmore had this issue with Coverdale previously when a rendition of "Mistreated" was included on the Rainbow live album On Stage.
Videos were shot for the songs "Stone Cold" and "Death Alley Driver", which featured Sega's video game Turbo. They were occasionally still aired on VH1's Metal Mania program, but have not been aired since 2005, they can be found on YouTube or on the bands "Final Cut" 1985 home video.
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