Rainbow – Straight Between The Eyes (NM/E) – LP, JP 1982, No OBI

Straight Between The Eyes is an LP by Rainbow from 1982 released on the Polydor label.

About this album

Straight Between the Eyes finds Rainbow tightening its hard rock attack without losing the weight and drama that defined the band’s early years. Released in 1982, the album marked a further shift towards compact, radio-ready writing while keeping Ritchie Blackmore’s guitar work front and centre. With Ronnie James Dio long gone, Rainbow leaned into a leaner, more direct sound, and tracks such as Stone Cold and Death Alley Driver helped make the record one of the band’s best-known later-era releases. It stands as a strong example of early-80s heavy rock shaped for mainstream reach without softening its edge.

Genre: Metal