Ritchie Blackmore and his Rainbow bandmates had already made the UK High 10 with their sixth studio album Straight Between The Eyes when it took its bow on the Billboard 200 on Could 8, 1982. Bolstered by a observe that didn’t change into a giant pop hit however was a rock radio smash, the LP grew to become the most effective performer within the group’s US chart historical past.
The music in query was the brooding “Stone Cold,” which reached No.34 on the UK singles chart, and No.40 on the Sizzling 100. However it was a serious rock radio hit, going all the way in which to No.1 on the Mainstream Rock chart. It changed Scorpions’ “No One Like You” on the prime of that survey. Written by Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner, and Roger Glover, the music would have a distinct type of radio endorsement of the digital sort a few years later, when it was featured within the Grand Theft Auto online game Vice Metropolis Tales.
The album got here throughout a secure interval in Rainbow’s personnel historical past. The one change to the Troublesome To Treatment line-up of the 12 months earlier than was the arrival of David Rosenthal on keyboards to switch Don Airey, the person who as of late fills that function for Deep Purple. Turner continued as lead vocalist, whereas Blackmore’s as soon as and future Purple colleague Glover carried on his linchpin function as bassist, producer and co-writer.
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Straight Between The Eyes, recorded in Canada, at Le Studio in Morin-Heights, Quebec, entered the US album chart at No.94. It reached No.30, matching the efficiency of their debut launch Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow in 1975. However it outstripped it for longevity, with 23 weeks on the chart in comparison with 15. The band toured the album world wide, though the UK was excluded from the itinerary.
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