Straight Between the Eyes by Rainbow

Straight Between the Eyes, Rainbow's sixth studio album, came out in 1982 on Polydor, with Mercury handling it in the US, and it's the middle chapter of the band's Joe Lynn Turner years. Ritchie Blackmore was, as ever, the only constant, and he had built yet another lineup around his guitar: Turner singing, fellow Deep Purple alumnus Roger Glover on bass and in the producer's chair, Bobby Rondinelli on drums and David Rosenthal on keyboards.

The mystical lyrics of the Ronnie James Dio days are long gone. This is hard rock tuned for the radio, big riffs sanded down into hooks, with Blackmore's guitar still slicing through the polish. "Stone Cold" is the one that endured, a brooding, slow-burning rocker, and "Power" gave the countdowns a brief second helping. A remastered CD in 1999 copied the original vinyl packaging.

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