Eyes of Innocence (Miami Sound Machine album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Eyes of Innocence


Type = Album
Artist = Miami Sound Machine
Released = flagicon|WorldSeptember 25, 1984
flagicon|USASeptember 30, 1984
Recorded = 1983-1984
Genre = Pop-Dance
Length = 38:79
Label = Epic Records
Producer = Emilio Estefan Jr.
Last album = "A Toda Máquina"
(1983)
This album = "Eyes of Innocence"
(1984)
Next album = "Primitive Love"
(1985)

"Eyes of Innocence" is the 8th studio album released by the Miami Sound Machine, and their first English language studio album, released in 1984 (see 1984 in music).

Album history

This release was the first mainstream release by the Miami Sound Machine. The album was filled with dance-oriented music and became the band's breakthrough album due to the success of the lead single, the dance hit "Dr. Beat", a top ten hit in the United Kingdom and other places in Europe.

"Dr. Beat," a dance-pop song was the most successful cut from the album; the song utilizes synthesizers and dance rhythms of the time, but distinguished itself from other pop music of the era through the inclusion of Latin sounds.

The second single "Prisoner of Love" was released exclusively to the European market, which was responding much better to the album than the American market had. However, the song, which had a similar sound to the past single, was not a hit like the lead single and was a commercial failure only reaching the Top 100 of the UK singles chart.

Due the failure of the single "Prisoner of Love", another single was released to the American market, "I Need a Man" (a different song from the Eurythmics hit), but it too bombed, failing to even enter the dance charts.

With the failure of the last two singles, no more singles were released to promote the album except in the Philippines, where "I Need Your Love" was issued as a promo single only; again, it failed to impact any chart.

Many of the songs from the album were originally written in Spanish and translated into English, including "Orange Express", which was the main theme of the band's previously album "A Toda Máquina", and "I Need Your Love", a translation of the song "Regresa a Mí".

As of 2008, the album has sold more than one million copies worldwide [ [http://www.geocities.com/geeyesofinnocence/eyesofinnocence.html Eyes Of Innocence (1984) ] ] .

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External links

* [http://www.gloriaestefanmexico.com GloriaEstefanMexico.com]
* [http://www.geocities.com/weslarkins/glorialibre.html GLORIA! The Official Gloria Estefan Discography Database]
* [http://www.90millas.com 90millas.com] (Official Album Website; English)
* [http://www.gloriaestefanmexico.com/90millas 90 Millas @ gloriestefanmexico.com] (Spanish)