Straight Between The Eyes
by Rainbow
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Rainbow bestography
Straight Between The Eyes is ranked 7th best out of 18 albums by Rainbow on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rainbow is Rising which is ranked number 678 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,529.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Straight Between The Eyes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Straight Between The Eyes rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 17 Music Albums of 1982 | 7/17 | 3 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 82 Music Albums of 1982 | 71/82 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 65 Music Albums of 1982 | 33/65 | 3 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1982 | 10/97 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 55 Music Albums of 1982 | 42/55 | 1 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Greatest Music Albums #101 - 200 | 69/100 | - |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 81 Music Albums of the 1980s | 71/81 | 3 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 81 Music Albums of 1982 | 28/81 | 3 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 90 Music Albums of the 1980s | 49/90 | 9 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1982 | 40/100 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 35 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 94 | |||
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Straight Between The Eyes ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 07/29/2026 20:20 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,700 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 04:54 | AAL2014 | 4,309 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2025 19:52 | dihansse | 6,384 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 71.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.
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dihansse 09/30/2025 19:28 in My discoveries per yearStraight Between The Eyes comments
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Must be a thing with Richie Blackmore. Think Deep Purple when Gillan was singing; it rocked. Then they changed style when Coverdale took over on vocals and it went in a softer soul direction. With Rainbow, he's done a similar thing. Dio years rocked, but then with Joe Lynn Turner is like they went into a more rockier AOR sound. Still a fantastic album though. Bit under rated. (Edited)
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