Eyes of Innocence (Miami Sound Machine album)

Eyes of Innocence
Studio album by Miami Sound Machine
Released	September 1984 (See release history)
Recorded	1983-1984
Genre	Dance-pop
Length	40:37
Label	Epic, CBS Records International
Producer	Emilio Estefan Jr.
Miami Sound Machine chronology
A Toda Máquina (1983) Eyes of Innocence (1984) Primitive Love (1985)
Singles from Eyes Of Innocence
"Dr. Beat" Released: August 1984 "Prisoner Of Love" Released: September 1984 "I Need A Man" Released: November 1984 "I Need Your Love (Philippines only)" Released: 1984

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

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 Australia, 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 #98 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.^[2]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Dr. Beat"	Enrique E. Garcia	4:26
2.	"Prisoner of Love"	Enrique E. Garcia	4:00
3.	"Ok"	Wesley B. Wright	4:12
4.	"Love Me"	Gloria M. Estefan	4:15
5.	"Orange Express"	S. Watanabe, Wesley B. Wright	3:45
6.	"I Need a Man"	Enrique E. Garcia	3:40
7.	"Eyes of Innocence"	Gustavo Lezcano	3:04
8.	"When Someone Comes Into Your Life"	Gloria M. Estefan	4:59
9.	"I Need Your Love"	Enrique E. Garcia	4:38
10.	"Do You Want to Dance?"	Enrique E. Garcia	3:40

2009 Japan Mini-LP CD Series Reissue Track Listing
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
11.	"I Need a Man (Instrumental Version)" (Bonus Track)	Enrique E. Garcia	5:58
12.	"Dr. Beat (Long Version)" (Bonus Track)	Enrique E. Garcia	6:26

Personnel

Musicians

Gloria Estefan – lead vocal, background vocals, songwriter Emilio Estefan Jr. – percussions Enrique "Kiki" Garcia – drums Juan Marcos Avila – bass Wesley B. Wright – guitar Roger Fisher – keyboards Gustavo Lezcano – harmonica Luis Perez – trombone Victor Lopez – trumpet Leo Villar – trumpet Betty Cortez – synthesizers Rubens Basini – guest musician Joe Galdo – guest musician Eddie Calle – guest musician Lawrence Dermer – guest musician Pablo Flores – guest musician John Morales – guest musician Sammy Vargas – guest musician

Production Emilio Estefan Jr. – producer Miami Sound Machine – arranger Hector Garrido – arranger Lou Pace – arranger William Sanchez – arranger Engineer & Mixing: Eric Schilliing – engineer, mixing Joe Arlota – engineer, mixing Ted Stein – assistant Sean Chambers – assistant Sebastian Krys – assistant Mark Krieg – assistant Andrew Roshberg – assistant Noel Harris – assistant Geoff Foster – assistant Lance Phillips – assistant Javier Vacas – assistant Design Alex Sanchez – cover design Al Freddy – photography Samy – hair and makeup

Chart positions

Country	Release Date
UK Albums Chart	20

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)	Gold	35,000^^
United States (RIAA)[3]	Gold	500,000^^
^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release history

Country	Release date
U.S.	October 25, 1984
Europe & U.K.	October 1994
Japan	March 21, 1985

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Eyes Of Innocence (1984)
3. "American album certifications – Estefan, Gloria & Miami Sound – Eyes of Innocence". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

External links

• 90millas.com (Official Album Website)