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

Eyes of Innocence
Studio album by Miami Sound Machine
Released	September 1984 (1984-09)
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]

Background

Eyes of Innocence was the first mainstream release by the Miami Sound Machine. It became the band's breakthrough album due to the success of the lead single, "Dr. Beat", a top 20 hit in Australia, the United Kingdom[2] and other places in Europe. "Dr. Beat" 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. However, the song, which had a similar sound to the previous single, was a commercial failure, only reaching number #98 in the UK Singles Chart.[2] Due to the failure of "Prisoner of Love", a different single was released to the American market, "I Need a Man", but it failed to enter any major charts. "I Need Your Love" was issued as a final promo single in the Philippines, 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 song of the band's previous album A Toda Máquina, and "I Need Your Love", a translation of the song "Regresa a Mí".

As of 2008, Eyes of Innocence has sold more than one million copies worldwide.[3]

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

• Gloria Estefan – lead vocal, background vocals
• Emilio Estefan Jr. – percussion
• Enrique "Kiki" Garcia – drums
• Juan Marcos Avila – bass guitar
• Wesley B. Wright – guitar
• Roger Fisher – keyboards
• Gustavo Lezcano – harmonica
• Luis Perez – trombone
• Victor Lopez, Leo Villar – trumpet
• Betty Cortez – synthesizer
• 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 Schilling – engineer, mixing
• Joe Arlotta – 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	Peak position —

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[4]	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country	Release date
U.S.	October 25, 1984 (1984-10-25)
Europe & U.K.	October 1984 (1984-10)
Japan	March 21, 1985 (1985-03-21)

References

External links

• 90millas.com (Official Album Website)

На других языках

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- [en] Eyes of Innocence (Miami Sound Machine album)

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[es] Eyes of Innocence

Eyes of Innocence es el octavo álbum de estudio de Miami Sound Machine. Y su primer álbum de estudio con canciones en inglés. Fue lanzado al mercado en 1984.

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