*Hair Metal* album, NOT representative of MacAlpine’s work!
I stumbled upon some hostile reviewers claiming this was Tony’s biggest mistake/second rate faceless AOR/“what was he thinking” etc.
 

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Well, I love every minute of it! – gave it 4½★ out of 5 @ RYM too.
Who says shredders can’t (or even worse, shouldn’t) compose *mainstream* music for a change?
This is CLASS A melodic Hard Rock in the vein of -among others- Def Leppard [“Pyromania”/“Hysteria” era].
As such, it has UNFORGETTABLE melodies and ASTONISHING vocal harmonies the combination of which creates incredible hooks.
The only difference is that in this case guitar solos serve the songs, not the other way around which, let’s face it, is not uncommon in a typical guitar oriented album.

Now I’m asking you. Is that so bad?
You know, a considerable proportion of my collection consists of instrumental CDs not the type of music you’d call easy-listening.
Admittedly, I don’t have MacAlpine’s full discography but I think I’m entitled an opinion.
Just because you don’t get to hear harmonic minor scales at full speed [well, at least not until the solo on “Wild ride”] doesn’t make “Eyes of the world” a mediocre album.

Quiz:
Which Def Leppard ballad sounds dangerously similar [not to its full length though] to #9 “Wrong to love”?
I’ll give you a hint, “it bites-it bleeds-it’s bringing me to my knees” 😛

Tony MacAlpine at Wikipedia
“Eyes of the world” at RateYourMusic
“Eyes of the world” at Discogs
“Eyes of the world” at Dynamic Range dB

Record Label: Squawk/PolyGram
Catalogue Number: 842 516-2
UPC: 042284251624
Rights Society: BMI [USA]
Mastering SID Code: n/a
Matrix/Runout: 842 516-2 01@ MADE IN USA BY PDO
Mould SID Code: n/a

Tracklist:
01. The world we live in [4:06]
02. The hard way [4:14]
03. Escape the Hell [5:01]
04. Heartache calling [5:07]
05. Tear it down [4:40]
06. Take me back [4:47]
07. Wild ride [3:40]
08. Cry a tear [4:49]
09. Wrong to love [5:32]
10. Summer’s gone [4:33]
11. Urban days [5:01]
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