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Eyes of Innocence is the eighth studio album and first fully English-language album released by the Miami Sound Machine in 1984.




Background


Eyes of Innocence was the first release by the Miami Sound Machine outside of the Americas. It established breakthrough single success for the band with the lead single, "Dr. Beat", a top 20 hit in Australia, the United Kingdom and other places in Europe. It 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 on the UK Singles Chart. 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 failing 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 title track of the band's previous album A Toda Máquina, and "I Need Your Love", a translation of the song "Regresa a Mí".
Although Eyes of Innocence did not chart in any country, it has sold more than one million copies worldwide.




Track listing






Personnel






= Musicians

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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

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Emilio Estefan Jr. – producer
Miami Sound Machine – arranger
Hector Garrido – arranger
Lou Pace – arranger
William Sanchez – arranger
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

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Alex Sanchez – cover design
Al Freddy – photography
Samy – hair and makeup




Certifications






Release history






References






External links


90millas.com (Official Album Website)

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