Eighties Gold!
Now here is some rockin' music. Thanks emusic for the remastered version!
![Eye Of The Hurricane [1987-1988] Remastered album cover](http://images.emusic.com/music/images/album/110/094/11009451/600x600.jpg)
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Not U2-lite
I've noticed this album suffers among critics from too much U2 comparisons. It's obvious on this album that the Alarm and U2 are cut from a similar cloth, but the Alarm were always more raw rock and roll (even on this more slickly produced album). "Rain in the Summertime" and "Rescue Me" are great chest-beating rock anthems that are unique to the Alarm! Outside of the Joshua Tree, I'll take this album over anything U2 did any day.
More of a good thing
Each album by the Alarm was more polished than the one before. This album is very engaging, verging on pop in places, yet with the passion of punk and the lyricism of folk. On the LP, the sides were labelled "electric" and "folklore". On the remaster, those titles have become brief, yet powerful song introductions that reinforce the album's musical themes nicely. The inclusion of seven b-sides (4,12,13,16-19) and extended versions of the singles take the folk v. pop dichotomy even further. "My Land, Your Land" and "Pastures of Plenty" are almost country! While the new tracks are only essential for completists, newcomers to the Alarm won't want to miss classic tracks like 'Shelter' & 'Presence of Love'. 'One Step Closer To Home' (live) is slightly longer than on the LP but merely due to additional crowd noise.
