Innocent Eyes - Graham Nash
1986

ALL MUSIC GUIDE Review

After the failure of his third solo album, Earth & Sky (1980), Graham Nash returned to Crosby, Stills & Nash for Daylight Again (1982), for which he wrote the hit single, "Wasted on the Way. He participated in a Hollies reunion in 1983, toured with CSN again, and didn't try a solo effort again until 1986, when he released Innocent Eyes. This album differed considerably from any Nash had attempted previously. Its sound was updated for the 1980s, dominated by keyboard sounds and loud drum programming, and for the first time Nash covered material by outside songwriters (whose songs were no better than his own). Though this brought Nash his first "solo" singles chart entry in 15 years with the title track (which actually was a duet with Kenny Loggins), Innocent Eyes alienated Nash's usual constituency without attracting a new one, and it was his least successful effort, artistically as well as commercially. William Ruhlmann

 

Billboard Review: 4/5/1986

Despite a career studded with solo as well as group triumphs, Nash has never been content to rest on his laurels or lapse into formula. His latest melds his familiar style with more recent studio technologies, for a collection that could push him back into the pop spotlight. Best tracks: "Sad Eyes" and "Keep Away From Me."