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- Rainbow Rising (1976) Second album Rainbow Rising contains just six songs and runs less than 35 minutes, but is indisputably the jewel in the band’s crown.
- Ritchie Blackmore’s Rainbow (1975) Rainbow’s debut album began as an experiment for Blackmore, then touring in Florida with Purple, for which he hired their support band Elf (mainly for their singer Dio) to record a cover of Black Sheep Of The Family, then Sixteenth Century Greensleeves, for a potential single solo release.
- Down To Earth (1979) No one really knew what to expect after Dio’s departure. But it wasn’t a hit single written by Russ Ballard called Since You’ve Been Gone.
- Long Live Rock’n’Roll (1978) The third album of the Rainbow catalogue, the last to feature Ronnie James Dio, is a divisive one. It’s not really a patch on either of its predecessors but it does feature Dio – and a scalding opening rocker in Kill The King, the near seven-minute epic Gates Of Babylon (a close relative of and worthy rival to Led Zeppelin’s Kashmir) plus the unexpectedly good-time slant of the title-track.
Rainbow (also known as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow or Blackmore's Rainbow) are a British-American rock band formed in London and Los Angeles in 1975 by guitarist Ritchie Blackmore. Established in the aftermath of Blackmore's first departure from Deep Purple, they originally featured four members of the band Elf, including their singer Ronnie James Dio, but after their self-titled debut album ...
May 2, 2022 · 1978's Long Live Rock 'N' Roll is Rising 's follow up, and the last Rainbow album to feature Dio. It's not as strong an album as Rising, and probably would always have struggled to live up to its illustrious predecessor. It's not as well balanced, and it also found the group stood at that infamous crossroads in their career.
The last album before Dio went on to bigger and better things with Black Sabbath and his solo band, Long Live Rock 'n' Roll is pretty much just classic Rainbow doing what classic Rainbow were known for - just some all-round good hard rock. Not much here is mind-melting, but it's still just an enjoyable collection of '70s rock bangers. Some songs on here are amongst the best in their ...
A ranking and review of the studio and live albums by Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow! The birth of Rainbow spurred Ritchie to leave Deep Purple behind and help pioneer some of the earliest forms of arena rock and prog-metal! A rock band respected and admired by any fan! Enjoy!
It eventually became the last album to feature vocalist Ronnie James Dio. This album has been given very good reviews, with many people remarking it was the last great Rainbow album.
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Jun 28, 2020 · After breaking up in 1984, Blackmore reformed Rainbow in 1993 with a new lineup, which recorded their eighth and last studio album to date Stranger in Us All (1995). Blackmore’s change in direction, from rock to Renaissance and medieval-influenced music, led to Rainbow’s second dissolution in 1997.
