The Very Best of Rainbow

The Very Best of Rainbow
Greatest hits album by Rainbow
Released	Jul 1997
Recorded	1975-1983
Genre	Hard rock, Heavy Metal
Length	77:40
Label	Polydor
Rainbow chronology
Stranger in Us All (1995) ---- Live in Europe (1996), U.S. The Very Best of Rainbow (1997) 20th Century Masters - the Millennium Collection: the Best of Rainbow (2000)

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The Very Best of Rainbow is a greatest hits compilation album by Rainbow. It features material ranging from 1975's Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow to their 1983 release, Bent Out of Shape.

The front cover comes from the inside of the first Rainbow album, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, and is actually a picture of Ritchie Blackmore playing with his previous band, Deep Purple.

Track listing

1. "Man on the Silver Mountain" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio) (from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, 1975)
2. "Catch the Rainbow" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio) (from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, 1975)
3. "Starstruck" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio) (from Rising, 1976)
4. "Stargazer" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio) (from Rising, 1976)
5. "Kill the King" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio/Cozy Powell) (from Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, 1978)
6. "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio) (from Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, 1978)
7. "Gates of Babylon" (Ritchie Blackmore/Ronnie James Dio) (from Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, 1978)
8. "Since You Been Gone" (Russ Ballard) (from Down to Earth, 1979)
9. "All Night Long" (Ritchie Blackmore/Roger Glover) (from Down to Earth, 1979)
10. "I Surrender" (Russ Ballard) (from Difficult to Cure, 1981)
11. "Can't Happen Here" (Ritchie Blackmore/Roger Glover) (from Difficult to Cure, 1981)
12. "Jealous Lover" (Ritchie Blackmore/Joe Lynn Turner) (from Jealous Lover, 1981)
13. "Stone Cold" (Ritchie Blackmore/Roger Glover/Joe Lynn Turner) (from Straight Between the Eyes, 1982)
14. "Power" (Ritchie Blackmore/Roger Glover/Joe Lynn Turner) (from Straight Between the Eyes, 1982)
15. "Can't Let You Go" (Ritchie Blackmore/Joe Lynn Turner/David Rosenthal) (from Bent Out of Shape, 1983)
16. "Street of Dreams" (Ritchie Blackmore/Joe Lynn Turner) (from Bent Out of Shape, 1983)

Tracks 1-7 feature Ronnie James Dio on lead vocals. Tracks 8-9 feature Graham Bonnet. Tracks 10-16 feature Joe Lynn Turner.