Bent Out of Shape

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Bent Out of Shape was the last studio album released by Rainbow before Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover took part in the Deep Purple reformation. It was originally released in 1983 as an LP and cassette. The first CD version to be released featured several longer edits compared to the vinyl version. A remastered CD reissue was released in May 1999, which fully restored the artwork of the original release.

This album is generally referred to in reviews as a commercial effort[1][2] by the band, attempting to repeat the success of the song "I Surrender" and the album Difficult to Cure. As a result, some of the songs, like the first single released from this album, "Street of Dreams", are usually considered to be more in the AOR style, instead of the Hard Rock sound of earlier Rainbow albums. The album was particularly aimed at the US market: the title is a an American idiom rather than a British one.

The music video for "Can't Let You Go," directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed in New York City (1984). Along with "Street Of Dreams," directed by Storm Thorgerson (1983), it became a part of Rainbow's "The Final Cut" home video collection (1985).

Track listing

All songs written by Joe Lynn Turner and Ritchie Blackmore except where indicated

  1. "Stranded" – 4:29
  2. "Can't Let You Go" (Turner, Blackmore, David Rosenthal) – 4:24
  3. "Fool for the Night" – 4:04
  4. "Fire Dance" (Turner, Blackmore, Roger Glover, Rosenthal) – 4:30
  5. "Anybody There" (Blackmore) – 2:44
  6. "Desperate Heart" – 4:37
  7. "Street of Dreams" – 4:28
  8. "Drinking with the Devil" – 3:44
  9. "Snowman" (Howard Blake, arr. by Blackmore) – 4:33
  10. "Make Your Move" – 5:25

Personnel

Singles

  • 1983 - Street Of Dreams/Anybody There
  • 1983 - Street Of Dreams/Anybody There/Power (live) - 12" release
  • 1983 - Can't Let You Go/All Night Long (live)
  • 1983 - Can't Let You Go/All Night Long (live)/Stranded (live) - 12" release
  • 1983 - Can't Let You Go/Drinking with the Devil - Spain

References

  1. ^ Album Review - Rainbow - Bent Out of Shape - RevelationZ Magazine
  2. ^ http://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/rainbow/bent_out_of_shape
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