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Rainbow discography
Studio albums8
EPs3
Live albums16
Compilation albums16
Singles24
Video albums10
Music videos10
Promotional singles6
Box sets8
Ronnie James Dio and Ritchie Blackmore in Rainbow, Chateau Neuf, Oslo, Norway
Rainbow performing in Oslo, Norway

The following is a comprehensive discography of Rainbow, an English hard rock band. They have released 8 studio albums, 16 live albums, 16 compilation albums, 8 box sets, 3 EPs and 24 singles.

Albums

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Studio albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][2][3]
AUS
[4]
CAN
[5]
FIN
[6]
GER
[7]
JPN
[8]
NOR
[9]
NLD
[10]
SWE
[11]
US
[12]
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 11 55 83 26 10 24 30
Rising
  • Released: 17 May 1976
  • Label: Oyster, Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
11 33 17 38 12 23 48
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
  • Released: 14 April 1978
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
7 43 94 14 26 9 12 11 18 89
Down to Earth
  • Released: 3 August 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
6 27 26 19 15 17 66
Difficult to Cure
  • Released: 9 February 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
3 77 1 13 12 17 14 9 50
Straight Between the Eyes
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
5 86 17 2 21 8 12 19 7 30
Bent Out of Shape
  • Released: September 1983[18]
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
11 93 2 25 3 6 44 6 34
Stranger in Us All
  • Released: 21 August 1995
  • Label: RCA/BMG
  • Formats: CD, MC
102 6 36 7 38 70 8
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[1][3]
AUS
[4]
FIN
[6]
GER
[7]
JPN
[8][20]
NOR
[9]
NLD
[10]
SWE
[11]
SWI
[21]
US
[12]
On Stage
  • Released: 15 July 1977
  • Label: Oyster, Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track
7 22 21 28 6 17 29 25 65
Finyl Vinyl
  • Released: 24 February 1986
  • Label: Polydor, Mercury
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, 2xMC
31 35 20 25 87
Live in Germany 1976
  • Released: 5 November 1990
  • Label: Connoisseur Collection
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, MC
35
Live In Köln 1976
Live In Düsseldorf 1976
  • Released: 12 February 2007
  • Label: AFM/Hummingbird
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • First released as part of the Deutschland Tournee 1976 box set
Live In Nürnberg 1976
  • Released: 10 December 2007
  • Label: AFM/Hummingbird
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • First released as part of the Deutschland Tournee 1976 box set
Live in Munich 1977
  • Released: 13 June 2006
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: 2xCD
73
Denver 1979
  • Released: 12 May 2015
  • Label: Cleopatra/Purple Pyramid
  • Formats: 2xLP, digital download
  • Also released as part of the Down to Earth Tour 1979 box set
Long Island 1979
  • Released: 21 August 2015
  • Label: Cleopatra/Purple Pyramid
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • Also released as part of the Down to Earth Tour 1979 box set
Monsters of Rock – Live at Donington 1980
  • Released: 15 April 2016
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: CD, 2xCD, digital download
12
Boston 1981
  • Released: 13 May 2016
  • Label: Purple Pyramid
  • Formats: CD, 2xLP, digital download
Live in Japan 1984
  • Released: 18 November 2015
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: 2xCD
  • Japan-only release
Black Masquerade – Live in Rockpalast 1995
  • Released: 7 August 2013
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
14
Memories in Rock – Live in Germany 2016
  • Released: 18 November 2016
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, digital download
56
Live in Birmingham 2016
  • Released: 31 May 2017
  • Label: Eagle
  • Formats: 2xCD, digital download
45 83
Memories in Rock II – Live in UK 2017
  • Released: 4 April 2018
  • Label: Minstrel Hall Music
  • Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, digital download
37 31 26 48
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[23][3]
FIN
[6]
JPN
[8]
SWE
[11]
US
[12]
The Best of Rainbow [A]
  • Released: 28 January 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP
  • Japan-only release
48
The Best of Rainbow
  • Released: November 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC
14
The Best
  • Released: 25 November 1990
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
  • Japan-only release
The Very Best of Rainbow
  • Released: July 1997
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
197[B]
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rainbow
  • Released: 3 October 2000
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
Classic Rainbow: The Universal Masters Collection
  • Released: 2001
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
Pot of Gold
All Night Long: An Introduction
  • Released: May 2002
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: CD
Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology
  • Released: 18 March 2003
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xCD
26
Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow
  • Released: 17 June 2003
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
Colour Collection
  • Released: 20 November 2006
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
Anthology 1975–1984
  • Released: 7 September 2009
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 2xCD
Essential
  • Released: 18 April 2014
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
The Polydor Years
  • Released: 24 November 2014
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 9xLP
Since You Been Gone – The Best of Rainbow
  • Released: December 2013
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: CD
Since You Been Gone – The Essential
  • Released: 19 May 2017
  • Label: Spectrum Music
  • Formats: 3xCD, digital download
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Box sets

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Title Album details Peak chart positions
GER
[7]
JPN
[20]
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
  • Released: 1983
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 8xLP
  • Germany-only release
Deutschland Tournee 1976
  • Released: 24 May 2006
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 6xCD
  • Japan-only release
75
The Polydor Years 1975–1986
  • Released: 23 May 2007
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 10xCD
  • Japan-only release
5 Original Albums
  • Released: August 2011
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: 5xCD
The Singles Box Set 1975–1986
  • Released: 3 February 2014
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 19xCD, digital download
Down to Earth Tour 1979
  • Released: 21 August 2015
  • Label: Cleopatra
  • Formats: 3xCD, digital download
A Light in the Black 1975–1984
  • Released: 23 January 2015
  • Label: Polydor/Universal
  • Formats: 5xCD+DVD, digital download
39 47
Treasures – A Vinyl Collection
  • Released: 6 December 2019
  • Label: Ear Music
  • Formats: 11xLP
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

EPs

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Title EP details Peak chart positions
UK
[1]
US
[12]
Live
[C]
  • Released: 2 September 1977[24]
  • Label: Oyster, Polydor
  • Formats: 7"
41
Jealous Lover
  • Released: 19 October 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: 12"
  • US-only release
147
Rainbow Vorwärts
  • Released: 4 June 2019
  • Label: Minstrel Hall Music
  • Formats: CD
  • Limited tour-only release
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Certifications Album
UK
[1]
AUS
[4]
FIN
[6]
IRE
[25]
NL
[10]
US
[12]
US Main
[12]
"Man on the Silver Mountain" 1975 81 Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
"Temple of the King" [D]
"Still I'm Sad" [E]
"Starstruck" [F] 1976 Rising
"Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" 1978 33 Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
"L.A. Connection" 40
"Since You Been Gone" 1979 6 5 47 57 Down to Earth
"All Night Long" 1980 5 6 110
"I Surrender" 1981 3 7 4 105 19 Difficult to Cure
"Can't Happen Here" 20 27
"Difficult to Cure" [G]
"Jealous Lover" [H] 13 Non-album single
"Magic" [I] Difficult to Cure
"Stone Cold" 1982 34 21 40 1 Straight Between the Eyes
"Death Alley Driver" [J]
"Street of Dreams" 1983 52 60 2 Bent Out of Shape
"Can't Let You Go" 43
"Bad Girl" 1986 Finyl Vinyl
"Ariel" [K] 1995 Stranger in Us All
"Land of Hope and Glory" 2017 Non-album singles
"I Surrender" (re-recording)
"Waiting for a Sign" 2018 Memories in Rock II
"Black Sheep of the Family" 2019 Non-album singles
"The Storm"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

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Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Main

[12]
"Tarot Woman" [L] 1976 Rising
"Power" [M] 1982 35 Straight Between the Eyes
"Stranded" [N] 1983 Bent Out of Shape
"Desperate Heart" [O] 1984 52
"Hunting Humans (Insatiable)" [P] 1995 Stranger in Us All
"Wolf to the Moon" [Q]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

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Video albums

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Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
UK
[26]
AUS
[27]
AUT
[28]
GER
[7]
NL
[10]
JPN
[20]
SWE
[29]
SWI
[21]
Live Between the Eyes
Japan Tour '84
  • Released: 1984
  • Label: Toei Video
  • Formats: VHS, LD
  • Japan-only release
The Final Cut
  • Released: 19 June 1986[30]
  • Label: PolyGram Video
  • Formats: VHS, LD
Live in Munich 1977
  • Released: 22 August 2006
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD
3 2 8 89[R] 2
Live Between The Eyes / The Final Cut
  • Released: September 2006
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: 2xDVD
5 4
Black Masquerade
  • Released: 7 August 2013
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD
5 3 10 5 2 3
Live in Japan
  • Released: 18 November 2015
  • Label: Ward
  • Formats: DVD
  • Japan-only release
22
Monsters of Rock – Live at Donington 1980
  • Released: 15 April 2016
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD
3 1 54 1 2
Memories in Rock – Live in Germany
  • Released: 18 November 2016
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
5 3 11 6 27 2 4
Memories in Rock II
  • Released: 4 April 2018
  • Label: Minstrel Hall Music
  • Formats: DVD
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Music videos

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Year Title Album
1978 "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
"L.A. Connection"
"Gates of Babylon"
1979 "Since You Been Gone" Down to Earth
"All Night Long"
1981 "I Surrender" Difficult to Cure
"Can't Happen Here"
1982 "Stone Cold" Straight Between the Eyes
"Death Alley Driver"
1983 "Street of Dreams" Bent Out of Shape
1984 "Can't Let You Go"
1995 "Ariel" Stranger in Us All

Notes

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  1. ^ This Japan-only release is slightly different from the subsequent internationally-released compilation, featuring a different cover and track listing. The later-released compilation was also released in Japan.
  2. ^ Chart position in 2001
  3. ^ This EP, also known by its lead track "Kill the King", originally peaked at number 44 in 1977 on the UK Singles Chart. However, upon reissue in July 1981, it peaked at number 41.
  4. ^ "Temple of the King" was only released as a single in New Zealand, Southeast Asia and South America.
  5. ^ "Still I'm Sad" was only released as a single in Italy.
  6. ^ "Starstruck" was not released as a single in the UK, but was released in the US, Continental Europe and Australasia.
  7. ^ "Difficult to Cure" was only released as a single in the Netherlands and Germany.
  8. ^ Whilst "Jealous Lover" was released as an EP in the US, it was released as a 2-track single in Canada.
  9. ^ "Magic" was only released as a single in Japan.
  10. ^ "Death Alley Driver" was only released as a single in the Netherlands, Japan and Bolivia.
  11. ^ "Ariel" was only released as a single in Continental Europe.
  12. ^ "Tarot Woman" was only released as a promotional single in Japan.
  13. ^ "Power" was only released as a promotional single in the US.
  14. ^ "Stranded" was only released as a promotional single in the US.
  15. ^ "Desperate Heart" was not released as a single, but charted due to airplay
  16. ^ "Hunting Humans (Insatiable)" was only released as a promotional single in Europe
  17. ^ "Wolf to the Moon" was only released as a promotional single in Japan.
  18. ^ Chart position in 2012.

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Rainbow". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 May 2011.
  2. ^ "RITCHIE BLACKMORE'S RAINBOW | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 24 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart Log UK - Quick Guide (1994– )". The Zobbel Website. Retrieved 7 May 2011.
  4. ^ a b c Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 245. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  5. ^ "Search:RPM". RPM. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d "Sisältää hitin: Levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1960: Artistit R - RAR". Sisältää hitin. Retrieved 4 May 2021.
  7. ^ a b c d "Suche - Offizielle Deutsche Charts". www.offiziellecharts.de. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  8. ^ a b c Oricon (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
  9. ^ a b "norwegiancharts.com - Discography Rainbow". norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  10. ^ a b c d "Discografie Rainbow - dutchcharts.nl". dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  11. ^ a b c "swedishcharts.com - Discography Rainbow". swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g "Rainbow - Awards". AllMusic. 29 March 2001. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
  13. ^ "Richie Blackmore's Rainbow certification".
  14. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "British certifications – Rainbow". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 20 November 2022. Type Rainbow in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  15. ^ a b "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow Earns Gold in Japan, Australia" (PDF). Cash Box. 26 February 1977. p. 65. Retrieved 25 November 2021 – via World Radio History.
  16. ^ a b "Rainbow" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  17. ^ "Rainbow presented with a gold disk in Tokyo, Japan for Difficult to Cure (3rd February 1981)". 20 December 2020.
  18. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 211. ISBN 9780862415419.
  19. ^ "Japanese certifications – Rainbow" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  20. ^ a b c "レインボーのアルバム売上ランキング" [Rainbow Album Sales Ranking]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  21. ^ a b "Rainbow - hitparade.ch". swisscharts.com. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  22. ^ "RONNIE JAMES DIO RAINBOW GOLD RECORD AWARD". Julienslive.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  23. ^ "TOM ROBINSON | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company". www.officialcharts.com. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
  24. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 74.
  25. ^ "The Irish Charts - All there is to know". irishcharts.ie. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  26. ^ Peak positions for video albums in the UK:
  27. ^ a b Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt. Martha, VIC, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 229.
  28. ^ Peak positions for video albums in Austria:
  29. ^ "Sverigetopplistan". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 24 August 2022.
  30. ^ "Level headed hits" (PDF). Music Week. 7 June 1986. p. 22. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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