Rising (Rainbow album)
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Rising (also known as Rainbow Rising)[1] is the second studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1976. In issue 4 of Kerrang! magazine, Rising was voted the greatest heavy metal album of all time.
History
Band leader Ritchie Blackmore retained only Ronnie James Dio from the previous album line-up, and recruited drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey to complete the roster.[2] Recorded in Munich in less than a month, the album was overseen by rock producer and engineer Martin Birch. The band was originally billed as Blackmore's Rainbow in the US.[1]
The album showpiece, the 8-minute and 26 second piece "Stargazer", which features the Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, originally had a keyboard intro, as evidenced on the 2011 Deluxe Edition's "Rough Mix" version.
Few of the album tracks made it into the band's live set: "Stargazer" and "Do You Close Your Eyes", written prior to the inaugural US tour in late 1975, featured in all the 1975 and 1976 shows, while "A Light in the Black" was dropped early in the 1976 tour, although it was reintroduced into the set during the Japanese dates. "Starstruck" was played in shortened form usually as part of "Man on the Silver Mountain".
Release and reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [3] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[4] |
| Sputnikmusic | [5] |
Rising peaked at number 48 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. In the UK it would peak at number 6. The original vinyl release was a gatefold sleeve, with a generic Polydor inner-bag.
The first CD issue had a slightly different mix to that of the original LP, including, for example, a longer delay before the band entered after Carey's opening solo in "Tarot Woman", a longer play-out on "Run with the Wolf", and the track "Stargazer" had the vocals mixed without the delay, the extra synthesizer deleted and some of the phased sounds deleted. When remastered in 1999 the original vinyl mix was restored.
According to the All Music Guide, Rising captured "Blackmore and Dio at the peak of their creative powers...(it) chronicled both the guitarist's neo-classical metal compositions at their most ambitious, and the singer's growing fixation with fantasy lyrical themes – a blueprint he would adopt for his entire career thereafter."[3]
- 2011 Deluxe Edition
After several reschedulings, the album was finally released in Japan on 5 April 2011 as a 2 SHM-CD (Super High Material CD) Deluxe Remastered Edition. This limited edition reissue will only be released in a cardboard gatefold sleeve (mini LP-style paper jacket) featuring the "high-fidelity" SHM-CD manufacturing process (compatible with standard CD players) and is part of a two-album Rainbow cardboard sleeve reissue series featuring Rainbow Rising and Down to Earth. Both feature the unique-to-Japan obi strip and an additional insert. The 2011 Deluxe Edition has gone Silver in 2013 in the UK.[6]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore and Ronnie James Dio
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tarot Woman" | 5:58 |
| 2. | "Run with the Wolf" | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Starstruck" | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Do You Close Your Eyes" | 2:58 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 5. | "Stargazer" | 8:26 |
| 6. | "A Light in the Black" | 8:12 |
2011 Deluxe Edition
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tarot Woman" | 6:01 |
| 2. | "Run with the Wolf" | 3:41 |
| 3. | "Starstruck" | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Do You Close Your Eyes" | 3:00 |
| 5. | "Stargazer" | 8:26 |
| 6. | "A Light in the Black" | 8:12 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 7. | "Tarot Woman" | 6:05 |
| 8. | "Run with the Wolf" | 3:45 |
| 9. | "Starstruck" | 4:05 |
| 10. | "Do You Close Your Eyes" | 2:58 |
| 11. | "Stargazer" | 8:22 |
| 12. | "A Light in the Black" | 8:11 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Tarot Woman" | 6:06 |
| 2. | "Run with the Wolf" | 3:49 |
| 3. | "Starstruck" | 4:04 |
| 4. | "Do You Close Your Eyes" | 3:04 |
| 5. | "Stargazer" (with keyboard intro) | 9:08 |
| 6. | "A Light in the Black" | 8:12 |
| 7. | "Stargazer" (Pirate Sound Tour Rehearsal) | 8:34 |
Personnel
- Rainbow
- Ronnie James Dio – vocals
- Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
- Tony Carey – keyboards, orchestron in "Stargazer"
- Jimmy Bain – bass
- Cozy Powell – drums
with
- Munich Philharmonic Orchestra – Strings, Horn
- Fritz Sonnleitner – Concert Master
- Rainer Pietsch – Conductor
- Production
- Produced and mixed by Martin Birch
- Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany, February 1976
Charts
- Album
| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1976 | UK Albums Chart[7] | 11 |
| RPM100 Albums (Canada)[8] | 17 | |
| Swedish Albums Chart[9] | 23 | |
| New Zealand Albums Charts[10] | 36 | |
| German Albums Chart[11] | 38 | |
| Billboard 200 (USA)[12] | 48 | |
| 2011 | Oricon Japanese Albums Charts[13] | 67 |
Certifications
| Country | Organization | Album | Year Certification | Sales |
| UK | BPI | Rising - Original Edition (1976) | 1979 | Gold (+ 100,000)[14] |
| UK | BPI | Rising - Deluxe Edition (2011) | 2013 | Silver (+ 60,000)[15] |
Cover versions
- A portion of "Stargazer" was covered by German heavy metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell during the 2002 Shadow Zone tour and can be heard in the medley on the first disc of the live album Knights Live (2002).
- Chicago metal band Bible of the Devil covered the song "Starstruck" on a 2004 split EP with The Last Vegas.[16]
- Dream Theater covered the song "Stargazer" on the album Black Clouds & Silver Linings (2009).
- Faroese folk metal band Týr covered the song "Stargazer" as well on their album The Lay of Thrym (2011).
- German thrash metal band Paradox included a cover of the song "A Light in the Black" as bonus track on the album Tales of the Weird (2012).
- The 2014 tribute album to Ronnie James Dio "This Is Your Life" featured covers from "Starstruck" by Motörhead and Biff Byford and a medley of the songs: "Stargazer", "Tarot Woman" and "A Light in the Black" called "Ronnie Rising Medley" by Metallica.
In other media
The song "A Light in the Black" was featured in the 1994 movie S.F.W. The song is played when Cliff 1st enters his bedroom after he comes home for the first time in 36 days.
Accolades
| Publication | Country | Accolade | Year | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kerrang! | United Kingdom | "Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time" | 1981 | 1 |
| Kerrang! | United Kingdom | "100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time"[17] | 1989 | 14 |
| Q | United Kingdom | "The 30 Greatest Classic Rock Albums Ever"[18] | 2004 | – |
| Kerrang! | United Kingdom | "100 Best British Rock Albums Ever"[19] | 2005 | 74 |
| Classic Rock | United Kingdom | "100 Greatest British Rock Album Ever"[20] | 2006 | 18 |
References
- ^ a b "Blackmore's Rainbow – Rainbow Rising". Discogs.com. Retrieved 26 December 2011.
- ^ Saulnier, Jason (1 June 2010). "Tony Carey Interview". Music Legends. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ a b Ginsberg, Geoff. Album review at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
- ^ Duncan, Robert (15 July 1976). "Album review: Rainbow - Rainbow Rising". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 7 November 2007. Retrieved 9 August 2011.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Arneson, Aaron (12 October 2012). "Rainbow - Rising". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 30 November 2013.
- ^ "Search for Artist Rainbow". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Rainbow Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Top Albums/CDs - Volume 25, No. 21, August 21, 1976". Library and Archives Canada. 21 August 1976. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Rainbow – Rising (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Rainbow – Rising (album)". Charts.org.nz. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Album – Rainbow, Rising". Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ "Rising Billboard Albums". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 December 2013.
- ^ レインボー レインボーのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Retrieved 3 December 2013.
- ^ "Search for Artist Ritchie Blackmore". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 26 November 2013.
- ^ "Search for Artist Rainbow". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 15 December 2013.
- ^ Bible of the Devil Starstruck on discogs
- ^ "Kerrang – 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time – January 1989". Kerrang. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ "Q – The 30 Greatest Classic Rock Albums Ever – October 2004". Q. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
- ^ Rock Albums "Kerrang – 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever – February 2005". Kerrang. Retrieved 10 February 2009.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Classic Rock – 100 Greatest British Rock Album Ever – April 2006". Classic Rock. Retrieved 10 February 2009.