Rainbow discography | |
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Studio albums | 8 |
Live albums | 16 |
Compilation albums | 16 |
Video albums | 10 |
Music videos | 10 |
EPs | 3 |
Singles | 24 |
Promotional singles | 6 |
Box sets | 8 |
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.
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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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 |
| 11 | 33 | 17 | — | 38 | 12 | — | — | 23 | 48 | |
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll |
| 7 | 43 | 94 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 89 |
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Down to Earth |
| 6 | 27 | — | 26 | 19 | 15 | — | — | 17 | 66 |
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Difficult to Cure |
| 3 | 77 | — | 1 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 50 | |
Straight Between the Eyes |
| 5 | 86 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 30 | |
Bent Out of Shape |
| 11 | — | 93 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 34 | |
Stranger in Us All | 102 | — | — | 6 | 36 | 7 | 38 | 70 | 8 | — |
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"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||||
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UK [1] [3] | AUS [4] | FIN [6] | GER [7] | JPN [8] [20] | NOR [9] | NLD [10] | SWE [11] | SWI [21] | US [12] | |||
On Stage (Live in Japan/Germany 1976) |
| 7 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 25 | — | 65 | |
Finyl Vinyl |
| 31 | — | 35 | — | 20 | — | — | 25 | — | 87 | |
Live in Germany 1976 |
| — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live In Köln 1976 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live In Düsseldorf 1976 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live In Nürnberg 1976 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live in Munich 1977 |
| — | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Denver 1979 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Long Island 1979 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Monsters of Rock – Live at Donington 1980 |
| — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | |
Boston 1981 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live in Japan 1984 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Black Masquerade – Live in Rockpalast 1995 |
| — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Memories in Rock – Live in Germany 2016 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | |
Live in Birmingham 2016 |
| — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | 83 | — | |
Memories in Rock II – Live in UK 2017 |
| — | — | — | 37 | 31 | 26 | — | — | 48 | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||
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UK [23] [3] | FIN [6] | JPN [8] | SWE [11] | US [12] | |||
The Best of Rainbow [upper-alpha 1] |
| — | — | 48 | — | — | |
The Best of Rainbow |
| 14 | — | — | — | — |
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The Best |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
The Very Best of Rainbow |
| 197 [upper-alpha 2] | — | — | — | — |
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20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rainbow |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Classic Rainbow: The Universal Masters Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Pot of Gold |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
All Night Long: An Introduction |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology |
| — | 26 | — | — | — |
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Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Colour Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Anthology 1975–1984 |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Essential |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
The Polydor Years |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Since You Been Gone – The Best of Rainbow |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
Since You Been Gone – The Essential |
| — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | |
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GER [7] | JPN [20] | ||
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow |
| — | — |
Deutschland Tournee 1976 |
| — | 75 |
The Polydor Years 1975–1986 |
| — | — |
5 Original Albums |
| — | — |
The Singles Box Set 1975–1986 |
| — | — |
Down to Earth Tour 1979 |
| — | — |
A Light in the Black 1975–1984 |
| 39 | 47 |
Treasures – A Vinyl Collection |
| — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | |
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UK [1] | US [12] | ||
Live [upper-alpha 3] |
| 41 | — |
Jealous Lover |
| — | 147 |
Rainbow Vorwärts |
| — | — |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | ||||||
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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" [upper-alpha 4] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Still I'm Sad" [upper-alpha 5] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Starstruck" [upper-alpha 6] | 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 | — |
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"I Surrender" | 1981 | 3 | — | 7 | 4 | — | 105 | 19 |
| Difficult to Cure |
"Can't Happen Here" | 20 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | |||
"Difficult to Cure" [upper-alpha 7] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Jealous Lover" [upper-alpha 8] | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | Non-album single | ||
"Magic" [upper-alpha 9] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Difficult to Cure | ||
"Stone Cold" | 1982 | 34 | — | 21 | — | — | 40 | 1 | Straight Between the Eyes | |
"Death Alley Driver" [upper-alpha 10] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Street of Dreams" | 1983 | 52 | — | — | — | — | 60 | 2 | Bent Out of Shape | |
"Can't Let You Go" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
"Bad Girl" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Finyl Vinyl | |
"Ariel" [upper-alpha 11] | 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. |
Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album |
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US Main [12] | |||
"Tarot Woman" [upper-alpha 12] | 1976 | — | Rising |
"Power" [upper-alpha 13] | 1982 | 35 | Straight Between the Eyes |
"Stranded" [upper-alpha 14] | 1983 | — | Bent Out of Shape |
"Desperate Heart" [upper-alpha 15] | 1984 | 52 | |
"Hunting Humans (Insatiable)" [upper-alpha 16] | 1995 | — | Stranger in Us All |
"Wolf to the Moon" [upper-alpha 17] | — | ||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||||
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UK [26] | AUS [27] | AUT [28] | GER [7] | NL [10] | JPN [20] | SWE [29] | SWI [21] | |||
Live Between the Eyes |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Japan Tour '84 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
The Final Cut |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Live in Munich 1977 |
| 3 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 89 [upper-alpha 18] | 2 | — |
|
Live Between The Eyes / The Final Cut |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | |
Black Masquerade |
| 5 | — | 3 | — | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |
Live in Japan |
| — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | |
Monsters of Rock – Live at Donington 1980 |
| 3 | — | 1 | 54 | — | — | 1 | 2 | |
Memories in Rock – Live in Germany |
| 5 | — | 3 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 4 | |
Memories in Rock II |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. |
Title | Year |
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"Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" | 1978 |
"L.A. Connection" | |
"Gates of Babylon" | |
"Since You Been Gone" | 1979 |
"All Night Long" | |
"I Surrender" | 1981 |
"Can't Happen Here" | |
"Stone Cold" | 1982 |
"Death Alley Driver" | |
"Street of Dreams" | 1983 |
"Can't Let You Go" | 1984 |
"Ariel" | 1995 |
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow is the debut studio album by American/British rock band Rainbow, released in 1975.
On Stage is a double live album originally released by the British hard rock band Rainbow in 1977. It was recorded live over several German and Japanese dates in late 1976 during the Rising world tour. The album was released first in the US on 7 July 1977, before being released a week later on 15 July in the UK.
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Down to Earth is the fourth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow. It is their last album to feature drummer Cozy Powell, their first with bassist Roger Glover and keyboardist Don Airey and their only album with vocalist Graham Bonnet. Released in 1979, it contains Rainbow's first hit single "Since You Been Gone", marking a more commercial direction of the band's sound.
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