Rainbow discography

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Rainbow discography
Studio albums8
Live albums16
Compilation albums16
Video albums10
Music videos10
EPs3
Singles24
Promotional singles6
Box sets8

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.

Contents

Albums

Studio albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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 11558326102430
Rising
  • Released: 17 May 1976
  • Label: Oyster, Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
11331738122348
Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
  • Released: 14 April 1978
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
743941426912111889
Down to Earth
  • Released: 3 August 1979
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
6272619151766
Difficult to Cure
  • Released: 9 February 1981
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
377113121714950
Straight Between the Eyes
  • Released: April 1982
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
5861722181219730
Bent Out of Shape
  • Released: September 1983 [18]
  • Label: Polydor
  • Formats: LP, MC, 8-track
11932253644634
Stranger in Us All
  • Released: 21 August 1995
  • Label: RCA/BMG
  • Formats: CD, MC
102636738708
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Live albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
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)
  • Released: 15 July 1977
  • Label: Oyster, Polydor
  • Formats: 2xLP, MC, 8-track
7222128617292565
Finyl Vinyl
  • Released: February 1986
  • Label: Polydor, Mercury
  • Formats: 2xCD, 2xLP, 2xMC
3135202587
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
4583
Memories in Rock II – Live in UK 2017
  • Released: 4 April 2018
  • Label: Minstrel Hall Music
  • Formats: 2xCD, 3xLP, digital download
37312648
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
UK
[23] [3]
FIN
[6]
JPN
[8]
SWE
[11]
US
[12]
The Best of Rainbow [upper-alpha 1]
  • 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 [upper-alpha 2]
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

TitleAlbum detailsPeak 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
3947
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

TitleEP detailsPeak chart positions
UK
[1]
US
[12]
Live
[upper-alpha 3]
  • 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

TitleYearPeak chart positionsCertificationsAlbum
UK
[1]
AUS
[4]
FIN
[6]
IRE
[25]
NL
[10]
US
[12]
US Main
[12]
"Man on the Silver Mountain"197581Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
"Temple of the King" [upper-alpha 4]
"Still I'm Sad" [upper-alpha 5]
"Starstruck" [upper-alpha 6] 1976Rising
"Long Live Rock 'n' Roll"197833Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
"L.A. Connection"40
"Since You Been Gone"1979654757Down to Earth
"All Night Long"198056110
"I Surrender"198137410519Difficult to Cure
"Can't Happen Here"2027
"Difficult to Cure" [upper-alpha 7]
"Jealous Lover" [upper-alpha 8] 13Non-album single
"Magic" [upper-alpha 9] Difficult to Cure
"Stone Cold"19823421401Straight Between the Eyes
"Death Alley Driver" [upper-alpha 10]
"Street of Dreams"198352602Bent Out of Shape
"Can't Let You Go"43
"Bad Girl"1986Finyl Vinyl
"Ariel" [upper-alpha 11] 1995Stranger in Us All
"Land of Hope and Glory"2017Non-album singles
"I Surrender" (re-recording)
"Waiting for a Sign"2018Memories in Rock II
"Black Sheep of the Family"2019Non-album singles
"The Storm"
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Promotional singles

TitleYearPeak chart positionsAlbum
US
Main

[12]
"Tarot Woman" [upper-alpha 12] 1976Rising
"Power" [upper-alpha 13] 198235Straight Between the Eyes
"Stranded" [upper-alpha 14] 1983Bent Out of Shape
"Desperate Heart" [upper-alpha 15] 198452
"Hunting Humans (Insatiable)" [upper-alpha 16] 1995Stranger in Us All
"Wolf to the Moon" [upper-alpha 17]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory.

Videos

Video albums

TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
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
32889 [upper-alpha 18] 2
Live Between The Eyes / The Final Cut
  • Released: September 2006
  • Label: Universal
  • Formats: 2xDVD
54
Black Masquerade
  • Released: 7 August 2013
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD
5310523
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
315412
Memories in Rock – Live in Germany
  • Released: 18 November 2016
  • Label: Eagle Vision
  • Formats: DVD, Blu-ray
531162724
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

TitleYear
"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

Notes

  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.

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