Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

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Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Rainbow - Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow (1975) front cover.jpg
Cover art by David Willardson
Studio album by
Rainbow
Released5 September 1975 (1975-09-05) [1]
Recorded20 February – 14 March 1975
Studio Musicland (Munich)
Genre Heavy metal [2]
Length36:54
Label Oyster (UK)
Polydor (rest of the world)
Producer Ritchie Blackmore, Martin Birch, Ronnie James Dio
Rainbow chronology
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
(1975)		 Rising
(1976)
Ronnie James Dio chronology
Trying to Burn the Sun
(1975)		Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
(1975)		 Rising
(1976)
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Man on the Silver Mountain" 4:42
2."Self Portrait" 3:17
3."Black Sheep of the Family" ( Quatermass cover)Steve Hammond3:22
4."Catch the Rainbow" 6:27
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
5."Snake Charmer" 4:33
6."The Temple of the King" 4:45
7."If You Don't Like Rock 'n' Roll" 2:38
8."Sixteenth Century Greensleeves" 3:31
9."Still I'm Sad" ( The Yardbirds cover) Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty 3:51

Personnel

Rainbow
Additional musicians
Production

Charts

Chart (1975-1976)Peak
position
Australian Albums (Kent Music Report) [13] 55
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [14] 83
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [15] 26
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [16] 40
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [17] 24
UK Albums (OCC) [18] 11
US Billboard 200 [19] 30

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP) [20] Gold100,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [21] Silver60,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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