Rainbow discography
The following is a comprehensive discography of Rainbow, an English hard rock band. Over the years they have released 8 studio albums, 19 live albums, 11 compilation albums, 1 EP and 18 singles.
| Rainbow discography | |
|---|---|
| Studio albums | 8 |
| Live albums | 19 |
| Compilation albums | 11 |
| EPs | 1 |
| Singles | 18 |
Albums
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] |
UK [2][3] |
CAN [4] |
GER [5][6] |
SWE [7] |
NOR [7] |
NLD [8][9] |
JPN [10] | |||
| 1975 | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
|
30 | 11 | 83 | — | 24 | 10 | — | — | |
| 1976 | Rising
|
48 | 11 | 17 | 38 | 23 | — | — | 67 | |
| 1978 | Long Live Rock 'n' Roll
|
89 | 7 | 94 | 26 | 18 | 12 | 11 | 72 | |
| 1979 | Down to Earth
|
66 | 6 | — | 19 | 17 | — | — | 90 |
|
| 1981 | Difficult to Cure
|
50 | 3 | — | 13 | 9 | 17 | 14 | — | |
| 1982 | Straight Between the Eyes
|
30 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 7 | 12 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | Bent Out of Shape
|
34 | 11 | 93 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 44 | — |
|
| 1995 | Stranger in Us All
|
— | 102 | — | 36 | 8 | 38 | 70 | 7 | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | ||||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2] |
GER [5] |
NL [8] |
US [1] | ||||
| 1977 | On Stage | 7 | 28 | 17 | 65 | UK: Silver | |
| 1986 | Finyl Vinyl | 31 | — | — | 87 | ||
| 1990 | Live in Germany 1976 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2006 | Deutschland Tournee 1976 (Box set) | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live In Düsseldorf 1976 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live In Köln 1976 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live In Nürnburg 1976 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live in Munich 1977 | — | 73 | — | — | |||
| 2013 | Black Masquerade - Rockpalast '95 | — | 131 | 14 | — | ||
| 2015 | Denver 1979 | — | — | — | — | ||
| Long Island 1979 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Down To Earth Tour 1979 (Box set) | — | — | — | — | |||
| Live in Japan 1984 | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2016 | Monsters of Rock - Live at Donington 1980 [13] | — | 54 | — | — | ||
| Boston 1981 | — | — | — | — | |||
| Memories in Rock - Live in Germany | — | 11 | — | — | Germany: Gold | ||
| 2017 | Live in Birmingham 2016 | — | — | — | — | ||
| 2018 | Memories in Rock II | — | 26 | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK [2][3] | |||
| 1981 | The Best of Rainbow | 14 | UK: Gold |
| 1997 | The Very Best of Rainbow | 197 | UK: Silver |
| 2000 | The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rainbow | — | |
| 2002 | Pot of Gold | — | |
| All Night Long: An Introduction | — | ||
| 2003 | Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology | — | |
| Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow | — | ||
| 2009 | Anthology 1975-1984 | — | |
| 2014 | The Singles Box Set 1975-1986 | — | |
| Since You Been Gone: The Collection | — | ||
| 2015 | A Light In The Black 1975-1984 | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||
EPs
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| US [1] | |||
| 1981 | Jealous Lover | 147 |
Video albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications (sales thresholds) |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK | |||
| 1982 | Live Between the Eyes | ||
| 1984 2015 |
Japan Tour 1984 (VHS, Japan only)[14] Live in Japan 1984 (DVD) |
||
| 1986 | The Final Cut | ||
| 2006 | Live in Munich 1977 | ||
| 2006 | Live Between the Eyes / The Final Cut | ||
| 2013 | Black Masquerade - Rockpalast '95 | ||
| 2016 | Memories in Rock - Live in Germany |
Singles
| Year | Title | Peak chart positions | Album | Certifications | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US [16] |
US Main. [16] |
UK [2] |
NLD [17] | ||||
| 1975 | "Man on the Silver Mountain" | — | — | — | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | ||
| "Temple of the King" [G] | |||||||
| "Still I'm Sad" [A] | |||||||
| 1976 | "Starstruck" | — | — | Rising | |||
| 1977 | "Kill the King" (live) [B] | 44 | On Stage | ||||
| 1978 | "Long Live Rock 'N' Roll" | — | 33 | — | Long Live Rock 'N' Roll | ||
| "LA Connection" | 40 | — | |||||
| 1979 | "Since You Been Gone" | 57 | 6 | 47 | Down to Earth | UK: Silver | |
| 1980 | "All Night Long" | 110 | 5 | — | UK: Silver | ||
| 1981 | "I Surrender" | 105 | 19 | 3 | — | Difficult to Cure | UK: Silver |
| "Can't Happen Here" | 13 | 20 | |||||
| "Difficult to Cure" [C] | — | — | |||||
| "Magic" [D] | — | ||||||
| "Jealous Lover" | — | 13 | Jealous Lover | ||||
| 1982 | "Stone Cold" | 40 | 1 | 34 | — | Straight Between the Eyes | |
| "Power" [promo] | 35 | ||||||
| "Death Alley Driver" [F] | — | — | |||||
| 1983 | "Street of Dreams" | 60 | 1 | 52 | — | Bent Out of Shape | |
| "Can't Let You Go" | — | 43 | |||||
| 1984 | "Desperate Heart" [airplay] | 52 | |||||
| 1986 | "Bad Girl" [I] | — | — | Finyl Vinyl | |||
| 1995 | "Ariel" [C] | — | — | Stranger in Us All | |||
| 2017 | "Land of Hope and Glory" | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "I Surrender" | — | — | — | — | |||
| 2018 | "Waiting for a Sign" | — | — | — | — | Memories in Rock II | |
| 2019 | "Black Sheep of the Family" | — | — | — | — | non-album singles | |
| "The Storm" | — | — | — | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart. | |||||||
- notes
- A^ - released in Italy.
- B^ - charted as A-side of the "Live" EP; re-released in July 1981, hit #41
- C^ - released in NL and Germany.
- D^ - released in Japan.
- F^ - released in NL and Japan.
- G^ - released in selected Asian and South-American markets.
- I^ - recorded in 1979.
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