‘Street Of Dreams’ is next and is definitively the single off the album and proved to be another huge commercial success in the US. The guitar solo again features Blackmore revised method of playing in a more staccato style. The guitar is very laid back on this track though and it seems this could have been slated as a possible single as it is very ‘radio friendly’ with a strong vocal and melody. Side 2 opens with ‘Desperate Heart’, another melodic, well crafted song featuring plenty of keyboards again. ‘Anybody There’ is another of Blackmore’s instrumentals, but really it just seems to be a reworking of previous similar instrumentals such as ‘Weiss Heim’ and ‘Vielleicht Das Nachster Zeit’. The song features a great keyboard solo from Rosenthal and a return to form with the guitar solo too. Shame the chorus isn’t a bit more catchy? This could have been one of Rainbow’s best ever tracks. ‘Fire Dance’ features one of Blackmore’s best guitar riffs in years. Distinctive octaver guitar solo from Blackmore. This is another better than average track but doesn’t set the album alight. ‘Fool For The Night’ is again a little rockier than some previous offerings. Rosenthal received a writing credit but only for the organ introduction. The guitar riff is quite laid back and features a lot more keyboards than normal. ‘Can’t Let You Go’ starts with an impressive church organ introduction that would have made for an interesting opener to the album. Blackmore’s solo style has definitely changed by this album, playing in a more staccato, less melodic way, but it remains very distinctive and individual. ‘Stranded’ opens the album and sets the scene with a straight forward no-nonsense riff that works well. This album featured virtually all Blackmore/Turner compositions with only one song featuring Glover and Rosenthal as additional writing credits.Īfter touring this album in 1983 and early 1984, Rainbow finally disbanded after the Japanese dates with Blackmore and Glover joining the well publicised and long rumoured Deep Purple Mk 2 reunion with Gillan, Lord and Paice. Roger Glover was too busy with his own solo album to get involved with song writing duties for ‘Bent Out Of Shape’ but was happy to play bass and produce as before, returning to Flemming Rasmussen’s Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen – Blackmore liked the guitar sound there. Blackmore promptly resurrected Rainbow and re-hired everyone with the exception of drummer Bobby Rondinelli, replacing him with Chuck Burgi. Deep Purple Mk 2 looked to be on the cards for getting back together but an alleged argument between Gillan and Blackmore over publishing rights/royalties scuppered the reunion.
Initially, with Blackmore and David Coverdale patching up their previous differences, Coverdale had been offered the vocalist position but he turned this down sensing major success with Whitesnake (a wise decision as it turned out). Recorded at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, DenmarkĪfter the ‘Straight Between The Eyes’ US tour dates, all the members of Rainbow had been given notice of dismissal by Blackmore and the management team the highly likely Deep Purple reformation being the cause. ‘Bent Out Of Shape’ 1983 POLD5116 Polydor
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