The Very Best of Rainbow

Not to be confused with the band's 1981 compilation album The Best of Rainbow.

The Very Best of Rainbow
Greatest hits album by Rainbow
Released	July 1997
Recorded	1975–1983
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	77:40
Label	Polydor
Rainbow compilation albums chronology
The Best of Rainbow (1981) The Very Best of Rainbow (1997) 20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rainbow (2000)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

The Very Best of Rainbow is a greatest hits compilation album by the British hard rock band Rainbow. It was released in 1997 and features material ranging from 1975's Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow to 1983's Bent Out of Shape.

The front cover comes from the inside of the first Rainbow album, Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, and is actually a picture of Ritchie Blackmore playing with his previous band, Deep Purple.

Track listing

1. "Man on the Silver Mountain" (Ritchie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio) - 4:37 (from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, 1975)
2. "Catch the Rainbow" (Blackmore, Dio) - 6:38 (from Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, 1975)
3. "Starstruck" (Blackmore, Dio) - 4:06 (from Rising, 1976)
4. "Stargazer" (Blackmore, Dio) - 8:26 (from Rising, 1976)
5. "Kill the King" (Blackmore, Dio, Cozy Powell) - 4:28 (from Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, 1978)
6. "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" (Blackmore, Dio) - 4:23 (from Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, 1978)
7. "Gates of Babylon" (Blackmore, Dio) - 6:46 (from Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, 1978)
8. "Since You Been Gone" (Russ Ballard) - 3:17 (from Down to Earth, 1979)
9. "All Night Long" (Blackmore, Roger Glover) - 3:50 (from Down to Earth, 1979)
10. "I Surrender" (Ballard) - 4:01 (from Difficult to Cure, 1981)
11. "Can't Happen Here" (Blackmore, Glover) - 4:57 (from Difficult to Cure, 1981)
12. "Jealous Lover" (Blackmore, Joe Lynn Turner) - 3:11 (from Jealous Lover EP, 1981)
13. "Stone Cold" (Blackmore, Glover, Turner) - 5:17 (from Straight Between the Eyes, 1982)
14. "Power" (Blackmore, Glover, Turner) - 4:26 (from Straight Between the Eyes, 1982)
15. "Can't Let You Go" (Blackmore, Turner, David Rosenthal) - 4:20 (from Bent Out of Shape, 1983)
16. "Street of Dreams" (Blackmore, Turner) - 4:26 (from Bent Out of Shape, 1983)

Tracks 1-7 feature Ronnie James Dio on lead vocals.
Tracks 8-9 feature Graham Bonnet.
Tracks 10-16 feature Joe Lynn Turner.

Charts

Chart (1997)	Peak position
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[2]	253

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[3]	Silver	60,000^^
^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. DeGagne, Mike. "The Very Best of Rainbow review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 19 December 2013.
2. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
3. "British album certifications – Rainbow – The Very Best of Rainbow". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 4 February 2021.