Rainbow - Difficult to Cure

Japanese reissue of 1981 album, packaged in a limited edition miniature LP sleeve. Album Description

Blackmore & Turner

Joe Lynn Turner on lead vocals and Ritchie Blackmore on guitar can't possibly fail to give you quality entertainment and this Cd is no exception. Spotlight Kid is one of my favorites. January 21, 2008

...no cure in sight...

ritchie helped to rock and bluesify deep purple...he turned fantasy into fact with rainbow...the dio years...

then bonnett came to own...not bad, just different...

then ritchie turned on the radio one day and said...'hey...i wanna be like all the other garbage their playing now...'

and so begat rainbow, the joe turner years...

this album is not a rainbow album...this is a 'jefferson starship/asia/genesis' hybrid of leftovers trying to be the soup of the day...

'down to earth' was where the rainbow faded...this was where the rainbow died... April 28, 2007

Excellence From The Master Ritchie Blackmore

I absolutely love this CD. Its full of very memorable and well constructed songs. Ritchie's playing as always is masterful and Joe Lynn Turner is a great singer. September 21, 2006

Rainbow rocks!

This is my favorite Rainbow album of the Joe Lynn Turner era. It is more pop then the Rainbow with Ronnie James Dio, but is that a bad thing? NO! It ain't a bad thing if the songs are good. And it is still rock music, it ain't just pop. Joe Lynn Turner has a great voice and Ritchie Blackmore is the best guitarist ever. The other bandmembers are great too. SO buy this if you like some good rock music and ignore the one-star review beneath me. June 7, 2006

"Difficult" to Listen To

I consider myself a Rainbow fan, but this album was just horrible. Rainbow really peaked with "Long Live Rock and Roll", but with this release, Blackmore abandoned all rock and roll and went for the pop jugular. It was like listening to Survivor. The lyrics were uninspired and the songs were paint-by-number. Especially annoying were the keyboard playing by Don Airey (God I miss Tony Carey). I was wondering why "Spotlight Kid" sounded so familiar, then I realized it was "Kill the King" warmed over. I literally threw this cd out of my car window during the second listening of "Magic". Ughh. The trouble with Rainbow is that Blackmore changed the line-up constantly so that the band never really aged together, like Zepplin or U2. The reviewers who loved this album were brought up on pop tunes, not rock and roll. Sorry, but this album ain't rock and roll. May 5, 2006

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