Rainbow - Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
| Release date: | 9 April 1978 |
| Style: | Hard rock, Heavy metal |
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Disc I
01. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
02. Lady Of The Lake
03. L.A. Connection
04. Gates Of Babylon
05. Kill The King
06. The Shed (Subtle)
07. Sensitive To Light
08. Rainbow Eyes
Disc II [Deluxe Edition]
[Rough Mixes (1977)]
01. Lady Of The Lake
02. Sensitive To Light
03. L.A. Connection
04. Kill The King
05. The Shed (Subtle)
06. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
07. Rainbow Eyes
[Shepperton Film Studios Rehearsal (1977)]
08. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (Take 1)
09. Kill The King
[Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (1978)]
10. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
11. L.A. Connection
12. Gates Of Babylon
13. L.A. Connection [outtake version]
14. Gates Of Babylon [outtake version]
Top 20 albums of 1978: 3
Top 200 albums of all time: 184
01. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
02. Lady Of The Lake
03. L.A. Connection
04. Gates Of Babylon
05. Kill The King
06. The Shed (Subtle)
07. Sensitive To Light
08. Rainbow Eyes
Disc II [Deluxe Edition]
[Rough Mixes (1977)]
01. Lady Of The Lake
02. Sensitive To Light
03. L.A. Connection
04. Kill The King
05. The Shed (Subtle)
06. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
07. Rainbow Eyes
[Shepperton Film Studios Rehearsal (1977)]
08. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (Take 1)
09. Kill The King
[Don Kirshner's Rock Concert (1978)]
10. Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
11. L.A. Connection
12. Gates Of Babylon
13. L.A. Connection [outtake version]
14. Gates Of Babylon [outtake version]
Top 20 albums of 1978: 3
Top 200 albums of all time: 184
Guest review
Lyrics Ritchie Blackmore - guitars, bass
Ronald James Padavona - vocals
Cozy Powell - drums
Bob Daisley - bass
David Stone - keyboards
Session musicians
Ferenc Kiss - violin
Nico Nicolic - violin
Ottmar Machan - viola
Karl Heinz Feit - cello
Rudi Risavy - flute
Max Hecker - recorder
Additional info
Gates of Babylon and Rainbow Eyes scored and conducted by Rainer Pietsch.
Strings on Gates of Babylon by Bavarian String Ensemble. Concert master: Ferenc Kiss.
Produced by Martin Birch.
Direction: Bruce Payne.
Illustration: Debbie Hall.
Design: Maxi Chan.
Digitally remastered by Suha Gur at Universal Music Group Studios.
Rating:
9.8
9.8
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Rating: 9.8 |
If anyone could cram as much variety and catchiness into 8 songs I'd sure like to hear it; this is unquestionably the dynamic combination of Ritchie Blackmore & Ronnie James Dio at its climax. When I first picked up this album on vinyl a year or so ago my expectations, to be completely honest, were very low. I was a very big Dio fan but very little of what Deep Purple had to offer impressed me, but as a die-hard Dio fan it was a must have, and since then I've failed to see any Dio material or Deep Purple material that can beat, let alone match this album. Read more ›› |
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| Boxcar Willy yr a kook Posts: 9161  |
I was going to come here to be a downer and say that this is overatted just becuase dio and ritchie are in here... but I got side tracked by how good this album actually is!
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62032  |
Written by Yaniv on 06.11.2012 at 07:16 same quasten here, and this is much better how all Dio solo albums, IMO Dio shood stay in Elf, old Rainbow sound and lyrics, somehow This is good peace , but after it Blackmore ruin all, they wante dgo modern comercalized sound and who is KING Dio or deep purple?
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
By far the worst of the Rainbow album with DIo on vocals
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459  |
My least favourite of the Rainbow albums with Dio on vocals. Still good, but not exceptional like the other two.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62032 |
Written by Ace Frawley on 19.02.2015 at 09:04 my second .... try to guess rest of order
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2260  |
Also never hung this one as high as the debut and Rising. That said Gates of Babylon of course is classic material, and Rainbow Eyes is a nice song.
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| nonZero Posts: 1334  |
Their most mixed album IMO. Some tracks are excellent (1 & 4), some very good (2, 5, 6 & 8) and some just good (3 & 7).
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| majormalfunction Posts: 1507  |
I was quite cold to this one before but as I listened today i'm loving it. Not really any worse than Rising or the debut. Lady of the Lake and Rainbow Eyes are my favourites along with (of course) Gates of Babylon.
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