Album · Rainbow
Bent Out of Shape by Rainbow
Bent Out of Shape is an album by Rainbow, released in 1983. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 10 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Street of Dreams”, on 10 lists with a best position of #172.
Bent Out of Shape, Rainbow's seventh studio album, came out in 1983, cut at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen with Roger Glover producing and playing bass. Ritchie Blackmore led the charge as ever, Joe Lynn Turner sang, and David Rosenthal handled keyboards. It was Turner's third album with the band, and by now the mystical hard rock of the Ronnie James Dio days had given way to something slicker and more pop-minded.
The result is polished, radio-friendly hard rock: Blackmore's guitar still flashing and snarling, but wrapped in keyboards and melodic choruses built for FM. "Street of Dreams" is the moody, hypnotic heart of it. The cassette even carried longer edits than the vinyl. It turned out to be the final album of Rainbow's first run: the band split in 1984, when Blackmore and Glover went back to Deep Purple.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Bent Out of Shape on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Street of Dreams | 10 | #172 | – | 1990–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.