Stranger In Us All (1996) (FUEL RECORDS) Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Album Description:
STRANGER IN US ALL is a 1995 album by the reformed Rainbow. When Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple for the final time, he put together a new version of Rainbow in 1994. This line-up only released the one album before Ritchie decided he wanted to pursue different musical styles and formed Blackmore's Night with fiance Candice Night.
Released in the post-grunge mid 90's it was no surprise that STRANGER IN US ALL failed to measure up to the critical and commercial acclaim of previous releases and was not particularly well publicised. Among fans however, it is considered a forgotten gem in the Rainbow discography. With a style comfortably sitting somewhere between the dungeons and dragons approach of the Ronnie James Dio era and the radio friendly commerciality of the Joe Lynn Turner era, STRANGER IN US ALL has a sound dissimilar to any Rainbow of old. The superb vocal flexibility of Doogie White proved once again Blackmore's knack of finding relatively unknown talent and giving them a vehicle to further success. Much of the album featured in the live concert sets and, with the set being varied from night to night, live bootleg recordings still remain popular with Blackmore fans. Drummer John O'Reilly was replaced for the tour, by the returning Chuck Burgi. John Miceli joined the band for the U.S. shows, February to May 1997, plus one in Denmark. The album takes its name from a line in the song "Black Masquerade".
Few songs off the album were played live by Over The Rainbow in 2008 and 2009 as the line-up of the band featured Greg Smith and Paul Morris, who played in Rainbow in 1995. The songs have been also performed occasionally by Doogie White, for example in 2004 with a band called White Noise. An official DVD recording of the band titled IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING was released in 2005.
Track Listing:
1. Wolf to the Moon - 4:17 2. Cold Hearted Woman - 4:30 3. Hunting Humans (Insatiable) - 5:44 4. Stand and Fight - 5:21 5. Ariel - 5:39 6. Too Late for Tears - 4:54 7. Black Masquerade - 5:35 8. Silence - 4:04 9. Hall of the Mountain King - 5:31 10. Still I'm Sad - 5:24
Performance Credits:
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow -------------- Primary Artist, Track Performer Ritchie Blackmore -------------- Guitar Paul Morris -------------- Keyboards Greg Smith -------------- Bass Mitchell Weiss -------------- Harmonica John O'Reilly -------------- Drums Doogie White -------------- Vocals, Background Vocals Candice Night -------------- Vocals Greg Smith -------------- Bass
Technical Credits:
Ritchie Blackmore -------------- Producer Vladimir Meller -------------- Mastering Pat Regan -------------- Producer, Engineer
Stranger In Us All (1996) (FUEL RECORDS)
ReplyDeleteRitchie Blackmore's Rainbow
Album Description:
STRANGER IN US ALL is a 1995 album by the reformed Rainbow. When Ritchie Blackmore left Deep Purple for the final time, he put together a new version of Rainbow in 1994. This line-up only released the one album before Ritchie decided he wanted to pursue different musical styles and formed Blackmore's Night with fiance Candice Night.
Released in the post-grunge mid 90's it was no surprise that STRANGER IN US ALL failed to measure up to the critical and commercial acclaim of previous releases and was not particularly well publicised. Among fans however, it is considered a forgotten gem in the Rainbow discography. With a style comfortably sitting somewhere between the dungeons and dragons approach of the Ronnie James Dio era and the radio friendly commerciality of the Joe Lynn Turner era, STRANGER IN US ALL has a sound dissimilar to any Rainbow of old. The superb vocal flexibility of Doogie White proved once again Blackmore's knack of finding relatively unknown talent and giving them a vehicle to further success. Much of the album featured in the live concert sets and, with the set being varied from night to night, live bootleg recordings still remain popular with Blackmore fans. Drummer John O'Reilly was replaced for the tour, by the returning Chuck Burgi. John Miceli joined the band for the U.S. shows, February to May 1997, plus one in Denmark. The album takes its name from a line in the song "Black Masquerade".
Few songs off the album were played live by Over The Rainbow in 2008 and 2009 as the line-up of the band featured Greg Smith and Paul Morris, who played in Rainbow in 1995. The songs have been also performed occasionally by Doogie White, for example in 2004 with a band called White Noise. An official DVD recording of the band titled IN THE HALL OF THE MOUNTAIN KING was released in 2005.
Track Listing:
1. Wolf to the Moon - 4:17
2. Cold Hearted Woman - 4:30
3. Hunting Humans (Insatiable) - 5:44
4. Stand and Fight - 5:21
5. Ariel - 5:39
6. Too Late for Tears - 4:54
7. Black Masquerade - 5:35
8. Silence - 4:04
9. Hall of the Mountain King - 5:31
10. Still I'm Sad - 5:24
Performance Credits:
Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow -------------- Primary Artist, Track Performer
Ritchie Blackmore -------------- Guitar
Paul Morris -------------- Keyboards
Greg Smith -------------- Bass
Mitchell Weiss -------------- Harmonica
John O'Reilly -------------- Drums
Doogie White -------------- Vocals, Background Vocals
Candice Night -------------- Vocals
Greg Smith -------------- Bass
Technical Credits:
Ritchie Blackmore -------------- Producer
Vladimir Meller -------------- Mastering
Pat Regan -------------- Producer, Engineer