𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐑𝐘𝐏𝐓𝐒 - 𝐂𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐁𝐑𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐏𝐀𝐒𝐓 𝐀𝐋𝐁𝐔𝐌 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐄𝐒 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐇𝐈𝐒𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐘 𝐨𝐟 𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐃 𝐑𝐎𝐂𝐊 & 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐕𝐘 𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐀𝐋…
August 24, 1983 — Rainbow released their seventh studio album, Bent Out of Shape via Polydor Records. (Listen)
The cassette featured several longer edits compared to the vinyl version.
It was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen in about 7 weeks.
Background:
Bent Out of Shape would be Rainbow's final studio album before their twelve-year hiatus from the studio. It also proved to be the band's final studio album with vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, bassist Roger Glover and keyboardist David Rosenthal, and their only one to feature drummer Chuck Burgi, who replaced Bobby Rondinelli just prior to the album's recording sessions.
The song Street Of Dreams has been re-recorded in two versions by Blackmores Night in 2006 for their fifth studio album, The Village Lanterne. The version featured on the regular album was sung by Candice Night. The other version, a bonus track on a special edition of the album, was performed in a duet by Night and Turner.
In 1984, Anybody There was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance.
A remastered CD reissue was released in May 1999, which restored the artwork of the original release. This has two tracks of a longer duration than on the first US CD issue.
This album is generally referred to by critics and fans as a commercial effort, with the band attempting to repeat the success of the song Stone Cold and the album Straight Between The Eyes. As a result, some of the songs, like the first single released from this album, Street Of Dreams, are usually considered to be more in the adult-oriented Rock style, instead of the Hard Rock sound of earlier Rainbow albums.
The album was particularly aimed at the US market: the title is an American idiom rather than a British one. However, the album received positive reviews in the U.K. Howard Johnson of Kerrang! magazine (No. 51 – Sept 22-Oct 5, 1983) praised the album as "𝚙𝚘𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚋𝚕𝚢 𝚁𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚋𝚘𝚠‘𝚜 𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝚌𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚝𝚎 𝚠𝚘𝚛𝚔 𝚝𝚘 𝚍𝚊𝚝𝚎" and called Desperate Heart and Street Of Dreams "𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚘𝚏 𝚝𝚑𝚒𝚜 𝚢𝚎𝚊𝚛’𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝚝𝚞𝚗𝚎𝚜".
The music video for Can't Let You Go, directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed in New York City (1984) and inspired by the 1920 silent b/w film The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. (Watch video) Along with Street of Dreams, directed by Storm Thorgerson, it became a part of Rainbow's home video collection The Final Cut (1985). The music video for Street Of Dreams was banned by MTV for its supposedly controversial hypnotic clip. (Watch video)
Singles:
• August 1983 - Street Of Dreams / Anybody There
• 1983 - Street Of Dreams / Anybody There / Power (Live) - 12" release
• October 1983 - Can't Let You Go / All Night Long (Live)
• 1983 - Can't Let You Go / All Night Long (Live) / Stranded (Live) - 12" release
• 1983 - Can't Let You Go / Drinking with the Devil - Spain
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