Fires at Midnight

Fires at Midnight is 3rd album of Blackmore’s Night, released in July 2001. Basically, they paform as same as the previous, but simply keep getting better. Ritchie plays an acoustic quiter, Night writes the most of  lyrics and show us prominent voice.The Times They are a Changin’ which is only cover song of this album, written [...]

Under a Violet Moon

Under a Violet Moon is Blackmore’s Night’s 2nd album, released in July 1999. Ritchie selected three cover songs as baroque musician Bach, Russian folk song and English folk song written by King Henry VIII, the rests 13 songs were written Ritchie and Night. Ritchie play solemn music with his partner’s transparent voice is extremely wonderful but [...]

Shadow of the Moon

In 1997, Ritchie Blackmore formed a new band with Candice Night who massive contributed backing vocals and some of the lyrics when Ritchie recording Rainbow’s last album Stranger in Us All in 1995. Shadow of the Moon is a debut album of Blackmore’s Night, is dramatically changed the music compered with Ritchie’s hard rock era, avoid [...]

Stranger in Us All

In 1994, Ritchie reformed the band Rainbow with Doogie White who failed Iron Maiden’s vocalist audition. Stranger in Us All consists both sides of Rainbow as early era and late era. Ritchie should have avoided their commercially style and should have sticked to their prime era. Therefore, his approch was thought all half measures so crticts addressed icy reciption for the [...]

Finyl Vinyl

Rainbow disbanded after released Bent Out of Shape due to Ritchie and Roger would be part of the Deep Purple reformation. Finyl Vinyl consists previously unreleased 13 live recording trucks and 3 of B-sides and including successive three singers as Ronnie, Graham and Joe, released in 1986. Most of live trucks were recorded in Tokyo in 1984 with Joe. So [...]

Bent out of Shape

Rainbow’s hit song Sweet of Dreams is same type of their pop song I Surrender and Since You Been Gone, but the only prominent truck of the album, was included their 7th studio album Bent out of Shape, released in August 1983. Although, the album is better than the previous, the trucks are all moderate. [...]

Straight Between the Eyes

Although, Rainbow could not reach #50 on the U.S. hit chart, created their an album almost every year, Straight Between the Eyes released in June 1982. At that time, whatever they release an album, it sales well, in both U.K. and Japan. Ritchie should have pursued his aim to conquer the U.S. with legendary rock vocalist Ronnie James [...]

Difficult to Cure

Difficult to Cure is Rainbow’s 5th studio album, released in January 1981.  Ritchie fired again its vocalist Graham Bonnet and Cozy Powell, replaced Joe Lynn Turner and Bobby Rondinelli. Spotlight Kid, Can’t Happen Here and Difficult to Cure became their repertoire, had often been played on stage in their middle of the career after released [...]

Down to Earth

Ritchie replaced the band’s menber as keyboardist Don Airey, bassist Roger Glover and vocalist Graham Bonnet to create their 4th studio album Down to Earth released in July 1979. According to the information, the saongs had  already been made before Bonnet was recruited, but his distinct voice good fit the two singles All Night Long and [...]

Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll

Rainbow created their 3rd studio album Long Live Rock ‘n’ Roll was relased in April 1978. The album including title truck and Kill the King both previously appered in their live since 1976 and L.A. Connection also played after released the album. But the rests were never performed in concert, especially I wanted to listen the [...]