“Rising” (also known as “Rainbow Rising”) is the second
studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released in 1976. In issue
4 of Kerrang! magazine (cover-dated October 1981), Rising was voted the
greatest heavy metal album of all time. In 2017, it was ranked 48th at Rolling
Stone's "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".
Band leader Ritchie Blackmore retained only Ronnie James Dio from the previous album line-up, and recruited drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey to complete the roster. Recorded in Munich in less than a month, the album was overseen by rock producer and engineer Martin Birch. The band was originally billed as Blackmore's Rainbow in the US. In 1996 Cozy Powell told Record Collector magazine that much of the album was recorded in one or two takes, with some subsequent overdubs, which explains why no alternate or demo versions exist, just the original or rough mixes.
“Rising” peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. In the UK it would peak at number 11.
According to AllMusic, “Rising” captured "Blackmore and Dio at the peak of their creative powers...(it) chronicled both the guitarist's neo-classical metal compositions at their most ambitious, and the singer's growing fixation with fantasy lyrical themes – a blueprint he would adopt for his entire career thereafter."
Musicians Rob Halford of Judas Priest and Snowy Shaw have paid tribute to the album in recent years, with Shaw describing it as "a masterpiece and pretty much a milestone" and saying that it "introduced a more Dungeons and Dragons type fantasy heavy rock to the masses."
Band leader Ritchie Blackmore retained only Ronnie James Dio from the previous album line-up, and recruited drummer Cozy Powell, bassist Jimmy Bain and keyboard player Tony Carey to complete the roster. Recorded in Munich in less than a month, the album was overseen by rock producer and engineer Martin Birch. The band was originally billed as Blackmore's Rainbow in the US. In 1996 Cozy Powell told Record Collector magazine that much of the album was recorded in one or two takes, with some subsequent overdubs, which explains why no alternate or demo versions exist, just the original or rough mixes.
“Rising” peaked at number 48 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart. In the UK it would peak at number 11.
According to AllMusic, “Rising” captured "Blackmore and Dio at the peak of their creative powers...(it) chronicled both the guitarist's neo-classical metal compositions at their most ambitious, and the singer's growing fixation with fantasy lyrical themes – a blueprint he would adopt for his entire career thereafter."
Musicians Rob Halford of Judas Priest and Snowy Shaw have paid tribute to the album in recent years, with Shaw describing it as "a masterpiece and pretty much a milestone" and saying that it "introduced a more Dungeons and Dragons type fantasy heavy rock to the masses."
“Rising” (cunoscut si ca “Rainbow Rising”) este al doilea
album de studio al trupei britanice de hard rock Rainbow, lansat in 1976. In revista
Kerrang! (coperta din octombrie 1981) albumul a fost votat ca cel mai mare
album de heavy metal din toate timpurile. In 2017 a fost clasat al 48-lea in revista
Rollin Stone la rubrica “100 cele mai mari albume de metal din toate timpurile”.
Conducatorul trupei, Ritchie Blackmore, l-a retinut doar pe Ronnie James Dio din componenta albumului anterior si i-a recrutat pe bateristul Cozy Powell, basistul Jimmy Bain si claaparul Tony Carey ca sa completeze lista. Inregistrat in Munchen in mai putin de o luna, albumul a fost supervizat de catre producatorul si inginerul Martin Birch. Trupa a fost inregistrata original ca Blackmore’s Rainbow in Statele Unite. In 1996 Cozy Powell a povestit pentru revista Record Collector ca mare parte din album a fost inregistrat in una sau doua trageri, cu cateva dublaje ulterioare, ceea ce explica de ce nu exista versiuni alternative sau demo, numai mixaje originale neslefuite.
“Rising” a atins locul 48 in chart-ul Billboard Pop Albums in Statele Unite. In Marea Britanie a ajuns pe locul 11.
Conform cu AllMusic, “Rising” i-a prins “pe Blackmore si Dio la varful carierei lor creative…trecand in cronica pe ambii…compozitiile de neo classic metal ale lui Blackmore fiind ambitioase si fixarea in crestere pe teme lirice fantastice a lui Dio – un plan pe care l-a adoptat pentru intreaga cariera de altfel.”
Muzicienii Rob Halfords de la Judas Priest si Snowy Shaw au omagiat albumul in anii din urma, cu Shaw descriindu-l ca fiind “o capodopera si foarte mult o piatra de hotar” si spunand ca “ a introdus in randul maselor multa fantezie, de tipul jocului Dungeons and Dragons, prin heavy rock.”
Conducatorul trupei, Ritchie Blackmore, l-a retinut doar pe Ronnie James Dio din componenta albumului anterior si i-a recrutat pe bateristul Cozy Powell, basistul Jimmy Bain si claaparul Tony Carey ca sa completeze lista. Inregistrat in Munchen in mai putin de o luna, albumul a fost supervizat de catre producatorul si inginerul Martin Birch. Trupa a fost inregistrata original ca Blackmore’s Rainbow in Statele Unite. In 1996 Cozy Powell a povestit pentru revista Record Collector ca mare parte din album a fost inregistrat in una sau doua trageri, cu cateva dublaje ulterioare, ceea ce explica de ce nu exista versiuni alternative sau demo, numai mixaje originale neslefuite.
“Rising” a atins locul 48 in chart-ul Billboard Pop Albums in Statele Unite. In Marea Britanie a ajuns pe locul 11.
Conform cu AllMusic, “Rising” i-a prins “pe Blackmore si Dio la varful carierei lor creative…trecand in cronica pe ambii…compozitiile de neo classic metal ale lui Blackmore fiind ambitioase si fixarea in crestere pe teme lirice fantastice a lui Dio – un plan pe care l-a adoptat pentru intreaga cariera de altfel.”
Muzicienii Rob Halfords de la Judas Priest si Snowy Shaw au omagiat albumul in anii din urma, cu Shaw descriindu-l ca fiind “o capodopera si foarte mult o piatra de hotar” si spunand ca “ a introdus in randul maselor multa fantezie, de tipul jocului Dungeons and Dragons, prin heavy rock.”
List of tracks
Side 1
1. "Tarot
Woman" 5:58
2. "Run
with the Wolf" 3:48
3. "Starstruck" 4:06
4. "Do
You Close Your Eyes" 2:58
Side 2
5. "Stargazer" 8:26
6. "A
Light in the Black" 8:12
Personnel
Rainbow
Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Tony Carey – keyboards
Jimmy Bain – bass
Cozy Powell – drums
with
Munich Philharmonic Orchestra – strings, horn
Fritz Sonnleitner – concert master
Rainer Pietsch – conductor
Production
Produced and mixed by Martin Birch
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany, February
1976
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