Stranger in Us All

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Stranger In Us All is a 1995 album by the band Rainbow. After Ritchie Blackmore departed Deep Purple for the last time, he put together a new version of of the band in 1995. The reformed Rainbow 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 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 the rare gem of the Rainbow discography.

Abandoning the dungeons and dragons approach of the Ronnie James Dio era, and the radio friendly atmosphere of the Joe Lynn Turner era, Stranger In Us All was dissimilar to the Rainbow of old. The superb vocal performance of Dougie White proved once again Blackmore's knack of finding relatively unknown talent and giving them a vehicle to further success. The dry production qualities of the recordings gave rise to critical comments.

Track listing

"Wolf to the Moon" (R. Blackmore/D. White/C. Night) 4:16
"Cold Hearted Woman" (R. Blackmore/D. White) 4:31
"Hunting Humans (Insatiable)" ((R. Blackmore/D. White) 5:45
"Stand and Fight" (R. Blackmore/D. White) 5:22
"Ariel" (R. Blackmore/C. Night) 5:39
"Too Late for Tears" (R. Blackmore/D. White/P. Regan) 4:50
"Black Masquerade" (R. Blackmore/P. Morris/D. White/C. Night) 5:35
"Silence" (R. Blackmore/D. White) 4:04
"Hall of the Mountain King" (trad. Additional Arrgmt. by C. Night/R. Blackmore) 5:34
"Still I'm Sad" (P. Samwell-Smith/J. McCarty) 5:22

Japanese release had an additional track "Emotional Crime" (R. Blackmore/D. White).

Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow

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