Rainbow - Down To Earth (1979) {1999, Remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 291 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 116 Mb
Full Scans | 00:36:41 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock | Polydor #314 547 364-2
EAC Rip | FLAC (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 291 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 116 Mb
Full Scans | 00:36:41 | RAR 5% Recovery
Hard Rock | Polydor #314 547 364-2
The departure of Ronnie James Dio gave Ritchie Blackmore a chance to reinvent Rainbow, which he does to a certain extent on Down to Earth. Adding former Deep Purple colleague Roger Glover as bassist and Graham Bonnet as vocalist, Blackmore tones down some of the excess of the Dio years, particularly in terms of fantastical lyrics, and turns to straight-ahead hard rock, only occasionally adorned by prominent synthesizers. In general, their material is fairly solid, and "Since You Been Gone" easily ranks among the band's best songs, but overall the record is a little generic and sounds very much of its time – namely, the late '70s, when album rock still ruled the arenas.