Graham Bonnet lasted one album as lead singer of Rainbow. Following his departure, a replacement was found in Joe Lynn Turner, and another beautiful partnership began.
The album itself is a mixture. While it gets off to a rollicking start with I Surrender and Spotlight Kid, it does lose momentum in the middle, especially with Ritchie's instrumental. The back half of the album recovers ground, but it is slightly disappointing after the great start.
JLT makes a solid beginning to his Rainbow career. The combination of Turner's vocals, Blackmore's guitaring, Roger Glover's excellent bass lines and the drumming of Bobby Rondinelli lay the foundations of a solid album. One does wonder in hindsight though where Rainbow's audience was coming from at this time in the early 80's.
My favourites from the album include I Surrender, Spotlight Kid, Magic, Can't Happen Here and Difficult To Cure.
Rating : The good is very very good, and the rest is pretty boring. 3.5/5.
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