RAINBOW. "DIFFICULT TO CURE" POLYDOR UK LP. 1981. EX COND.
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Rainbow ?– Difficult To Cure Label: Polydor ?– POLD 5036 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album Country: UK Released: 1981 Genre: Rock Style: Hard Rock Tracklist A1 I Surrender A2 Spotlight Kid A3 No Release A4 Magic A5 Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal = Maybe Next Time B1 Can't Happen Here B2 Freedom Fighter B3 Midtown Tunnel Vision B4 Difficult To Cure Companies, etc. Recorded At – Sweet Silence Studios Mixed At – Sweet Silence Studios Mastered At – CBS Studios, London Copyright (c) – Polydor Ltd. (UK) Credits Bass – Roger Glover Design [Cover Design] – Hipgnosis (2) Drums – Bob Rondinelli* Engineer – Flemming Rasmussen Engineer [Asst., Kingdom Sound Studio] – Clay Hutchinson Engineer [Asst.] – Thomas Brekling Guitar – Ritchie Blackmore Keyboards – Don Airey Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals [Backup] – Joe Lynn Turner Management [Assistant Road Manager] – Ian Broad (2), Tim Kelly Management [Equipment Road Manager] – Raymond D'Addario Management [Personal Road Manager] – Colin Hart (2) Management [Rainbow Management] – Bruce A. Payne*, Thames Talent Ltd. Mastered By – Tim Young Photography By – Hipgnosis (2), Maxon* Photography By [Colouring] – Richard Manning (3) Producer – Roger Glover Notes Lyric sheet inner sleeve.
On the cover Recorded and mixed at Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen. Mastered at CBS Studios, London. ©1981 Polydor Limited UK
Side A label 1: Published Island Music Ltd. 2, 3, 5: Published Panache Music Ltd. 4: Published Becket Records (US) Repertoire owner is Polydor Inc ?1981
Side B label All songs Published Panache Music Limited Repertoire owner is Polydor Inc ?1981
AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine [-] Rainbow ditched vocalist Graham Bonnet after Down to Earth, hiring former Fandango singer Joe Lynn Turner as their frontman. As it turns out, Turner is less hyperbolic than his predecessor, which fits the focused polish of Difficult to Cure. Where Down to Earth was a streamlined version of early Rainbow, Difficult to Cure is a shot at crossover. Problem is, the band never comes up with the right crossover songs. Russ Ballard's "I Surrender" comes close, but much of the record is fairly undistinguished, riding on strident melodies and big riffs that are never quite memorable. It's all given a contemporary sheen, with plenty of studio gloss that now instantly evokes the early '80s. On that level, it's somewhat of an entertaining artifact -- anyone pining for an example of what album-oriented radio sounded like in the pre-MTV years should check this out -- but it's never more than that, since the bids at chart success are only occasionally memorable ("I Surrender," "Magic"). Perhaps Ritchie Blackmore felt stifled by the exacting nature of Difficult to Cure's attempt at crossover -- witness how "Spotlight Kid" veers from a dexterous Blackmore solo to a ridiculous keyboard run, then just verges on collapse -- and that's the reason why each side ends with a pretentious pseudo-classical instrumental that functions as nothing more than a guitar showcase. Certainly, his playing is impeccable, but both numbers are really awkward (particularly the title track, based on Beethoven's Ninth Symphony and with a weirdly synthesized pulse as a rhythmic underpinning) and just highlight the fact that Difficult to Cure would have been better if Blackmore had channeled that energy into the rest of the album.
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