BENT OUT OF SHAPE

This is Rainbow's lat album of the 80's and the most commercially driven. Despite this, Rainbow still manages to give a good album. Newest member Chuck Burgi does well behind the drums, and Joe Lynn Turner really shines here. The album seemes a tad forced though, there's nothing really creative about it. Ritchie does deliver good solo's and great vocal work by Joe Lynn Turner. After this album Ritchie and Roger would return to Deep Purple, Joe would later end up in Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force... This get's three stars, as I do enjoy the album quite a bit!