Stranger in Us All
Stranger in Us All, released in September 1995 on RCA, is the eighth and last studio album by Rainbow. It arrived twelve years after the band's previous record. Ritchie Blackmore had planned it as a solo project, but pressure from BMG saw it issued under the Rainbow banner. He built a fresh line-up around himself: vocalist Doogie White, bassist Greg Smith, keyboardist Paul Morris and drummer John O'Reilly, none of whom were well known at the time.
It landed in the middle of the post-grunge years, and it did not match the acclaim or sales of earlier Rainbow albums. It was also not heavily promoted, though it did find a modest audience, particularly in Europe and Japan. The title comes from a line in "Black Masquerade". Blackmore then turned to different music with Blackmore's Night, alongside Candice Night, so this was his last rock recording for two decades, until Rainbow returned in 2016. It is worth hearing as the closing chapter of the band's original run.
Stranger in Us All: tracklist, credits and charts
10 tracks · 51:03Tracklist
- 1Wolf to the MoonBlackmore, White, Night4:17
- 2Cold Hearted WomanRitchie Blackmore and Doogie White4:30
- 3Hunting Humans (Insatiable)Ritchie Blackmore and Doogie White5:45
- 4Stand and FightRitchie Blackmore and Doogie White5:21
- 5ArielRitchie Blackmore and Candice Night5:40
- 6Too Late for TearsBlackmore, Regan, White4:54
- 7Black MasqueradeMorris, Night, Blackmore, White5:36
- 8SilenceRitchie Blackmore4:04
- 9Hall of the Mountain KingCandice Night5:32
- 10Still I’m SadJim McCarty and Paul Samwell-Smith5:24
- Produced by
- Ritchie Blackmore, Pat Regan
- Recorded at
- Long View Farm Studios (Brookfield, Massachusetts), Cove City Sound, (Long Island, New York), Sound on Sound, Unique, Soundtrack (New York City)
- Recorded
- 1995
- Mixed by
- Pat Regan
- Mixed at
- The Time Machine
- Engineered by
- Pat Regan
- Label
- RCA
- Length
- 51:03
Line-up
- Ritchie Blackmore · guitar
- Paul Morris · keyboard
- John O. Reilly · drums (drum set)
- Greg Smith · bass guitar, background vocals
- Candice Night · background vocals
- Doogie White · lead vocals, background vocals
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1995 | 102 |
| Finnish Albums · 1995 | 6 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1995 | 7 |
| Swedish Albums · 1995 | 8 |
| German Albums · 1995 | 36 |
| Norwegian Albums · 1995 | 38 |
| Swiss Albums · 1995 | 40 |
| Dutch Albums · 1995 | 70 |
Certifications
| Region | Certification |
|---|---|
| Japan · 1995 | Gold |
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1995-09-11 vs 1995-09-09 (musicbrainz), 1995-08-21 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 9 September 1995 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 11 September 1995 | |
| Wikidata | 21 August 1995 | |
| US release | 1995 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1995 | earliest UK or European date |
13 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | XE | RCA | 743213033723 | other |
| — | XW | RCA | 886446485508 | other |
| 1995 | US | RCA | 743213033723 | other |
| 1995 | ZA | BMG Entertainment | 6007124122537 | other |
| 1995 | XE | RCA | 743213033723 | other |
| 9 September 1995 | JP | RCA | 4988017057735 | original |
| 21 May 1998 | JP | RCA | 4988017079331 | other |
| 23 July 2008 | JP | BMG Japan | 4988017659892 | other |
| 12 October 2009 | JP | BMG Japan | 4988017671498 | other |
| 9 October 2013 | JP | RCA | 4547366202311 | other |
| 2017 | XE | Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd | 5013929918528 | other |
| 19 May 2017 | XE | Hear No Evil Recordings Ltd | 5013929918528 | other |
| 13 July 2018 | RU | Sony Music | 0190758418612 | other |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 945×945 | upscaled |