Difficult to Cure

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Difficult to Cure
Difficult to cure.jpg
Cover design by Hipgnosis
Studio album by Rainbow
Released 3 February 1981
Recorded Sweet Silence Studios, Copenhagen, Denmark,
Kingdom Sound Studios, Long Island, New York
Genre Hard rock
Length 42:53
Label Polydor
Producer Roger Glover
Rainbow chronology
Down to Earth
(1979)Down to Earth1979		 Difficult to Cure
(1981)		 Jealous Lover
(1981)Jealous Lover1981
Singles from Difficult to Cure
  1. "I Surrender" / "Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)"
    Released: January 1981
  2. "Can't Happen Here" / "Jealous Lover"
    Released: June 1981
  3. "Magic" / "Freedom Fighter"
    Released: 1981 (Japan only)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[1]
Martin Popoff 6/10 stars[2]

Difficult to Cure is the fifth studio album by the British hard rock band, Rainbow, and was released in 1981. The album marked the further commercialization of the band's sound, with Ritchie Blackmore once describing at the time his appreciation of the band Foreigner.[3]

The album material was started with singer Graham Bonnet still in the band, getting as far as recording an early version of "I Surrender", before Bonnet left the band due to his dissatisfaction over the material. American singer Joe Lynn Turner, formerly of Fandango was recruited and sang over already completed musical tracks. Turner stated that, because of this, he was singing in higher keys than he would do normally (and would do subsequently).[4]

"I Surrender" would be the band's highest charting single in the UK, reaching No. 3.[5]

The song "Spotlight Kid" was covered by the German power metal band Angel Dust for their album Border of Reality (1998).

A remastered CD reissue was released in May 1999, with packaging duplicating the original vinyl release.

Of the five musicians who play on this album, four of them have been members of Deep Purple at some point in their careers (though never all at the same time). Only drummer Bobby Rondinelli has never been a member of Deep Purple. Joe Lynn Turner joined the band in 1990 and only recorded one album, Slaves and Masters, before he was replaced with former member Ian Gillan. Don Airey would join the band in 2002, replacing former keyboardist Jon Lord, and has remained in the band since.

Track listing

Side one
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "I Surrender"   Russ Ballard 4:01
2. "Spotlight Kid"   Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover 4:54
3. "No Release"   Blackmore, Glover, Don Airey 5:33
4. "Magic"   Brian Moran 4:07
5. "Vielleicht Das Nächste Mal (Maybe Next Time)" (instrumental) Blackmore, Airey 3:17
Side two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
6. "Can't Happen Here"   Blackmore, Glover 4:57
7. "Freedom Fighter"   Blackmore, Glover, Joe Lynn Turner 4:21
8. "Midtown Tunnel Vision"   Blackmore, Glover, Turner 4:31
9. "Difficult to Cure (Beethoven's Ninth)" (instrumental) Ludwig van Beethoven, arr. by Blackmore, Glover, Airey 5:57

The original 1981 LP and cassette releases had the title of the fifth track as "Vielleicht Das Nachster Zeit (Maybe Next Time)". This was a mis-translation from the German, which was corrected on later releases. However, the "corrected" version still contains multiple spelling errors, as the correct German for "Maybe Next Time" is "Vielleicht beim nächsten Mal". The laughter at the end of the last track is unmistakably that of Oliver Hardy. On the original LP, the laughter is an endless loop as it plays in the run-out groove, while on the CD it loops a few times before stopping.

Personnel

Rainbow
Production
  • Flemming Rasmussen - engineer
  • Thomas Brekling, Clay Hutchinson - assistant engineers
  • Greg Calbi - mastering

Charts

Certifications

Country Organization Year Sales
UK BPI 1981 Gold (+ 100,000)[12]
Finland Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland 1981 Gold (+ 25,000)[13]

References

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