Thursday 12/15/22 7pm ET: Feature LP: Rainbow – Difficult To Cure (1981)

Difficult to Cure is the fifth studio album by the British hard rock band Rainbow, released February 9, 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. It became the band’s highest-charting album on the UK Albums Chart, where it peaked at number three.

  1. “I Surrender” 4:01
  2. “Spotlight Kid” 4:54
  3. “No Release” 5:33
  4. “Magic” 4:07
  5. “Vielleicht Das Nächste Mal (Maybe Next Time)” 3:17
  6. “Can’t Happen Here” 4:57
  7. “Freedom Fighter” 4:21
  8. “Midtown Tunnel Vision” 4:31
  9. “Difficult to Cure (Beethoven’s Ninth)” 5:57

Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Don Airey – keyboards
Roger Glover – bass, producer
Bob Rondinelli – drums
Joe Lynn Turner – lead & backup vocals