Bent Out of Shape

Bent Out of Shape
Cover design by Storm Thorgerson
Studio album by
Rainbow
ReleasedSeptember 1983[1]
StudioSweet Silence, Copenhagen
GenreHard rock[2]
Length40:25
LabelPolydor
ProducerRoger Glover
Rainbow chronology
Straight Between the Eyes
(1982) 		Bent Out of Shape
(1983) 		Stranger in Us All
(1995)
Singles from Bent Out of Shape
  1. "Street of Dreams"
    Released: 19 August 1983[3]
  2. "Can't Let You Go"
    Released: 28 October 1983[4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[5]
Smash Hits5/10[6]

Bent Out of Shape is the seventh studio album released by English hard rock band Rainbow. It was originally released in September 1983 as an LP and cassette. The cassette featured several longer edits compared to the vinyl version. It was recorded at Sweet Silence Studios in Copenhagen.

  1. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. p. 211. ISBN 9780862415419.
  2. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Rainbow Bent Out of Shape review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 14 December 2013.
  3. ^ "News". Record Mirror: 5. 13 August 1983. Retrieved 15 December 2020 – via flickr.com.
  4. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 48.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 280. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  6. ^ Martin, Peter (29 September – 12 October 1983). "Albums: Rainbow — Bent Out of Shape (Polydor)" (PDF). Smash Hits. Vol. 5, no. 20. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 21. ISSN 0260-3004. Archived (PDF) from the original on 15 May 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023 – via World Radio History.