Difficult To Cure
by Rainbow

Difficult To Cure by Rainbow
Year: 1981
Release date: 1981-02-03
Overall rank: 9,267th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 55 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (149th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,329th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,267th)

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Rainbow bestography

Difficult To Cure is ranked 6th best out of 17 albums by Rainbow on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Rainbow is Rising which is ranked number 659 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,611.

Rainbow album bestography « Higher ranked (6,830th)
Down To Earth
This album (9,267th)
Difficult To Cure
Lower ranked (9,267th) »
Difficult To Cure

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Difficult To Cure rankings

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Overall rank: 9,267th | 1980s rank: 1,329th | 1981 rank: 149th

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Difficult To Cure ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 55 votes)
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60/100
 
11/05/2025 02:49 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,65475/100
 
70/100
 
01/07/2025 19:28 paladisiac  Ratings distribution  7,28365/100
 
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06/12/2024 18:33 martintho  Ratings distribution  4,70275/100
 
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04/15/2024 14:14 Tomaek6  Ratings distribution  29289/100
 
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03/15/2024 12:59 Tihonovetsky  Ratings distribution  53782/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.3/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.

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85/100
From 07/12/2017 21:44 | #194161
The best post Dio album they made. Great rocking songs, and I've always had a soft spot for JLT's vocals.
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From 07/04/2016 20:31 | #170542
'Midtown Tunnel Vision' my personal favourite on this one, I prefer this 'Difficult to Cure' to the other post 'Dio' albums.
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90/100
From 05/16/2016 10:06 | #166131
The two covers are the weak tracks.
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