Difficult To Cure
by Rainbow
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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 675 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,539.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Difficult To Cure track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Difficult To Cure rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 50 Music Albums of 1981 | 15/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2401-2500* | 9/79 | - |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 72 Music Albums of 1981 | 54/72 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Favorite Album Covers | 75/96 | - |
| 2026 | paladisiac | 1980s, #301-400 | 76/100 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 56 Music Albums of 1981 | 44/56 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 56 Music Albums of 1981 | 43/56 | 1 |
| 2025 | AAL2014 | Rainbow: So Far.. | 4/7 | - |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 63 Music Albums of 1981 | 18/63 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 41 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 128 | |||
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Difficult To Cure ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 08/02/2026 04:39 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,613 | 70/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 19:31 | dihansse | 6,373 | 75/100 |
| ! | 11/05/2025 02:49 | AAL2014 | 4,255 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 70.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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Forum mentions
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Daydreamer 07/12/2017 21:44 | #194161 | TOP COMMENT
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The best post Dio album they made. Great rocking songs, and I've always had a soft spot for JLT's vocals.
'Midtown Tunnel Vision' my personal favourite on this one, I prefer this 'Difficult to Cure' to the other post 'Dio' albums.
The two covers are the weak tracks.
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