Bent Out Of Shape
by Rainbow

Bent Out Of Shape by Rainbow
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-09-09
Overall rank: 12,471st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 43 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (165th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (1,727th)
Award Best albums of all time (12,471st)

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Rainbow bestography

Bent Out Of Shape is ranked 8th 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 2,609.

Rainbow album bestography « Higher ranked (12,390th)
Straight Between The Eyes
This album (12,471st)
Bent Out Of Shape
Lower ranked (23,158th) »
Stranger In Us All

(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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Bent Out Of Shape rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 12,471st | 1980s rank: 1,727th | 1983 rank: 165th
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2026 FischmanTop 100 Music Albums of 198340/1003
2026 AAL2014Top 53 Music Albums of 198346/531
2025 AAL2014Rainbow: So Far..7/7 -
2025 paladisiactop 65r albums (64), #0501-060077/100 -
2025mostlymor1983 Album Listening Project Part Two33/90 -
2025 MetalMan67Top 62 Music Albums of 198335/622
2025vruslovTop 97 Music Albums of 19836/975
2025stevengnzTop 100 Music Albums of 198336/1003
2025JohnnyoTop 20 Deep Purple offshoot albums by Goldeminemag16/20 -
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 198388/1001
2025 paladisiac1980s 65rating (64-63.67), #001-100*53/98 -
2024GallowtreeTop 64 Music Albums of 19834/645
2024Steppenwolf666Top 100 Music Albums of 198327/1004
2024 rambleon80Top 20 Music Albums of 198315/202
2024JunomoogmelloTop 21 Music Albums of 198319/211
2024JohnnyoRainbow albums ranked by Loudersounds Mag7/8 -
2023 DaydreamerTop 47 Music Albums of 198338/471
2023uDiscoverMusicThe Best Albums of 198347/672
2022ChambordTop 49 Music Albums of 198337/491
2022 mrblondTop 90 Music Albums of the 1980s26/9014
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 30
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 93
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Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 43 votes)
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02/19/2026 21:37 BorderFreeAndrew  Ratings distribution  15,00974/100
 
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11/06/2025 02:19 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  3,65675/100
 
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07/02/2023 02:30 Gendjar  Ratings distribution  4,71556/100

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75/100
From 06/02/2018 09:08 | #215958
Great album, shame about the cover, why didn't they get creative with the cover and bend a rainbow out of shape? 'Street of Dreams' is a personal favourite as is 'Drinking With the Devil' which sounds a bit like later Whitesnake. Rocked up 'Snowman' theme is also good but not as good as the Nightwish version, great Mellotron flute on the Rainbow version though.
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Best Track: Street Of Dreams
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2. Violent Femmes by Violent Femmes
3. Power, Corruption & Lies by New Order
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