Bent Out Of Shape
by Rainbow
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Rainbow bestography
Bent Out Of Shape is ranked 8th best out of 18 albums by Rainbow on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rainbow is Rising which is ranked number 685 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,515.
(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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Bent Out Of Shape rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 61 Music Albums of 1983 | 54/61 | 1 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top 65r albums (64), #0501-0600 | 78/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Fischman | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 28/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | paladisiac | 1980s 65rating (64-63.67), #001-100* | 53/98 | - |
| 2025 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1983 | 35/62 | 2 |
| 2025 | vruslov | Top 97 Music Albums of 1983 | 6/97 | 5 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 20 Deep Purple offshoot albums by Goldeminemag | 16/20 | - |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1983 Album Listening Project Part Two | 33/90 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 30 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 92 | |||
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Bent Out Of Shape ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 10/10/2026 12:27 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 02/19/2026 21:37 | BorderFreeAndrew | 15,759 | 74/100 |
| ! | 11/06/2025 02:19 | AAL2014 | 4,347 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.2/100, a mean average of 68.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.6.
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Bent Out Of Shape forum mentions
Repo 11/11/2021 05:36 in What album are you listening to right now?
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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.
Best Track: Street Of Dreams
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