Long Live Rock 'N' Roll
by Rainbow
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Long Live Rock 'N' Roll is ranked 3rd best out of 18 albums by Rainbow on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rainbow is Rising which is ranked number 687 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,513.
(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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Long Live Rock 'N' Roll track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Long Live Rock 'N' Roll 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 |  djrodo | Top 25 Music Albums of 1978 | 2/25 | 5 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Metal On Metal: The Hitchhiker's Guide To Heavy Metal | 30/100 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  MetalMan67 | Top 62 Music Albums of 1978 | 11/62 | 4 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 66 Music Albums of 1978 | 9/66 | 4 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 77 Music Albums of 1978 | 4/77 | 5 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 46/100 | 11 |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 59 Music Albums of 1978 | 14/59 | 4 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 154 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 637 | |||
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Long Live Rock 'N' Roll ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 12:26 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2026 21:23 |  slatsheit | 2,076 | 81/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2026 03:03 | mrmcrook | 1,153 | 77/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.
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Long Live Rock 'N' Roll forum mentions
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Long Live Rock 'N' Roll comments
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There is very little between this one and 'Rising' Both albums are 'Rainbow' at their peak and most creative. With Dio on vocals and Cozy Powell in the drum stool it couldn't fail to be anything but brilliant. 'Gates of Babylon' and 'Rainbow Eyes' are personal favourites. (Edited)
The absolute BEST Rainbow record. The production on this record is perfect...and why not? It was recorded in a haunted castle. This is Dio's first masterpiece album. And really, Blackmore may never have played better himself. "Gates Of Babylon" is one of the three best hard rock songs ever. The others being "Burn" which also was written with Ritchie Blackmore and "God Of Thunder." That's the three. Learn it...Live it.
The first album I bought on my own... (after I won a signed copy of George Harrisons 33 1/3.) It opened a complete new world of musical experience for me... After more than 40 years it's still a great record… but to be honest, although this Album was important for my musical socialisation, there was much more important - and much better to come. Nevertheless… Gates Of Babylon is outstanding, but there are many better Dio-songs. Long Live Rock'n'Roll and Kill The King are great… Sometimes I like the ballad Rainbow Eyes... but most of the Songs are just average material in the recording history of Dio and Blackmore. Sensitive To Light might be okay for an average Hard Rock/Metal Band... for Dio / Blackmore it's rubbish…
Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/22/2012 06:11 | #55622 | TOP COMMENT
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Ronnie James Dio, Ritchie Blackmore, Long Live Rock N' Roll.
The last album Dio did with them before he headed to Sabbath. Almost level par with 'Rising'. An excellent classic Hard Rock / Metal album with some of their most legendary songs. Dio's fucking marvelous. (Edited)
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