Long Live Rock 'N' Roll (studio album) by Rainbow
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Long Live Rock 'N' Roll is ranked 2nd best out of 17 albums by Rainbow on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Rainbow is Rising which is ranked number 699 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,498.
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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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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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70/100  | 07/06/2025 21:59 |  TescoHomeCooking | | 77/100 |
90/100 | 06/09/2025 10:40 |  djrodo | | 81/100 |
90/100 | 05/09/2025 11:44 | steve397 | | 76/100 |
90/100 | 05/07/2025 09:42 |  MW19704U | | 59/100 |
60/100 | 04/01/2025 11:06 | cicadelic | | 73/100 |
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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 77.9/100, a mean average of 77.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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The 1st album while is the best.
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VictorVale 12/03/2022 14:10
Grande encontro de guitarra e voz!
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…
90/100
Not a bad track on the album, favorite rainbow album for me
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.
Repo 08/21/2018 13:07
Every bit as good as Rising if not better.
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.
Not as good as its predecessor still a good album title track best here other good tracks Kill the King, L.A, Babylon.
Best Track: Kill the King
Jasonconfused 11/22/2012 06:11
Ronnie James Dio, Ritchie Blackmore, Long Live Rock N' Roll.
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