# Stranger in Us All

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1995 studio album by Rainbow

Stranger in Us All Studio album by Rainbow Released 11 September 1995[1] Recorded 1995 Studio Long View Farm (Brookfield, Massachusetts) Cove City Sound (Long Island, New York) Sound on Sound; Unique; Soundtrack (New York City) Genre Hard rock Length 51:44 Label RCA Producer Pat Regan Ritchie Blackmore Rainbow chronology Bent Out of Shape (1983) Stranger in Us All (1995)

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [2] Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10[3]

***Stranger in Us All*** is the eighth and final studio album by the British [hard rock](/source/Hard_rock) band [Rainbow](/source/Rainbow_(rock_band)), released on 11 September 1995 by [RCA Records](/source/RCA_Records). This was the band's first studio album in twelve years, and originally intended to be a solo album by Ritchie Blackmore, but due to pressures from [BMG](/source/Bertelsmann_Music_Group), it was billed as Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, which saw him putting together a new line-up featuring himself and four then-unknown musicians: vocalist [Doogie White](/source/Doogie_White), bassist [Greg Smith](/source/Greg_Smith_(American_musician)), keyboardist [Paul Morris](/source/Paul_Morris_(musician)) and drummer John O'Reilly.

As Blackmore decided to pursue different musical styles (forming [Blackmore's Night](/source/Blackmore's_Night) with his companion [Candice Night](/source/Candice_Night)), *Stranger in Us All* was his final recording as a rock artist for two decades, until he put together a reincarnation of Rainbow in 2016 and released a series of new singles. The album takes its name from a line in the song "Black Masquerade".

Released during the [post-grunge](/source/Post-grunge) scene of the mid-1990s, *Stranger in Us All* failed to measure up to the critical and commercial acclaim of previous releases and was not particularly well publicized. However, it achieved modest success, particularly in Europe and Japan.

## Promotion

Much of the album was featured in the band's live concert sets. Drummer John O'Reilly was replaced for the tour by the returning [Chuck Burgi](/source/Chuck_Burgi). [John Miceli](/source/John_Miceli) joined the band for the U.S. shows, from February to May 1997, plus one in Denmark. A live performance recorded at Philipshalle Düsseldorf for German TV show [Rockpalast](/source/Rockpalast) on October 9, 1995, was released on the DVD *Black Masquerade* in 2013.

A few songs off the album were played live by the band [Over the Rainbow](/source/Over_the_Rainbow_(band)) in 2008 and 2009, as the line-up featured [Greg Smith](/source/Greg_Smith_(American_musician)) and [Paul Morris](/source/Paul_Morris_(musician)), who played in Rainbow in 1995.

The songs have been also performed occasionally by [Doogie White](/source/Doogie_White), for example in 2004 with a band called White Noise, and 2010 presentations with [Rata Blanca](/source/Rata_Blanca). An official DVD recording of White Noise titled *In the Hall of the Mountain King* was released in 2004. The song "Ariel" was performed live by [Blackmore's Night](/source/Blackmore's_Night) on their 2007 *[Paris Moon](/source/Paris_Moon)* tour.

## Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length 1. "Wolf to the Moon" Ritchie Blackmore, Doogie White, Candice Night 4:16 2. "Cold Hearted Woman" Blackmore, White 4:31 3. "Hunting Humans (Insatiable)" Blackmore, White 5:45 4. "Stand and Fight" Blackmore, White 5:22 5. "Ariel" Blackmore, Night 5:39 6. "Too Late for Tears" Blackmore, White, Pat Regan 4:50 7. "Black Masquerade" Blackmore, Paul Morris, White, Night 5:35 8. "Silence" Blackmore, White 4:04 9. "Hall of the Mountain King" Edvard Grieg, lyrics by Night, arrangement by Blackmore 5:34 10. "Still I'm Sad" (The Yardbirds cover) Paul Samwell-Smith, Jim McCarty 5:22

Japanese edition bonus track No. Title Writer(s) Length 11. "Emotional Crime" Blackmore, White, Regan 3:49

- Track 10 was originally recorded by [The Yardbirds](/source/The_Yardbirds) on the album *[Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds](/source/Having_a_Rave_Up)*. The song was previously covered as an instrumental by the [Dio](/source/Ronnie_James_Dio)-era Rainbow on *[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow](/source/Ritchie_Blackmore's_Rainbow)* and with vocals on *[Rainbow on Stage](/source/On_Stage_(Rainbow_album))* and other live albums.

## Personnel

**Rainbow**

- [Ritchie Blackmore](/source/Ritchie_Blackmore) – guitars, producer

- [Doogie White](/source/Doogie_White) – vocals

- [Greg Smith](/source/Greg_Smith_(American_musician)) – bass, backing vocals

- [Paul Morris](/source/Paul_Morris_(musician)) – keyboards

- John O'Reilly – drums

**Additional musicians**

- [Candice Night](/source/Candice_Night) – backing vocals

- [Mitch Weiss](/source/Mitch_Weiss) – [harmonica](/source/Harmonica)

**Production**

- Pat Regan – producer, engineer, mixing

- Fran Flannery, Jesse Henderson, Ed Miller, Steve Moseley, John Reigart, David Shackney, Steve Sisco and Dug – assistant engineers

- Vlado Meller – mastering at [Sony Music Studios](/source/Sony_Music_Studios), New York

## Charts

Chart (1995) Peak position Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[4] 70 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[5] 6 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[6] 36 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 7 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[8] 38 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[9] 8 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[10] 40 UK Albums (OCC)[11][12] 102

## Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales Japan (RIAJ)[13] Gold 100,000^ ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** "New Albums". *[Music Week](/source/Music_Week)*. 9 September 1995. p. 62.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-allmusic_2-0)** Adams, Bret. ["Rainbow Stranger in Us All review"](http://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-in-us-all-mw0000081270). *[AllMusic](/source/AllMusic)*. [All Media Network](/source/All_Media_Network). Retrieved 18 December 2013.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-martin_3-0)** [Popoff, Martin](/source/Martin_Popoff) (1 August 2007). *The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties*. [Burlington, Ontario](/source/Burlington%2C_Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada): [Collector's Guide Publishing](/source/Collector's_Guide_Publishing). p. 361. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-894959-62-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-894959-62-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Netherlands_Rainbow_4-0)** "[Dutchcharts.nl – Rainbow – Stranger in Us All](https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Rainbow&titel=Stranger+in+Us+All&cat=a)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Finland_Rainbow_5-0)** "[Rainbow: Stranger in Us All](https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/rainbow/albumi/stranger-in-us-all)" (in Finnish). [Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland](/source/Musiikkituottajat_%E2%80%93_IFPI_Finland). Retrieved 22 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Germany_Rainbow_6-0)** "[Offiziellecharts.de – Rainbow – Stranger in Us All](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-2164)" (in German). [GfK Entertainment charts](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts). Retrieved 26 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-JPN_7-0)** *Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005* (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: [Oricon Entertainment](/source/Oricon). 2006. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [4-87131-077-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/4-87131-077-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Norway_Rainbow_8-0)** "[Norwegiancharts.com – Rainbow – Stranger in Us All](https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rainbow&titel=Stranger+in+Us+All&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Sweden_Rainbow_9-0)** "[Swedishcharts.com – Rainbow – Stranger in Us All](https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rainbow&titel=Stranger+in+Us+All&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Switzerland_Rainbow_10-0)** "[Swisscharts.com – Rainbow – Stranger in Us All](http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Rainbow&titel=Stranger+in+Us+All&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-autogenerated1_11-0)** ["Rainbow"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16465/rainbow/). *[Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company)*. Retrieved 12 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Chart_Log_UK_12-0)** Zywietz, Tobias. ["Chart Log UK - Quick Guide (1994– )"](http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_00.HTM). *The Zobbel Website*. Retrieved 7 May 2011.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-JapanRitchie_Blackmore's_RainbowStranger_in_Us_AllalbumCertRef_13-0)** ["Japanese album certifications – Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow – Stranger in Us All"](https://www.riaj.or.jp/f/data/cert/gd.html) (in Japanese). [Recording Industry Association of Japan](/source/Recording_Industry_Association_of_Japan). *Select* 1995年9月 *on the drop-down menu*

## External links

- [Heavy Harmonies page](http://heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=207&CDName=Stranger+in+Us+All)

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