Artist: RAINBOW
Album: CATCH THE RAINBOW - THE ANTHOLOGY (2CD)

Release date: 2003
EAN/UPS: 0044006553825
Media type: CD

This is probably the best of Rainbow's greatest hits compilation on a two-disc CD. This compilation covers Rainbow best hits from the very beginning with Ronnie James Dio as lead singer through Joe Lynn Turner, for which I am a fan of both lead singers for Rainbow. All songs are great on this compilation, with the exception of the live tracks of "Mistreated" and "Difficult To Cure", which I would prefer the studio version. I have nothing against live version of previously stated songs, but they should be left on live albums. A greatest hits anthology should only have studio versions of the band's best hits only, in my opinion. Overall, this CD anthology is an excellent compilation of Rainbow's best works.

CD1:
1.    "Man on the Silver Mountain"    Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow, 1975    4:37
2.    "Sixteenth Century Greensleeves"    Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow    3:29
3.    "Catch the Rainbow"    Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow    6:38
4.    "Tarot Woman"    Rising, 1976    5:59
5.    "Starstruck"    Rising    4:06
6.    "Stargazer"    Rising    8:26
7.    "A Light in the Black"    Rising    8:13
8.    "Mistreated" (live)    On Stage, 1977    13:06
9.    "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll"    Long Live Rock 'n' Roll, 1978    4:23
10.    "Gates of Babylon"    Long Live Rock 'n' Roll    6:46
11.    "Kill the King"    Long Live Rock 'n' Roll    4:28
12.    "Rainbow Eyes"    Long Live Rock 'n' Roll    7:31

CD2:
1.    "Eyes of the World"    Down to Earth, 1979    6:38
2.    "Since You Been Gone"    Down to Earth    3:17
3.    "All Night Long"    Down to Earth    3:50
4.    "Weiss Heim"    B-side of the single "All Night Long" , 1980    5:13
5.    "I Surrender"    Difficult to Cure, 1981    4:01
6.    "Spotlight Kid"    Difficult to Cure    4:53
7.    "Can't Happen Here"    Difficult to Cure    3:08
8.    "Jealous Lover"    B-side of the single "Can't Happen Here", 1981    3:11
9.    "Death Alley Driver"    Straight Between the Eyes, 1982    4:42
10.    "Stone Cold"    Straight Between the Eyes    5:17
11.    "Tearin' Out My Heart"    Straight Between the Eyes    4:04
12.    "Power"    Straight Between the Eyes    4:26
13.    "Can't Let You Go"    Bent Out of Shape, 1983    4:20
14.    "Desperate Heart"    Bent Out of Shape    4:03
15.    "Street of Dreams"    Bent Out of Shape    4:26
16.    "Difficult to Cure" (live)    Finyl Vinyl, 1986    11:14