| Artist: | Rainbow |
| Studio: | 8 |
| Live: | 16 |
| Compilation: | 16 |
| Video: | 10 |
| Music Videos: | 10 |
| Ep: | 3 |
| Singles: | 24 |
| Option: | 6 |
| Option Name: | Promotional singles |
| 1Option: | 8 |
| 1Option Name: | Box sets |
The following is a comprehensive discography of Rainbow, an English hard rock band. They have released 8 studio albums, 16 live albums, 16 compilation albums, 8 box sets, 3 EPs and 24 singles.
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [1] [2] [3] | AUS [4] | CAN [5] | FIN [6] | GER [7] | JPN [8] | NOR [9] | NLD [10] | SWE [11] | US [12] | ||||
| Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | 11 | 55 | 83 | — | — | 26 | 10 | — | 24 | 30 | |||
| Rising |
| 11 | 33 | 17 | — | 38 | 12 | — | — | 23 | 48 | ||
| Long Live Rock 'n' Roll |
| 7 | 43 | 94 | 14 | 26 | 9 | 12 | 11 | 18 | 89 |
| |
| Down to Earth |
| 6 | 27 | — | 26 | 19 | 15 | — | — | 17 | 66 |
| |
| Difficult to Cure |
| 3 | 77 | — | 1 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 14 | 9 | 50 | ||
| Straight Between the Eyes |
| 5 | 86 | 17 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 30 |
| |
| Bent Out of Shape |
| 11 | — | 93 | 2 | 25 | 3 | 6 | 44 | 6 | 34 | ||
| Stranger in Us All |
| 102 | — | — | 6 | 36 | 7 | 38 | 70 | 8 | — |
| |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | FIN | GER | JPN [20] | NOR | NLD | SWE | SWI [21] | US | ||||
| On Stage |
| 7 | 22 | 21 | 28 | 6 | 17 | 29 | 25 | — | 65 |
| |
| Finyl Vinyl |
| 31 | — | 35 | — | 20 | — | — | 25 | — | 87 | ||
| Live in Germany 1976 |
| — | — | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live In Köln 1976 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live In Düsseldorf 1976 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live In Nürnberg 1976 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live in Munich 1977 |
| — | — | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Denver 1979 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Long Island 1979 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Monsters of Rock – Live at Donington 1980 |
| — | — | — | — | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Boston 1981 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live in Japan 1984 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Black Masquerade – Live in Rockpalast 1995 |
| — | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Memories in Rock – Live in Germany 2016 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 56 | — | ||
| Live in Birmingham 2016 |
| — | — | — | — | 45 | — | — | — | 83 | — | ||
| Memories in Rock II – Live in UK 2017 |
| — | — | — | 37 | 31 | 26 | — | — | 48 | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [23] | FIN | JPN | SWE | US | ||||
| The Best of Rainbow |
| — | — | 48 | — | — | ||
| The Best of Rainbow |
| 14 | — | — | — | — |
| |
| The Best |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Very Best of Rainbow |
| 197 | — | — | — | — |
| |
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Classic Rainbow: The Universal Masters Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Pot of Gold |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| — | 26 | — | — | — |
| ||
| — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Colour Collection |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Anthology 1975–1984 |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Essential |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Polydor Years |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Since You Been Gone – The Best of Rainbow |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Since You Been Gone – The Essential |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER | JPN | |||
| Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow |
| — | — | |
| Deutschland Tournee 1976 |
| — | 75 | |
| The Polydor Years 1975–1986 |
| — | — | |
| 5 Original Albums |
| — | — | |
| The Singles Box Set 1975–1986 |
| — | — | |
| Down to Earth Tour 1979 |
| — | — | |
| A Light in the Black 1975–1984 |
| 39 | 47 | |
| Treasures – A Vinyl Collection |
| — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | EP details | Peak chart positions | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | US | |||
| Live |
| 41 | — | |
| Jealous Lover |
| — | 147 | |
| Rainbow Vorwärts |
| — | — | |
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Certifications | Album | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK | AUS | FIN | IRE [25] | NL | US | US Main | |||||
| "Man on the Silver Mountain" | 1975 | — | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | ||
| "Temple of the King" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Still I'm Sad" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Starstruck" | 1976 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Rising | ||
| "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" | 1978 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | ||
| "L.A. Connection" | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Since You Been Gone" | 1979 | 6 | — | — | 5 | 47 | 57 | — |
| Down to Earth | |
| "All Night Long" | 1980 | 5 | — | — | 6 | — | 110 | — |
| ||
| "I Surrender" | 1981 | 3 | — | 7 | 4 | — | 105 | 19 |
| Difficult to Cure | |
| "Can't Happen Here" | 20 | — | — | 27 | — | — | — | ||||
| "Difficult to Cure" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Jealous Lover" | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | ||||
| "Magic" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Difficult to Cure | |||
| "Stone Cold" | 1982 | 34 | — | 21 | — | — | 40 | 1 | Straight Between the Eyes | ||
| "Death Alley Driver" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Street of Dreams" | 1983 | 52 | — | — | — | — | 60 | 2 | Bent Out of Shape | ||
| "Can't Let You Go" | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Bad Girl" | 1986 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Finyl Vinyl | ||
| "Ariel" | 1995 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Stranger in Us All | ||
| "Land of Hope and Glory" | 2017 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "I Surrender" (re-recording) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "Waiting for a Sign" | 2018 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | Memories in Rock II | ||
| "Black Sheep of the Family" | 2019 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | rowspan="2" | ||
| "The Storm" | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Title | Year | Peak chart positions | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US Main | ||||
| "Tarot Woman" | 1976 | — | Rising | |
| "Power" | 1982 | 35 | Straight Between the Eyes | |
| "Stranded" | 1983 | — | Bent Out of Shape | |
| "Desperate Heart" | 1984 | 52 | ||
| "Hunting Humans (Insatiable)" | 1995 | — | Stranger in Us All | |
| "Wolf to the Moon" | — | |||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | ||||
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [26] | AUS [27] | AUT [28] | GER | NL | JPN | SWE [29] | SWI | ||||
| Live Between the Eyes |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Japan Tour '84 |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| The Final Cut |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Live in Munich 1977 |
| 3 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 89 | 2 | — |
| |
| Live Between The Eyes / The Final Cut |
| 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | ||
| Black Masquerade |
| 5 | — | 3 | — | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Live in Japan |
| — | — | — | — | — | 22 | — | — | ||
| Monsters of Rock – Live at Donington 1980 |
| 3 | — | 1 | 54 | — | — | 1 | 2 | ||
| Memories in Rock – Live in Germany |
| 5 | — | 3 | 11 | 6 | 27 | 2 | 4 | ||
| Memories in Rock II |
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that territory. | |||||||||||
| Year | Title | Album | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | "Long Live Rock 'n' Roll" | Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | |
| "L.A. Connection" | |||
| "Gates of Babylon" | |||
| 1979 | "Since You Been Gone" | Down to Earth | |
| "All Night Long" | |||
| 1981 | "I Surrender" | Difficult to Cure | |
| "Can't Happen Here" | |||
| 1982 | "Stone Cold" | Straight Between the Eyes | |
| "Death Alley Driver" | |||
| 1983 | "Street of Dreams" | Bent Out of Shape | |
| 1984 | "Can't Let You Go" | ||
| 1995 | "Ariel" | Stranger in Us All |
. Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . illustrated . St Ives, N.S.W. . 245 . David Kent (historian).