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Difficult to Cure
Studio album by Rainbow
Released	January 1981
Genre	Hard rock
Length	42:53
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	Roger Glover
Rainbow chronology
Down to Earth (1979)	Difficult to Cure (1981)	Straight Between the Eyes (1982)

Difficult to Cure is the fifth LP released by Rainbow, in 1981, and marked a further commercialisation of the band's sound. In an interview in Sounds (July 25th 1981), a UK music paper, Blackmore openly stated his liking for Foreigner and erstwhile vocalist Ronnie James Dio has referred to this period of Rainbow as "Foreigner Junior". It is, however, a popular album with many fans, despite it being markedly different to albums which preceded it.

The album material was started with Graham Bonnet still in the band, getting as far as recording I Surrender. Turner was recruited and sang over backings already completed. In a 1982 interview with British Rock magazine Kerrang! Turner stated that, because of this, he was singing in higher keys than he would do normally (and would do subsequently).

Cover design was by Hipgnosis and was not specifically for this album. Indeed, it had been put forward as a cover for Black Sabbath's 1978 album, Never Say Die!

Remastered CD reissue was released in May 1999, with packaging duplicating the original vinyl release.

Jealous Lover, the first track written by Turner and Blackmore, was the non-album B-side to Can't Happen Here.

1. "I Surrender" (Ballard) – 4:10
2. "Spotlight Kid" (Blackmore/Glover) – 5:04
3. "No Release" (Blackmore/Glover/Airey) – 5:42
4. "Magic" (B.Moran) – 4:15
5. "Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)" (Blackmore/Airey) – 3:23
6. "Can't Happen Here" (Blackmore/Glover) – 5:09
7. "Freedom Fighter" (Blackmore/Glover/Turner) – 4:28
8. "Midtown Tunnel Vision" (Blackmore/Glover/Turner) – 4:44
9. "Difficult To Cure (Beethoven's Ninth)" (Trad. arr. by Blackmore/Glover/Airey) – 5:58

This track listing is as it appears on the 1999 CD release. The original 1981 LP and cassette releases had the title of the fifth track as "Vielleicht Das Nachster Zeit (Maybe Next Time)". This was a mis-translation from the German, which was corrected on later releases.

Additionally the final track, Difficult To Cure, was originally credited as arranged by Blackmore/Glover/Airey. The laughter at the end of this track is unmistakably Oliver Hardy.

I Surrender would be the band's highest charting single in the UK, reaching #3.

• Joe Lynn Turner - vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
• Don Airey - keyboard
• Roger Glover - bass
• Bobby Rondinelli - drums

• 1981 - "I Surrender/Vielleicht Das Nachste Mal (Maybe Next Time)"
• 1981 - "Can't Happen Here/Jealous Lover"
• 1981 - "Magic/Freedom Fighter" (Japan)

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Ritchie Blackmore
Vocals: Ronnie James Dio | Graham Bonnet | Joe Lynn Turner | Doogie White
Bass: Craig Gruber | Jimmy Bain | Bob Daisley | Roger Glover | Greg Smith
Drums: Gary Driscoll | Cozy Powell | Bobby Rondinelli | Chuck Burgi | John O'Reilly | John Miceli
Keyboards: Micky Lee Soule | Tony Carey | David Stone | Don Airey | David Rosenthal | Paul Morris
Discography
Albums : Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow | Rising | Long Live Rock 'n' Roll | Down to Earth | Difficult to Cure | Straight Between the Eyes | Bent Out of Shape | Stranger in Us All
Live albums: On Stage | Finyl Vinyl | Live in Germany/Live in Europe | Live in Munich 1977 | Rainbow Live at Cologne SportsHalle
Videos and DVDs: Live Between the Eyes/ The Final Cut | Live in Munich 1977
Compilation Albums: The Best of Rainbow | The Very Best of Rainbow | 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Rainbow | Pot of Gold | Catch the Rainbow: The Anthology | Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow
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