Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow 1975

"While, compared to the two following albums, "Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow" is a bit of a lackluster, it does contain some rather good tracks, most notably the vaguely progressive "Man on the silver Mountain", "Sixteenth Century Greensleves", " Catch the Rainbow" and "Still I'm Sad", along with the more traditional "Self Portrait". What really makes this album worthy, apart from Blackmore's skills, are Dio's vocal talents and trademark fantasy-inspired lyrics "Temple of the King" which phases in and out between being vert traditionally poppy and progressive, is somewhat of a masterpiece."