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{{Infobox album
| name       = Stranger in Us All
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]]
| cover      = Rainbow1995.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = 21 August 1995
| recorded   = 1995
| studio     =
* [[Long View Farm Studios|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 Records|RCA]]
| producer   =
* Pat Regan
* [[Ritchie Blackmore]]
| prev_title = [[Bent Out of Shape]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title =
| next_year  =
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic" >{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/stranger-in-us-all-mw0000081270 | title = Rainbow Stranger in Us All review | accessdate = 2013-12-18 | last = Adams | first = Bret | work = [[AllMusic]] | publisher = [[All Media Network]]}}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 6/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = August 1, 2007 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |  page=361 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}
'''''Stranger in Us All''''' is the eighth studio album by the British [[hard rock]] band [[Rainbow (rock band)|Rainbow]], released on 21 August 1995 by [[RCA Records]]. This was the band's first studio album in twelve years, and originally intended to be a solo album by Blackmore, but due to pressures from [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]], 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]], bassist [[Greg Smith (American musician)|Greg Smith]], keyboardist [[Paul Morris (musician)|Paul Morris]] and drummer John O'Reilly.
As Blackmore decided to pursue different musical styles (forming [[Blackmore's Night]] with his companion [[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]] 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 live concert sets. Drummer John O'Reilly was replaced for the tour by the returning [[Chuck Burgi]]. [[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]] 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 (band)|Over the Rainbow]] in 2008 and 2009, as the line-up featured [[Greg Smith (American musician)|Greg Smith]] and [[Paul Morris (musician)|Paul Morris]], who played in Rainbow in 1995.
The songs have been also performed occasionally by [[Doogie White]], for example in 2004 with a band called White Noise, and 2010 presentations with [[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]] on their 2007 ''[[Paris Moon]]'' tour.
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1          = Wolf to the Moon
| length1         = 4:16
| writer1          = [[Ritchie Blackmore]], [[Doogie White]], [[Candice Night]]
| title2          = Cold Hearted Woman
| length2         = 4:31
| writer2         = Blackmore, White
| title3          = Hunting Humans (Insatiable)
| length3         = 5:45
| writer3         = Blackmore, White
| title4          = Stand and Fight
| writer4         = Blackmore, White
| length4         = 5:22
| title5          = Ariel
| writer5         = Blackmore, Night
| length5         = 5:39
| title6          = Too Late for Tears
| length6         = 4:50
| writer6         = Blackmore, White, Pat Regan
| title7          = Black Masquerade
| length7         = 5:35
| writer7         = Blackmore, [[Paul Morris (musician)|Paul Morris]], White, Night
| title8          = Silence
| length8         = 4:04
| writer8         = Blackmore, White
| title9          = [[In the Hall of the Mountain King|Hall of the Mountain King]]
| writer9         = [[Edvard Grieg]], lyrics by Night, arrangement by Blackmore
| length9         = 5:34
| title10          = Still I'm Sad
| note10           = [[The Yardbirds]] cover
| length10         = 5:22
| writer10         = [[Paul Samwell-Smith]], [[Jim McCarty]]
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = Japanese edition bonus track
| title11          = Emotional Crime
| length11         = 3:49
| writer11         = Blackmore, White, Regan
}}
*Track 10 was originally recorded by [[The Yardbirds]] on the album ''[[Having a Rave Up|Having a Rave Up with The Yardbirds]]''. The song was previously covered as an instrumental by the [[Ronnie James Dio|Dio]]-era Rainbow on ''[[Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow]]'' and with vocals on ''[[On Stage (Rainbow album)|Rainbow on Stage]]'' and other live albums.
==Personnel==
'''Rainbow'''
*[[Doogie White]] - lead and backing vocals
*[[Ritchie Blackmore]] - guitar, producer
*[[Greg Smith (American musician)|Greg Smith]] - bass, backing vocals
*[[Paul Morris (musician)|Paul Morris]] - keyboards
*John O'Reilly - drums
'''Additional musicians'''
*[[Candice Night]] - backing vocals
*[[Mitch Weiss]] - [[harmonica]]
'''Production'''
* [[Pat Regan (musician)|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]], New York
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1995)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|UK Albums Chart<ref name="autogenerated1">{{cite web |title=Rainbow |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/16465/rainbow/ |access-date=2011-05-12 |work=[[Official Charts Company]]}}</ref><ref name="Chart Log UK">{{cite web |last=Zywietz |first=Tobias |title=Chart Log UK - Quick Guide (1994– ) |url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/CLUK_00.HTM |access-date=2011-05-07 |work=The Zobbel Website}}</ref>
| align="center"| 102
|-
{{Album chart|Netherlands|70|artist=Rainbow|album=Stranger in Us All|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
|-
{{Album chart|Finland|6|artist=Rainbow|album=Stranger in Us All|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
|-
{{Album chart|Germany4|36|id=2164|artist=Rainbow|album=Stranger in Us All|rowheader=true|accessdate=26 April 2018}}
|-
!scope="row"|Japanese Albums ([[Oricon]])<ref name="JPN">{{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=[[Oricon|Oricon Entertainment]]|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}</ref>
| align="center"| 7
|-
{{Album chart|Norway|38|artist=Rainbow|album=Stranger in Us All|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
|-
{{Album chart|Sweden|8|artist=Rainbow|album=Stranger in Us All|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
|-
{{Album chart|Switzerland|40|artist=Rainbow|album=Stranger in Us All|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
|}
== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|title=Stranger in Us All|artist=Ritchie Blackmore's Rainbow|award=Gold|relyear=1995|certyear=1995|certmonth=9}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://heavyharmonies.com/cgi-bin/glamcd.cgi?BandNum=207&CDName=Stranger+in+Us+All Heavy Harmonies page]
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