rainbow: rop mai (vol. 5)

artist: เรนโบว์ (rainbow)
album: รอบใหม่ (rop mai) (vol. 5)
tracklist: 
01. หมดรอบ (mot rop)
02. โทรศัพท์รัก (thorasap rak)
03. อยากให้รู้ใจ (yak hai ru chai)
04. รักหนอรัก (rak no rak)
05. อย่าหนีรัก (ya ni rak)
06. หมดรอบ [ดนตรี] (mot rop [instrumental])
07. ทำไมไม่เชื่อ (น่าแค้นนัก) (thammai mai chuea (na khaen nak))
08. หัวใจสีขาว (hua chai si khao)
09. ฉันไม่ว่า (chan mai wa)
10. ขอแค่คิดถึง (kho khae khit thueng)
11. ไม่แปลกอะไร (mai plaek arai)
12. โทรศัพท์รัก [ดนตรี] (thorasap rak [instrumental])

this week, '80s bangkok pop sounds from the rainbow band! building off the line-up of early r.s. signees inthanin, rainbow was the splinter group of latter-day members who stayed together when the band split, including "tom" phiraphong phonchana (lead vocals/guitar), "pong" rewat sakaeo (guitar/keys), "un" thirasak wadisirisak (keyboard/vocals), "it" suchat chanton (guitar/vocals), "phon" amphon chaowiang (bass), and "ot" thawi siprasoet (drums). they put out their first album together as rainbow in 1986, and a mere two years later they were already on album no. 5, presented here. produced by the phalangkun brothers (ukrit and itthi) at jam studio, the sound is classic r.s. soft-rock, with a characteristic mix of slow ballads and dance numbers. and yes, the name is apparently cribbed from ritchie blackmore's band.. enjoy!