''Bent Out Of Shape'' was the seventh and last studio album released by Rainbow before Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover took part in the Deep Purple reformation. It was originally released in 1983 as an LP and cassette. The first CD version to be released featured several longer edits compared to the vinyl version. It was recorded in Sweet Silence Studio in Copenhagen in about 7 weeks.

A remastered CD reissue was released in May 1999, which restored the artwork of the original release. This has two tracks of a longer duration than on the first US CD issue.

This album is generally referred to in reviews as a commercial effort by the band, attempting to repeat the success of the song "Stone Cold" and the album ''Straight Between the Eyes''. As a result, some of the songs, like the first single released from this album, "Street of Dreams", are usually considered to be more in the album-oriented rock style, instead of the hard rock sound of earlier Rainbow albums. The album was particularly aimed at the US market: the title is an American idiom rather than a British one.

The music video for "Can't Let You Go", directed by Dominic Orlando, was filmed in New York City (1984) and inspired by the 1920 silent b/w film ''The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari''. Along with "Street of Dreams", directed by Storm Thorgerson (1983), it became a part of Rainbow's "The Final Cut" home video collection (1985). - Wikipedia