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  • Artist: Deep Purple
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1971
  • Total Time: 38:40
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

One of Deep Purple's four indispensable albums (the others being In Rock, Machine Head, and Burn), 1971's Fireball saw the band broadening out from the no-holds-barred hard rock direction of the previous year's cacophonous In Rock. Metal machine noises introduced the sizzling title track -- an unusually compact but explosively tight group effort on which Jon Lord's organ truly shined. The somewhat tiring repetitions of "No No No" actually threatened to drop the ball next, but the fantastic single "Strange Kind of Woman" nimbly caught and set it rolling again, just in time for the innuendo-encrusted hilarity of "Anyone's Daughter," featuring one of singer Ian Gillan's first (and still best) humorous storylines to go with one of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's most uncharacteristic, bluesiest performances ever. "The Mule" opened the vinyl album's second side with what is perhaps Purple's finest instrumental, and on the hyper-extended "Fools," the bandmembers proved they could flirt with progressive rock without plunging off its cliff (although the song could probably have done without its drawn-out middle section). And closing the album was the exceptional "No One Came," where intertwining instrumental lines locked together beautifully, Gillan wove another entertaining yarn that was part autobiography and part Monty Python, and the often underrated skills of drummer Ian Paice helped the song sound so unreservedly fresh and intuitive that one could almost be convinced the band had winged it on the spot. Sure, the following year's Machine Head would provide Deep Purple with their commercial peak, but on Fireball, the formidable quintet was already firing on all cylinders. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Fireball (Lyrics) Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Gillan Deep Purple (3:24)
No No No (Lyrics) Ian Paice, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover Deep Purple (6:54)
Strange Kind of Woman (Lyrics) Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice Deep Purple (4:07)
Anyone's Daughter (Lyrics) Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Ian Gillan Deep Purple (4:44)
The Mule Ian Gillan, Ian Paice, Ritchie Blackmore, Roger Glover, Jon Lord Deep Purple (5:21)
Fools (Lyrics) Jon Lord, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan Deep Purple (8:20)
No One Came (Lyrics) Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice Deep Purple (6:25)

Credits

Ian Gillan (?), Barry Plummer (Photography), Tom Bender (Engineer), Louie Austin (Engineer), Tom Bender (Mixing), Ritchie Blackmore (Arranger), Jon Lord (Arranger), Ian Paice (Arranger), Roger Glover (Liner Notes), Lisa Wingard (Mixing), Alan O'Duffy (Engineer), Jon Lord (Adaptation), Roger Glover (Bass), Simon Robinson (Sleeve Notes), Roger Glover (Photography), Ian Gillan (Arranger), Ritchie Blackmore (Adaptation), Ian Gillan (Adaptation), Jon Lord (Keyboards), Ritchie Blackmore (Guitar), Deep Purple (Producer), Michael Putland (Photography), Robert Cooksey (Equipment Technician), Ian Paice (Drums), Carl Sigman (Adaptation), Martin Birch (Engineer), Roger Glover (Adaptation), Ian Paice (Adaptation), Roger Glover (Arranger), Roger Glover (Synthesizer)
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Fireball
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released July, 1971 (US and Canada), September 1971 (UK and Europe)
Recorded September 1970 to June 1971, London
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 40:30 (Original LP)
78:46 (1996 CD edition)
Label Harvest Records (UK)
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer Deep Purple
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
Deep Purple in Rock
(1970)		 Fireball
(1971)		 Machine Head
(1972)
Alternate cover
25th anniversary CD slipcase

Fireball is a hard rock album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971. It was their fifth studio album, and the second with the classic Mk II lineup. It was recorded at various times between September 1970 and June 1971. It would become the first of the band's three UK #1 albums. The album was certified Gold on July 26, 2001 by the RIAA, selling 500,000 copies in the US.[1]

Contents

Versions

The original UK version had "Demon's Eye" as its third track, but did not include "Strange Kind of Woman." It was vice-versa on the American and Japanese releases.

The hit single (Number 8 in the UK) from the album sessions was the boogie-inspired "Strange Kind of Woman." "Strange Kind of Woman" became a staple of the live set up until the present day, and "Fireball" has made a few appearances, mainly as an encore. "Strange Kind of Woman" and "The Mule" appear on the classic 1972 live album Made in Japan, with the latter morphing into an Ian Paice drum solo.

"Anyone's Daughter" was played on the 1993-1994 tours, while "Fools", "No One Came", "I'm Alone", "Demon's Eye" and "No No No" have all made periodic appearances in various tours since 1996.

Apart from Ian Gillan, the rest of the band doesn't consider the album a classic. However, he has said that the inclusion of "Anyone's Daughter" on the album was "A good bit of fun, but a mistake"[2].

The original vinyl release was in a gatefold sleeve, with a generic Harvest LP-bag and a lyric-insert.

Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice except where indicated.

Side one

  1. "Fireball"– 3:25
  2. "No No No" – 6:54
  3. "Demon's Eye" – 5:19
  4. "Anyone's Daughter" – 4:43

Side two

  1. "The Mule" – 5:23
  2. "Fools" – 8:21
  3. "No One Came" – 6:28

25th anniversary bonus tracks

  1. "Strange Kind of Woman" (a-side remix '96) – 4:07
  2. "I'm Alone" (b-side) – 3:08
  3. "Freedom" (album out-take) – 3:37
  4. "Slow Train" (album out-take) – 5:38
  5. "Demon's Eye" (remix 96) – 6:13
  6. "The Noise Abatement Society Tapes" (Traditional) – 4:17
  7. "Fireball" (take 1 - instrumental) – 4:09
  8. "Backwards Piano" – 0:56
  9. "No One Came" (remix 96) – 6:24

Original US/Canadian/Japanese release

  1. "Fireball" – 3:25
  2. "No No No" – 6:54
  3. "Strange Kind of Woman"* - 4:07
  4. "Anyone's Daughter" – 4:43
  5. "The Mule" – 5:23
  6. "Fools" – 8:21
  7. "No One Came" – 6:28

Personnel

Additional personnel

  • Peter Mew – Original album remastering
  • Tom Bender – Engineering work on the bonus tracks and mixes 96

Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Position
1971 The UK Album Chart 1
1971 Norwegian Record Charts 2

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1971 "Strange Kind of Woman" UK Singles Chart 8
1971 "Fireball" UK Singles Chart 15

References

  1. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=deep%20purple&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved February 20, 2009. 
  2. ^ Album liner notes in anniversary booklet

External links

Preceded by
Who's Next by The Who		 UK number one album
September 25, 1971 – October 1, 1971		 Succeeded by
Every Picture Tells A Story by Rod Stewart
v • d • e
Deep Purple
Ian Gillan · Steve Morse · Roger Glover · Don Airey · Ian Paice
Ritchie Blackmore · Jon Lord · David Coverdale · Glenn Hughes · Rod Evans · Nick Simper · Tommy Bolin · Joe Lynn Turner · Joe Satriani
Studio albums
Shades of Deep Purple (1968) · The Book of Taliesyn (1968) · Deep Purple (1969) · Deep Purple in Rock (1970) · Fireball (1971) · Machine Head (1972) · Who Do We Think We Are (1973) · Burn (1974) · Stormbringer (1974) · Come Taste the Band (1975) · Perfect Strangers (1984) · The House of Blue Light (1987) · Slaves and Masters (1990) · The Battle Rages On (1993) · Purpendicular (1996) · Abandon (1998) · Bananas (2003) · Rapture of the Deep (2005)
Live albums
Concerto for Group and Orchestra (1969) · Made in Japan (1972) · Made in Europe · Last Concert in Japan · Deep Purple in Concert · Live in London · Scandinavian Nights · Nobody's Perfect (1988) · Knebworth '85 · Live in Japan · Come Hell or High Water (1994) · King Biscuit Flower Hour · California Jamming · Mk III: The Final Concerts · Live at the Olympia '96 (1997) · Gemini Suite Live · Total Abandon: Australia '99 (1999) · Deep Purple: Extended Versions · Live at the Royal Albert Hall · Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy · This Time Around: Live in Tokyo · The Soundboard Series · Live in Paris 1975 · Inglewood - Live in California · Space Vol 1 & 2 · Perks and Tit / Live in San Diego 1974 · Live in Stockholm · Live in Europe 1993 · Live at Montreux 1996 · Live in Montreux 69 · Live in Denmark 1972 · Live At Montreux 2006 (2007)
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