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  • Artist: Deep Purple
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1996
  • Total Time: 62:16
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Twenty-eight years after the band's inception, Deep Purple venture into the most adventurous album of their storied career. With guitar virtuoso Steve Morse, of ex-Dixie Dregs and Kansas fame, replacing the legendary Ritchie Blackmore (his second departure from the band), fans get the breadth of Morse's influences. The scope of the music goes into uncharted beats like the finger-snapping "Hey Ciso" and "Rosa's Cantina," and the acoustic-flavored Scottish highlander feel of "The Aviator." "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" is one of their best songs in years, beginning with a soft acoustic intro before being rocked up to the turbo-charged chorus full of lyrical wit. "A Touch Away" introduces fans to the band's first true ballad, a lovely piece of acoustic summertime fare. ~ Glen Miller, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Ted the Mechanic Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse Deep Purple (4:16)
Loosen My Strings Roger Glover, Ian Gillan Deep Purple (5:57)
Soon Forgotten Deep Purple (4:47)
Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming Ian Gillan, Jon Lord, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Ian Paice Deep Purple (7:29)
Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Steve Morse Deep Purple (4:43)
The Aviator Roger Glover, Ian Gillan Deep Purple (5:20)
Rosa's Cantina Steve Morse, Ian Paice, Jon Lord, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan Deep Purple (5:10)
A Castle Full of Rascals Jon Lord, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Ian Paice Deep Purple (5:11)
A Touch Away Deep Purple (4:36)
Hey Cisco Steve Morse, Ian Paice, Roger Glover, Ian Gillan, Jon Lord Deep Purple (5:53)
Somebody Stole My Guitar Deep Purple (4:09)
The Purpendicular Waltz Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse, Ian Paice Deep Purple (4:45)

Credits

Deep Purple (Producer), Roger Glover (?), Ian Paice (?), Steve Morse (?), Joe Smith (Mixing Assistant), Roger Glover (Mixing Assistant), Darrin Schneider (Mixing), Ian Gillan (?), Jon Lord (?), Darrin Schneider (Engineer), Keith Andrews (Engineer), Greg Calbi (Mastering), Keith Andrews (Mixing), Adam Barber (Engineer)
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Purpendicular
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released February, 1996 (UK)
April, 1996 (US)
Recorded 1995 to 1996
Genre Hard rock
Length 62:16
Label BMG (UK)
CMC International / Prominent Records (US)
Producer Deep Purple
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
The Battle Rages On
(1993)		 Purpendicular
(1996)		 Abandon
(1998)

Purpendicular is the fifteenth studio album by English rock band, Deep Purple. Recorded at Greg Rike Productions, Orlando, Florida, February to October 1995, engineered by Darren Schneider and Keith Andrews. Like the band's following album, Abandon, the album's title was a pun based around the band's name and the word "Perpendicular".

It was released in 1996 and it's their first album with Steve Morse, guitarist of Dixie Dregs. It has a more experimental feel than previous albums, and displays the difference between Blackmore-era Deep Purple and Morse-era Deep Purple. "The Aviator" has an arrangement unlike anything else the band has previously attempted. Several of the songs, such as Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic feature smaller keyboard parts, and mainly center around the guitar parts. Another new addition to the guitar playing was the use of pinch harmonics, very notably used on "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" and "Somebody Stole My Guitar".

"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" and "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" remained regular features in Deep Purple's live setlist in recent tours.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice.

  1. "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" – 4:16
  2. "Loosen My Strings" – 5:57
  3. "Soon Forgotten" – 4:47
  4. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" – 7:29
  5. "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover" – 4:43
  6. "The Aviator" – 5:20
  7. "Rosa's Cantina" – 5:10
  8. "A Castle Full of Rascals" – 5:11
  9. "A Touch Away" – 4:36
  10. "Hey Cisco" – 5:53
  11. "Somebody Stole My Guitar" – 4:09
  12. "The Purpendicular Waltz" – 4:45

Bonus track (Japanese and US editions)

  1. "Don't Hold Your Breath" - 4:39

Personnel

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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