The Battle Rages On...
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| Studio album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | July 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Bearsville Studios Red Rooster Studios Greg Rike Studios |
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| Genre | Hard rock, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 49:25 | |||
| Label | BMG (UK) Giant Records (US) |
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| Producer | Thom Panunzio & Roger Glover |
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
The Battle Rages On... is the 14th studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1993. It is the last album recorded with the band's classic Mk II line-up reunited for a second time (the first being 1984's Perfect Strangers). Since Ian Gillan returned to the band in late 1992, he reworked much of material already existing for the album. Ritchie Blackmore became infuriated at the non-melodic elements and quit during the tour in November 1993. Joe Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement during the band's tour.
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[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "The Battle Rages On" (Gillan, Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) | 5:57 |
| 2. | "Lick It Up" | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Anya" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) | 6:32 |
| 4. | "Talk About Love" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Time to Kill" | 5:51 |
| 6. | "Ramshackle Man" | 5:34 |
| 7. | "A Twist in the Tale" | 4:17 |
| 8. | "Nasty Piece of Work" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) | 4:37 |
| 9. | "Solitaire" | 4:42 |
| 10. | "One Man's Meat" | 4:39 |
[edit] Personnel
- Ian Gillan - vocals
- Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
- Roger Glover - bass
- Jon Lord - organ, keyboards
- Ian Paice - drums
[edit] Additional information
- Basic tracks recorded at Bearsville Studios in New York City.
- Engineered by Bill Kennedy; assisted by Mike Reiter. *Vocals and overdubs recorded at Red Rooster Studios (engineered by Hans Gemperle) in Tutzing, Germany, and Greg Rike Studios (engineered by Jason Corsaro; assisted by Wally Walton and Darren Schneider) in Orlando, Florida.
- Mixed by Pat Regan with Roger Glover at Sound On Sound Recording (engineered by Pat Regan; assisted by John Siket, Devin Emke and Peter Beckeman) in New York, and at the Ambient Recording Company (engineered by Pat Regan; assisted by Mark Conese) in Connecticut.
- Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound in New York.
[edit] Charts
Album
| Year | Nation | Chart | Position |
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| 1993 | United States | The Billboard 200 | 192[2] |
Singles
| Year | Single | Nation | Chart | Position |
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| 1993 | "The Battle Rages On" | United States | Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks | 22[3] |
[edit] References
- ^ Allmusic Review
- ^ "Billboard album chart history-Deep Purple". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4436&model.vnuAlbumId=802834. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
- ^ "Billboard singles chart history-Deep Purple". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=4436&model.vnuAlbumId=802834. Retrieved February 21, 2009.
