Abandon (album)
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| Studio album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | June 2, 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997 to 1998 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 56:18 | |||
| Label | EMI (UK) CMC International (US) |
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| Producer | Deep Purple/Roger Glover | |||
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Abandon is an album by Deep Purple released in 1998.
The album title is actually a pun from Ian Gillan - "A Band On" - and the album was followed by the "A Band On Tour". Uniquely for a Deep Purple studio album, it features a reworking of a previously recorded song -"Bloodsucker" from Deep Purple in Rock (here re-titled "Bludsucker")."Don't Make Me Happy" was mistakenly mastered in mono, and not amended on the final release.[citation needed]
The album was recorded at Greg Rike Studios, Orlando, Florida, during 1997/98. Engineered by Darren Schneider.
[edit] Track listing
All songs by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice, except where noted.
- "Any Fule Kno That" – 4:29
- "Almost Human" – 4:26
- "Don't Make Me Happy" – 4:56
- "Seventh Heaven" – 5:25
- "Watching the Sky" – 5:26
- "Fingers to the Bone" – 4:47
- "Jack Ruby" – 3:48
- "She Was" – 4:19
- "Whatsername" – 4:26
- "'69" – 4:59
- "Evil Louie" – 4:56
- "Bludsucker" – 4:27 (Ritchie Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice)
[edit] Personnel
- Ian Gillan - lead and backing vocals
- Steve Morse - guitar
- Roger Glover - bass
- Jon Lord - organ, keyboards
- Ian Paice - drums
