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Purpendicular
1996 studio album by Deep Purple
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Purpendicular is the fifteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released on 5 February 1996. It is their first album with guitarist Steve Morse from Dixie Dregs, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore. The album entered the UK Charts on 17 February 1996, where it peaked at No. 58.

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Recording

The album was recorded at Greg Rike Productions, Orlando, Florida from February to October 1995 and engineered by Darren Schneider and Keith Andrews. It had a more experimental approach than previous albums. The arrangement to "The Aviator", employed an acoustic folk/country arrangement that had not been heard on the band's previous work since "Anyone's Daughter" from Fireball. Several of the songs such as "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" featured less keyboard, focusing on guitar. Morse introduced pinch harmonics to the band's sound, such as on "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" and "Somebody Stole My Guitar".6 "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" and "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" remained regular features in Deep Purple's live setlist in recent tours.

Like the title of the band's following album, Abandon, Purpendicular is a pun; in this case, based on the band's name and the word "Perpendicular".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse, Ian Paice

No.TitleLength
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
Japanese and US edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."(empty track)" 
14."Don't Hold Your Breath"4:39
Expanded edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Don't Hold Your Breath"4:40
14."Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (single edit)4:35

Personnel

Deep Purple Production
  • Darren Schneider, Keith Andrews – engineers, mixing at Parc Studios, Orlando, Florida
  • Adam Barber – assistant engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

Chart (1996)Peakposition
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)816
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)947
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)1087
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)119
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)1220
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)1317
Japanese Albums (Oricon)1428
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)1530
Scottish Albums (OCC)1682
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)173
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)1817
UK Albums (OCC)1958
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)204

References

  1. Miller, Glen. Purpendicular at AllMusic https://www.allmusic.com/album/r248275 ↩

  2. Bowling, David (14 February 2017). "Music Review: Deep Purple – Purpendicular". Blogcritics. Retrieved 14 February 2017. http://blogcritics.org/music-review-deep-purple-purpendicular/ ↩

  3. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9. 978-1-894959-62-9 ↩

  4. "Deep Purple albums". https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a ↩

  5. "Deep Purple official charts". https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27669/deep-purple/ ↩

  6. Ladano, Mike (14 January 2015). "Review: Deep Purple - Purpendicular (1996 US bonus track)". Mike Ladano.com. Retrieved 14 February 2017. https://mikeladano.com/2015/01/14/review-deep-purple-purpendicular-1996-us-bonus-track/ ↩

  7. "Steve Morse". Deep Purple. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2020. https://deep-purple.com/band/steve-morse/ ↩

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  13. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996. 14. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 25, 2024. https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista/1996/14 ↩

  14. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9. 4-87131-077-9 ↩

  15. "Norwegiancharts.com – Deep Purple – Purpendicular". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024. https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a ↩

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  17. "Swedishcharts.com – Deep Purple – Purpendicular". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024. https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a ↩

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  19. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2024. https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19960211/7502/ ↩

  20. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2024. https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/19960211/112/ ↩