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<h2 id="recording">Recording</h2> <p>The album was recorded at Greg Rike Productions, <a href="/facts/Orlando,_Florida/QeW5fkCp">Orlando, Florida</a> 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 <i><a href="/facts/Fireball_(album)/WpWBe8kK">Fireball</a></i>. Several of the songs such as "<a href="/facts/Vavoom:_Ted_the_Mechanic/6uDpjyCa">Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic</a>" featured less keyboard, focusing on guitar. Morse introduced <a href="/facts/Pinch_harmonic/ykCB5dRK">pinch harmonics</a> to the band's sound, such as on "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" and "Somebody Stole My Guitar".<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:6" href="#fn:6"><sup>6</sup></a> "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" and "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" remained regular features in Deep Purple's live setlist in recent tours. </p><p>Like the title of the band's following album, <i><a href="/facts/Abandon_(album)/cX8BbmlM">Abandon</a></i>, <i>Purpendicular</i> is a <a href="/facts/Pun/97K1L3yE">pun</a>; in this case, based on the band's name and the word "<a href="/facts/Perpendicular/u0k8xqx4">Perpendicular</a>". </p> <h2 id="track-listing">Track listing</h2> <p>All tracks are written by <a href="/facts/Ian_Gillan/SREaX9ha">Ian Gillan</a>, <a href="/facts/Roger_Glover/9rzgneFJ">Roger Glover</a>, <a href="/facts/Jon_Lord/6qWqu2FA">Jon Lord</a>, <a href="/facts/Steve_Morse/2JfMqBLV">Steve Morse</a>, <a href="/facts/Ian_Paice/Eab7QAzE">Ian Paice</a></p><table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="/facts/Vavoom:_Ted_the_Mechanic/6uDpjyCa">Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic</a>"</td><td>4:16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">2.</th><td>"Loosen My Strings"</td><td>5:57</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">3.</th><td>"Soon Forgotten"</td><td>4:47</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="/facts/Sometimes_I_Feel_Like_Screaming/pQQwn7fl">Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming</a>"</td><td>7:29</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">5.</th><td>"Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover"</td><td>4:43</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">6.</th><td>"The Aviator"</td><td>5:20</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">7.</th><td>"Rosa's Cantina"</td><td>5:10</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">8.</th><td>"A Castle Full of Rascals"</td><td>5:11</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">9.</th><td>"A Touch Away"</td><td>4:36</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">10.</th><td>"Hey Cisco"</td><td>5:53</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">11.</th><td>"Somebody Stole My Guitar"</td><td>4:09</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">12.</th><td>"The Purpendicular Waltz"</td><td>4:45</td></tr></tbody></table> Japanese and US edition bonus tracks<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">13.</th><td>"(empty track)"</td><td> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row">14.</th><td>"Don't Hold Your Breath"</td><td>4:39</td></tr></tbody></table> Expanded edition bonus tracks<table><tbody><tr><th scope="col">No.</th><th scope="col">Title</th><th scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">13.</th><td>"Don't Hold Your Breath"</td><td>4:40</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">14.</th><td>"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (single edit)</td><td>4:35</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="personnel">Personnel</h2> Deep Purple <ul><li><a href="/facts/Ian_Gillan/SREaX9ha">Ian Gillan</a> – lead vocals, harmonica</li> <li><a href="/facts/Steve_Morse/2JfMqBLV">Steve Morse</a> – guitars, backing vocals<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:7" href="#fn:7"><sup>7</sup></a></li> <li><a href="/facts/Jon_Lord/6qWqu2FA">Jon Lord</a> – keyboards</li> <li><a href="/facts/Roger_Glover/9rzgneFJ">Roger Glover</a> – bass</li> <li><a href="/facts/Ian_Paice/Eab7QAzE">Ian Paice</a> – drums</li></ul> Production <ul><li>Darren Schneider, Keith Andrews – engineers, mixing at Parc Studios, Orlando, Florida</li> <li>Adam Barber – assistant engineer</li> <li><a href="/facts/Greg_Calbi/exLq7owV">Greg Calbi</a> – mastering at <a href="/facts/Masterdisk/DSvRqYfX">Masterdisk</a>, New York</li></ul> <h2 id="charts">Charts</h2> <table><tbody><tr><th>Chart (1996)</th><th>Peakposition</th></tr><tr><th scope="row">Austrian Albums (<a href="/facts/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40/3B0L8Tj0">Ö3 Austria</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:8" href="#fn:8"><sup>8</sup></a></th><td>16</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Belgian Albums (<a href="/facts/Ultratop/z8s4xXqw">Ultratop</a> Wallonia)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:9" href="#fn:9"><sup>9</sup></a></th><td>47</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="/facts/Dutch_Album_Top_100/dG4dLtW3">Album Top 100</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:10" href="#fn:10"><sup>10</sup></a></th><td>87</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Finnish Albums (<a href="/facts/The_Official_Finnish_Charts/c0yxEQtC">Suomen virallinen lista</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:11" href="#fn:11"><sup>11</sup></a></th><td>9</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="/facts/GfK_Entertainment_charts/bGrgjxKn">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:12" href="#fn:12"><sup>12</sup></a></th><td>20</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Hungarian Albums (<a href="/facts/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies/V1g7VheF">MAHASZ</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:13" href="#fn:13"><sup>13</sup></a></th><td>17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Japanese Albums (<a href="/facts/Oricon/MG3yvbdP">Oricon</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:14" href="#fn:14"><sup>14</sup></a></th><td>28</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Norwegian Albums (<a href="/facts/VG-lista/gHbBmrR7">VG-lista</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:15" href="#fn:15"><sup>15</sup></a></th><td>30</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/Scottish_Singles_and_Albums_Charts/cTBm6vqg">Scottish Albums</a> (<a href="/facts/Official_Charts_Company/42Rz2PXj">OCC</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:16" href="#fn:16"><sup>16</sup></a></th><td>82</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Swedish Albums (<a href="/facts/Sverigetopplistan/Br6GrFEd">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:17" href="#fn:17"><sup>17</sup></a></th><td>3</td></tr><tr><th scope="row">Swiss Albums (<a href="/facts/Swiss_Hitparade/GsbuC0fn">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:18" href="#fn:18"><sup>18</sup></a></th><td>17</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/UK_Albums_Chart/h1hyzP13">UK Albums</a> (<a href="/facts/Official_Charts_Company/42Rz2PXj">OCC</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:19" href="#fn:19"><sup>19</sup></a></th><td>58</td></tr><tr><th scope="row"><a href="/facts/UK_Rock_Chart/YjPjUb2W">UK Rock & Metal Albums</a> (<a href="/facts/Official_Charts_Company/42Rz2PXj">OCC</a>)<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:20" href="#fn:20"><sup>20</sup></a></th><td>4</td></tr></tbody></table> <h2 id="references">References</h2> <ol> <li id="fn:1"><p>Miller, Glen. Purpendicular at AllMusic <a href="https://www.allmusic.com/album/r248275" target="_blank">https://www.allmusic.com/album/r248275</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:2"><p>Bowling, David (14 February 2017). "Music Review: Deep Purple – Purpendicular". Blogcritics. Retrieved 14 February 2017. <a href="http://blogcritics.org/music-review-deep-purple-purpendicular/" target="_blank">http://blogcritics.org/music-review-deep-purple-purpendicular/</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:3"><p>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. <a href="978-1-894959-62-9" target="_blank">978-1-894959-62-9</a> <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:4"><p>"Deep Purple albums". <a href="https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a" target="_blank">https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:5"><p>"Deep Purple official charts". <a href="https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27669/deep-purple/" target="_blank">https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27669/deep-purple/</a> <a href="#fnref:5" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li> <li id="fn:6"><p>Ladano, Mike (14 January 2015). "Review: Deep Purple - Purpendicular (1996 US bonus track)". Mike Ladano.com. 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