Bananas (album)

Bananas
Deep Purple studio album
Publication (s)	August 25, 2003
Label (s)	EMI Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Rock , hard rock , progressive metal , pop , ballad
Title (number)	12
running time	51:25
occupation	Ian Gillan : vocals Steve Morse : guitar Roger Glover : Bass Ian Paice : drums Don Airey : Keyboards
production	Michael Bradford
chronology Abandon 1998 Bananas Rapture of the Deep (2005)

Bananas is the 17th studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple . It was released in October 2003 by EMI Records (worldwide) and Sanctuary Records ( USA ).

history

The album is the first with keyboardist Don Airey . It was recorded with producer Michael Bradford in Los Angeles in January and February 2003. For the song Haunted , Beth Hart was the first to hear female backing vocals; it was the first time that Ian Gillan was accompanied by someone else in the background vocals. As a songwriter, Jon Lord , who had previously left the band, was still involved in two songs: Picture of Innocence and I Got Your Number . The album reached places in the top ten in Germany and Argentina .

reception

The Allmusic website gave it 4 out of 5 stars. David Jeffries wrote that surprisingly - after the departure of Jon Lord - the album was "fantastic". "Filled with hooks and songs that get better every time you listen, there is little you can't like bananas". "

Track list

All pieces were written by Ian Gillan , Steve Morse , Roger Glover , Don Airey and Ian Paice , unless otherwise noted.

1. "House of Pain" (Gillan, Michael Bradford) - 3:34
2. "Sun Goes Down" - 4:10
3. "Haunted" - 4:22
4. "Razzle Dazzle" - 3:28
5. "Silver Tongue" - 4:03
6. "Walk On" (Gillan, Bradford) - 7:04
7. "Picture of Innocence" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Jon Lord, Paice) - 5:11
8. "I Got Your Number" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice, Bradford) - 6:01
9. "Never a Word" - 3:46
10. "Bananas" - 4:51
11. "Doing It Tonight" - 3:28
12. "Contact Lost" (Morse) - 1:27

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Bananas at Allmusic (English)