Purpendicular

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Purpendicular
Purpendicular cover
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released February, 1996 (UK)
April, 1996 (US)
Recorded 1995 to 1996
Genre Hard rock
Length 62:16
Label BMG (UK)
CMC International / Prominent Records (US)
Producer Deep Purple
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
The Battle Rages On
(1993)		 Purpendicular
(1996)		 Abandon
(1998)

Purpendicular is the fifteenth studio album by English rock band, Deep Purple. Recorded at Greg Rike Productions, Orlando, Florida, February to October 1995, engineered by Darren Schneider and Keith Andrews. Like the band's following album, Abandon, the album's title was a pun based around the band's name and the word "Perpendicular".

It was released in 1996 and it's their first album with Steve Morse, former guitarist of Dixie Dregs. It has a more experimental feel than previous albums, and displays the difference between Blackmore-era Deep Purple and Morse-era Deep Purple. "The Aviator" has an arrangement unlike anything else the band has previously attempted. Several of the songs, such as Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic feature smaller keyboard parts, and mainly center around the guitar parts. Also, due to Morse's more advanced technical abilities, guitar solos were much more complex, thereby making the guitar-keyboard trade-offs much more virtuostic. Another new addition to the guitar playing was the use of pinch harmonics, very notably used on "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" and "Somebody Stole My Guitar".

"Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" and "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" remained regular features in Deep Purple's live setlist in recent tours.

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, and Ian Paice.

  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

Bonus track (Japanese and US editions):

  1. "Don't Hold Your Breath" - 4:39

v • d • e
Deep Purple
Ian Gillan · Steve Morse · Roger Glover · Don Airey · Ian Paice
Jon Lord · Ritchie Blackmore · David Coverdale · Glenn Hughes · Rod Evans · Nick Simper · Tommy Bolin · Joe Lynn Turner · Joe Satriani
Studio albums Shades of Deep Purple (1968) · The Book of Taliesyn (1968) · Deep Purple (1969) Deep Purple in Rock (1970) · Fireball (1971) · Machine Head (1972) · Who Do We Think We Are (1973) · Burn (1974) · Stormbringer (1974) · Come Taste the Band (1975) · Perfect Strangers (1984) · The House of Blue Light (1987) · Slaves & Masters (1990) · The Battle Rages On (1993) · Purpendicular (1996) · Abandon (1998) · Bananas (2003) · Rapture of the Deep (2005)
Live albums Concerto for Group and Orchestra · Made in Japan  · Made in Europe · Last Concert in Japan · Deep Purple in Concert · Live in London · Scandinavian Nights · Nobody's Perfect · In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth '85 · Live in Japan · Come Hell or High Water · King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert · California Jamming · Mk III: The Final Concerts · Live at the Olympia '96 · Gemini Suite Live · In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra · Total Abandon: Live in Australia · Deep Purple: Extended Versions · Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy · This Time Around: Live in Tokyo · The Soundboard Series · Live in Paris 1975 · Inglewood - Live in California · Space Vol 1 & 2 · Perks and Tit / Live in San Diego 1974 · Just Might Take Your Life · Live in Stockholm · Live in Europe 1993 · Live at Montreux 1996 · Live in Montreux 69 · Live in Denmark 1972 · They All Came Down to Montreux
Videos and DVDs Concerto for Group and Orchestra · Live in Concert 72/73 · California Jam / Live in California 74 · Rises Over Japan · Special Edition EP · Come Hell or High Water · Bombay Calling · Live at Montreux 1996 · In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra · Total Abandon Australia '99 · New, Live & Rare · Perihelion · Live Encounters · Classic Albums: Deep Purple - Machine Head  · They All Came Down to Montreux
Compilation albums Purple Passages · 24 Carat Purple · Powerhouse  · When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll  · The Mark II Purple Singles · Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple · The Anthology · The Deep Purple Singles A's and B's · 30: Very Best of Deep Purple · Shades 1968-1998  · Days May Come and Days May Go · Listen, Learn, Read On · Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow · The Early Years · The Platinum Collection
Related articles Rainbow · Blackmore's Night · Ian Gillan Band · Gillan · Whitesnake · Trapeze · Black Sabbath · Dixie Dregs · Captain Beyond · Episode Six · James Gang · Martin Birch · Derek Lawrence · Claude Nobs
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