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| Bananas | |||||
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| Studio album by Deep Purple | |||||
| Released | September 9, 2003 | ||||
| Recorded | January-February 2003 Los Angeles |
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| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
| Length | 51:25 | ||||
| Label | EMI (UK) Sanctuary Records (US) |
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| Producer | Michael Bradford | ||||
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Bananas is the 17th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple,[1] released on 2003-10-07.[2] It includes "Contact Lost", a short, slow instrumental about the Columbia astronauts, written by guitarist Steve Morse when he heard the sad news of the crash.[3]
This is the first Deep Purple album to feature Don Airey on the keyboards, replacing founding member Jon Lord.[4] The album was recorded in Los Angeles during January and February of 2003.[1]
Track listing
| # | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "House of Pain" | 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" | 7:04 |
| 7. | "Picture of Innocence" | 5:11 |
| 8. | "I Got Your Number" | 6:01 |
| 9. | "Never a Word" | 3:46 |
| 10. | "Bananas" | 4:51 |
| 11. | "Doing it Tonight" | 3:28 |
| 12. | "Contact Lost" | 1:27 |
All songs by Donald Airey, Ian Gillan, Roger David Glover, Steven J. Morse and Ian Anderson Paice except :
- "House of Pain" & "Walk On", by Ian Gillan, Michael Bradford
- "Picture of Innocence", by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Douglas Lord, Steve Morse, Ian Paice
- "I Got Your Number", by Gillan, Glover, Lord, Morse, Paice, Bradford
- "Contact Lost", by Steve Morse
Personnel
- Ian Gillan - vocals
- Steve Morse - guitar
- Roger Glover - bass
- Don Airey - keyboards
- Ian Paice - drums, percussion[1]
References
- ^ a b c "Bananas". thehighwaystar.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5MfMjWRIz. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ "At a Glance: Deep Purple". amazon.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5MfMaahX7. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ "Deep Purple's Shuttle Connection". guitarsite.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5MfMKfRYt. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
- ^ Miers, Jeff. "Purple prose". Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. http://www.webcitation.org/5MfLwkfHZ. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.