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Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	19 July 2024 (2024-07-19)
Recorded	2023–2024
Studio	80A (Toronto) Noble Street (Toronto) Headline (Harston) SMB Haileywood Chameleon (Hamburg) Ocean Way (Nashville)
Length	52:06
Label	Earmusic/Edel AG
Producer	Bob Ezrin, James Paice
Deep Purple chronology
Turning to Crime (2021) =1 (2024)
Singles from =1
"Portable Door" Released: 30 April 2024 [1] "Pictures of You" Released: 5 June 2024 [2] "Lazy Sod" Released: 3 July 2024

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Classic Rock	[3]
Blabbermouth.net	8/10 [4]

=1 ^[a] is the twenty-third studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 19 July 2024 by Earmusic/Edel AG. ^[6] It is their first album with guitarist Simon McBride, who replaced Steve Morse in 2022. ^[7] It is also the band's fifth collaboration with producer Bob Ezrin, who has produced every Deep Purple album since 2013's Now What?!

Themes and reception

The album has been described as having a loose concept around "[symbolising] the idea that in a world growing ever more complex, everything eventually simplifies down to a single, unified essence. Everything equals one". ^[8]

Music writer John Aizlewood described singer Ian Gillan's voice as "richer than it's sounded in years". ^[9]

Track listing

All Songs written by: Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Simon McBride and Bob Ezrin.

=1 track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Show Me"	3:59
2.	"A Bit on the Side"	4:10
3.	"Sharp Shooter"	3:44
4.	"Portable Door"	3:48
5.	"Old-Fangled Thing"	4:08
6.	"If I Were You"	4:42
7.	"Pictures of You"	3:51
8.	"I'm Saying Nothin'"	3:28
9.	"Lazy Sod"	3:40
10.	"Now You're Talkin'"	4:05
11.	"No Money to Burn"	3:21
12.	"I'll Catch You"	3:20
13.	"Bleeding Obvious"	5:50
Total length:		52:06

Personnel

Deep Purple

• Ian Gillan – lead vocals, backing vocals (tracks 1, 4–9, 13)
• Simon McBride – guitars, additional guitar engineering
• Roger Glover – bass, shaker (track 3)
• Don Airey – keyboards, orchestral arrangement (track 6)
• Ian Paice – drums

Additional musicians

• Bob Ezrin – backing vocals (tracks 1, 6, 8, 11, 13), tambourine (1), orchestral arrangement (track 6)
• Nashville Music Scoring – orchestra (track 6)
• Patricia Shirley-Okujene – backing vocals (tracks 11, 13)
• Camille Harrison – backing vocals (tracks 11, 13)
• Alan Umstead – concertmaster

Technical

• Bob Ezrin – production, mixing
• Robert Vosgien – mastering
• Anthony Yordanov – mixing, engineering
• Julian Shank – mixing
• Jill Zimmermann – engineering
• Justin Cortelyou – engineering
• Piers Mortimer – additional keyboard engineering
• Eike Freese – additional vocal engineering
• Denny Meißner – additional vocal engineering
• Michael Gnocato – engineering assistance
• Daniel Goldade – engineering assistance
• Jasper Terpstra – engineering assistance
• Nick Spezia – orchestra engineering (track 6)
• James Paice – additional drum production and engineering (track 6)
• Alan Umstead – orchestra contractor

Charts

Weekly charts Weekly chart performance for =1 Chart (2024) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [10] 58 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [11] 2 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [12] 8 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [13] 6 Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI) [14] 7 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) [15] 14 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [16] 8 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [17] 3 French Albums (SNEP) [18] 16 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 1 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [20] 14 Italian Albums (FIMI) [21] 16 Japanese Albums (Oricon) [22] 34 Japanese Hot Albums ( Billboard Japan ) [23] 31 Polish Albums (ZPAV) [24] 2 Scottish Albums (OCC) [25] 3 Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [26] 42 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [27] 1 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 1 UK Albums (OCC) [29] 12 UK Independent Albums (OCC) [30] 1 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [31] 2 US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [32] 19 US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [33] 24

Year-end charts Year-end chart performance for =1 Chart (2024) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [34] 84 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [35] 77

Notes

1. Pronounced "Equals one". ^[5]

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