Bananas (Deep Purple album)

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Bananas
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Studio album by
Deep Purple
Released25 August 2003 [1]
RecordedJanuary–February 2003
StudioRoyaltone Studios, Burbank, California
Genre Hard rock, progressive rock, Progressive metal
Length51:25
Label EMI
Producer Michael Bradford
Deep Purple chronology
Abandon
(1998)		Bananas
(2003)		 Rapture of the Deep
(2005)
Singles from Bananas
  1. "Haunted"
    Released: 22 September 2003 (EU) [2]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Bananas is the 17th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 25 August 2003 via EMI Records [4] and on 7 October 2003 via Sanctuary Records in the US. [5] It is the first album to feature Don Airey on organ and keyboards, replacing founding member Jon Lord.

Contents

Overview

The album was recorded in Los Angeles during January and February 2003. [4] It is also notable as being the first Ian Gillan-fronted Deep Purple album to make use of backing vocals other than Gillan's own (since the 1972 sessions for the song "Woman From Tokyo" in Germany which featured Jon Lord and Roger Glover singing backing vocals) with the song "Haunted" featuring Beth Hart. The album includes "Contact Lost", a short slow instrumental requiem for the Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts, written by guitarist Steve Morse when he heard the news of the crash. [6]

The photo in the album cover was taken by the band's manager Bruce Payne. [7]

Bananas charted well despite lack of media exposure, especially in Europe and South America (notably at Germany and Argentina where it peaked in the top 10). [8]

Unreleased tracks

Since the Abandon album, Deep Purple performed three new songs onstage. "Long Time Gone" was debuted in the summer of 2000 but not included on Bananas. Another new song, "Up The Wall" was played on the 2002 UK tour and reworked into "I Got Your Number". The instrumental "Well Dressed Guitar" remained unreleased until the next album, 2005's Rapture of the Deep . [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey, and Ian Paice, except where indicated

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
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, Bradford7:04
7."Picture of Innocence"Gillan, Glover, Morse, Jon Lord, Paice5:11
8."I Got Your Number"Gillan, Glover, Morse, Lord, Paice, Bradford6:01
9."Never a Word" 3:46
10."Bananas" 4:51
11."Doing It Tonight" 3:28
12."Contact Lost"Morse1:27

Personnel

Deep Purple

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Argentinian Albums Chart [8] 10
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [10] 12
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [11] 42
Czech Republic Albums Chart [8] 17
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [12] 6
French Albums (SNEP) [13] 50
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [14] 3
Italian Albums (FIMI) [15] 13
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [16] 212
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [17] 19
Polish Albums Chart [18] 24
Scottish Albums (OCC) [19] 70
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [20] 18
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [21] 13
UK Albums (OCC) [22] 85
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [23] 10

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Russia (NFPF) [24] Gold10,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

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