If Life Was Easy

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If Life Was Easy
Studio album by
Roger Glover and The Guilty Party
ReleasedJuly 11, 2011
Recorded2007
Genre Roots rock, [1] [2] blues rock, [3] hard rock, progressive rock [4]
Length54:38
Label Eagle
Producer Roger Glover, Peter Denenberg
Roger Glover and The Guilty Party chronology
Snapshot
(2002)
If Life Was Easy
(2011)
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If Life Was Easy is the fifth solo album by Deep Purple's bass player Roger Glover released by earMusic/edel on July 11, 2011. The album was recorded in 2007 but due to personal reasons it wasn't released until 2011. Like its predecessor, Snapshot (2002), it features The Guilty Party which includes Randall Bramblett and Gillian Glover. Guest appearances are from Nazareth's Dan McCafferty and Pete Agnew as well as Walther Gallay and Sahaj Ticotin.

Contents

Track list

Written By Roger Glover, except noted

  1. "Don't Look Now (Everything Has Changed)" (Roger Glover/Randall Bramblett)
  2. "The Dream I Had"
  3. "Moonlight"
  4. "The Car Won't Start"
  5. "Box of Tricks"
  6. "Stand Together" (Glover/Bramblett)
  7. "If Life Was Easy"
  8. "Welcome To The Moon"
  9. "Set Your Imagination Free" (Glover/Gillian Glover)
  10. "When Life Gets to the Bone"
  11. "When The Day Is Done"
  12. "Get Away (Can't Let You)" (Glover/Glover)
  13. "Staring Into Space"
  14. "The Ghost Of Your Smile"
  15. "Cruel World"
  16. "Feel Like a King"

Personnel

Production notes

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