Mask (Roger Glover album)

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Mask
Roger Glover mask.jpg
Studio album by
Roger Glover
Released22 June 1984 [1]
Recorded BearTracks Studios, Suffern, New York,
Boogie Hotel Studios, Port Jefferson, New York,
Le Studio, Morin-Heights, Quebec,
1983
Genre Pop-rock, new wave
Length40:49
Label 21 Records, Polydor [2]
Producer Roger Glover
Roger Glover chronology
Elements
(1978)		Mask
(1984)		 Accidentally on Purpose
(with Ian Gillan)
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

Mask is a solo album by the Deep Purple bass guitarist Roger Glover. [5] It was released in June 1984, in Europe by 21 Records/Polydor. It was promoted with two music videos. It has been reissued on CD twice in the UK, in 1993 (Connoisseur Collection, b/w "Elements") and in 2005 (Cherry Red/Lemon). Neither has bonus material.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Roger Glover, except where noted.

One Side
  1. "Divided World" - 5:12
  2. "Getting Stranger" - 4:07
  3. "The Mask" (Roger Glover, Jean Roussel) - 7:32
  4. "Fake It" - 4:42
Another Side
  1. "Dancin' Again" (Roger Glover, Dave Gellis) - 3:30
  2. "(You're) So Remote" - 4:46
  3. "Hip Level" (Roger Glover, Chuck Burgi, Dave Gellis) - 7:19
  4. "Don't Look Down" - 3:41
Audio cassette bonus track
  1. "Unnatural" - originally as track no. 8 on side B

Personnel

Musicians

Production notes

Singles

  1. "The Mask" / "The Mask" (edit)
  2. "The Mask" (12" Remix) / "Fake It"
  3. "The Mask" / "You're So Remote"
  4. "Divided World" / "Dancin' Again"

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References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2018). The Deep Purple Family, Vol 2 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 96. ISBN   978-1-908724-87-8.
  2. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 780.
  3. ↑ Collins, Paul. "Roger Glover Mask review". Allmusic . Rovi Corporation . Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  4. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 323.
  5. ↑ Thompson, Dave (1 September 2004). Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story. ECW Press. ISBN   9781550226188 – via Google Books.
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