Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Blogcritics(favourable)[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10[3]

Purpendicular is the fifteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released on 5 February 1996.[4] It is their first album with guitarist Steve Morse from Dixie Dregs, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore. The album entered the UK Charts on 17 February 1996, where it peaked at No. 58.[5]

Recording

The album was recorded at Greg Rike Productions, Orlando, Florida from February to October 1995 and engineered by Darren Schneider and Keith Andrews. It had a more experimental approach than previous albums. The arrangement to "The Aviator", employed an acoustic folk/country arrangement that had not been heard on the band's previous work since "Anyone's Daughter" from Fireball. Several of the songs such as "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" featured less keyboard, focusing on guitar. Morse introduced pinch harmonics to the band's sound, such as on "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" and "Somebody Stole My Guitar".[6] "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" and "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" remained regular features in Deep Purple's live setlist in recent tours.

Like the title of the band's following album, Abandon, Purpendicular is a pun; in this case, based on the band's name and the word "Perpendicular".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse, Ian Paice

No.TitleLength
1."Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic"4:16
2."Loosen My Strings"5:57
3."Soon Forgotten"4:47
4."Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming"7:29
5."Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover"4:43
6."The Aviator"5:20
7."Rosa's Cantina"5:10
8."A Castle Full of Rascals"5:11
9."A Touch Away"4:36
10."Hey Cisco"5:53
11."Somebody Stole My Guitar"4:09
12."The Purpendicular Waltz"4:45
Japanese and US edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."(empty track)" 
14."Don't Hold Your Breath"4:39
Expanded edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Don't Hold Your Breath"4:40
14."Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (single edit)4:35

Personnel

Deep Purple
Production
  • Darren Schneider, Keith Andrews – engineers, mixing at Parc Studios, Orlando, Florida
  • Adam Barber – assistant engineer
  • Greg Calbi – mastering at Masterdisk, New York

Charts

Chart (1996) Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 16
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 47
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 87
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 9
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 20
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[13] 17
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14] 28
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 30
Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 82
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 3
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 17
UK Albums (OCC)[19] 58
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[20] 4

References

  1. ^ Miller, Glen. Purpendicular at AllMusic
  2. ^ Bowling, David (14 February 2017). "Music Review: Deep Purple – Purpendicular". Blogcritics. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  3. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 109–110. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. ^ "Deep Purple albums".
  5. ^ "Deep Purple official charts".
  6. ^ Ladano, Mike (14 January 2015). "Review: Deep Purple - Purpendicular (1996 US bonus track)". Mike Ladano.com. Retrieved 14 February 2017.
  7. ^ "Steve Morse". Deep Purple. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  8. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Deep Purple – Purpendicular" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  9. ^ "Ultratop.be – Deep Purple – Purpendicular" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  10. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Deep Purple – Purpendicular" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  11. ^ "Deep Purple: Purpendicular" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  12. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Deep Purple – Purpendicular" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  13. ^ "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996. 14. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  14. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  15. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Deep Purple – Purpendicular". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  16. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  17. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Deep Purple – Purpendicular". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  18. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Deep Purple – Purpendicular". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  19. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
  20. ^ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 25, 2024.
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