Purpendicular
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| Studio album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | 17 February 1996 (Europe) April 1996 (US) |
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| Recorded | 1995–96 | |||
| Studio | Greg Rike Productions, Altamonte Springs, Florida | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 62:16 | |||
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RCA/BMG (Europe & Japan) CMC International (US) |
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| Producer | Deep Purple | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Blogcritics | (favourable) |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10 |
Purpendicular is the fifteenth studio album by the English rock band, Deep Purple. Released in 1996, it is their first album with Steve Morse, guitarist from Dixie Dregs.
It was recorded at Greg Rike Productions, Orlando, Florida, 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 "The Aviator", for example, employed an acoustic folk/country arrangement that had not previously been heard on the band's previous work. Several of the songs, such as "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" featured smaller keyboard parts, and mainly center on the guitar parts. Another new addition to the guitar playing was the use of pinch harmonics, very notably used on "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" and "Somebody Stole My Guitar". "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".
All tracks written by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse, Ian Paice.
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