Bananas (album)

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Bananas
Bananas cover
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released September 9, 2003
Recorded 2003
Genre Hard rock
Length 51:25
Label EMI (UK)
Sanctuary Records (US)
Producer(s) Michael Bradford
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
30: Very Best of Deep Purple
(1998)
Bananas
(2003)
The Platinum Collection
(2005)


Bananas is the 17th studio album by the British band Deep Purple,[1] released on 2003-10-07.[2] It includes "Contact Lost", a short, slow instrumental about the Columbia astronauts, written by guitarist Steve Morse when he heard the sad news of the crash.[3]

This is the first Deep Purple album to feature Don Airey on the keyboards, replacing founding member Jon Lord.[4] The album was recorded in Los Angeles during January and February of 2003.[1]

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Don Airey, and Ian Paice except where noted.

  1. "House of Pain" (Gillan, 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, Bradford) – 7:04
  7. "Picture of Innocence" (Gillan, Glover, Lord, Morse, Paice) - 5:11
  8. "I Got Your Number" (Gillan, Glover, Lord, Morse, Paice, Bradford) – 6:01
  9. "Never a Word" – 3:46
  10. "Bananas" – 4:51
  11. "Doing It Tonight" – 3:28
  12. "Contact Lost" (Morse) – 1:27

[edit] Credits

List of people credited for the album.[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Bananas. thehighwaystar.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
  2. ^ At a Glance: Deep Purple. amazon.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
  3. ^ Deep Purple's Shuttle Connection. guitarsite.com. Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
  4. ^ Miers, Jeff. Purple prose. Archived from the original on 2007-02-15. Retrieved on 2007-02-15.
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