The House of Blue Light

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The House of Blue Light
The House of Blue Light cover
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released 1987
Genre Hard rock
Length 46:16 (Original LP)
50:38 (1987 CD edition)
Label Polydor (UK)
Mercury Records (US)
Producer(s) Roger Glover
& Deep Purple
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
Perfect Strangers
(1984)
The House of Blue Light
(1987)
Slaves & Masters
(1990)


This page is about the Deep Purple album. For the Don Covay album, see The House Of Blue Lights (album)

The House of Blue Light is the twelfth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1987, it is the second recording by the re-formed Mark II lineup. Note the recent CD re-issue used the original vinyl master tapes and several tracks are shorter than those on the original CD issued in 1987 ( see times below).

[edit] Re-Issue Track listing

  1. "Bad Attitude" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) – 4:43
  2. "The Unwritten Law" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Paice) – 4:34
  3. "Call of the Wild" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) – 4:50
  4. "Mad Dog" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:29
  5. "Black and White" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:39
  6. "Hard Lovin' Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 3:24
  7. "The Spanish Archer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:56
  8. "Strangeways" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:56
  9. "Mitzi Dupree" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:03
  10. "Dead or Alive" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:42

[edit] Original Track listing

  1. "Bad Attitude" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) – 5:04
  2. "The Unwritten Law" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Paice) – 4:54
  3. "Call of the Wild" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) – 4:48
  4. "Mad Dog" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:36
  5. "Black and White" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:39
  6. "Hard Lovin' Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 3:25
  7. "The Spanish Archer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:32
  8. "Strangeways" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 7:35
  9. "Mitzi Dupree" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:05
  10. "Dead or Alive" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:01

[edit] Personnel

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Deep Purple
Ian Gillan | Steve Morse | Roger Glover | Don Airey | Ian Paice
Ritchie Blackmore | Jon Lord | David Coverdale | Joe Lynn Turner | Tommy Bolin | Glenn Hughes | Rod Evans | Nick Simper | Joe Satriani
Discography
Albums : Shades of Deep Purple | The Book of Taliesyn | Deep Purple | Deep Purple in Rock | Fireball | Machine Head | Who Do We Think We Are | Burn | Stormbringer | Come Taste the Band | Perfect Strangers | The House of Blue Light | Slaves & Masters | The Battle Rages On | Purpendicular | Abandon | Bananas | Rapture of the Deep
Live albums: Inglewood - Live in California | Concerto for Group and Orchestra | Kneel & Pray | Scandinavian Nights | Gemini Suite Live | Space Vol 1 & 2 | Made in Japan | Deep Purple In Concert | Made in Europe | Live in London | California Jamming | Just Might Take Your Life | Perks And Tit | Mk III: The Final Concerts | Last Concert in Japan | King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert | This Time Around: Live in Tokyo | Nobody's Perfect | In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth 85 | Come Hell or High Water | Live in Europe 1993 | Live at the Olympia '96 | Live at Montreux 1996 | Total Abandon: Live in Australia | In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra | Live At The Rotterdam Ahoy | The Soundboard Series
Videos and DVDs: Concerto for Group and Orchestra | Special Edition EP | Live In Concert 1972/73 | Rises Over Japan | Live in California 74 / Live at the California Jam | Come Hell or High Water | Bombay Calling | Live at Montreux 1996 | In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra | Total Abandon Australia '99 | New, Live & Rare | Perihelion | Live Encounters
Compilation Albums: Purple Passages | 24 Carat Purple | When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll | The Mark II Purple Singles | Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple | The Anthology | 30: Very Best of Deep Purple | Days May Come and Days May Go | Listen, Learn, Read On | Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow | Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection
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