Bananas (album)

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Bananas
Bananas cover
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released September 9, 2003
Recorded January-February 2003
Los Angeles
Genre Hard rock
Length 51:25
Label EMI (UK)
Sanctuary Records (US)
Producer Michael Bradford
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
Abandon
(1998)		 Bananas
(2003)		 Rapture of the Deep
(2005)

Bananas is the 17th studio album by English rock 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, Michael 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, Morse, Glover, Jon Lord, Paice) - 5:11
  8. "I Got Your Number" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, 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] Personnel

[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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Deep Purple
Ian Gillan · Steve Morse · Roger Glover · Ian Paice · Don Airey
Jon Lord · Ritchie Blackmore · David Coverdale · Glenn Hughes · Rod Evans · Nick Simper · Tommy Bolin · Joe Lynn Turner · Joe Satriani
Studio albums
Shades of Deep Purple (1968) · The Book of Taliesyn (1968) · Deep Purple (1969) Deep Purple in Rock (1970) · Fireball (1971) · Machine Head (1972) · Who Do We Think We Are (1973) · Burn (1974) · Stormbringer (1974) · Come Taste the Band (1975) · Perfect Strangers (1984) · The House of Blue Light (1987) · Slaves & Masters (1990) · The Battle Rages On (1993) · Purpendicular (1996) · Abandon (1998) · Bananas (2003) · Rapture of the Deep (2005)
Live albums
Concerto for Group and Orchestra · Made in Japan  · Made in Europe · Last Concert in Japan · Deep Purple in Concert · Live in London · Scandinavian Nights · Nobody's Perfect · In the Absence of Pink: Knebworth '85 · Live in Japan · Come Hell or High Water · King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert · California Jamming · Mk III: The Final Concerts · Live at the Olympia '96 · Gemini Suite Live · Total Abandon: Australia '99 · Deep Purple: Extended Versions · Live at the Royal Albert Hall · Live at the Rotterdam Ahoy · This Time Around: Live in Tokyo · The Soundboard Series · Live in Paris 1975 · Inglewood - Live in California · Space Vol 1 & 2 · Perks and Tit / Live in San Diego 1974 · Live in Stockholm · Live in Europe 1993 · Live at Montreux 1996 · Live in Montreux 69 · Live in Denmark 1972 · They All Came Down to Montreux
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