Fireball (album)

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Fireball
Fireball cover
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released July, 1971 (US and Canada), September 1971 (UK and Europe)
Recorded September 1970 to June 1971, London
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length 38:40 (Original LP)
78:46 (1996 CD edition)
Label Harvest Records (UK)
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer Deep Purple
Professional reviews
Deep Purple chronology
Deep Purple in Rock
(1970)		 Fireball
(1971)		 Machine Head
(1972)
Alternate cover
25th anniversary CD slipcase
25th anniversary CD slipcase

Fireball is a hard rock album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971. It was their fifth studio album, and the second with the classic Mk II lineup. It was recorded at various times between September 1970 and June 1971. It would become the first of the band's three UK #1 albums.

Contents

[edit] Versions

The hit single (Number 8 in the UK) from the album sessions was the boogie-inspired "Strange Kind of Woman", which appeared on the U.S and Japanese version of the album in place of "Demon's Eye". "Strange Kind of Woman" became a staple of the live set up until the present day, and "Fireball" has made a few appearances, mainly as encores. "Strange Kind of Woman" and "The Mule" appear on the classic 1973 live album Made in Japan, with the latter morphing into an Ian Paice drum solo.

"Anyone's Daughter" was played on the 1993-1994 tours, while "Fools", "No One Came", "I'm Alone", "Demon's Eye" and "No No No" have all made periodic appearances in various tours since 1996.

Apart from Ian Gillan, the rest of the band don't consider the album a classic. However, even he has said that the inclusion of "Anyone's Daughter" on the album was "A good bit of fun, but a mistake"[1].

The original vinyl release was in a gatefold sleeve, with a generic Harvest LP-bag and a lyric-insert.


[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice except where indicated.

  1. "Fireball" – 3:25
  2. "No No No" – 6:54
  3. "Demon's Eye" - 5:19
  4. "Anyone's Daughter" – 4:43
  5. "The Mule" – 5:23
  6. "Fools" – 8:21
  7. "No One Came" – 6:28

[edit] 25th anniversary bonus tracks

  1. "Strange Kind of Woman" (a-side remix '96) – 4:07
  2. "I'm Alone" (b-side) – 3:08
  3. "Freedom" (album out-take) – 3:37
  4. "Slow Train" (album out-take) – 5:38
  5. "Demon's Eye" (remix 96) – 6:13
  6. "The Noise Abatement Society Tapes" (Traditional) – 4:17
  7. "Fireball" (take 1 - instrumental) – 4:09
  8. "Backwards Piano" – 0:56
  9. "No One Came" (remix 96) – 6:24

[edit] Original US/Canadian/Japanese release

  1. "Fireball" – 3:25
  2. "No No No" – 6:54
  3. "Strange Kind of Woman" - 4:07
  4. "Anyone's Daughter" – 4:43
  5. "The Mule" – 5:23
  6. "Fools" – 8:21
  7. "No One Came" – 6:28

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Additional personnel

  • Recorded between September 1970 and June 1971 at De Lane Lea Studios, Olympic Studios, and The Hermitage
  • Engineered by Martin Birch, Lou Austin and Alan O'Duffy
  • Peter Mew - Original album remastering
  • Tom Bender - Engineering work on the bonus tracks and mixes 96

[edit] References

  1. ^ Album liner notes in anniversary booklet
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Deep Purple
Ian Gillan · Steve Morse · Roger Glover · Ian Paice · Don Airey
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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)
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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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