| Bananas | ||||
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| Studio album by Deep Purple | ||||
| Released | September 9, 2003 | |||
| Recorded | January–February 2003 Los Angeles |
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| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 51:25 | |||
| Label | EMI (UK) Sanctuary Records (US) |
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| Producer | Michael Bradford | |||
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Bananas is the 17th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple,[2] released on October 7, 2003.[3] 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.[4]
This is the first Deep Purple album to feature Don Airey on the keyboards, replacing founding member Jon Lord.[5] The album was recorded in Los Angeles during January and February 2003.[2]
It is also notable as being the only Deep Purple album that features Ian Gillan being backed by vocals other than his own, with the song "Haunted" featuring a female backing singer, Beth Hart.
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All songs written by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Don Airey, and Ian Paice except where noted.
Since the Abandon album, Deep Purple performed three new songs onstage. "Long Time Gone" was debuted in the summer of 2000 but not included on Bananas. Another new song, "Up The Wall" was played on the 2002 UK tour, and reworked into "I've Got Your Number". The instrumental "Well Dressed Guitar" was unreleased until the next album, 2005's Rapture of the Deep.[6]