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| Released | 19 July 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2023–2024 | |||
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| Length | 52:06 | |||
| Label | earMUSIC/Edel AG | |||
| Producer | Bob Ezrin | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Classic Rock |   [3] |
| Blabbermouth.net | 8/10[4] |
=1 is the twenty-third studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 19 July 2024 by earMUSIC/Edel AG.[5] It is their first album with guitarist Simon McBride, who replaced Steve Morse in 2022.[6] It is also the band's fifth collaboration with producer Bob Ezrin, who has produced every Deep Purple album since 2013's Now What?!.
Themes and reception
[edit]The album has been described as having a loose concept around "[symbolising] the idea that in a world growing ever more complex, everything eventually simplifies down to a single, unified essence. Everything equals one".[7]
Music writer John Aizlewood described singer Ian Gillan's voice as "richer than it’s sounded in years".[8]
Track listing
[edit]All Songs written by: Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Simon McBride and Bob Ezrin.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Show Me" | 3:59 |
| 2. | "A Bit on the Side" | 4:10 |
| 3. | "Sharp Shooter" | 3:44 |
| 4. | "Portable Door" | 3:48 |
| 5. | "Old-Fangled Thing" | 4:08 |
| 6. | "If I Were You" | 4:42 |
| 7. | "Pictures of You" | 3:51 |
| 8. | "I'm Saying Nothin'" | 3:28 |
| 9. | "Lazy Sod" | 3:40 |
| 10. | "Now You're Talkin'" | 4:05 |
| 11. | "No Money to Burn" | 3:21 |
| 12. | "I'll Catch You" | 3:20 |
| 13. | "Bleeding Obvious" | 5:50 |
| Total length: | 52:06 | |
Personnel
[edit]Deep Purple
- Ian Gillan – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (tracks 1, 4–8, 9, 13)
- Simon McBride – guitar, additional guitar engineering
- Roger Glover – bass (all tracks), shaker (track 3)
- Ian Paice – drums
- Don Airey – keyboards (all tracks), orchestral arrangement (track 6)
Additional musicians
- Bob Ezrin – backing vocals (tracks 1, 6, 8, 11, 13), tambourine (1)
- Nashville Music Scoring – orchestra (track 6)
- Patricia Shirley-Okujene – backing vocals (tracks 11, 13)
- Camille Harrison – backing vocals (tracks 11, 13)
Technical
- Bob Ezrin – production, mixing (all tracks); orchestral arrangement (track 6)
- Robert Vosgien – mastering
- Anthony Yordanov – mixing, engineering
- Julian Shank – mixing
- Jill Zimmermann – engineering
- Justin Cortelyou – engineering
- Piers Mortimer – additional keyboard engineering
- Eike Freese – additional vocal engineering
- Denny Meißner – additional vocal engineering
- Michael Gnocato – engineering assistance
- Daniel Goldade – engineering assistance
- Jasper Terpstra – engineering assistance
- Nick Speria – orchestra engineering (track 6)
- James Paice – additional drum production and engineering (track 6)
References
[edit]- ^ Lewry, Fraser (30 April 2024). "Deep Purple launch first music with new guitarist Simon McBride". Classic Rock. Retrieved 12 June 2024 – via Louder.
- ^ Lewry, Fraser (6 June 2024). "Watch Deep Purple's video for new single Pictures Of You". Classic Rock. Retrieved 12 June 2024 – via Louder.
- ^ https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/deep-purple-1
- ^ https://blabbermouth.net/reviews/1
- ^ "Deep Purple Announces New Album =1". Blabbermouth.net. 24 April 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ "Deep Purple Officially Welcomes Guitarist Simon McBride As Permanent Member". Blabbermouth.net. 16 September 2022. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
- ^ Exclusive: Deep Purple Drummer Ian Paice Talks the Concept Behind New Album, ‘=1,’ Reveals His Favorite Songs From the Record. American Songwriter. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
- ^ Deep Purple rediscover their purpose on the invigorating =1. LouderSound. 19 July 2024. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
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