Rapture of the Deep (20th Anniversary Remix) Deep Purple

• 1 Money Talks (20th Anniversary Remix) 05:34
• 2 Things I Never Said (20th Anniversary Remix) 04:47
• 3 Rapture of the Deep (20th Anniversary Remix) 05:54
• 4 Clearly Quite Absurd (20th Anniversary Remix) 05:24
• 5 MTV (20th Anniversary Remix) 04:54
• 6 Back to Back (20th Anniversary Remix) 04:02
• 7 Wrong Man (20th Anniversary Remix) 04:33
• 8 Girls Like That (20th Anniversary Remix) 03:56
• 9 Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (20th Anniversary Remix) 04:17
• 10 Don't Let Go (20th Anniversary Remix) 04:34
• 11 Junkyard Blues (20th Anniversary Remix) 05:31
• 12 Before Time Began (20th Anniversary Remix) 06:19
• Total Runtime 59:45

Info for Rapture of the Deep (20th Anniversary Remix)

It’s no secret that ‘Rapture of the Deep’ isn’t the first album that comes to mind when listing Deep Purple’s classics – and while it was met with interest at the time, it gradually faded from view. Despite solid sales, the album arrived during a period when there was little spotlight on the world of classic rock, and over the years, ‘Rapture of the Deep’ developed into an overlooked chapter in Deep Purple’s rich discography.

It’s equally true that this record, and the story behind it, marked a turning point – the quiet beginning of a run that would eventually lead to four consecutive No. 1 albums (2013, 2017, 2020, 2024) and the kind of success few bands experience even once, let alone decades into their career.

New insights by Kerrang! founder and Classic Rock magazine writer Geoff Barton pull back the curtain on a time when Deep Purple were navigating an uncertain era in the music industry that saw the downfall of many once-great artist careers – and unravel the strange chemistry that gave birth to Deep Purple’s 18th studio album.

As bassist Roger Glover reflects: “We were going through a bit of a hard time when we started the songwriting and production of ‘Rapture of the Deep’ and, strangely enough, we didn’t have a record company at that point. Let’s face it, we were a bit lost (…).”

But from that uncertain moment emerged an album bursting with sharp songwriting, masterful playing, and pure Deep Purple grit.

Now, newly mixed with the supervision of Roger Glover, analogue-mastered at renowned Chameleon Studios in Hamburg, and presented with bold new artwork, Rapture of the Deep finally shines with clarity and colour. “It’s a new album now to me.”, says Roger Glover. Fans will hear it blooming for the first time.

Ian Gillan, vocals
Steve Morse, guitars
Don Airey, keyboards
Roger Glover, bass
Ian Paice, drums

Produced and engineered by Michael Bradford
Recorded at Chunky Style Studios, Los Angeles, CA, 2005
Mastered by Andy Van Dette at Masterdisk. New York

Digitally remastered

Deep Purple
are an English rock band formed in Hertford in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical approach changed over the years. Originally formed as a progressive rock band, the band's sound shifted to hard rock in 1970. Deep Purple, together with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, have been referred to as the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid-Seventies". They were listed in the 1975 Guinness Book of World Records as "the globe's loudest band" for a 1972 concert at London's Rainbow Theatre, and have sold over 100 million albums worldwide, including 8,5 million certified units in the US.

The band has gone through many line-up changes and an eight-year hiatus (1976–1984). The 1968–1976 line-ups are commonly labelled Mark I, II, III and IV. Their second and most commercially successful line-up featured Ian Gillan (vocals), Jon Lord (organ), Roger Glover (bass), Ian Paice (drums), and Ritchie Blackmore (guitar). This line-up was active from 1969 to 1973, and was revived from 1984 to 1989, and again from 1992 to 1993. The band achieved more modest success in the intervening periods between 1968 and 1969 with the line-up including Rod Evans (vocals) and Nick Simper (bass, backing vocals), between 1974 and 1976 (Tommy Bolin replacing Blackmore in 1975) with the line-up including David Coverdale (vocals) and Glenn Hughes (bass, vocals), and between 1989 and 1992 with the line-up including Joe Lynn Turner (vocals). The band's line-up (currently featuring Ian Gillan, and guitarist Steve Morse from 1994) has been much more stable in recent years, although organist Jon Lord's retirement from the band in 2002 (being succeeded by Don Airey) left Ian Paice as the only original Deep Purple member still in the band.

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