Bananas (Deep Purple album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Bananas
| type = studio
| artist = Deep Purple
| cover = Deep Purple Bananas.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2003|08|25|df=y}}{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 | edition = 2nd | publisher = Wymer Publishing | year = 2018 | pages = 236 | isbn = 978-1-908724-87-8}}
| recorded = January–February 2003
| studio = Royaltone (Burbank, California)
| genre =
| length = 51:25
| label = EMI
| producer = Michael Bradford
| prev_title = Abandon
| prev_year = 1998
| next_title = Rapture of the Deep
| next_year = 2005
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Bananas
| type = studio
| single1 = Haunted
| single1date = 22 September 2003 (EU){{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 | edition = 2nd | publisher = Wymer Publishing | year = 2018 | pages = 239 | isbn = 978-1-908724-87-8}}
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bananas-mw0000318751 |title=Deep Purple - Bananas review |last=Jeffries |first=David |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=18 February 2017 }}
| noprose=yes
}}
Bananas is the seventeenth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 25 August 2003 by EMI Records{{cite web|url=http://www.thehighwaystar.com/rosas/jouni/discos/studio17.html |title=Bananas |access-date=15 February 2007 |publisher=thehighwaystar.com}} and on 7 October 2003 by Sanctuary Records in the US.{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purple-bananas-to-receive-u-s-release-in-october/ |title=Deep Purple: 'Bananas' To Receive U.S. Release In October |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=15 September 2003 |access-date=18 February 2017 }} It is the first album to feature Don Airey on organ and keyboards, replacing founding member Jon Lord.
Overview
The album was recorded in Los Angeles during January and February 2003. It is also notable as being the first Ian Gillan-fronted Deep Purple album to make use of backing vocals other than Gillan's own (since the 1972 sessions for the song "Woman From Tokyo" in Germany which featured Jon Lord and Roger Glover singing backing vocals) with the song "Haunted" featuring Beth Hart. The album includes "Contact Lost", a short slow instrumental requiem for the Space Shuttle Columbia astronauts, written by guitarist Steve Morse when he heard the news of the crash.{{cite web|url=http://www.guitarsite.com/newsletters/031110/7.shtml |title=Deep Purple's Shuttle Connection |access-date=15 February 2007 |publisher=guitarsite.com }}
The photo in the album cover was taken by the band's manager Bruce Payne.{{cite web |last1=Colothan |first1=Scott |title=42 facts about Deep Purple's album covers |url=https://planetradio.co.uk/planet-rock/news/rock-news/deep-purple-album-cover-facts/ |website=Planet Rock |access-date=29 September 2020}}
Bananas charted well despite lack of media exposure, especially in Europe and South America (notably at Germany and Argentina where it peaked in the top 10).{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/deep-purple-bananas-in-the-charts/ |title=Deep Purple: 'Bananas' In The Charts |publisher=Blabbermouth.net |date=6 September 2003 |access-date=18 February 2017 }}
Unreleased tracks
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 Got Your Number". The instrumental "Well Dressed Guitar" remained unreleased until the next album, 2005's Rapture of the Deep.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/bananas/ |title=Bananas - Deep Purple's New Album |last=Heide |first=Rasmus |publisher=The Highway Star.com |date=19 November 2003 |access-date=18 February 2017 }}
Track listing
{{tracklist
| all_writing = Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey, and Ian Paice, except where indicated
| title1 = House of Pain
| writer1 = Gillan, Michael Bradford
| length1 = 3:34
| title2 = Sun Goes Down
| length2 = 4:10
| title3 = Haunted
| length3 = 4:22
| title4 = Razzle Dazzle
| length4 = 3:28
| title5 = Silver Tongue
| length5 = 4:03
| title6 = Walk On
| writer6 = Gillan, Bradford
| length6 = 7:04
| title7 = Picture of Innocence
| writer7 = Gillan, Glover, Morse, Jon Lord, Paice
| length7 = 5:11
| title8 = I Got Your Number
| writer8 = Gillan, Glover, Morse, Lord, Paice, Bradford
| length8 = 6:01
| title9 = Never a Word
| length9 = 3:46
| title10 = Bananas
| length10 = 4:51
| title11 = Doing It Tonight
| length11 = 3:28
| title12 = Contact Lost
| writer12 = Morse
| length12 = 1:27
}}
Personnel
Deep Purple
- Ian Gillan – vocals
- Steve Morse – guitars
- Roger Glover – bass
- Don Airey – keyboards
- Ian Paice – drums
Additional musicians
- Paul Buckmaster – string arrangement and cello on "Haunted"
- Beth Hart – backing vocals on "Haunted"
- Michael Bradford – guitar on "Walk On"
Production
- Michael Bradford – producer, engineer
- Chris Wonzer – assistant engineer
- Andy Vandette – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
Charts
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| Chart (2003)
! Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"|Argentinian Albums Chart
| align="center"| 10 |
| {{Album chart|Austria|12|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Wallonia|42|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| scope="row"|Czech Republic Albums Chart
| align="center"| 17 |
| {{Album chart|Finland|6|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|France|50|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Germany4|3|id=4610|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Italy|13|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}
| align="center"| 212 |
| {{Album chart|Norway|19|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| scope="row"|Polish Albums Chart{{cite web |url=https://acharts.co/album/17691 |title=Deep Purple - Bananas |publisher=Acharts.co |access-date=18 February 2017 }}
| align="center"| 24 |
| {{Album chart|Scotland|70|date=20030831|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Sweden|18|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Switzerland|13|artist=Deep Purple|album=Bananas |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|UK2|85|date=20030831|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|UKRock|10|date=20030831|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|type=album|region=Russia|artist=Deep Purple|title=Bananas|award=Gold|certyear=2003|relyear=2003|access-date=17 May 2019}}
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References
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