Purpendicular
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{{Infobox album
| name = Purpendicular
| type = studio
| artist = Deep Purple
| cover = Purpendicular - Deep Purple.jpg
| alt =
| released = 5 February 1996
| recorded = February–October 1995
| studio = Greg Rike Productions, Altamonte Springs, Florida
| genre = Hard rock
| length = 62:16
| label = RCA
| producer = Deep Purple
| prev_title = The Battle Rages On...
| prev_year = 1993
| next_title = Abandon
| next_year = 1998
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Purpendicular
| type = studio
| single1 = Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
| single1date = 1996 (Europe)
| single2 = The Aviator
| single2date = 1996 (Germany)
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r248275|first=Glen|last=Miller}}
|rev2 = Blogcritics
|rev2score = (favourable){{cite web | url = http://blogcritics.org/music-review-deep-purple-purpendicular/ | title = Music Review: Deep Purple – Purpendicular | access-date = 14 February 2017 | last = Bowling | first = David | date = 14 February 2017 | publisher = Blogcritics}}
|rev3 =Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
|rev3Score = 10/10{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = Collector's Guide Publishing | date = 1 August 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | pages=109–110 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Purpendicular is the fifteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released on 5 February 1996.{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a|title=Deep Purple albums}} It is their first album with guitarist Steve Morse from Dixie Dregs, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore. The album entered the UK Charts on 17 February 1996, where it peaked at No. 58.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27669/deep-purple/|title=Deep Purple official charts}}
Recording
The album was recorded at Greg Rike Productions, Orlando, Florida from February to October 1995 and engineered by Darren Schneider and Keith Andrews. It had a more experimental approach than previous albums. The arrangement to "The Aviator", employed an acoustic folk/country arrangement that had not been heard on the band's previous work since "Anyone's Daughter" from Fireball. Several of the songs such as "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" featured less keyboard, focusing on guitar. Morse introduced pinch harmonics to the band's sound, such as on "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" and "Somebody Stole My Guitar".{{cite web |url=https://mikeladano.com/2015/01/14/review-deep-purple-purpendicular-1996-us-bonus-track/ |title=Review: Deep Purple - Purpendicular (1996 US bonus track) |last=Ladano |first=Mike |publisher=Mike Ladano.com |date=14 January 2015 |access-date=14 February 2017 }} "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" and "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" remained regular features in Deep Purple's live setlist in recent tours.
Like the title of the band's following album, Abandon, Purpendicular is a pun; in this case, based on the band's name and the word "Perpendicular".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord, Steve Morse, Ian Paice
| title1 = Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic
| length1 = 4:16
| title2 = Loosen My Strings
| length2 = 5:57
| title3 = Soon Forgotten
| length3 = 4:47
| title4 = Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
| length4 = 7:29
| title5 = Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover
| length5 = 4:43
| title6 = The Aviator
| length6 = 5:20
| title7 = Rosa's Cantina
| length7 = 5:10
| title8 = A Castle Full of Rascals
| length8 = 5:11
| title9 = A Touch Away
| length9 = 4:36
| title10 = Hey Cisco
| length10 = 5:53
| title11 = Somebody Stole My Guitar
| length11 = 4:09
| title12 = The Purpendicular Waltz
| length12 = 4:45
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Japanese and US edition bonus tracks
| title13 = (empty track)
| title14 = Don't Hold Your Breath
| length14 = 4:39
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Expanded edition bonus tracks
| title13 = Don't Hold Your Breath
| length13 = 4:40
| title14 = Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming
| note14 = single edit
| length14 = 4:35
}}
Personnel
;Deep Purple
- Ian Gillan – lead vocals, harmonica
- Steve Morse – guitars, backing vocals{{Cite web|url=https://deep-purple.com/band/steve-morse/|title=Steve Morse|date=2010-09-21|website=Deep Purple|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-13}}
- Jon Lord – keyboards
- Roger Glover – bass
- Ian Paice – drums
;Production
- Darren Schneider, Keith Andrews – engineers, mixing at Parc Studios, Orlando, Florida
- Adam Barber – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |
| Chart (1996)
! Peak |
|---|
| {{Album chart|Austria|16|artist=Deep Purple|album=Purpendicular |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Wallonia|47|artist=Deep Purple|album=Purpendicular |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Netherlands|87|artist=Deep Purple|album=Purpendicular |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Finland|9|artist=Deep Purple|album=Purpendicular |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Germany4|20|id=2244|artist=Deep Purple|album=Purpendicular |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{album chart|Hungary|17|artist=Deep Purple|album=Perpendicular|year=1996|week=14|rowheader=true|access-date=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"| 28 |
| {{Album chart|Norway|30|artist=Deep Purple|album=Purpendicular |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Scotland|82|date=19960211|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Sweden|3|artist=Deep Purple|album=Purpendicular |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|Switzerland|17|artist=Deep Purple|album=Purpendicular |rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|UK2|58|date=19960211|refname=UK albums|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |
| {{Album chart|UKRock|4|date=19960211|rowheader=true|accessdate=March 25, 2024}} |