Rapture of the Deep

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|rev1 = About.com

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web |url=http://classicrock.about.com/od/artistsaf/fr/deep_rapture.htm |title=CD Review: Deep Purple "Rapture of the Deep" |last=White |first=Dave |work=Classic Rock |publisher=About.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060116043819/http://classicrock.about.com/od/artistsaf/fr/deep_rapture.htm |archive-date=16 January 2006 |access-date=2017-02-21 }}

|rev2 = AllMusic

|rev2score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/rapture-of-the-deep-mw0000703026 |title=Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep review |last=Adams |first=Bret |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |access-date=21 February 2017 }}

|rev3 = BBC Music

|rev3score = (favourable){{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/wnjw/ |title=Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep Review |last=Shrivastava |first=Rahul |publisher=BBC Music |date=2005 |access-date=2017-02-21 }}

|rev4 = BW&BK

|rev4score = 10/10{{cite web |url=http://bravewords.com/reviews/deep-purple-rapture-of-the-deep |title=Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep |last=Popoff |first=Martin |author-link=Martin Popoff |work=Bravewords.com |publisher=Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles |date=26 September 2005 |access-date=2017-02-21 }}

|rev5 = Drowned in Sound

|rev5score = 5/10{{cite magazine |url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/6757/reviews/477537-deep-purple-rapture-of-the-deep |title=Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep |last=Lancaster |first=Nick |magazine=Drowned in Sound |date=4 November 2005 |access-date=2017-02-21 |archive-date=22 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222111817/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/6757/reviews/477537-deep-purple-rapture-of-the-deep |url-status=dead }}

|rev6 = PopMatters

|rev6score = {{Rating|7|10}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/deeppurple-rapture/ |title=Deep Purple - Rapture of the Deep |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |magazine=PopMatters |date=19 December 2005 |access-date=2017-02-21 }}

|rev7 = Terrorizer

|rev7score = 4/10{{cite magazine|last=Damien|title=Deep Purple: Rapture of the Deep |magazine=Terrorizer|date=December 2005|issue=138|page=70}}

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Like Bananas, the album received generally positive reviews from critics and fans.{{cite web |url=http://www.thehighwaystar.com/specials/rotd/daniel.html |title=Deep Purple - "Rapture of the Deep" |last=Bengtsson |first=Daniel |publisher=The Highway Star.com |access-date=2017-02-21 }} Rapture of the Deep is Deep Purple's first release in Europe on the German label Edel Records, while in the US the record was released by Edel's sub-label Eagle Records.

The album peaked on Billboard{{'}}s US Top Independent Albums chart at position No.{{nbsp|thin}}43.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/300672/deep%20purple/chart?f=326|title=Deep Purple Chart History: Independent Albums|magazine=Billboard|access-date=21 February 2017|archive-date=22 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222114236/http://www.billboard.com/artist/300672/deep%20purple/chart?f=326|url-status=dead}} In the US, the album sold 2500 copies during the first week. In the UK, the album sold 3500 copies during the first week and 1200 copies during the week after.{{cite web|url=http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/ |date=10 November 2005 |title=ROTD sales in the USA and UK |work=thehighwaystar.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051231053116/http://www.thehighwaystar.com/news/ |archive-date=31 December 2005 }} It also made the top 20 in several European charts. The title track "Rapture of the Deep" was released as a promo single in 2005.

The track "Money Talks" sees singer Ian Gillan perform the widest vocal range heard on any Deep Purple recording, with the bridge featuring a double-tracked deep bass vocal and the song's coda featuring a high-pitched scream.

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Don Airey and Ian Paice, except where noted

{{track listing

| title1 = Money Talks

| length1 = 5:31

| title2 = Girls Like That

| length2 = 4:02

| title3 = Wrong Man

| length3 = 4:53

| title4 = Rapture of the Deep

| length4 = 5:58

| title5 = Clearly Quite Absurd

| length5 = 5:25

| title6 = Don't Let Go

| length6 = 4:32

| title7 = Back to Back

| length7 = 4:03

| title8 = Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

| length8 = 4:18

| title9 = Junkyard Blues

| length9 = 5:32

| title10 = Before Time Began

| length10 = 6:30

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{{track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus track

| title11 = Things I Never Said

| length11 = 4:48

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{{track listing

| headline = Limited Edition/Special Tour Edition bonus tracks

| title9 = MTV

| length9 = 4:56

| title10 = Junkyard Blues

| length10 = 5:33

| title11 = Before Time Began

| length11 = 6:30

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Special Tour Edition bonus disc

| title1 = Clearly Quite Absurd

| note1 = new version

| length1 = 3:38

| title2 = Things I Never Said

| length2 = 4:48

| title3 = The Well-Dressed Guitar

| note3 = instrumental outtake from Bananas sessions

| writer3 = Morse

| length3 = 2:51

| title4 = Rapture of the Deep

| note4 = Live at the Hard Rock Cafe, London, 10 October 2005

| length4 = 5:15

| title5 = Wrong Man

| note5 = Live at the Hard Rock Cafe, London, 10 October 2005

| length5 = 4:29

| title6 = Highway Star

| note6 = Live at the Hard Rock Cafe, London, 10 October 2005

| writer6 = Ritchie Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Jon Lord, Paice

| length6 = 8:09

| title7 = Smoke on the Water

| note7 = Live at the Hard Rock Cafe, London, 10 October 2005

| writer7 = Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice

| length7 = 6:50

| title8 = Perfect Strangers

| writer8 = Blackmore, Gillan, Glover

| note8 = Live at the Hard Rock Cafe, London, 10 October 2005

| length8 = 6:40

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{{track listing

| title1 = Money Talks

| length1 = 5:34

| title2 = Things I Never Said

| length2 = 4:47

| title3 = Rapture of the Deep

| length3 = 5:54

| title4 = Clearly Quite Absurd

| length4 = 5:24

| title5 = MTV

| length5 = 4:54

| title6 = Back to Back

| length6 = 4:02

| title7 = Wrong Man

| length7 = 4:33

| title8 = Girls Like That

| length8 = 3:56

| title9 = Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye

| length9 = 4:17

| title10 = Don't Let Go

| length10 = 4:34

| title11 = Junkyard Blues

| length11 = 5:31

| title12 = Before Time Began

| length12 = 6:19

}}

{{track listing

| headline = Disc 2: Studio Rehearsals

| title13 = MTV (Studio Rehearsal)

| length13 =

| title14 = Money Talks (Studio Rehearsal)

| length14 =

| title15 = Back to Back (Studio Rehearsal)

| length15 =

| title16 = Before Time Began (Studio Rehearsal)

| length16 =

| title17 = Closing Note (Studio Rehearsal)

| writer17 = Morse

| length17 =

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;Deep Purple

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

;Production

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

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