Turning to Crime

{{Infobox album

| name = Turning to Crime

| type = studio

| artist = Deep Purple

| cover = Deep Purple - Turning to Crime.png

| alt =

| released = 26 November 2021

| recorded =

| studio = Real World Studios (Wiltshire)

| genre = *Blues rock

hard rock

| length = 49:45

| label = earMUSIC

| producer = Bob Ezrin

| prev_title = Whoosh!

| prev_year = 2020

| next_title = =1

| next_year = 2024

| misc =

}}

Turning to Crime is the twenty-second album by English rock band Deep Purple. Released on 26 November 2021, it is composed entirely of covers,[https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimryan1/2021/11/26/roger-glover-on-new-deep-purple-album-turning-to-crime/ Roger Glover On New Deep Purple Album 'Turning To Crime'] - Forbes. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021. and is the last Deep Purple album to feature guitarist Steve Morse before he left the band in July 2022.

Background and recording

Turning to Crime was created following a suggestion by Bob Ezrin, Deep Purple's producer since 2013.[https://ultimateclassicrock.com/deep-purple-interview-2021/ Deep Purple Talk Covers LP, Why a 'Long Goodbye' Was Premature] - Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 27 November 2021. Released about fifteen months after Whoosh!, this marked the first time since 1975's Come Taste the Band that Deep Purple had released a new studio album just one year after their previous one.

The track "The Battle of New Orleans" marks the first time since Woman from Tokyo in 1973 that Roger Glover has performed vocals on a Deep Purple studio recording.{{citation needed|date=December 2024}}

A 13th Track "(I'm a) Road Runner" was released as a download for describers on October 6, 2021, and later on the Limited Edition 5×12″ Vinyl Box Set, as the B-side of "7 and 7 Is".

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Classic Rock

| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/deep-purple-have-an-absolute-blast-on-turning-to-crime|title=Deep Purple have an absolute blast on Turning To Crime|language=en|author=Geoff Barton|date=2021-11-25|publisher=Louder Sound}}

|rev2 = laut.de

|rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Vogel |first1=Yan |title=Das erste reine Coveralbum der Hardrock-Ikonen. |url=https://www.laut.de/Deep-Purple/Alben/Turning-To-Crime-117281 |publisher=laut.de |access-date=29 March 2023 |language=de}}

|rev3 = Louder Sound

|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web |last1=Barton |first1=Geoff |title=Deep Purple have an absolute blast on Turning To Crime |url=https://www.loudersound.com/reviews/deep-purple-have-an-absolute-blast-on-turning-to-crime |website=Louder Sound |access-date=29 March 2023 |language=en |date=25 November 2021}}

}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| headline = Turning to Crime track listing

| total_length = 49:45

| extra_column= Original artist

| title1 = 7 and 7 Is

| writer1= Arthur Lee

| extra1= Love

| length1 = 2:28

| title2 = Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu

| writer2 = Huey "Piano" Smith

| extra2 = Huey "Piano" Smith

| length2 = 3:15

| title3 = Oh Well

| writer3 = Peter Green

| extra3 = Fleetwood Mac

| length3 = 4:21

| title4 = Jenny Take a Ride!

| writer4 = Bob Crewe

| extra4 = Mitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels

| length4 = 4:36

| title5 = Watching the River Flow

| writer5 = Bob Dylan

| extra5 = Bob Dylan

| length5 = 3:02

| title6 = Let the Good Times Roll

| writer6 = Sam Theard, Fleecie Moore

| extra6 = Louis Jordan & the Tympany Five

| length6 = 4:22

| title7 = Dixie Chicken

| writer7 = Lowell George, Fred Martin

| extra7 = Little Feat

| length7 = 4:43

| title8 = Shapes of Things

| writer8 = Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-Smith

| extra8 = Yardbirds / Jeff Beck Group

| length8 = 3:40

| title9 = The Battle of New Orleans

| writer9 = Jimmy Driftwood

| extra9 = Johnny Horton

| length9 = 2:51

| title10 = Lucifer

| writer10 = Bob Seger

| extra10 = The Bob Seger System

| length10 = 3:45

| title11 = White Room

| writer11 = Jack Bruce, Pete Brown

| extra11 = Cream

| length11 = 4:53

| title12 = Caught in the Act"

a. "Going Down"
b. "Green Onions"
c. "Hot 'Lanta"
d. "Dazed and Confused"
e. "Gimme Some Lovin'

| writer12 =

a. Don Nix
b. Booker T. Jones, Steve Cropper, Lewie Steinberg, Al Jackson Jr.
c. Duane Allman, Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Butch Trucks, Berry Oakley, Jai Johanny Johanson
d. Jake Holmes, Jimmy Page, Robert Plant
e. Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood

| extra12 =

a. Moloch
b. Booker T & the MGs
c. Allman Brothers Band
d. Jake Holmes
e. Spencer Davis Group

| length12 = 7:49

}}

Personnel

Credits per Turning To Crime liner notes{{Cite AV media notes |title=Turning To Crime |others=Deep Purple |date=2021 |type=Album liner notes}}

Deep Purple

Ian Gillan – vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), percussion (3, 7)
Steve Morse – guitars (all tracks), vocals (9)
Roger Glover – bass (all tracks), additional keyboards (1), backing vocals, percussion (7), vocals (9)
Ian Paice – drums (all tracks), percussion (7)
Don Airey – keyboards (all tracks)

Musicians

Bob Ezrin – backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 8, 10–12), vocals (9)
Leo Green – tenor saxophone (2, 6), horns arrangement (2)
Matt Holland – trumpet (2, 6)
Nicole Thalia – backing vocals (4, 6, 12)
Marsha B. Morrison – backing vocals (4, 6, 12)
Gina Forsyth – fiddle (9)
Bruce Daigrepont – squeeze box (9)
Julian Shank – percussion (10)

Charts

=Weekly charts=

scope="row"\| Italian Albums (FIMI){{cite web\|url=https://www.fimi.it/top-of-the-music/classifiche.kl#/charts/1/2021/48\|title=Album – Classifica settimanale WK 48 (dal 26.11.2021 al 02.12.2021)\|publisher=Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana\|language=it\|access-date=4 December 2021}} \| 24
class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Weekly chart performance for Turning to Crime ! scope="col"\| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"\| Peak position
{{album chart\|Austria\|5\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=7 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Flanders\|29\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=5 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Wallonia\|22\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=5 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Czech\|8\|date=202148\|rowheader=true\|access-date=6 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Netherlands\|25\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=4 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Finland\|6\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=5 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Germany4\|5\|id=487046\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=3 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Hungary\|24\|year=2021\|week=49\|rowheader=true\|access-date=17 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Norway\|21\|M\|url=https://topplista.no/charts/albums/2021-w48/\|title=Album 2021 uke 48\|publisher=VG-lista\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=4 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Poland\|9\|id=1406\|rowheader=true\|access-date=9 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|Scotland\|12\|date=20211203\|rowheader=true\|access-date=4 December 2021}}
scope="row"\| Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web\|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/36?weekId=2749\|title=Top 100 Slovak Albums\|publisher=International Federation of the Phonographic Industry\|access-date=August 3, 2024}} \| 95
{{album chart\|Spain\|50\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=12 December 2021}}
scope="row"\| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web\|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54?dspy=2021&dspp=48\|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 48\|publisher=Sverigetopplistan\|access-date=4 December 2021}} \| 14
{{album chart\|Switzerland\|4\|artist=Deep Purple\|album=Turning to Crime\|rowheader=true\|access-date=5 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|UK2\|28\|date=20211203\|rowheader=true\|access-date=3 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|UKIndependent\|1\|date=20211203\|rowheader=true\|access-date=3 December 2021}}
{{album chart\|UKRock\|1\|date=20211203\|rowheader=true\|access-date=4 December 2021}}

=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" \|+ Year-end chart performance for Turning to Crime ! scope="col"\| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"\| Position
scope="row"\| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web\|url=https://www.mtv.de/info/jsskvt/jahrescharts-2021-album\|title=Jahrescharts 2021 Album\|publisher=GfK Entertainment charts\|access-date=15 December 2021}} \| 92
scope="row"\| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web\|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2021/alben\|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2021\|website=hitparade.ch\|access-date=26 December 2021\|language=de}} \| 95

class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"

|+ Year-end chart performance for Turning to Crime

! scope="col"| Chart (2021)

! scope="col"| Position

scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100){{cite web|url=https://www.mtv.de/info/jsskvt/jahrescharts-2021-album|title=Jahrescharts 2021 Album|publisher=GfK Entertainment charts|access-date=15 December 2021}}

| 92

scope="row"| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2021/alben|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2021|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=26 December 2021|language=de}}

| 95

References

Category:2021 albums

Category:Deep Purple albums

Category:Edel AG albums

Category:Albums produced by Bob Ezrin

Category:2020s covers albums

Category:Albums impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic