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Deep Purple - The House of Blue Light
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1. "Bad Attitude" 5:04
2. "The Unwritten Law" 4:54
3. "Call of the Wild" 4:48
4. "Mad Dog" 4:36
5. "Black & White" 4:39
6. "Hard Lovin' Woman" 3:25
7. "The Spanish Archer" 5:31
8. "Strangeways" 7:36
9. "Mitzi Dupree" 5:05
10. "Dead or Alive" 5:00
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1. "Bad Attitude" 4:32
2. "The Unwritten Law" 4:34
3. "Call of the Wild" 4:48
4. "Mad Dog" 4:29
5. "Black & White" 3:39
6. "Hard Lovin' Woman" 3:25
7. "The Spanish Archer" 4:56
8. "Strangeways" 5:56
9. "Mitzi Dupree" 5:05
10. "Dead or Alive" 4:42
Deep Purple Band Members / Musicians
Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Jon Lord – keyboards
Roger Glover – bass
Ian Paice – drums, percussion
Produced by Roger Glover and Deep Purple
Recorded at the Playhouse, Stowe, Vermont, with Le Mobile operated by Guy Charbonneau
Engineered by Nick Blagona
Mixed by Harry Schnitzler at Union Studios, Munich, West Germany
Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York
The House of Blue Light is the 12th studio album by British rock band Deep Purple, released in 1987. It's the second recording by the re-formed Mark II line-up, and the sixth studio album overall by this formation of the band.
The album's creation was an exceedingly long and difficult process, which singer Ian Gillan compared to the recording of Who Do We Think We Are in Rome. Gillan has remarked on how strained relations within the band compromised the album: "I look back at House Of Blue Light, there are some good songs on that record, but there’s something missing in the overall album. I can’t feel the spirit of this band. I can see or hear five professionals doing their best, but it’s like a football team, it’s not functioning. It’s like 11 superstars that are playing on the same field but are not connected by the heart or by the spirit." Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has said much of it was re-recorded, and confessed, "I think I played like shit on it, and I don't think anyone else really got that into it." Added organist Jon Lord, "House of Blue Light was a weird album and hard to put together. We made the massive mistake of trying to make our music current. We discovered that people didn't want us to do that."
Despite the band's concerns, House of Blue Light sold well. It hit No. 10 in the UK charts, No. 34 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and reached the top 10 in six other countries.
