# Purpendicular

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1996 studio album by Deep Purple

Purpendicular Studio album by Deep Purple 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 Deep Purple chronology The Battle Rages On... (1993) Purpendicular (1996) Abandon (1998) Singles from Purpendicular "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" Released: 1996 (Europe) "The Aviator" Released: 1996 (Germany)

Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic [1] Blogcritics (favourable)[2] Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 10/10[3]

***Purpendicular*** is the fifteenth studio album by the English rock band [Deep Purple](/source/Deep_Purple), released on 5 February 1996.[4] It is their first album with guitarist [Steve Morse](/source/Steve_Morse) from [Dixie Dregs](/source/Dixie_Dregs), who replaced [Ritchie Blackmore](/source/Ritchie_Blackmore). The album entered the UK Charts on 17 February 1996, where it peaked at No. 58.[5]

## Recording

The album was recorded at Greg Rike Productions, [Orlando, Florida](/source/Orlando%2C_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" and "A Touch Away", employed an acoustic folk/celtic arrangement that had not been heard on the band's previous work since "Anyone's Daughter" from *[Fireball](/source/Fireball_(album))*. Several of the songs such as "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" featured less keyboard, focusing on guitar. Morse introduced [pinch harmonics](/source/Pinch_harmonic) to the band's sound, such as on "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" and "Somebody Stole My Guitar".[6] "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](/source/Abandon_(album))*, *Purpendicular* is a [pun](/source/Pun); in this case, based on the band's name and the word "[Perpendicular](/source/Perpendicular)".

## Track listing

All tracks are written by [Ian Gillan](/source/Ian_Gillan), [Roger Glover](/source/Roger_Glover), [Jon Lord](/source/Jon_Lord), [Steve Morse](/source/Steve_Morse), [Ian Paice](/source/Ian_Paice).

No. Title Length 1. "Vavoom: Ted the Mechanic" 4:16 2. "Loosen My Strings" 5:57 3. "Soon Forgotten" 4:47 4. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" 7:29 5. "Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover" 4:43 6. "The Aviator" 5:20 7. "Rosa's Cantina" 5:10 8. "A Castle Full of Rascals" 5:11 9. "A Touch Away" 4:36 10. "Hey Cisco" 5:53 11. "Somebody Stole My Guitar" 4:09 12. "The Purpendicular Waltz" 4:45

Japanese and US edition bonus tracks No. Title Length 13. "(empty track)" 14. "Don't Hold Your Breath" 4:39

Expanded edition bonus tracks No. Title Length 13. "Don't Hold Your Breath" 4:40 14. "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming" (single edit) 4:35

## Personnel

**Deep Purple**

- [Ian Gillan](/source/Ian_Gillan) – lead vocals, harmonica

- [Steve Morse](/source/Steve_Morse) – guitars, backing vocals[7]

- [Jon Lord](/source/Jon_Lord) – [Hammond organ](/source/Hammond_organ), Korg synthesiser, piano

- [Roger Glover](/source/Roger_Glover) – bass

- [Ian Paice](/source/Ian_Paice) – drums

**Production**

- Darren Schneider, Keith Andrews – engineers, mixing at Parc Studios, Orlando, Florida

- Adam Barber – assistant engineer

- [Greg Calbi](/source/Greg_Calbi) – mastering at [Masterdisk](/source/Masterdisk), New York

## Charts

Chart (1996) Peak position Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[8] 16 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[9] 47 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[10] 87 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[11] 9 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[12] 20 Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[13] 17 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[14] 28 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[15] 30 Scottish Albums (OCC)[16] 82 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[17] 3 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[18] 17 UK Albums (OCC)[19] 58 UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[20] 4

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Miller, Glen. [Purpendicular](https://www.allmusic.com/album/r248275) at [AllMusic](/source/AllMusic_(identifier))

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Bowling, David (14 February 2017). ["Music Review: Deep Purple – Purpendicular"](http://blogcritics.org/music-review-deep-purple-purpendicular/). [Blogcritics](/source/Blogcritics). Retrieved 14 February 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-martin_3-0)** [Popoff, Martin](/source/Martin_Popoff) (1 August 2007). *The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties*. [Burlington, Ontario](/source/Burlington%2C_Ontario), [Canada](/source/Canada): [Collector's Guide Publishing](/source/Collector's_Guide_Publishing). pp. 109–110. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-1-894959-62-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-894959-62-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["Deep Purple albums"](https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** ["Deep Purple official charts"](https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/27669/deep-purple/).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** Ladano, Mike (14 January 2015). ["Review: Deep Purple - Purpendicular (1996 US bonus track)"](https://mikeladano.com/2015/01/14/review-deep-purple-purpendicular-1996-us-bonus-track/). Mike Ladano.com. Retrieved 14 February 2017.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** ["Steve Morse"](https://deep-purple.com/band/steve-morse/). *Deep Purple*. 21 September 2010. Retrieved 13 April 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Austria_Deep_Purple_8-0)** "[Austriancharts.at – Deep Purple – Purpendicular](https://austriancharts.at/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a)" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Wallonia_Deep_Purple_9-0)** "[Ultratop.be – Deep Purple – Purpendicular](https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a)" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Netherlands_Deep_Purple_10-0)** "[Dutchcharts.nl – Deep Purple – Purpendicular](https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a)" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Finland_Deep_Purple_11-0)** "[Deep Purple: Purpendicular](https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/artistit/deep-purple/albumi/purpendicular)" (in Finnish). [Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland](/source/Musiikkituottajat_%E2%80%93_IFPI_Finland). Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Germany_Deep_Purple_12-0)** "[Offiziellecharts.de – Deep Purple – Purpendicular](https://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-2244)" (in German). [GfK Entertainment charts](/source/GfK_Entertainment_charts). Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Hungary_Deep_Purple_13-0)** "[Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1996. 14. hét](https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista/1996/14)" (in Hungarian). [MAHASZ](/source/Association_of_Hungarian_Record_Companies). Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-JPN_14-0)** *Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005* (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: [Oricon Entertainment](/source/Oricon). 2006. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [4-87131-077-9](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/4-87131-077-9).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Norway_Deep_Purple_15-0)** "[Norwegiancharts.com – Deep Purple – Purpendicular](https://norwegiancharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Scotland_16-0)** "[Official Scottish Albums Chart on 11/2/1996 – Top 100](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/scottish-albums-chart/19960211/40/)". [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Sweden_Deep_Purple_17-0)** "[Swedishcharts.com – Deep Purple – Purpendicular](https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_Switzerland_Deep_Purple_18-0)** "[Swisscharts.com – Deep Purple – Purpendicular](http://swisscharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Deep+Purple&titel=Purpendicular&cat=a)". Hung Medien. Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-UK_albums_19-0)** "[Official Albums Chart on 11/2/1996 – Top 100](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/albums-chart/19960211/7502/)". [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved March 25, 2024.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-ac_UKRock_20-0)** "[Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart on 11/2/1996 – Top 40](https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-albums-chart/19960211/112/)". [Official Charts Company](/source/Official_Charts_Company). Retrieved March 25, 2024.

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