Released 5 October 1990 Length 46:51 Release date 5 October 1990 | Recorded Early to mid 1990 | |
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Studio Greg Rike Productions, Altamonte Springs, FloridaSountec Studios, ConnecticutThe Powerstation, New York City Slaves and Masters(1990) The Battle Rages On...(1993) Similar Deep Purple albums, Hard rock albums | ||
Deep purple slaves and masters full album
Slaves and Masters is the thirteenth studio album by the British rock band Deep Purple, and was released on 5 October 1990. This is the only Deep Purple album to feature former Rainbow lead vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, who had joined the previous year after the firing of Ian Gillan. Before hiring Turner, the band had considered singer Jimi Jamison of Survivor, but other obligations made him unavailable.
Contents
- Deep purple slaves and masters full album
- Deep purple king of dreams slaves and masters 01
- Promotional videos
- Live performances
- Reception
- Track listing
- Fire Ice Dynamite Music from the Original Soundtrack
- Personnel
- Songs
- References
Following its release, Slaves and Masters peaked at No. 87 on the US Billboard 200 chart. The album dramatically sold below expectations, as compared to Deep Purple's previous album, The House of Blue Light with Gillan, which charted at No. 34 in the US. A song from the Slaves and Masters recording sessions was rearranged for the soundtrack of the movie Fire, Ice and Dynamite of 1990. Jon Lord did not play on the song, which was performed by the four other members of the Mark V Deep Purple line-up.
Despite underwhelming album sales, Deep Purple had a relatively successful tour in support of Slaves and Masters in 1991, especially for the band's European leg. Turner was still a member of the group when they began recording their next album in 1992, but under duress from management, Deep Purple ultimately decided to bring back Gillan to the line-up for their 1993 studio album The Battle Rages On... A handful of working tracks originally intended for the follow-up to Slaves and Masters would turn up on subsequent solo releases by Turner. "Too Much Is Not Enough" was re-recorded by Turner for his album Hurry Up and Wait (1998).
Deep purple king of dreams slaves and masters 01
Promotional videos
The album was promoted on television with professional music videos to the songs "King of Dreams" and "Love Conquers All". Both featured members of the band. The video for "King of Dreams" was shot at Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk.
Live performances
With the exception of "King of Dreams", "The Cut Runs Deep" and "Love Conquers All", which have been occasionally performed by Joe Lynn Turner during his solo performances, none of the songs from Slaves and Masters have been performed live since Deep Purple's 1991 World Tour. The world tour set list also included "Burn" and "Hey Joe", which had always been vetoed by Ian Gillan. "King of Dreams" was also part of the set list of the Hughes Turner Project's European and Japanese tours in 2002. This version can be found on HTP's live album Live in Tokyo (2002).
Reception
Following its release, Slaves and Masters was met with mixed reception from critics. AllMusic's Alex Henderson gave the album a negative review, saying that "the songwriting is weak and pedestrian, and most of the time, the once-mighty Purple (who were at least 16 years past their prime) sound like a generic Foreigner wannabe". The same concept was expresssed in the reviews by journalists Martin Popoff and Joel McIver, who described Slaves and Masters "a bit like a latter-day Rainbow album" and an "extravagant piece of AOR-ness ... incredibly lightweight", respectively. However, they salvaged a few songs, such as "King of Dreams" "Love Conquers All" and "Fire in the Basement", which "make at least a reasonable effort to match Purple’s catalogue".
Jon Lord himself, more than his mates Glover and Paice, never recognized this record as a Deep Purple album.
Track listing
Fire Ice & Dynamite (Music from the Original Soundtrack)
- "Fire, Ice & Dynamite" (Blackmore, Glover, Turner) - 4:33
Personnel
Songs
1King of Dreams5:28
2The Cut Runs Deep5:42
3Fire in the Basement4:43