Released 2 July 1993 Release date July 1993 | Length 49:25 Label Warner Bros. Records | |
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Studio Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New YorkRed Rooster Studios, Tutzing, GermanyGreg Rike Studios, Altamonte Springs, Florida Similar Deep Purple albums, Hard rock albums | ||
Deep purple the battle rages on full album
The Battle Rages On... is the fourteenth studio album by the British hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1993. It is the last album recorded with the band's classic Mk II line-up, which reunited for a second time (the first reunion being for 1984's Perfect Strangers). Ian Gillan returned to the band in late 1992 and had to rework much of the material already existing for the album, which had been intended for Joe Lynn Turner. After being fired from the band, Turner would admit Ritchie Blackmore referred to it as "The cattle grazes on". Blackmore became infuriated at the non-melodic elements and quit mid tour after the show of 17 November in Helsinki, Finland. American guitarist Joe Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement for the duration of the tour. A handful of working tracks written during The Battle Rages On... sessions would turn up on subsequent solo releases by Turner, under different titles.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, except where noted.
Personnel
Songs
1The Battle Rages On5:57
2Lick It Up
3Anya6:32