The Battle Rages On

The Battle Rages On
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	July 1993
Recorded	Bearsville Studios Red Rooster Studios Greg Rike Studios
Genre	Hard rock
Length	49:25
Label	BMG (UK) Giant Records (US)
Producer	Thom Panunzio & Roger Glover
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Deep Purple chronology
Slaves & Masters (1990) The Battle Rages On (1993) Purpendicular (1996)

The Battle Rages On is the fourteenth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1993. It's the last album recorded with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who quit during the tour in November 1993. The band's classic Mk II line-up reunited for a second time (the first being 1984's Perfect Strangers). Departed vocalist Joe Lynn Turner once referred to this album as "The Cattle Grazes On", claiming that much stronger material existed for the album until he was fired from the band and Ian Gillan returned and reworked much of it.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover except where indicated.

1. "The Battle Rages On" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 5:55
2. "Lick It Up" – 3:59
3. "Anya" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) – 6:31
4. "Talk About Love" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:07
5. "Time to Kill" – 5:48
6. "Ramshackle Man" – 5:33
7. "A Twist in the Tale" – 4:16
8. "Nasty Piece of Work" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) – 4:35
9. "Solitaire" – 4:41
10. "One Man's Meat" – 4:38

Personnel

• Ian Gillan - vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
• Roger Glover - bass
• Jon Lord - organ, keyboards
• Ian Paice - drums

References

1. ^ http://www.classicrockrevisited.com/Interviews04/JLT%202004.htm

External links

• 14h studio album