Rapture of the Deep

This article is about the album. For the medical condition, see Nitrogen narcosis.

Rapture of the Deep
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	November 1, 2005
Recorded	March–June, 2005
Genre	Hard rock, heavy metal
Length	55:48
Label	Edel (UK) Eagle Records (US)
Producer	Michael Bradford
Deep Purple chronology
Bananas (2003) Rapture of the Deep (2005) Live in Stockholm (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
PopMatters	[2]
About.com	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]

Rapture of the Deep is the 18th studio album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in November 2005. It is currently the band's most recent studio album.

It is the fourth studio album from Deep Purple since Steve Morse joined the band in 1994. It is also the second album to feature veteran keyboardist, Don Airey. The album was produced by Mike Bradford, who also produced the band's previous release, Bananas. Like Bananas, the album generally received positive review from critics.^[5][6] Rapture of the Deep is Deep Purple's first release on the minor label Edel Records in particularly Europe (with the exception of the USA where the record has been released by Edel's sublabel Eagle Records).

The album peaked on Billboard's USA "Top Independent Albums" Chart at position #43.^[7] It also made the top 20 in several European charts.

Track listing

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Don Airey, and Ian Paice, except where noted

1. "Money Talks" – 5:32
2. "Girls Like That" – 4:02
3. "Wrong Man" – 4:53
4. "Rapture of the Deep" – 5:55
5. "Clearly Quite Absurd" – 5:25
6. "Don't Let Go" – 4:33
7. "Back to Back" – 4:04
8. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" – 4:19
9. "Junkyard Blues" – 5:33
10. "MTV" - 4:56
11. "Before Time Began" – 6:30

Special Tour 2 CD Edition (Released June 2006)

CD 1 (The full studio album)

1. "Money Talks" – 5:32
2. "Girls Like That" – 4:02
3. "Wrong Man" – 4:53
4. "Rapture of the Deep" – 5:55
5. "Clearly Quite Absurd" – 5:25
6. "Don't Let Go" – 4:33
7. "Back to Back" – 4:04
8. "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye" – 4:19
9. "MTV" (limited edition bonus track) – 4:56
10. "Junkyard Blues" – 5:33
11. "Before Time Began" – 6:30

CD 2 (Bonus material: remixes, studio version of instrumental, live tracks)

Live tracks recorded October 10, 2005 at London's Hard Rock Cafe

1. "Clearly Quite Absurd" (New Version)
2. "Things I Never Said" (Japanese-only track on original CD issue)
3. "The Well-Dressed Guitar" (Instrumental outtake from Bananas sessions)
   • Originally written by Morse, but credited to Gillan, Morse, Glover, Airey and Paice.
4. "Rapture of the Deep (Live)"
5. "Wrong Man (Live)"
6. "Highway Star (Live)" (Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, Glover, Paice)
   • Originally written by Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Jon Lord and Paice, but credited to only Gillan, Blackmore, Glover and Paice.
7. "Smoke on the Water (Live)" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Paice)
   • Originally written by Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Jon Lord and Paice, but credited to only Gillan, Blackmore, Glover and Paice.
8. "Perfect Strangers (Live)"
   • Originally written by Gillan, Blackmore and Glover, but credited to Gillan, Morse, Glover, Airey and Paice.

Chart positions

• UK: #81
• USA: # 43 (Top Independent Albums)
• Germany: #10
• Finland: #11
• Swiss: #16
• Austria: #20
• Sweden: #22
• Italy: #19
• Czech Republic: #32
• Poland: #40

Personnel

• Ian Gillan - vocals
• Steve Morse - guitar
• Roger Glover - bass
• Ian Paice - drums
• Don Airey - keyboards

References

1. ^ Allmusic review
2. ^ PopMatters review
3. ^ About.com review
4. ^ Rolling Stone review
5. ^ The Highway Star
6. ^ Allmusic review
7. ^ "chart history for Deep Purple". Billboard Magazine. http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4436&model.vnuAlbumId=773194.