The House of Blue Light

The House of Blue Light
The House of Blue Light
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released 12 January 1987
Recorded 1986, The Playhouse, Stowe, Vermont
Genre Heavy metal, hard rock
Length 50:38 (Original 1987 CD edition)
46:16 (LP and 1999 CD remaster)
Label Polydor (UK)
Mercury Records (US)
GONG Records (HU)
Producer Roger Glover, Deep Purple
Deep Purple chronology
Perfect Strangers
(1984)
The House of Blue Light
(1987)
Slaves and Masters
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3/5 stars[1]
Kerrang! 4.5/5 stars [2]
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The House of Blue Light is the twelfth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1987. It is the second recording by the re-formed Mark II lineup.

The album's creation was an exceedingly long and difficult process, and Ritchie Blackmore has said much of it was re-recorded.[3] Ian Gillan has remarked on how strained relations within the band compromised the album: "I look back at House Of Blue Light, there are some good songs on that record, but there’s something missing in the overall album. I can’t feel the spirit of this band. I can see or hear five professionals doing their best, but it’s like a football team, it’s not functioning. It’s like eleven superstars that are playing on the same field but are not connected by the heart or by the spirit".[4] Added organist Jon Lord, "We made the massive mistake of trying to make our music current. We discovered that people didn’t want us to do that."[5]

Several tracks on the LP version are shorter than those of the original CD released in 1987. The 1999 CD remaster used the original vinyl master tapes, and so its running time is correspondingly shorter than the original CD version as well.

Two promotional videos to the songs "Bad Attitude" and "Call of the Wild" were produced. However, only the first featured members of the band.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Bad Attitude" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) – 4:43 (5:04 on original release)
  2. "The Unwritten Law" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Paice) – 4:34 (4:54 on original release)
  3. "Call of the Wild" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) – 4:50 (4:48 on original release)
  4. "Mad Dog" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:29 (4:36 on original release)
  5. "Black & White" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) – 3:39 (4:39 on original release)
  6. "Hard Lovin' Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 3:24 (3:25 on original release)
  7. "The Spanish Archer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:56 (5:32 on original release)
  8. "Strangeways" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:56 (7:35 on original release)
  9. "Mitzi Dupree" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:03 (5:05 on original release)
  10. "Dead or Alive" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:42 (5:01 on original release)

Personnel

Production notes

  • Produced by Roger Glover and Deep Purple
  • Engineered by Nick Blagona
  • Recorded at the Playhouse, Stowe, Vermont, with Le Mobile by Guy Charbonneau, 1986
  • Mixed at Union Studios, Munich, West Germany by Harry Schnitzler
  • Mastered at Sterling Studios, New York by Greg Calbi

Charts

Album

Year Nation Chart Position
1987 United States The Billboard 200 34[6]

Singles

Year Single Nation Chart Position
1987 "Call of the Wild" United States Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 14[7]
1987 "Bad Attitude" United States Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 14[7]

Sales accomplishments

BPI certification[8] (United Kingdom)

Date Designation Total Sales
February 27,
1987
Silver 60,000

CRIA certification[9] (Canada)

Date Designation Total Sales
March 9,
1987
Gold 50,000

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Deep Purple The House of Blue Light review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-house-of-blue-light-r5344/review. Retrieved 2011-09-17. 
  2. ^ Simmons, Sylvie (8 January 1987). "Deep Purple 'The House of Blue Light'". Kerrang!. 137. London, UK: United Magazines ltd.. pp. 10-11. 
  3. ^ DPAS Magazine Archive. Issue 33, January 1987
  4. ^ Rockpages.gr Interview with Deep Purple singer, Ian Gillan
  5. ^ Jon Lord Interview at www.thehighwaystar.com
  6. ^ "Billboard album chart history-Deep Purple". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4436&model.vnuAlbumId=802834. Retrieved February 21, 2009. 
  7. ^ a b "Billboard singles chart history-Deep Purple". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=4436&model.vnuAlbumId=802834. Retrieved February 21, 2009. 
  8. ^ "BPI certified awards Silver". http://www.bpi.co.uk/platinum/platinumright.asp?rq=search_plat&r_id=22339. Retrieved February 21, 2009. [dead link]
  9. ^ "CRIA certified awards". http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=1&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25pu%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=63&csearch=20&nextprev=1. Retrieved February 21, 2009. 

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