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, heavy metal
Length	49:25
Label	BMG (UK) Giant Records (US)
Producer	Thom Panunzio & Roger Glover
Deep Purple chronology
Slaves and Masters (1990) The Battle Rages On... (1993) Purpendicular (1996)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

The Battle Rages On... is the 14th studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1993. It is the last album recorded with the band's classic Mk II line-up reunited for a second time (the first being 1984's Perfect Strangers). Since Ian Gillan returned to the band in late 1992, he reworked much of material already existing for the album. Ritchie Blackmore became infuriated at the non-melodic elements and quit during the tour in November 1993. Joe Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement during the band's tour.

Track listing

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

1. "The Battle Rages On" (Gillan, Blackmore, Jon Lord, Ian Paice) – 5:57
2. "Lick It Up" – 4:00
3. "Anya" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) – 6:32
4. "Talk About Love" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) – 4:08
5. "Time to Kill" – 5:51
6. "Ramshackle Man" – 5:34
7. "A Twist in the Tale" – 4:17
8. "Nasty Piece of Work" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) – 4:37
9. "Solitaire" – 4:42
10. "One Man's Meat" – 4:39

Personnel

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

Additional information

• Basic tracks recorded at Bearsville Studios in New York City.
• Engineered by Bill Kennedy; assisted by Mike Reiter. *Vocals and overdubs recorded at Red Rooster Studios (engineered by Hans Gemperle) in Tutzing, Germany, and Greg Rike Studios (engineered by Jason Corsaro; assisted by Wally Walton and Darren Schneider) in Orlando, Florida.
• Mixed by Pat Regan with Roger Glover at Sound On Sound Recording (engineered by Pat Regan; assisted by John Siket, Devin Emke and Peter Beckeman) in New York, and at the Ambient Recording Company (engineered by Pat Regan; assisted by Mark Conese) in Connecticut.
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound in New York.

Charts

Album

Year	Nation	Chart	Position
1993	United States	The Billboard 200	192[2]

Singles

Year	Single	Nation	Chart	Position
1993	"The Battle Rages On"	United States	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks	22[3]

References

1. ^ Allmusic Review
2. ^ "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. 
3. ^ "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. 

External links

• 14th studio album