Nobody's Perfect (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Nobody's Perfect
Type = Live Album
Artist = Deep Purple


Released = June 1988
Recorded = 1987 and 1988 (Hush)
Genre = Hard rock
Length = 92:37 (1999 2CD edition)
74:00 (1988 CD edition)
Label = Polydor (UK) Mercury Records (US)
Producer = Roger Glover & Deep Purple
| Last album = "Scandinavian Nights"
(1988)
This album = "Nobody's Perfect"
(1988)
Next album = ""
(1991)

"Nobody's Perfect" is a live album released in 1988 by Deep Purple. It was recorded on their "The House of Blue Light" tour during 1987/88. Recorded live on 6th September 1987 in Verona Italy, 22nd August 1987 in Oslo Norway, 23rd May 1987 in Irvine Meadows , 30th May 1987 in Phoenix and 26th February 1988 at Hook End Manor in England.

Track transitions are marked by fades, much to the annoyance of many fans. It also contains a new studio version of "Hush" to commemorate their 20th anniversary.'Black Night' was also re-recorded but never released.

Track listing

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

Disc 1

#"Highway Star" - 6:10
#"Strange Kind of Woman" - 7:34
#"Dead or Alive" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 7:05 *
#"Perfect Strangers" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 6:24
#"Hard Lovin' Woman" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 5:03
#"Bad Attitude" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) - 5:30 *
#"Knocking at Your Back Door" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover) - 11:24

Disc 2

#"Child in Time" - 10:36
#"Lazy" - 5:10
#"Space Truckin'" - 6:02 *
#"Black Night" - 6:06
#"Woman from Tokyo" - 3:59
#"Smoke on the Water" - 7:43
#"Hush" (Joe South) - 3:32

* Tracks indicated with asterisk only originally appear on the LP release, except "Dead Or Alive" which appeared on the cassette version of the album. All these indicated tracks were reinstated on the 1999 remaster.

Personnel

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

* Produced by Roger Glover and Deep Purple
* Engineer : Nick Davis