Burn (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Burn
Type = Album
Artist = Deep Purple


Released = February 15 1974
Recorded = November, 1973 Montreux, Switzerland
Genre = Hard rock, heavy metal
Length = 41:37 (Original LP)
72:00 (2004 CD edition)
Label = EMI/Purple TPS 3505 (UK) Warner Bros. (US)
Producer = Deep Purple
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aq6gtr69kl2x link] | Last album = "Who Do We Think We Are"
(1973)
This album = "Burn"
(1974)
Next album = "Stormbringer"
(1974)
Misc = Extra album cover 2
Upper caption = Alternate cover
Type = studio


Lower caption = 30th anniversary CD slipcase

"Burn" is the eighth studio album by hard rock group Deep Purple. It was recorded in Montreux, Switzerland in November 1973 with the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, and released in February 1974.

It introduced new lead vocalist David Coverdale and new bassist/vocalist Glenn Hughes from Trapeze. They replaced Ian Gillan and Roger Glover. This was the first Deep Purple album with the Mark III lineup. With the addition of Coverdale and Hughes, Purple's hard rock sound became more boogie oriented, incorporating elements of soul and funk which would become much more prominent on the follow up album, "Stormbringer".

'"Might Just Take Your Life"/"Coronarias Redig"' was Deep Purple's first UK single in two years. Released on February 12th, three days before the album.

Coronarias Redig was recorded during these sessions, but not used on the album, only appearing as a B-Side on the Might Just Take Your Life single. It appears as a bonus track (in remixed form) on the anniversary edition rerelease.

Unusual for the time, the album was advertised on British television at the time of its release.

Track listing

All songs written by Ritchie Blackmore, David Coverdale, Jon Lord and Ian Paice except where indicated.
# "Burn" – 6:05
# "Might Just Take Your Life" – 4:36
# "Lay Down, Stay Down" – 4:15
# "Sail Away" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 5:48
# "You Fool No One" – 4:47
# "What's Goin' On Here" – 4:55
# "Mistreated" (Blackmore, Coverdale) – 7:25
# "``A´´ 200" (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 3:51

30th anniversary bonus tracks

#

"Coronarias Redig" (single b-side 2004 remix) (Blackmore, Lord, Paice) – 5:30
# "Burn" (2004 remix) – 6:00
# "Mistreated" (2004 remix) (Blackmore, Coverdale)– 7:28
# "You Fool No One" (2004 remix) – 4:57
# "Sail Away" (2004 remix) (Blackmore, Coverdale)– 5:37

Glenn Hughes participated in songwriting, but wasn't given credit due to unexpired contractual obligations. However the 30th anniversary edition of the album included Hughes in the credits for all the tracks except "Sail Away" and "Mistreated".

Personnel

*Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
*David Coverdale - lead vocals
*Glenn Hughes - bass, vocals
*Jon Lord - keyboards
*Ian Paice - drums

Additional personnel

* Rolling Stones Mobile Studio - recorded in Montreux, Switzerland
* Album devised and produced by Deep Purple.
* Engineer – Martin Birch
* Assistant – Tipani, George and Paul
* Mixed by Martin Birch and Deep Purple
* Remixes by Matthew Tait at Metropolis Studios, London
* Digital mastering and re-mastering by Peter Mew at Abbey Road Studios, London
* Executive producer - Tony Edwards
* Photography – Fin Costello