Fireball

Fireball

by Deep Purple
Fireball

Fireball

by Deep Purple

Vinyl LP(Long Playing Record - Remastered)

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Overview

One of Deep Purple's four indispensable albums (the others being In Rock, Machine Head, and Burn), 1971's Fireball saw the band broadening out from the no-holds-barred hard rock direction of the previous year's cacophonous In Rock. Metal machine noises introduced the sizzling title track -- an unusually compact but explosively tight group effort on which Jon Lord's organ truly shined. The somewhat tiring repetitions of "No No No" actually threatened to drop the ball next, but the fantastic single "Strange Kind of Woman" nimbly caught and set it rolling again, just in time for the innuendo-encrusted hilarity of "Anyone's Daughter," featuring one of singer Ian Gillan's first (and still best) humorous storylines to go with one of guitarist Ritchie Blackmore's most uncharacteristic, bluesiest performances ever. "The Mule" opened the vinyl album's second side with what is perhaps Purple's finest instrumental, and on the hyper-extended "Fools," the bandmembers proved they could flirt with progressive rock without plunging off its cliff (although the song could probably have done without its drawn-out middle section). And closing the album was the exceptional "No One Came," where intertwining instrumental lines locked together beautifully, Gillan wove another entertaining yarn that was part autobiography and part Monty Python, and the often underrated skills of drummer Ian Paice helped the song sound so unreservedly fresh and intuitive that one could almost be convinced the band had winged it on the spot. Sure, the following year's Machine Head would provide Deep Purple with their commercial peak, but on Fireball, the formidable quintet was already firing on all cylinders. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia

Product Details

Release Date: 11/30/2018
Label: Rhino / Wea
UPC: 0190295565091
Rank: 62554

Tracks

  1. Fireball
  2. No No No
  3. Strange Kind of Woman
  4. Anyone's Daughter
  5. The Mule
  6. Fools
  7. No One Came

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Deep Purple   Primary Artist
Ian Paice   Drums
Ian Gillan   Congas,Vocals,Guitar (Bass)
Roger Glover   Bass,Guitar,Vocals,Synthesizer,Guitar (Bass)
Ritchie Blackmore   Guitar
Jon Lord   Organ,Keyboards,Organ (Hammond)

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Ian Paice   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Adaptation
Ian Gillan   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Adaptation
Edwin Astley   Composer
Deep Purple   Producer,Audio Production
Louie Austin   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Roger Glover   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Adaptation,Liner Notes,Photography
Peter Mew   Remastering Engineer
Martin Birch   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Gillan   Composer
Gioachino Rossini   Composer
Carl Sigman   Composer,Adaptation
Ritchie Blackmore   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Adaptation
Jon Lord   Arranger,Composer,Lyricist,Producer,Adaptation
Robert Cooksey   Equipment Technician
Tom Bender   Mixing,Engineer,Mixing Engineer
Alan O'Duffy   Engineer,Audio Engineer
Simon Robinson   Sleeve Notes
Barry Plummer   Photography
Ian Glover   Composer
Mikhail Matusovsky   Composer
Michael Putland   Photography
Lisa Wingard   Mixing,Engineer
Albert Elms   Composer
Vasily Solovyov-Sedoy   Composer
Lou Austin   Engineer
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