Deep Purple- Now What?! (Full album 2013)

“Now What?!” is the 19th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple. It was released on 26 April 2013 and produced by Bob Ezrin. A dedicated official web site was also created by the band to post updates about the album. It was the band's first studio album in over seven years, as Deep Purple's previous studio album, “Rapture of the Deep”, was released in late 2005.
On 26 February 2013, the album's title was announced. Additionally, a new single featuring "Hell to Pay" and "All the Time in the World" was released in both CD and vinyl formats on 29 March 2013. On May 6, 2013, the band confirmed that a new single "Vincent Price" would be released on 7 June as download, CD single and 7" transparent vinyl. The single would also include the previously unreleased song "First Sign of Madness", two tracks from the now unavailable “Rapture of the Deep” limited edition and the track's video-clip.
The songs "Uncommon Man" and "Above and Beyond", which includes the lyrics "Souls having touched are forever entwined", are dedicated to founding member Jon Lord, who died in July 2012. "Uncommon Man" is partly inspired by the classical composition "Fanfare for the Common Man", and features a synthesizer-generated fanfare theme composed by Don Airey.

“Now What?!” este al nouasprezecelea album al trupei engleze de rock Deep Purple. A fost lansat pe 26 aprilie 2013 si produs de Bob Ezrin. Un site oficial dedicat albumului a fost creat de trupa pentru actualizari despre acesta. A fost primul album al trupei dupa peste 7 ani de la cel anterior de studio “Rapture of the Deep”, care a fost lansat spre sfarsitul lui 2005.
Pe 26 februarie 2013 a fost anuntat titlul albumului. In completare, pe 29 martie 2013, a fost lansat un single in dublu format (CD si vinil) cu piesele “Hell to Pay” si “All the Time in the World”. Pe 6 mai 2013 trupa a confirmat ca un nou single “Vincent Price” va fi lansat pe 7 iunie ca un CD single si un vinil de 7 toli transparent. Sigle-ul va include si cantecul nelansat “First Sign of Madness”, doua piese de pe editia nedisponibila acum “Rapture of the Deep”editie limitata si videoclipul piesei.
Cantecele “Uncommon Man” si “Above and Beyond”, care includ versurile “sufletele ce s-au atins, raman impletite pe veci”, sunt dedicate membrului fondator Jon Lord, care a murit in iulie 2012. “Uncommon Man” este inspirat partial de compozitia clasica “Fanfare for the Common Man” si cuprinde o tema de fanfara generata de Don Airey la sintetizator.

List of tracks

All tracks written by Don Airey, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Steve Morse, Ian Paice and Bob Ezrin, except "It'll Be Me" by Jack Clement.

1.       "A Simple Song"   4:39

2.       "Weirdistan"          4:14

3.       "Out of Hand"        6:09

4.       "Hell to Pay"          5:10

5.       "Bodyline"   4:26

6.       "Above and Beyond"       5:30

7.       "Blood from a Stone"      5:18

8.       "Uncommon Man" 7:02

9.       "Après Vous"         5:24

10.      "All the Time in the World"        4:21

11.      "Vincent Price"      4:46

Personnel

Deep Purple

Ian Paice – drums, percussion

Roger Glover – bass, backing vocals

Ian Gillan – lead vocals

Steve Morse – guitars, backing vocals

Don Airey – keyboards, organ

Additional musicians

Jason Roller – acoustic guitar ("All the Time in the World")

Eric Darken – percussion ("Bodyline", "All The Time in the World")

Mike Johnson – steel guitar ("All The Time in the World", "Vincent Price")

David Hamilton – additional keyboards ("Uncommon Man", "Weirdistan", "Above And Beyond")

Students of Nimbus School of Recording Arts – gang vocals ("Hell to Pay")

Bob Ezrin – additional backing vocals & percussion

Production

Bob Ezrin - producer, mixing

Justin Cortelyou - engineer, mixing

Li Xiao Le - assistant engineer

Zach Allan, Jarad Clement - additional engineers (The Tracking Room),

Rob Harris, Mike Airey & Nathan Sage - additional engineers (Rainbow Recorders)

Greg Calbi - mastering at Sterling Sound, New York City