On July 19, 2024, “Earmusic/Edel AG” label released “=1”, the twenty-third Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded 2023 – 2024, at “80A” and “Noble Street” in Toronto, “Headline” in Harston, “SMB”, “Haileywood”, “Chameleon” in Hamburg, “Ocean Way” in Nashville, and was produced by Bob Ezrin and James Paice.
Personnel:
- Ian Gillan – lead and backing vocals
- Simon McBride – guitars, additional guitar engineer
- Don Airey – keyboards, orchestral arrangements
- Roger Glover – bass, shaker
- Ian Paice – drums
- Bob Ezrin – tambourine, backing vocals, orchestral arrangements
- Nashville Music Scoring – orchestra
- Patricia Shirley-Okujene – backing vocals
- Camille Harrison – backing vocals
- Alan Umstead – concertmaster
- Nick Spezia – orchestra engineering
- Anthony Yordanov – engineer, mixing
- Jill Zimmermann – engineer
- Justin Cortelyou – engineer
- Piers Mortimer – additional keyboard engineering
- Eike Freese – additional vocal engineering
- Denny Meißner – additional vocal engineering
- Michael Gnocato – engineer assistant
- Daniel Goldade – engineer assistant
- Jasper Terpstra – engineer assistant
- James Paice – additional drum production and engineering
- Bob Ezrin – mixing
- Julian Shank – mixing
- Robert Vosgien – mastering
- Alan Umstead – orchestra contractor
Track listing:
All tracks by Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, Don Airey, Simon McBride and Bob Ezrin.
- Show Me
- A Bit on the Side
- Sharp Shooter
- Portable Door
- Old-Fangled Thing
- If I Were You
- Pictures of You
- I’m Saying Nothin’
- Lazy Sod
- Now You’re Talkin’
- No Money to Burn
- I’ll Catch You
- Bleeding Obvious
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