On August 7, 2020, “earMUSIC” label released “Whoosh!”, the twenty-first Deep Purple studio album. It was recorded 2019 – 2020, at “The Tracking Room”, “Anarchy Studios” and “Ocean Way” in Nashville, Tennessee, “Noble Street Studios” in Toronto, Canada, “Henson Recording Studios” in Hollywood, California, and was produced by Bob Ezrin.
Personnel:
- Ian Gillan – vocals
- Steve Morse – guitars
- Don Airey – keyboards
- Roger Glover – bass
- Ian Paice – drums
- Saam Hashemi – programming
- Ayana George, Tiffany Palmer – backing vocals
- Bob Ezrin – percussion, backing vocals, mixing
- John Metcalf – orchestra arrangements
- Alan Umstead – conductor
- Julian Shank – engineer, mixing
- Alex Krotz, Jaime Sickora – engineer
- Zach Pepe – engineer assistant
- Nick Spezia – orchestra recording
- Justin Cortelyou – mixing, tracking
- Jason Elliott, Justin Francis – mixing
- Bryce Robertson – tracking assistant
- Eric Boulanger – mastering
- Jekyll & Hyde – cover art, design
- Ben Wolf – band photography
- Elena Saharova – landscape photography
Track listing:
All tracks by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Don Airey, Roger Glover, Ian Paice and Bob Ezrin, except where noted.
- Throw My Bones
- Drop the Weapon
- We’re All the Same in the Dark
- Nothing at All
- No Need to Shout
- Step by Step
- What the What
- The Long Way Round
- The Power of the Moon
- Remission Possible
- Man Alive
- And the Address – Ritchie Blackmore, Jon Lord
- Dancing in My Sleep (bonus track)