Deep Purple Stormbringer First U.S Pressing Vinyl Rip Flac
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Stormbringer
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released December 10, 1974
Recorded August 1974
Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal, blues rock[1]
Length 36:31 (Original LP)
Warner Bros. (US)
Producer Martin Birch
& Deep Purple
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 2/5 stars[2]
Stormbringer is the ninth studio album by Deep Purple, released in November 1974. On this album, the soul and funk elements that were only hinted at on Burn are much more prominent. Ritchie Blackmore would leave after the making of this album, returning later during the recording of the Perfect Strangers album.
Contents
Album cover and title
The cover image of Stormbringer is based on a photo. On July 8, 1927 a tornado near the town of Jasper, Minnesota was photographed by Lucille Handberg.[3] Her photograph has become a classic image,[4] and was used and edited for the album's cover. The same photograph was used for Siouxsie and the Banshees album Tinderbox in 1986.
Stormbringer is also the name of a magical sword described in several novels by Michael Moorcock. David Coverdale has denied knowledge of this until shortly after recording the album.[5] A few years later, Moorcock collaborated with Blue Öyster Cult to write "Black Blade", a song that actually was about the sword Stormbringer.[6]
According to Glenn Hughes, the slurred gibberish that is spoken by David Coverdale at the beginning of the track just prior to the first verse is the same backwards dialogue that Linda Blair's character utters in the film The Exorcist when she is questioned by the priest.[7]
Track listing
Side One
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Stormbringer" David Coverdale, Ritchie Blackmore 4:03
2. "Love Don't Mean a Thing" Coverdale, Blackmore, Glenn Hughes, Jon Lord, Ian Paice 4:23
3. "Holy Man" Coverdale, Hughes, Lord 4:28
4. "Hold On" Coverdale, Hughes, Lord, Paice 5:05
Side Two
No. Title Writer(s) Length
5. "Lady Double Dealer" Coverdale, Blackmore 3:19
6. "You Can't Do It Right (With the One You Love)" Coverdale, Blackmore, Hughes 3:24
7. "High Ball Shooter" Coverdale, Blackmore, Hughes, Lord, Paice 4:26
8. "The Gypsy" Coverdale, Blackmore, Hughes, Lord, Paice 4:13
9. "Soldier of Fortune" Coverdale, Blackmore 3:14
Personnel
David Coverdale - lead vocals
Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Glenn Hughes - bass, vocals
Jon Lord - organ, keyboards
Ian Paice - drums
Additional personnel
Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich in August and mixed at The Record Plant, Los Angeles during September 1974
Engineered by Martin Birch; assisted by Mack and Hans
Mixed by Martin Birch and Ian Paice; assisted by Gary Webb and Garry Ladinsky
Produced by Deep Purple and Martin Birch
Sales accomplishments
RIAA certification[8] (United States)
Date Designation Total Sales
January 9, 1975 Gold 500,000
BPI certification (United Kingdom)
Date Designation Total Sales
November 1, 1975 Silver[9] 60,000
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