Deep Purple - 'Bananas' [320k MP3]

Bananas is the 17th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 2003-10-07. It includes "Contact Lost", a short, slow instrumental about the Columbia astronauts, written by guitarist Steve Morse when he heard the sad news of the crash.



This is the first Deep Purple album to feature Don Airey on the keyboards, replacing founding member Jon Lord. The album was recorded in Los Angeles during January and February of 2003.



Track Listing [320k MP3]



All songs written by Gillan, Morse, Glover, Airey, Ian Paice except where noted.



01 "House of Pain" (Gillan, Michael Bradford) – 3:34

02 "Sun Goes Down" – 4:10

03 "Haunted" – 4:22

04 "Razzle Dazzle" – 3:28

05 "Silver Tongue" – 4:03

06 "Walk On" (Gillan, Bradford) – 7:04

07 "Picture of Innocence" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Jon Lord, Paice) - 5:11

08 "I Got Your Number" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice, Bradford) – 6:01

09 "Never a Word" – 3:46

10 "Bananas" – 4:51

11 "Doing it Tonight" – 3:28

12 "Contact Lost" (Morse) – 1:27



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Personnel



Ian Gillan - vocals

Steve Morse - guitar

Roger Glover - bass

Don Airey - keyboards

Ian Paice - drums, percussion



Additional musicians



Paul Buckmaster - string arrangement and cello on "Haunted"

Beth Hart - background vocals on "Haunted"

Michael Bradford - guitar on "Walk On"