The House of Blue Light

50:38 ( the 1987 CD)

Occupation

The House of Blue Light (English for "The Blue Light House " ) is the twelfth studio album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, and was published on 12 January 1987. This is the second album, which was recorded with the reunited Mark II occupation.

Background

The band met for the year 1984/1985 in Connecticut, to work on new songs. With the album, the band wanted to be musically willing to take risks. In the production Blackmore used the first time a guitar synthesizer and electronic drum set Paice ( " The Unwritten Law" ) a. The import of the album took a long time to complete. In January 1987, was the result of this meeting the Album The House Of Blue Light, which was named after a passage of text of the title " Speed ​​King " from 1970. Ritchie Blackmore said that much of the album was re-recorded. Upon completion, the band went on a world tour. On the House-of - Blue -Light Tour a live album titled Nobody's Perfect was recorded. Within the group, there were already more disputes, which Gillan, the album The House of Blue Light did not like, left the group. He was later replaced by Joe Lynn Turner.

The album was recorded at the Playhouse in Vermont by Nick Blagona, assisted by Guy Charbonneau added. Was mixed in the Union Studios in Munich by Harry Schnitzler, post-processed in the Sterling Studios in New York by Greg Calbi.

Some tracks on the LP version is shorter than the original CD from 1987. CD edition from 1999 was remastered from the original vinyl master tapes, so its running time is also correspondingly shorter than that of the original CD version. This used by some artists at this time scheme should encourage the sale of the CD still on the lead at the time.

Title list

Here is the track length of the LP and CD versions of the current is called the length of the CD version from 1987 is given in parentheses.

Reviews

The magazine Rolling Stone writes in his review:

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Chart positions

The album and individual singles reached the following chart positions:

Album

Singles

Sales Awards

The album received the following awards:

British Phonographic Industry (England)

Canadian Recording Industry Association (Canada)

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