The Battle Rages On... Explained

The Battle Rages On...
Type:studio
Artist:Deep Purple
Cover:DeepPurpleTheBattle.jpg
Released:19 July 1993
Recorded:May 1992 – March 1993[1]
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Length:50:17
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The Battle Rages On... is the fourteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, released on 19 July 1993 in Europe. It is the last album recorded with the band's classic Mk II line-up, which reunited for a second time (the first reunion being for 1984's Perfect Strangers).

Joe Lynn Turner was fired from the band during the early sessions, with Mike DiMeo initially chosen as his replacement.[2] At the insistence of Jon Lord, Ian Paice and Roger Glover (as well as the band's management and record company), Ian Gillan eventually returned to the band during late 1992 in place of DiMeo, thus reforming the Mk II line-up. Gillan had to rework much of the material already existing for the album, which had been intended for Turner and/or DiMeo. Ritchie Blackmore allegedly became infuriated by Gillan's re-writes, believing the songs were more melodic in their original versions, and he left the band for the second and final time after a show on 17 November 1993 in Helsinki, Finland. Joe Lynn Turner later quoted Blackmore referring to the album as "The cattle grazes on".[3] American guitarist Joe Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement for the remainder of the tour. A handful of working tracks written during The Battle Rages On... sessions would turn up on subsequent solo releases by Turner under different song titles.

Personnel

Deep Purple
Production

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts)[4] 9
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[5] 5

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Popoff . Martin . Martin Popoff . The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 . 2nd . Wymer Publishing . 2018 . 169 . 978-1-908724-87-8.
  2. Web site: Mike DiMeo of Riot/The Lizards/Masterplan | Rikki Rampage's WORLD OF ROCK Forum.
  3. Web site: Welcome Back... Joe Lynn Turner . Barton . Geoff . Geoff Barton . TeamRock.com . 9 March 2005 . 22 March 2017.
  4. Book: Pennanen, Timo. Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972. 1st. Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. Helsinki. 2006. 978-951-1-21053-5 . 166 . fi.
  5. Book: Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005. Oricon Entertainment. Roppongi, Tokyo. 2006. 4-87131-077-9. ja.