The Battle Rages On...
Studio album by
Deep Purple
Released19 July 1993
RecordedMay 1992 – March 1993 [1]
Studio
Genre
Length50:17
LabelRCA
ProducerThom Panunzio, Roger Glover
Deep Purple chronology
Slaves and Masters
(1990) 		The Battle Rages On...
(1993) 		Purpendicular
(1996)
Singles from The Battle Rages On...
  1. "Anya"
    Released: 28 June 1993 (EU)[2]
  2. "Time to Kill"
    Released: 1993 (EU)
Ritchie Blackmore chronology
Slaves and Masters
(1990) 		The Battle Rages On...
(1993) 		Stranger in Us All
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Blogcritics(mixed)[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]
Rock Hard7.0/10[6]
Metal Hammer (GER)7/7[7]

The Battle Rages On... is the fourteenth studio album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released on July 19, 1993 (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). Even though Mike DiMeo was initially chosen as the singer for the album[8] after Joe Lynn Turner was fired, Ian Gillan eventually returned to the band in late 1992 and had to rework much of the material already existing for it, which had been intended for Joe Lynn Turner and DiMeo. After his firing Turner quoted Ritchie Blackmore referring to the album as "The cattle grazes on".[9] Blackmore allegedly became infuriated at perceived non-melodic elements and left the band for good after a show on 17 November of that same year in Helsinki, Finland. 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.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."The Battle Rages On" (Blackmore, Gillan, Jon Lord, Ian Paice)5:56
2."Lick It Up"3:59
3."Anya" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord)6:32
4."Talk About Love"4:11
5."Time to Kill"5:49
6."Ramshackle Man"5:34
7."A Twist in the Tale"4:17
8."Nasty Piece of Work" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord)4:43
9."Solitaire"4:42
10."One Man's Meat"4:38

Personnel

Deep Purple
Production

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Japan (RIAJ)[21] Gold 100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (2018). The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 169. ISBN 978-1-908724-87-8.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2018). The Deep Purple Family, vol 2 (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 171. ISBN 978-1-908724-87-8.
  3. ^ "Deep Purple The Battle Rages On... review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
  4. ^ Bowling, David (21 December 2011). "Music Review: Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On". Blogcritics. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
  5. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^ Breusch, Matthias (August 1993). "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On". Rock Hard (in German). No. 75. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  7. ^ "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On". Metal Hammer (in German). No. 54. August 1993. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  8. ^ "Mike DiMeo of Riot/The Lizards/Masterplan | Rikki Rampage's WORLD OF ROCK Forum".
  9. ^ Barton, Geoff (9 March 2005). "Welcome Back... Joe Lynn Turner". TeamRock.com. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On..." (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  11. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On..." (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  12. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  13. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On..." (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  14. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  15. ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On...". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  16. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On...". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  17. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On...". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  18. ^ "Deep Purple | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  19. ^ "Deep Purple Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
  20. ^ "Deep Purple Chart History: Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
  21. ^ "Japanese album certifications – ディープ・パープル – 紫の聖戦" (in Japanese). Recording Industry Association of Japan. Select 1993年11月 on the drop-down menu

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