Turning to Crime
Studio album by
Deep Purple
Released26 November 2021
StudioReal World Studios (Wiltshire)
Genre
Length49:45
LabelearMUSIC
ProducerBob Ezrin
Deep Purple chronology
Whoosh!
(2020) 		Turning to Crime
(2021)

Turning to Crime is the twenty-second album by English rock band Deep Purple. Released on 26 November 2021, it is composed entirely of covers,[1] and is the last Deep Purple album to feature guitarist Steve Morse before he left the band in July 2022.

Background and recording

Turning to Crime was created following a suggestion by Bob Ezrin, Deep Purple's producer since 2013.[2] Released about fifteen months after Whoosh!, this marked the first time since 1975's Come Taste the Band that Deep Purple had released a new studio album just one year after their previous one.

The track "The Battle of New Orleans" marks the first time Roger Glover has performed vocals of any kind on a Deep Purple studio recording.

A 13th Track "(I'm a) Road Runner" was released as a download for describers on October 6, 2021, and later on the Limited Edition 5×12″ Vinyl Box Set, as the B-side of "7 and 7 Is".

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Classic Rock[3]
laut.de[4]
Louder Sound[5]

Track listing

Turning to Crime track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
1."7 and 7 Is"Arthur LeeLove2:28
2."Rockin' Pneumonia and the Boogie Woogie Flu"Huey "Piano" SmithHuey "Piano" Smith3:15
3."Oh Well"Peter GreenFleetwood Mac4:21
4."Jenny Take a Ride!"Bob CreweMitch Ryder & The Detroit Wheels4:36
5."Watching the River Flow"Bob DylanBob Dylan3:02
6."Let the Good Times Roll"Sam Theard, Fleecie MooreLouis Jordan & the Tympany Five4:22
7."Dixie Chicken"Lowell George, Fred MartinLittle Feat4:43
8."Shapes of Things"Jim McCarty, Keith Relf, Paul Samwell-SmithYardbirds / Jeff Beck Group3:40
9."The Battle of New Orleans"Jimmy DriftwoodJohnny Horton2:51
10."Lucifer"Bob SegerThe Bob Seger System3:45
11."White Room"Jack Bruce, Pete BrownCream4:53
12."Caught in the Act" 7:49
Total length:49:45

Personnel

Credits per discogs[6]

Deep Purple

Musicians

Charts

References

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  2. ^ Deep Purple Talk Covers LP, Why a 'Long Goodbye' Was Premature - Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
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