Deep Purple - Bananas
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Release date: 29 April 2008
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- House Of Pain
- Sun Goes Down
- Haunted
- Razzle Dazzle
- Silver Tongue
- Walk On
- Picture Of Innocence
- I Got Your Number
- Never A Word
- Bananas
- Doing It Tonight
- Contact Lost
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Deep Purple - Bananas: Wikipedia Album Entry
Bananas is the 17th album by Deep Purple. It was recorded in early 2003 and released in November 2003. It is the first Deep Purple album recorded without the founding member, Jon Lord, who retired from the band in 2002. He is, however, credited as co-author of 2 compositions on the album. Lord was replaced by veteran keyboard player, Don Airey, who played, among other bands, in Rainbow.
It is the first album in Deep Purple's history to feature a backup singer from outside the band - Beth Hart - who sang backing vocals on "Haunted".
The album closes with a short instrumental piece called "Contact Lost", written by Steve Morse after he heard of the spaceshuttle Columbia's crash. Steve Morse was writing through e-mail with one of the astronauts, who was a fan of Deep Purple. 2 Deep Purple and 1 Rainbow CD's were on board of Colombia. They were found among the debris after the disaster.
This was the first Deep Purple album recorded by Mark VIII, the current (as of November 2010) line-up of the band, which features:
Ian Gillan
Roger Glover
Steve Morse
Ian Paice
Don Airey
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Deep Purple - Bananas Lyrics
Deep Purple - House of Pain Lyrics
Have you ever had a woman that could make you crazy?
Have you ever had a woman that could drive you mad?
Have you ever had a woman give you so much trouble
And the best lovin' you ever had?
Deep Purple - Doing It Tonight Lyrics
You know I don't have a problem
I'm not seeking her advice
I'm saving that for later
Yeah, it's something awful nice
Deep Purple - Bananas Lyrics
I've got nothing to say today
I used my words up yesterday
I'm just lying here in the sun
Watching you guys having fun
Deep Purple - Never a Word Lyrics
Never a word, a word so true
Passed between us, me and you
Heard you found your pot of gold
That's the story I've been told
Deep Purple - I Got Your Number Lyrics
So many signs, so many ways
It's a living thing no need to rush
The buzz will last for days
When you discover, I'm just a man
Deep Purple - Picture of Innocence Lyrics
I hear they're trying to make us all the same
It's mind control by any other name
Who's gonna pay the price
Deep Purple - Walk On Lyrics
Yeah
If you don't like what you see
If you can do better than me
You better walk on
Deep Purple - Silver Tongue Lyrics
Alright
Well, I'm standing here on a moving station
All the world is traveling by
Deep Purple - Razzle Dazzle Lyrics
I don't have the time of day
I don't know what day it is
Someone's falling on my head
Get up, get up, we're going out on the raz
Deep Purple - Haunted Lyrics
I hear the beating of your wings
As if you're playing on my strings
In mysterious ways, you draw me in
To a love beyond all understanding
Deep Purple - Sun Goes Down Lyrics
You're all looking up with hearts of devotion
Through the dust and the heat lost to me in a cloud of emotion
I have no motivation to keep up this breathless pace
I'm more inclined to stay here in this breathing space
