Deep Purple - Rapture Of The Deep [20th Anniversary 2CD] (2005)

Year: 24 October 2005 (CD Aug 29, 2025)
Label: Ear Music (Germany), 0220730EMU
Style: Hard Rock
Country: London, England
Time: 59:52, 21:19
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 450, 168 Mb

Like Bananas, the album received generally positive reviews from critics and fans. The album peaked on Billboard's US Top Independent Albums chart at position No. 43. In the US, the album sold 2500 copies during the first week. In the UK, the album sold 3500 copies during the first week and 1200 copies during the week after. It also made the top 20 in several European charts. The title track "Rapture of the Deep" was released as a promo single in 2005. It is the fourth studio album from Deep Purple since Steve Morse joined the band in 1994 and the second to feature veteran keyboardist Don Airey. The album was produced by Michael Bradford who also produced the band's previous release, Bananas.
The album's title relates to an alternative name for the nitrogen narcosis psychological condition capable of affecting deep sea divers. Of the title, bassist Roger Glover said: "I like it because it's got opposites, a duality there, and I'm always fond of that. If you're a scuba diver and you dive down below three atmospheres or 110, 120 feet, something like that, you have excess nitrogen in your blood, and it's called nitrogen narcosis. It's a known danger. And what it does to you, is it makes you really happy, like being drunk. The danger is you're in rapture, you're in a state of pure joy and bliss and at one with the world, and you love being down there and you want to be part of it, so you take your mask off and die."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapture_of_the_Deep)

01. Money Talks (05:34)
02. Things I Never Said (04:47)
03. Rapture Of The Deep (05:54)
04. Clearly Quite Absurd (05:24)
05. Mtv (04:54)
06. Back To Back (04:02)
07. Wrong Man (04:33)
08. Girls Like That (03:56)
09. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (04:17)
10. Don't Let Go (04:34)
11. Junkyard Blues (05:31)
12. Before Time Began (06:19)

01. MTV (04:57)
02. Money Talks (04:29)
03. Back To Back (03:57)
04. Before Time Began (05:05)
05. Closing Notes (02:49)

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