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Who Do We Think We Are (Album) by Deep Purple
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Deep Purple Are An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1968. They Are Considered To Be Among The Pioneers Of Heavy Metal And Modern Hard Rock But Their Musical Approach Has Changed Over The Years.Originally Formed As A Psychedelic Rock And Progressive Rock Band They Shifted To A Heavier Sound With Their 1970 Album Deep Purple In Rock. Deep Purple Together With Led Zeppelin And Black Sabbath Have Been Referred To As The "unholy Trinity" Of British Hard Rock And Heavy Metal In The Early To Mid-Seventies. They Were Listed In The 1975 Guinness Book Of World Records As "the Globe's Loudest Band" For A 1972 Concert At London's Rainbow Theatre And Have Sold Over 100 Million Albums Worldwide. Deep Purple Have Had Several Line-Up Changes And Were Broken Up For Eight Years From 1976 To 1984 With Drummer Ian Paice Being The Band's Only Constant Member. The First Four Line-Ups Which Constituted The Band's Original 1968–1976 Run Are Officially Indicated As Mark I 1968–1969 Mark II 1969–1973 Mark III 1973–1975 And Mark IV 1975–1976 . Mark I Comprised The Founding Members Of Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Rod Evans Vocals Jon Lord Keyboards Paice Drums And Nick Simper Bass While Mark II Was The Most Commercially Successful Line-Up With Ian Gillan And Roger Glover Replacing Evans And Simper Respectively. Mark III Saw David Coverdale And Glenn Hughes Replace Gillan And Glover Respectively While Mark IV Featured Tommy Bolin Replacing Blackmore. The Band Split In July 1976 And Bolin Died From A Drug Overdose Five Months Later. In 1984 Deep Purple Reformed With The Mark II Line-Up Which Remained In Place Until Joe Lynn Turner Replaced Gillan In 1989. Gillan Rejoined In 1992 With Blackmore Leaving For The Second And Final Time The Following Year. He Was Replaced Temporarily By Joe Satriani And Then Permanently By Steve Morse. In 2002 Don Airey Replaced Jon Lord Which Saw Deep Purple Settle Into Its Longest Running Line-Up Unchanged For The Next Twenty Years Until Morse Announced His Departure From The Band In 2022. His Place Was Taken By Simon McBride. Paice Glover Gillan Airey And McBride Comprise The Current Line-Up Of Deep Purple. Deep Purple Were Ranked Number 22 On VH1's Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock Programme And A Poll On Radio Station Planet Rock Ranked Them 5th Among The "most Influential Bands Ever". The Band Received The Legend Award At The 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple Specifically Blackmore Lord Paice Gillan Glover Coverdale Evans And Hughes Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2016.
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Deep Purple Are An English Rock Band Formed In London In 1968. They Are Considered To Be Among The Pioneers Of Heavy Metal And Modern Hard Rock But Their Musical Approach Has Changed Over The Years.Originally Formed As A Psychedelic Rock And Progressive Rock Band They Shifted To A Heavier Sound With Their 1970 Album Deep Purple In Rock. Deep Purple Together With Led Zeppelin And Black Sabbath Have Been Referred To As The "unholy Trinity" Of British Hard Rock And Heavy Metal In The Early To Mid-Seventies. They Were Listed In The 1975 Guinness Book Of World Records As "the Globe's Loudest Band" For A 1972 Concert At London's Rainbow Theatre And Have Sold Over 100 Million Albums Worldwide. Deep Purple Have Had Several Line-Up Changes And Were Broken Up For Eight Years From 1976 To 1984 With Drummer Ian Paice Being The Band's Only Constant Member. The First Four Line-Ups Which Constituted The Band's Original 1968–1976 Run Are Officially Indicated As Mark I 1968–1969 Mark II 1969–1973 Mark III 1973–1975 And Mark IV 1975–1976 . Mark I Comprised The Founding Members Of Deep Purple Ritchie Blackmore Guitar Rod Evans Vocals Jon Lord Keyboards Paice Drums And Nick Simper Bass While Mark II Was The Most Commercially Successful Line-Up With Ian Gillan And Roger Glover Replacing Evans And Simper Respectively. Mark III Saw David Coverdale And Glenn Hughes Replace Gillan And Glover Respectively While Mark IV Featured Tommy Bolin Replacing Blackmore. The Band Split In July 1976 And Bolin Died From A Drug Overdose Five Months Later. In 1984 Deep Purple Reformed With The Mark II Line-Up Which Remained In Place Until Joe Lynn Turner Replaced Gillan In 1989. Gillan Rejoined In 1992 With Blackmore Leaving For The Second And Final Time The Following Year. He Was Replaced Temporarily By Joe Satriani And Then Permanently By Steve Morse. In 2002 Don Airey Replaced Jon Lord Which Saw Deep Purple Settle Into Its Longest Running Line-Up Unchanged For The Next Twenty Years Until Morse Announced His Departure From The Band In 2022. His Place Was Taken By Simon McBride. Paice Glover Gillan Airey And McBride Comprise The Current Line-Up Of Deep Purple. Deep Purple Were Ranked Number 22 On VH1's Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock Programme And A Poll On Radio Station Planet Rock Ranked Them 5th Among The "most Influential Bands Ever". The Band Received The Legend Award At The 2008 World Music Awards. Deep Purple Specifically Blackmore Lord Paice Gillan Glover Coverdale Evans And Hughes Were Inducted Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2016.
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In 2005 Audio Fidelity Has Released The LP On A 24 Karat Gold CD.
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Who Do We Think We Are! Is The Seventh Studio Album By The English Rock Band Deep Purple. It Was Recorded In Rome In July 1972 And Frankfurt October 1972 Using The Rolling Stones Mobile Studio. It Was Deep Purple's Last Album With The Mark II Lineup Of The Group Until Perfect Strangers 1984 . Overview Although "Woman From Tokyo" Was A Hit Single The Group - Riven With Internal Strife - Struggled To Come Up With Tracks Of The Quality Of Their Previous Three Albums And First Live Album . Whilst It Hit Number 4 In The UK Charts And Number 15 In The US Charts It Did Not Sell As Well As Previous Albums. Nonetheless Deep Purple Was The Best Selling Artist In The USA In 1973 See Also Machine Head And Made In Japan . The Album Was Certified Gold On April 11 1973 By The RIAA Selling 500 000 Copies In The US. "Woman From Tokyo" Was Recorded In July 1972 And Is About Touring Japan For The First Time E.G. The Lyric "Fly Into The Rising Sun" . The Only Other Track Released From The Rome Sessions Is The Out-Take "Painted Horse". The Rest Of The Album Was Recorded In Frankfurt After More Touring Including Japan . "Place In Line" Has A Darker Blues Mood. Ian Gillan Left The Band Following This Album Citing Internal Tensions Widely Thought To Include A Feud With Blackmore. However In An Interview Supporting The Release Of The 1984 Mark II Deep Purple Comeback Album Perfect Strangers Gillan Stated Fatigue And Management Also Had A Lot To Do With It. "We Had Just Come Off 18 Months Of Touring And We'd All Had Major Illnesses At One Time Or Another. Looking Back If They'd Have Been Decent Managers They Would Have Said 'All Right Stop. I Want You To All Go On Three Months' Holiday. I Don't Even Want You To Pick Up An Instrument.' But Instead They Pushed Us To Complete The Album On Time. We Should Have Stopped. I Think If We Did Deep Purple Would Have Still Been Around To This Day." The Last Mark II Concert In The '70s Before Ian Gillan And Roger Glover Left Was In Osaka Japan On June 29 1973. Later Editions A Digitally Remastered Version Of The LP Was Released In 2000 With Bonus Tracks. "First Day Jam" Is A Lengthy Instrumental Jam Featuring Blackmore On Bass Lord And Paice. Glover The Group's Usual Bassist Was Absent Lost In Traffic.In 2005 Audio Fidelity Has Released The LP On A 24 Karat Gold CD.