Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On... (1993) [Full Album]

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 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". 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.

Tracklist:
The Battle Rages On 00:00
Lick It Up 06:02
Anya 10:02
Talk About Love 16:34
Time To Kill 20:42
Ramshackle Man 26:33
A Twist In The Tale 32:07
Nasty Piece Of Work 36:25
Solitaire 41:01
One Man's Meat 45:43

Deep Purple
Ian Gillan – lead vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
Roger Glover – bass guitar, backing vocals
Ian Paice – drums
Jon Lord – keyboards, backing vocals

+++ Description, Tracklist and Timecodes by Alex4Rock +++