Bananas
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	September 9, 2003
Recorded	January-February 2003 Los Angeles
Genre	Hard rock Blues
Length	51:25
Label	EMI (UK) Sanctuary Records (US)
Producer	Michael Bradford
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Deep Purple chronology
Abandon (1998) Bananas (2003) Rapture of the Deep (2005)

Bananas is the 17th studio album by English rock band Deep Purple,^[1] released on October 7, 2003.^[2] It includes "Contact Lost", a short, slow instrumental about the Columbia astronauts, written by guitarist Steve Morse when he heard the sad news of the crash.^[3]

This is the first Deep Purple album to feature Don Airey on the keyboards, replacing founding member Jon Lord.^[4] The album was recorded in Los Angeles during January and February of 2003.^[1]

It is also notable as being the only Deep Purple album that features Ian Gillan being backed by vocals other than his own, with the song "Haunted" featuring a female backing singer.

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Steve Morse, Roger Glover, Don Airey, and Ian Paice except where noted.

1. "House of Pain" (Gillan, Michael Bradford) – 3:34
2. "Sun Goes Down" – 4:10
3. "Haunted" – 4:22
4. "Razzle Dazzle" – 3:28
5. "Silver Tongue" – 4:03
6. "Walk On" (Gillan, Bradford) – 7:04
7. "Picture of Innocence" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Jon Lord, Paice) - 5:11
8. "I Got Your Number" (Gillan, Morse, Glover, Lord, Paice, Bradford) – 6:01
9. "Never a Word" – 3:46
10. "Bananas" – 4:51
11. "Doing it Tonight" – 3:28
12. "Contact Lost" (Morse) – 1:27

[edit] Personnel

• Ian Gillan - lead and backing vocals
• Steve Morse - guitar
• Roger Glover - bass
• Don Airey - keyboards
• Ian Paice - drums, percussion^[1]

[edit] Additional musicians

• Paul Buckmaster - string arrangement and cello on "Haunted"
• Beth Hart - background vocals on "Haunted"
• Michael Bradford - guitar on "Walk On"

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