Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Deep Purple reveal new album title



Deep Purple have revealed “NOW What?!” as the title of their forthcoming new album, due this spring.

Produced by Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Alice Cooper, Kiss and many others), the project features 11 new songs.

The album was recorded with no musical rules, and it shows a modern and fresh production, to the point that Deep Purple have never sounded so close to the spirit of the 70s in the last 20 years as they do now.

“NOW What?!” will also be released as a limited edition with a bonus DVD featuring Deep Purple discussing the new album and one bonus studio cover version. It will also be released as double vinyl LP.

The first taste of “NOW What?!” will be the release of a double A-side single on March 29th (as a limited and numbered vinyl 7“, CD single and digital download).

7“ VINYL (limited to 1000 numbered copies)
Side A: “Hell To Pay“ (radio edit)
Side B: “All The Time in The World“ (radio mix – edit)

CD SINGLE
1) “All The Time in The World“ (radio mix – edit)
2) “Hell To Pay“ (radio edit)
3) "Perfect Strangers" (bonus track live)
4) "Rapture Of The Deep" (bonus track live)

As for the album, “NOW What?!” will be released internationally:

Apr 26 – Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Spain
Apr 29 – UK, France, Benelux, Poland, Czech Republic, Norway, Denmark
Apr 30 – North America, Italy
May 01 – Sweden





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