Artist: DEEP PURPLE
Album: WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1973/ 2000
EAN/UPS: 00724352160723
Media type: CD

Who Do We Think We Are! is the 4th studio album by the Mk II lineup of English rock band Deep Purple. Recorded in Rome July 72 and Frankfurt Oct 72 on Rolling Stones Mobile. It was their seventh studio album, and the last one with the classic Mk II lineup of the group until 1984.

Although "Woman from Tokyo" was a single hit, the group - riven with internal strife - struggled to come up with tracks of the quality of their previous three albums (and first live album). This album was thus widely panned by the music critics and although it hit number 4 in the UK and 15 in the US did not sell as well as previous albums. Still Deep Purple was the best selling artist in the USA in 1973 (see also Machine Head and Made in Japan).

"Woman from Tokyo" was recorded in July 1972 and is about touring Japan for the first time, august 1972: "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).

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 was absent, lost in traffic...

Ian Gillan left the band following this album (after the last Mk II concert in Osaka, Japan on the 29th June 1973), and Roger Glover soon followed, after learning that Ritchie Blackmore had plans to fire him from the group.

TRACKLIST:

Original release on vinyl:

"Woman from Tokyo" – 5:48
"Mary Long" – 4:23
"Super Trouper" – 2:54
"Smooth Dancer" – 4:08
"Rat Bat Blue" – 5:23
"Place in Line" – 6:29
"Our Lady" – 5:12

Remastered Edition bonus tracks:

"Woman from Tokyo" ('99 Remix) – 6:37
"Woman from Tokyo" (alt. bridge) – 1:24
"Painted Horse" (studio out-take) – 5:19
"Our Lady" ('99 Remix) – 6:05
"Rat Bat Blue" (writing session) – 0:57
"Rat Bat Blue" ('99 Remix) – 5:49
"First Day Jam" (instrumental) – 11:31

LINE-UP:

Ritchie Blackmore – lead guitar
Ian Gillan – vocals, harmonica
Roger Glover – bass guitar
Jon Lord – piano, organ, keyboards
Ian Paice – drums

Additional personnel:

Produced by Deep Purple
All songs written by Blackmore/Gillan/Glover/Lord/Paice
Engineer – Martin Birch
Rolling Stones Mobile Unit: Jeremy Gee & Nick Watterton
Equipment – Ian Hansford, Rob Cooksey, Colin Hart, Ron Quinton
Cover Design – Roger Glover & John Coletta
Original album mixed by Ian Paice and Roger Glover

Bonus tracks remixed by Peter Denenberg with Roger Glover
Remastered and mastered by Peter Mew