Artist: DEEP PURPLE
Album: THE BATTLE RAGES ON (CD)

Release date: 1993
EAN/UPS: 0743211542029
Media type: CD

The Battle Rages On is the fourteenth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1993. It's the last album recorded with Ritchie Blackmore, who quit during the tour in November 1993.

The band's classic MkII line-up reunited for a second time (the first being 1984's Perfect Strangers). Departed frontman Joe Lynn Turner once referred to this album as "The Cattle Grazes On", claiming that much stronger material existed for the album until he was fired from the band and Ian Gillan returned and reworked much of it.

TRACKLIST:

01 "The Battle Rages On" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Ian Paice) – 5:55
02 "Lick It Up" – 3:59
03 "Anya" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Jon Lord) – 6:31
04 "Talk About Love" – 4:07
05 "Time to Kill" – 5:48
06 "Ramshackle Man" – 5:33
07 "A Twist in the Tale" – 4:16
08 "Nasty Piece of Work" (Gillan, Blackmore, Glover, Lord) – 4:35
09 "Solitaire" – 4:41
10 "One Man's Meat" – 4:38

All songs written by Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore and Roger Glover except where indicated.

LINE-UP:

Ritchie Blackmore - guitar
Ian Gillan - vocals
Jon Lord - organ, keyboards
Ian Paice - drums
Roger Glover - bass

Produced by Thom Panunzio and Roger Glover
Basic tracks produced by Thom Panunzio
Basic tracks recorded at Bearsville Studios in New York City. Engineered by Bill Kennedy; assisted by Mike Reiter.