The House of Blue Light

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The House of Blue Light
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	1987
Genre	Hard rock
Length	46:16
Label	Polydor (UK) Mercury Records (US)
Producer(s)	Roger Glover & Deep Purple
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Deep Purple chronology
Perfect Strangers (1984)	The House of Blue Light (1987)	Slaves & Masters (1990)

The House of Blue Light is the twelfth studio album by Deep Purple, released in 1987, it is the second recording by the re-formed Mark II lineup. Note the recent CD re-issue used the original vinyl master tapes and several tracks are shorter ( see times below).

[edit] Re-Issue Track listing

1. "Bad Attitude" (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord) – 4:43
2. "The Unwritten Law" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Ian Paice) – 4:34
3. "Call of the Wild" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) – 4:50
4. "Mad Dog" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:29
5. "Black and White" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 3:39
6. "Hard Lovin' Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 3:24
7. "The Spanish Archer" ( Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:56
8. "Strangeways" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:56
9. "Mitzi Dupree" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:03
10. "Dead or Alive" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:42

[edit] Original Track listing

1. "Bad Attitude" (Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord) – 5:04
2. "The Unwritten Law" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Ian Paice) – 4:54
3. "Call of the Wild" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord) – 4:48
4. "Mad Dog" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 4:36
5. "Black and White" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord, Paice) – 4:39
6. "Hard Lovin' Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 3:25
7. "The Spanish Archer" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:32
8. "Strangeways" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 7:35
9. "Mitzi Dupree" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:05
10. "Dead or Alive" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover) – 5:01

[edit] Personnel

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

v • d • e Deep Purple
Ian Gillan | Steve Morse | Roger Glover | Don Airey | Ian Paice
Ritchie Blackmore | Jon Lord | David Coverdale | Joe Lynn Turner | Tommy Bolin | Glenn Hughes | Rod Evans | Nick Simper | Joe Satriani
Discography
Albums : Shades of Deep Purple | The Book of Taliesyn | Deep Purple | Deep Purple in Rock | Fireball | Machine Head | Who Do We Think We Are | Burn | Stormbringer | Come Taste the Band | Perfect Strangers | The House of Blue Light | Slaves & Masters | The Battle Rages On | Purpendicular | Abandon | Bananas | Rapture of the Deep
Live albums: Live in Inglewood | Concerto for Group and Orchestra | Kneel & Pray | Scandinavian Nights | Space Vol 1 & 2 | Made in Japan | Deep Purple In Concert | Denmark 1972 | Made in Europe | Live in London | California Jamming: Live at the California Jam | Just Might Take Your Life | Perks And Tit | Mk III: The Final Concerts | Last Concert in Japan | King Biscuit Flower Hour Presents: Deep Purple in Concert | This Time Around: Live in Tokyo | Nobody's Perfect | In The Absence of Pink: Knebworth 85 | Come Hell or High Water | Live In Europe 1993 | Live at the Olympia '96 | Total Abandon: Live in Australia | In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra | Live At The Rotterdam Ahoy | The Soundboard Series
Videos and DVDs: Concerto for Group and Orchestra | Special Edition EP | Live in California 74 | Come Hell Or High Water | Bombay Calling | Live at Montreaux | In Concert with the London Symphony Orchestra | Live in Australia: Total Abandon | Perihelion | Live Encounters
Compilation Albums: Purple Passages | 24 Carat Purple | When We Rock, We Rock, and When We Roll, We Roll | The Mark II Purple Singles | Deepest Purple: The Very Best of Deep Purple | The Anthology | 30: Very Best of Deep Purple | Listen, Learn, Read On | Winning Combinations: Deep Purple and Rainbow | Deep Purple: The Platinum Collection
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