The Battle Rages On...

The Battle Rages On... is the fourteenth studio album by the British hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1993. It is the last album recorded with the band's classic Mk II line-up, which reunited for a second time (the first reunion being for 1984's Perfect Strangers). Even though Mike DiMeo was initially chosen as the singer for the album[6] after Joe Lynn Turner was fired, Ian Gillan eventually returned to the band in late 1992 and had to rework much of the material already existing for it, which had been intended for Joe Lynn Turner and DiMeo. After his firing Turner would admit Ritchie Blackmore referred to the album as "The cattle grazes on".[7] Blackmore became infuriated at the non-melodic elements and left the band for good after a show on 17 November in Helsinki, Finland. American guitarist Joe Satriani joined Deep Purple as a temporary replacement for the remainder of the tour. A handful of working tracks written during The Battle Rages On... sessions would turn up on subsequent solo releases by Turner under different song titles. The Battle Rages On...

The Battle Rages On...
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	2 July 1993
Studio	Bearsville Studios, Bearsville, New York Red Rooster Studios, Tutzing, Germany Greg Rike Studios, Altamonte Springs, Florida
Genre	Hard rock
Length	49:25
Label	RCA
Producer	Thom Panunzio, Roger Glover
Deep Purple chronology
Slaves and Masters (1990) The Battle Rages On... (1993) Purpendicular (1996)
Singles from The Battle Rages On...
"Anya" / "One Man's Meat" Released: July 1993 "Time to Kill" / "Nasty Piece of Work" Released: 1993
Ritchie Blackmore chronology
Slaves and Masters (1990) The Battle Rages On... (1993) Stranger in Us All (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Blogcritics	(mixed)[2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[3]
Rock Hard	7.0/10[4]
Metal Hammer (GER)	7/7[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan and Roger Glover, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Battle Rages On" (Blackmore, Gillan, Jon Lord, Ian Paice)	5:56
2.	"Lick It Up"	3:59
3.	"Anya" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord)	6:32
4.	"Talk About Love"	4:11
5.	"Time to Kill"	5:49
6.	"Ramshackle Man"	5:34
7.	"A Twist in the Tale"	4:17
8.	"Nasty Piece of Work" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord)	4:43
9.	"Solitaire"	4:42
10.	"One Man's Meat"	4:38

Personnel

Deep Purple

• Ian Gillan – vocals
• Ritchie Blackmore – guitar
• Jon Lord – keyboards
• Roger Glover – bass
• Ian Paice – drums

Production

• Produced by Thom Panunzio and Roger Glover
• Basic tracks produced by Thom Panunzio at Bearsville Studios in upstate New York (engineered by Bill Kennedy, assisted by Mike Reiter)
• Vocals and overdubs recorded at Red Rooster Studios (engineered by Hans Gemperle) in Tutzing, Germany, and Greg Rike Studios (engineered by Jason Corsaro, assisted by Wally Walton and Darren Schneider) in Orlando, Florida.
• Mixed by Pat Regan with Roger Glover at Sound on Sound Recording (engineered by Pat Regan, assisted by John Siket, Devin Emke and Peter Beckeman) in New York, and at the Ambient Recording Company (engineered by Pat Regan, assisted by Mark Conese) in Connecticut
• Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound in New York.

Charts

Album Year Chart Position 1993 Japanese Albums Charts[8] 5 Swiss Albums Top 100[9] 7 Swedish Albums Chart[10] 8 Austrian Top 40 Albums[11] 9 Finnish Albums Chart[12] 9 Norwegian Albums Chart[13] 9 German Albums Chart[14] 13 UK Albums Chart[15] 21 Dutch MegaCharts[16] 39 The Billboard 200 (USA)[17] 192

Singles Year Single Chart Position 1993 "The Battle Rages On" Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks (USA)[18] 22

References

1. "Deep Purple The Battle Rages On... review". Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
2. Bowling, David (21 December 2011). "Music Review: Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On". Blogcritics. Retrieved 10 February 2017.
3. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. pp. 108–109. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
4. Breusch, Matthias (August 1993). "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On". Rock Hard (in German). No. 75. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
5. "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On". Metal Hammer (in German). No. 54. August 1993. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
6. http://rnruniverse.proboards.com/thread/10829/mike-dimeo-riot-lizards-masterplan
7. Barton, Geoff (9 March 2005). "Welcome Back... Joe Lynn Turner". TeamRock.com. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
8. ディープ・パープルのアルバム売り上げランキング (in Japanese). Oricon. Archived from the original on 5 June 2014. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
9. "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On..." Hitparade.ch (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
10. "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On... (album)". Swedishcharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
11. "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On... (album)". Austriancharts.at (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
12. "Albumit 1993-08 elokuu". Wiki.pomus.net (in Finnish). Retrieved 22 March 2017.
13. "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On... (album)". Norwegiancharts.com. Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
14. "Album – Deep Purple, The Battle Rages On..." Charts.de (in German). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
15. "Deep Purple – Albums". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
16. "Deep Purple – The Battle Rages On... (album)". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Media Control Charts. Retrieved 1 March 2014.
17. "Deep Purple Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
18. "Deep Purple Chart History: Mainstream Rock Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2017.

External links

• The Battle Rages On... at Discogs (list of releases)
• 14th studio album