Deep Purple
Bananas


Tracks:

1. House of Pain
2. Sun Goes Down
3. Haunted
4. Razzle Dazzle
5. Silver Tongue
6. Walk On
7. Picture of Innocence
8. I Got Your Number
9. Never a Word"
10. Bananas
11. Doing It Tonight
12. Contact Lost

Line up:

Ian Gillan - vocals
Steve Morse - guitar
Roger Glover - bass
Ian Paice - drums
Don Airey - keyboards

Additional musicians:

Paul Buckmaster - string arrangement and cello on "Haunted"
Beth Hart - background vocals on "Haunted"
Michael Bradford - guitar on "Walk On"

Record Label / Year of Release:

EMI 2003

Notes:

Bananas is the 17th studio album by Deep Purple, released on October 7, 2003. It includes "Contact Lost", a short, slow instrumental about the Columbia astronauts, written by guitarist Steve Morse when he heard the sad news of the crash.

This is the first Deep Purple album to feature Don Airey on the keyboards, replacing founding member Jon Lord. The album was recorded in Los Angeles during January and February 2003.

It is also notable as being the only Deep Purple album that features Ian Gillan being backed by vocals other than his own, with the song "Haunted" featuring a female backing singer, Beth Hart.