“TURNING TO CRIME,” the latest album by DEEP PURPLE, is announced…
With live performance off the table for nearly a year and a half amidst pandemic, and a pair of tours rescheduled, English hard rock stalwarts Deep Purple entered a remarkably creative stretch. Today’s release of the new album Turning To Crime, the group’s 22nd, marks their second full length studio album in 15 months, a clip they haven’t recorded at since the early 70s.
Turning To Crime is a fantastically enjoyable affair that puts a Deep Purple spin on everyone from Ray Charles to Bob Seger. 2020’s Whoosh! was composed of original tracks.
The twelve-track new collection was formed out of need. Having sold over 100 million albums, Deep Purple usually records new songs that originate from live jam sessions. But it was hard to get together during the epidemic quarantine. Producer Bob Ezrin oversaw cuts that developed from home studio demos this time around.
“The shutdown gave rise to the entire concept. We had no desire to fidget or do anything else. How might we proceed? stated veteran bassist Roger Glover of Deep Purple. It was difficult to get the sound to work. Bob, though, was a genius. He simply created the impression that we were all in the same room when he mixed the tracks.
