''Gillan'' is the debut studio album by British

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

band Gillan, released in September 1978 only in Japan then later in Australia and New Zealand. Although not released domestically in the UK, the album sold well as an import, aided by positive press reviews. The sleeve notes of the original release credit Liam Genocky as playing drums and percussion, while the 1993 release "Gillan – The Japanese Album" instead credits Pete Barnacle.

Track listings

All songs written by

Ian Gillan Ian Gillan (born 19 August 1945) is a British singer who is best known as the lead singer and lyricist for the rock band Deep Purple. He is known for his powerful and wide-ranging singing voice. Initially influenced by Elvis Presley, Gillan ...

and

Colin Towns Colin William Towns (born 13 May 1948 in West Ham, London) is an English composer and keyboardist. He was noted for playing in bands formed by ex-Deep Purple singer Ian Gillan, and later worked extensively in composing soundtracks for film, telev ...

except where noted. ;Side one # "Second Sight" (Colin Towns) – 2:36* # "Secret of the Dance" – 2:50** # "I'm Your Man" – 4:25 # "Dead of Night" – 4:10** # "Fighting Man" (Towns) – 7:35* ;Side two #

"Message in a Bottle" – 3:08** # "Not Weird Enough" – 4:05 # "Bringing Joanna Back" – 3:39 # "Abbey of Thelema" – 4:56 # "Back in the Game" – 5:25 * These appear on the standard UK LP and CD formats of the '' Mr. Universe'' album ** Different versions from those on the standard UK LP and CD formats of the ''Mr. Universe'' album In 1993 an album combining tracks from the Japan/Australia/New Zealand version of the Gillan and the ''Mr. Universe'' was released in CD format by the RPM record label under the title "Gillan – The Japanese Album". The revised track listing was as follows: # "Street Theatre" (Towns) – 2:40 (instrumental)* # "Secret of the Dance" – 2:51 # "I'm Your Man" – 4:25 # "Dead of Night" – 4:11 # "Fighting Man" (Towns) – 7:37 # "Message in a Bottle" – 3:11 # "Not Weird Enough" – 3:51 # "Bringing Joanna Back" – 3:41 # "Abbey of Thelema" – 4:57 # "Back in the Game" – 5:28 # "Vengeance" – 3:30** # "Move with the Times" (Gillan, Towns, John McCoy) – 5:02* # "Sleeping on the Job" – 3:12** # "Roller" – 4:06** Total running time 58:43
* from the Japanese/Australian/New Zealand version of ''Mr. Universe'' LP
** previously unreleased version of tracks from ''Mr. Universe'' (UK) LP
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Personnel

– vocals, production *

Steve Byrd Stephen John "Steve" Byrd (25 September 1955 – 2 October 2016) was an English guitarist and session musician who has worked with artists including Kim Wilde (from 1982–95), Ian Gillan of Deep Purple, ZZebra and many others. Initially a self-t ...

– guitars *

– keyboards, flutes, arrangement, production * John McCoy – bass *

Liam Genockey Liam Genockey (born 12 August 1948) is an Irish musician, who is the drummer with British folk rock band Steeleye Span. Biography Genockey was born in Dublin, Ireland. During the 1960s he lived in Plymouth, Devon, U.K, playing in local semi-p ...

– drums, percussion (on the album) *

Pete Barnacle Pete Barnacle is an English rock drummer who has played for various bands including Gillan,Thompson, Dave (2004) ''Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story'', ECW Press, , p. 214 Girl,Jasper, Tony & Oliver, Derek (1985) ''The international En ...

– drums, percussion (live shows)

References

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