''Turning to Crime'' is the twenty-second studio album by British rock band

Deep Purple Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock music, but their musical style has changed over the course of its existence. Ori ...

, released on 26 November 2021. It is composed entirely of covers, and is the last Deep Purple album to feature guitarist

Steve Morse Steve J. Morse (born July 28, 1954) is an American guitarist, best known as the founder of the Dixie Dregs and as the lead guitarist of Deep Purple from 1994 to 2022. Morse has also enjoyed a successful solo career and was briefly a member of ...

before he left the band in July 2022.

Background and recording

''Turning to Crime'' was created following a suggestion by

Bob Ezrin Robert Alan Ezrin (born March 25, 1949) is a Canadian music producer and keyboardist, best known for his work with Lou Reed, Alice Cooper, Aerosmith, Kiss, Pink Floyd, Deep Purple, Peter Gabriel, Andrea Bocelli and Phish. As of 2010, Ezrin's car ...

, who has been Deep Purple's producer since 2013. Released about fifteen months after ''

Whoosh! ''Whoosh!'' is the twenty-first studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 7 August 2020. Although he appeared on their next album '' Turning to Crime'', this is the last studio album of original material to feature longtime gu ...

'', this marked the first time since 1975's '' Come Taste the Band'' that Deep Purple had released a new studio album just one year after their previous one. The track ''The Battle of New Orleans'' marks the first time Roger Glover has performed vocals of any kind on a Deep Purple studio recording. A 13th Track ''(I'm a) Road Runner'' was released as a download for describers on October 6th, 2021 and later on the Limited Edition 5×12″ Vinyl Box Set, as the b'side of ''7 and 7 is''.

Track listing

Personnel

Credits per discogs Deep Purple *

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 ...

– vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11), percussion (3, 7) *

– guitars (all tracks), vocals (9) *

Roger Glover Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as the member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and R ...

– bass (all tracks), additional keyboards (1), backing vocals and percussion (7), vocals (9) *

Ian Paice Ian Anderson Paice (born 29 June 1948) is an English musician, best known as the drummer and last remaining original member of the rock band Deep Purple. He is often cited as one of the greatest drummers of all-time. He remains the only membe ...

– drums (all tracks) * Don Airey – keyboards (all tracks) Musicians *

– backing vocals (2, 5, 7, 8, 10–12), vocals (9) *

Leo Green Leo Green (born 30 August 1972) is a British musician and broadcaster. Saxophonist and orchestra leader Green played with Van Morrison's band. Green plays saxophone and sings in his own band. In 2010 guitarist Jeff Beck said, "Leo Green has ...

– tenor saxophone (2, 6), horns arrangement (2) *Matt Holland – trumpet (2, 6) *Nicole Thalia – backing vocals (4, 6, 12) *Marsha B. Morrison – backing vocals (4, 6, 12) *Gina Forsyth – fiddle (9) *Bruce Daigrepont – squeeze box (9) *Julian Shank – percussion (10) *

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References

2021 albums Deep Purple albums Edel AG albums Albums produced by Bob Ezrin Covers albums Albums impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic {{2020s-rock-album-stub