DEEP PURPLE TO RELEASE COVERS ALBUM “TURNING TO CRIME” ON NOVEMBER 26TH, FIRST SINGLE “7 AND 7 IS” AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING
Deep Purple’s next studio effort will be an album of covers titled Turning To Crime. Due on November 26th through earMUSIC, the LP will contain the band’s versions of great rock classics and musical jewels — including songs originally recorded by Bob Dylan, Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, Cream and The Yardbirds — carefully chosen by each member of the band.
Produced by Bob Ezrin, Turning To Crime arrives only 15 months after Whoosh!, Deep Purple’s 21st studio album, which received acclaim by critics who praised the creative strength of a band that continues evolving with every release, and prestigious chart achievements (third consecutive No. 1 in Germany, No. 4 in the U.K., and topped the U.S. Independent Album and Hard Music Albums charts).
The first single, 7 And 7 Is, can be streamed below.
Turning To Crime track listing, according to FNAC:
1. 7 And 7 Is (Love)
2. Rockin’ Pneumonia And The Boogie Woogie Flu (Huey “Piano” Smith)
3. Oh Well (Fleetwood Mac)
4. Jenny Take A Ride! (Mitch Rydeer & The Detroit Wheels)
5. Watching The River Flow (Bob Dylan)
6. Let The Good Times Roll (Ray Charles & Quincy Jones)
7. Dixie Chicken (Little Feat)
8. Shapes Of Things (The Yardbirds)
9. The Battle Of New Orleans (Lonnie Donegan/Johnny Horton)
10. Lucifer (Bob Seger System)
11. White Room (Cream)
12. Caught In The Act [Medley: Going Down / Green Onions / Hot ‘Lanta / Dazed And Confused / Gimme Some Lovin’]
Some interesting song choices, but as with most covers albums, will it really be worth more than a single listen? Oh Well has been covered by so many people that I have to wonder what – if anything – new Deep Purple could possibly bring to it. As for Let The Good Times Roll, it would’ve been more interesting if they had covered The Cars song instead. Thanks to Deep Purple, I did learn something today: Bob Seger once played in a band called the Bob Seger System.
I like the covers they picked, would have been a better album had they recorded it 20 yrs ago when Gillan’s voice was still spectacular ~