Abandon is the 16th studio album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released on 25 May 1998 in the United Kingdom and on 2 June 1998 in the United States. It was band's second album with guitarist Steve Morse and their last to feature founding member Jon Lord prior to his departure in 2002. The cover art was designed by acclaimed artist Ioannis Nikolaos Vasilopoulos.
The album was followed by a successful 1998–1999 world tour, which saw Deep Purple visit Australia for the first time in 15 years. In 1999, a double live album and DVD, Total Abandon: Australia '99, recorded in Melbourne on 20 April was released.
Songs The album title is actually a pun from Ian Gillan – "A Band On" – and the album was followed by the "A Band on Tour". It featured a reworking of a previously recorded song – "Bloodsucker" from Deep Purple in Rock (here spelled "Bludsucker"). "Don't Make Me Happy" was mistakenly mastered in mono and not amended on the album, one of the two versions of the song released on a promotional single was mastered in stereo.
"Any Fule Kno That" is the first song on Abandon.Martin C. Strong, The Great Rock Discography: Complete Discographies Listing Every Track Recorded by More Than 1,200 Artists (Canongate U.S., 2004), 396. Vocalist Ian Gillan takes a spoken word approach in the verses, comparable to rapping. The title is a popular phrase from the Nigel Molesworth books.Dave Thompson, Smoke on the Water: The Deep Purple Story (ECW Press, 2004), 299. "Any Fule Kno That" became the band's last charting single in the US, peaked at number 25 on Billboard's Heritage Rock Chart.
Track listing
Personnel Deep Purple Ian Gillan – vocals Steve Morse – guitars Jon Lord – Hammond organ, Korg synthesiser Roger Glover – bass guitar Ian Paice – drums Other Ioannis – art direction, artwork
Production notes Recorded at Greg Rike Studios, Altamonte Springs, Florida, 1997/1998 Produced by Deep Purple and Roger Glover Engineered by Darren Schneider Additional engineering by Keith Andrews Mixed at Platinum Post Studios, Orlando, Florida by Darren Schneider Assistant engineer – Kent Huffnagle with Shannon Brady Mastered at Masterdisk, New York by Greg Calbi
Charts Chart (1998) PeakpositionJapanese Albums (Oricon) 58
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