Burn (Deep Purple album)

Burn
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	15 February 1974[1]
Recorded	November 1973
Studio	Rolling Stones Mobile Studio, Montreux
Genre	Hard rock heavy metal blues rock
Length	41:37
Label	Purple
Producer	Deep Purple
Deep Purple chronology
Who Do We Think We Are (1973) Burn (1974) Stormbringer (1974)
Reissued cover
30th Anniversary Edition cover
Singles from Burn
"Might Just Take Your Life" Released: 4 March 1974[2] "Burn" Released: May 1974 (US)

Burn is the eighth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple. It was released on 15 February 1974 by Warner Bros. and Purple/EMI internationally. It was the first album to feature then-unknown lead singer David Coverdale. The group's Mark III line-up for their recording debut included Coverdale, Glenn Hughes (joining from Trapeze) on bass and vocals, Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on keyboards, and Ian Paice on drums.

Burn mostly consists of hard rock and blues in a similar vein to that of the group's preceding albums, particularly Machine Head, but there was an additional element of funk rock, which would become more prominent in the later albums of the Mark III–IV era. The album has received favorable reviews and accolades but others gave mixed reactions shortly after its release. Burn charted in 13 countries, including reaching number three in the UK and number nine in the US. Followed by a successful tour, internal tensions would start to abrupt during the recording of their follow-up album would result in Blackmore's departure in early 1975. Burn received a reissue in 2004, featuring remastered and remixed versions along with a previously unreleased track.