Come Taste the Band

Come Taste the Band
Come Taste the Band
Studio album by Deep Purple
Released	7 November 1975
Recorded	3 August – 1 September 1975
Studio	Musicland (Munich)
Genre	Hard rock; funk rock;
Length	37:16
Label	Purple
Producer	Martin Birch; Deep Purple;
Deep Purple chronology
Singles from Come Taste the Band
	"Gettin' Tighter"; Released: February 1976 (US); "You Keep On Moving"; Released: 12 March 1976 (UK);
David Coverdale chronology

Come Taste the Band is the tenth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 7 November 1975. It was co-produced and engineered by the band and longtime associate Martin Birch. Musically, the record shows stronger funk influences than their previous albums.

It was the last studio record Deep Purple made prior to their initial disbandment in 1976, and thus the only studio album by the band's Mark IV line-up, with Tommy Bolin on guitar, and the last of three albums to feature David Coverdale on lead vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass guitar/vocals. the band's ability to perform on the tour for this album depended on Bolin's drug addiction and Hughes's cocaine problems. Bolin died of multiple drug overdose shortly after the band broke up that year. To date, it is the only album by the band to feature neither vocalist Ian Gillan nor guitarist Ritchie Blackmore.

Come Taste the Band was commercially less successful than the previous Deep Purple albums, and it was among the lowest in the American market compared to the band's 1970s albums. In the UK, the album peaked at number 19, and it reached #43 in the US. However, it received favorable reviews, and the band's stylistic renewal was praised. The album's reputation has been mixed. Members of Mark IV have questioned the extent to which that line-up can be called Deep Purple.

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^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
^ "Come Taste the Band". Rolling Stone.
^ Bloom, Jerry (2015). The Road of Golden Dust (1st ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-908724-23-6.
^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.

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[The_Deep_Purple_Family-2] Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 187. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.

[3] "Come Taste the Band". Rolling Stone.

[4] Bloom, Jerry (2015). The Road of Golden Dust (1st ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 177. ISBN 978-1-908724-23-6.

[5] Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.

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