Fireball (album)

Fireball
Studio album by
Deep Purple
ReleasedJuly 1971 (US)[1]
September 1971 (UK)[2]
RecordedSeptember 1970 – June 1971
StudioDe Lane Lea Studios and Olympic Studios, London, The Hermitage, Welcombe, North Devon
Genre
Length40:30
LabelHarvest
ProducerDeep Purple
Deep Purple chronology
Deep Purple in Rock
(1970) 		Fireball
(1971) 		Machine Head
(1972)
Singles from Fireball
  1. "Strange Kind of Woman"
    Released: 12 February 1971[3]
  2. "Fireball"
    Released: 29 October 1971[4]
Alternative cover
25th Anniversary CD slipcase
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal9/10[6]
Music Story[citation needed]

Fireball is the fifth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released in 1971 as the second album with the Mark II line-up, consisting of Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. It was recorded at various times between September 1970 and June 1971. It became the first of the band's three UK No. 1 albums, though it did not stay on the charts as long as its predecessor, Deep Purple in Rock. Even though the album has sold over a million copies in the UK, it has never received a certification there.

  1. ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2016). The Deep Purple Family (2nd ed.). Wymer Publishing. p. 90. ISBN 978-1-908724-42-7.
  3. ^ Hung, Steffen. "Deep Purple – Strange Kind Of Woman". hitparade.ch.
  4. ^ "Promo Disc".
  5. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Deep Purple – Fireball review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  6. ^ Popoff, Martin (October 2003). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 1: The Seventies. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 84. ISBN 978-1894959025.