Slaves and Masters

This article is about the 1990 Deep Purple album. For the Twin Peaks episode, see List of Twin Peaks episodes.

Slaves and Masters
Studio album by
Deep Purple
Released22 October 1990
RecordedEarly to mid 1990
Studio
  • Greg Rike Productions, Altamonte Springs, Florida
  • Sountec Studios, Connecticut
  • Power Station, New York City
GenreHard rock
Length46:51
LabelRCA
ProducerRoger Glover
Deep Purple chronology
The House of Blue Light
(1987) 		Slaves and Masters
(1990) 		The Battle Rages On...
(1993)
Singles from Slave and Masters
  1. "King of Dreams"
    Released: 1 October 1990[1]
  2. "Love Conquers All"
    Released: 11 February 1991[2]

Slaves and Masters is the thirteenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, and was released on 22 October 1990.[3] This is the only Deep Purple album to feature former Rainbow lead vocalist Joe Lynn Turner, who had joined the previous year after the firing of Ian Gillan. Before hiring Turner, the band had considered singer Jimi Jamison of Survivor, but other obligations made him unavailable.[4]

Following its release, Slaves and Masters peaked at No. 87 on the US Billboard 200 chart.[5] The album dramatically sold below expectations, as compared to Deep Purple's previous album, The House of Blue Light with Gillan, which charted at No. 34 in the US.[5] A song from the Slaves and Masters recording sessions was rearranged for the soundtrack of the 1990 movie Fire, Ice and Dynamite. Jon Lord did not play on the song, which was performed by the four other members of the Mark V Deep Purple line-up.

Despite underwhelming album sales, Deep Purple had a relatively successful tour in support of Slaves and Masters in 1991, especially for the band's European leg. Turner was still a member of the group when they began writing and recording their next album in 1992, but under duress from managers who were eyeing a 25th anniversary tour, Deep Purple ultimately decided to bring back the Mark II line-up for their 1993 studio album The Battle Rages On... A handful of working tracks originally intended for the follow-up to Slaves and Masters would turn up on subsequent solo releases by Turner.

"Too Much Is Not Enough" had been recorded by Turner for the unreleased follow-up of his first solo album Rescue You, and it was also recorded by Paul Rodgers and Kenney Jones band The Law but they didn't release it, either. Turner's original version can be found on the bootleg Demos '88 - 91' and The Law version on The Law II bootleg. Turner re-recorded the song for his album Hurry Up and Wait (1998).

  1. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 31.
  2. ^ "Music Week}page=14" (PDF).
  3. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 44.
  4. ^ "interview with Jon Lord". The Jon Lord Fan Site – Pictured Within. January 1994. Archived from the original on 17 May 2010.
  5. ^ a b "Deep Purple Chart History: Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 5 February 2017.