''If Life Was Easy'' is the fifth solo album by
Deep Purple
Deep Purple are an English rock band formed in London in 1968. They are considered to be among the pioneers of heavy metal music, heavy metal and modern hard rock, although their musical style has varied throughout their career. Originally for ...
's bass player
Roger Glover
Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll ...
released by earMusic/edel on July 11, 2011. The album was recorded in 2007, but for personal reasons, it was not released until 2011. Like its predecessor, ''Snapshot'' (2002), it features The Guilty Party which includes
Randall Bramblett
Randall Bramblett (born 1948) is an American musician and singer-songwriter, whose career as a solo artist, session player, and touring musician, has spanned five decades. He has worked with Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Goose Creek Symphony, Ro ...
and Gillian Glover. Guest appearances are from Nazareth's
Dan McCafferty and
Pete Agnew as well as Walther Gallay and
Sahaj Ticotin.
Track list
Written By Roger Glover, except noted
# "Don't Look Now (Everything Has Changed)" (
Roger Glover
Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll ...
/
Randall Bramblett
Randall Bramblett (born 1948) is an American musician and singer-songwriter, whose career as a solo artist, session player, and touring musician, has spanned five decades. He has worked with Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Goose Creek Symphony, Ro ...
)
# "The Dream I Had"
# "Moonlight"
# "The Car Won't Start"
# "Box of Tricks"
# "Stand Together" (Glover/Bramblett)
# "If Life Was Easy"
# "Welcome To The Moon"
# "Set Your Imagination Free" (Glover/
Gillian Glover)
# "When Life Gets to the Bone"
# "When The Day Is Done"
# "Get Away (Can't Let You)" (Glover/Glover)
# "Staring Into Space"
# "The Ghost Of Your Smile"
# "Cruel World"
# "Feel Like a King"
Personnel
*
Roger Glover
Roger David Glover (born 30 November 1945) is a Welsh bassist, songwriter, and record producer. He is best known as a member of the hard rock bands Deep Purple and Rainbow. As a member of Deep Purple, Glover was inducted into the Rock and Roll ...
– bass, vocals, baglama, guitar, piano, programming, percussion, harmonica, synthesizer
*
Randall Bramblett
Randall Bramblett (born 1948) is an American musician and singer-songwriter, whose career as a solo artist, session player, and touring musician, has spanned five decades. He has worked with Gregg Allman, Bonnie Raitt, Goose Creek Symphony, Ro ...
– vocals, keyboards, saxophone
* Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion, electric drill
*
Oz Noy – guitars
* Harvey Jones – synthesizers
* Eliot Denenberg – drums, guitar atmosphere
*
Joe Mennonna – horns, horn arrangement
* Nick Moroch – guitar
*
Dan McCafferty – vocals
*
Pete Agnew – vocals
* Gillian Glover – vocals
* Walther Gallay – vocals
*
Mickey Lee Soule – vocals
*
Sahaj Ticotin – vocals
* Sim Jones – strings, string arrangement
*
Don Airey
Donald Smith Airey (born 21 June 1948) is an English musician. He came to prominence as the keyboardist of the rock band Rainbow during 1979–1982. He has been the keyboardist of Deep Purple, the band from which Rainbow was a spinoff, since 2 ...
– pianet
Production notes
*Produced by Roger Glover and Peter Denenberg.
*Pre-production recording by Roger Glover.
*Recorded and mixed by Peter Denenberg at Acme Studios, Mamaroneck, New York.
*Assisted by Jonathan Jetter and Michael Messier.
*Cover art: front photograph by Roger Glover, finessed by Travis Porter, portrait by Myriam Freitag.
References
External links
Roger-Glover.com
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2011 albums
Roger Glover albums