Accidentally on Purpose [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Roger Glover, Ian Gillan | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 22, 1999)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Spitfire
• ASIN: B00000J683
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #203,356 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Clouds and Rain

2. Evil Eye

3. She Took My Breath Away

4. Dislocated

5. Via Miami

6. I Can't Dance to That

7. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave

8. Lonely Avenue

9. Telephone Box

10. I Thought No

11. Cayman Island

12. The Purple People Eater

13. Chet

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Diverse, April 11, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Accidentally on Purpose (Audio CD)

The whole career of Ian Gillan is very different and diverse, as throughout the years with Episode Six, Deep Purple, Sabbath and solo albums he managed (somehow) to embrace very different styles. Yet one thing constant in his work is quality. Whether he sings jazz rock or his signature hard and heavy, his music is always great and unpredictable.

While Deep Purple was in the middle of "House of Blue Light" concert tours, settling their ongoing internal battles and routine studio recordings, Gilland and Glover decided to take a little time off and head back to the studio. The material they had in mind was a huge step aside... As it was nothing that could ever fit the shoes of musical style of Deep Purple. The child that was born accidentaly on purpose showed another leap in their collaborative musical talent. The album that featured a very different side of Ian Gillan and Roger Glover.

Better? Worse? Different. If you expect to hear heavy riffs and Gillan's signature screaming, don't buy this album. Go get "Toolbox" or some of Purple's early albums. If however you are more open-minded to a very professionaly done, artistic and diverse music, you're probably in the right place. "Accidentally on purpose" features rhythm'n'blues, rock'n'roll, funk and jazz rock and of course reveals the soft side of Gillan's voice.

"Clouds and rain", "She took my breath away" are very nice and soft, "Lonely Avenue" is back into 50's-60's... "Can't believe you wanna leave" and "Via Miami" are Elvis-style rock and roll. "Evil eye" and "Telephone box" are more jazzy... Oh, of course, there is a country song: "I thought no"... Well, even with this album they couldn't stay far from hard rock. Probably the only heavy and intense track on the album is "I can't dance to that".

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A fun record, February 17, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Accidentally on Purpose (Audio CD)

This is a really fun record with a lot of very good material on it. Its obvious that Ian and Roger had a great time making this record.

The sound is much richer than you might expect from what is essentially a homemade recording. Just don't expect it to sound anything like Deep Purple or even like a typical Gillan solo album. This is a much looser off-the-cuff affair covering several different musical styles.

Glover's vocal spotlight on "She Took My Breath Away" is nothing special, but "Clouds and Rain", "Evil Eye", and "Telephone Box" rank with the best of Gillan's solo work. Definitely worthwhile for fans of Ian Gillan.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Only wife-friendly Purple-orbit winner, May 17, 2010

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Guyren G. Howe "Gisborne" (San DIego CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Accidentally on Purpose (Audio CD)

I love everything Gillan does. Just thought I'd mention that my wife... doesn't. But she *loves* this album. It's a great album for parties if you want to put on something that everyone will think is okay, quite a few people will really like, and which will surprise anyone who isn't familiar with it. The metal-heads will be surprised it is Gillan. The people who listen to Coldplay will be surprised it's "the guy from Deep Purple" and the folks into opera and musicals will be surprised it's "the guy from Jesus Christ Superstar".