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Note: Several tracks on the LP and cassette versions are shorter than those on the original CD released in 1987. Two promotional videos to the songs "Bad Attitude" and "Call of the Wild" were produced, both of which feature members of the band. 34 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and reached the top 10 in six other countries. We discovered that people didn't want us to do that." ĭespite the band's concerns, House of Blue Light sold well. We made the massive mistake of trying to make our music current. It’s like 11 superstars that are playing on the same field but are not connected by the heart or by the spirit." Guitarist Ritchie Blackmore has said much of it was re-recorded, and confessed, "I think I played like shit on it, and I don't think anyone else really got that into it." Added organist Jon Lord, " House of Blue Light was a weird album and hard to put together. I can see or hear five professionals doing their best, but it’s like a football team, it’s not functioning. Gillan has remarked on how strained relations within the band compromised the album: "I look back at House Of Blue Light, there are some good songs on that record, but there’s something missing in the overall album. The album's creation was an exceedingly long and difficult process, which singer Ian Gillan compared to the recording of Who Do We Think We Are in Rome. 3.2 Vinyl, cassette and 1999 CD edition.
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