Nobody's Perfect (Deep Purple album)

Nobody's Perfect

Cover design by Hipgnosis
Live album by Deep Purple
Released June 1988
Recorded 23 May 1987 – 26 February 1988
Genre Hard rock
Length 92:37 (1999 2CD edition)
84:53 (1988 2LP edition)
74:00 (1988 CD)
Label Polydor (UK)
Mercury (US)
Producer Roger Glover & Deep Purple
Deep Purple live albums chronology
Live in London
(1982)
Nobody's Perfect
(1988)
Scandinavian Nights
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Nobody's Perfect is a live album released in 1988 by Deep Purple. It was recorded during The House of Blue Light tour in 1987 in Europe and the US. The outer sleeve photography was designed by Aubrey Powell of Hipgnosis.

Track transitions are marked by fades. It also contains a new studio (Live Jam) version of "Hush" to commemorate their 20th anniversary. "Black Night" was also re-recorded but never released. "Hard Lovin' Woman" includes parts of "Under the Gun" during Blackmore's guitar solo. "Strange Kind of Woman" includes the "Superstar" chorus from Jesus Christ Superstar. "Woman from Tokyo" changes into "Everyday" (Buddy Holly) halfway through. The album represented Deep Purple's setlist at the time, which consisted much of the typical Made in Japan set, combined with newer material from the 1984 reunion album Perfect Strangers and The House of Blue Light. Songs such as "The Unwritten Law" and "Difficult to Cure" (which included an extended-riff from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, 4th Movement) were played every night on the tour, but were not included on this album.

Track listing

All tracks written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice, except where noted. 

Disc one
No.TitleRecorded atLength
1."Highway Star"  Irvine Meadows, California on 23 May 19876:10
2."Strange Kind of Woman"  Irvine Meadows, California on 23 May 19877:34
3."Dead or Alive" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover)Milan, Italy on 4 September 19877:05
4."Perfect Strangers" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover)Irvine Meadows, California on 23 May 19876:25
5."Hard Lovin' Woman" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover)Oslo, Norway on 22 August 19875:03
6."Bad Attitude" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord)Phoenix, Arizona on 30 May 19875:30
7."Knocking at Your Back Door" (Blackmore, Gillan, Glover)Phoenix, Arizona on 30 May 198711:24
Disc two
No.TitleRecorded atLength
1."Child in Time"  Phoenix, Arizona on 30 May 1987 and Oslo, Norway on 22 August 198710:36
2."Lazy"  Phoenix, Arizona on 30 May 19875:10
3."Space Truckin'"  Oslo, Norway on 22 August 19876:03
4."Black Night"  Verona, Italy on 6 September 1987 and Oslo, Norway on 22 August 19876:06
5."Woman from Tokyo"  Irvine Meadows, California on 23 May 19874:00
6."Smoke on the Water"  Oslo, Norway on 22 August 19877:46
7."Hush" (Joe South)Live Jam at Hook End Manor on 26 February 19883:32

Some of the tracks are not necessarily included in every existing edition of the album. The original 1988 2LP release has 13 tracks, omitting "Dead or Alive". The 1988 cassette version includes "Dead or Alive", but omits "Bad Attitude". First 1-disc CD edition from 1988 consists of just 11 tracks, leaving out both of these and also "Space Truckin'". Finally, all the indicated tracks were included on the 1999 2CD remaster.

Personnel

Production notes

Charts

Album
Year Chart Position
1988 Norway 5
Sweden 5
Germany 13
Austria 16
Switzerland 16
United Kingdom 38
Netherlands 44
USA (Billboard 200[2]) 105

Singles
Year Title Chart Position
1988 "Hush" UK Singles Chart[3] 62

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Nobody's Perfect - Deep Purple | AllMusic". allmusic.com. Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  2. "Billboard album chart history-Deep Purple". Retrieved 26 January 2014.
  3. "Albums". Black Country Communion. Official Chart Company. Retrieved 21 September 2012.
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