BUT I FEEL
I'M GROWING OLDER
AND THE SONGS
THAT I HAVE SUNG
ECHO IN THE DISTANCE
LIKE THE SOUND
OF A WINDMILL
GOING AROUND
I GUESS I'LL ALWAYS BE
A SOLDIER OF FORTUNE
Stormbringer
is the ninth
studio album
by
English Rock band
released in
November 1974.
It was the band's
second studio album
to feature the
Mk III lineup
including vocalist
David Coverdale
and
bassist/vocalist
Glenn Hughes.
Album Cover and Title
The cover image of
Stormbringer
is based on a photo.
On 8 July 1927
a tornado near
the town of
Jasper, Minnesota,
was photographed by
Lucille Handberg.
Her photograph has become
a classic image,
and was used and edited
for the album's cover.
The same photograph was used
for Miles Davis' album
Bitches Brew
in 1970
and
Siouxsie and the Banshees'
album
Tinderbox in 1986.
Stormbringer
is the name of the second
Elric of Melniboné novel
by Michael Moorcock.
It is the name of a
magical sword
described in many novels
and comics by
Moorcock
and others which
enjoyed enormous success
in the 1960s and '70s.
David Coverdale
has denied knowledge
of this until shortly
after recording the album.
In an interview with
Charles Shaar Murray
in the New Musical Express
he claimed that the name
was from mythology.
A few years later,
Moorcock collaborated with
Blue Öyster Cult to write
"Black Blade",
a song that
actually was about
the sword Stormbringer.
According to
Glenn Hughes,
the slurred gibberish
that is spoken by
Coverdale at the beginning
of the title track
just prior to the first verse
is the same
backwards dialogue
that Linda Blair's character
utters in the film
The Exorcist,
when she is questioned
by the priest.
Guitarist
Ritchie Blackmore
left
Deep Purple
following
Stormbringer
and its subsequent tour,
publicly citing his dislike
for the funky direction
the band was taking.
Glenn Hughes
nevertheless
praises the album
and Blackmore's
contributions:
"People who listen to
Stormbringer,
please listen...
Ritchie Blackmore
is damn funky,
whether he likes it or not.
He played
wonderfully on the album."
TRACKLIST
Love Don't Mean A Thing
Holy Man
Hold On
Lady Double Dealer
You Can't Do It Right
High Ball Shooter
The Gypsy
Soldier Of Fortune
Holy Man
[Glenn Hughes Remix]
You Can't Do It Right
[Glenn Hughes Remix]
Love Don't Mean A Thing
[Glenn Hughes Remix]
Hold On
[Glenn Hughes Remix]
High Ball Shooter
[Instrumental]
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