- rock, hard rock, heavy metal
- 51 min
- 10 tracks
- Polydor
The House of Blue Light is the twelfth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 12 January 1987 by Polydor Records. It was the second recording by the reformed Mark II line-up, and the sixth studio album overall by this formation of the band.
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Character
Grave, classical in form, spare and earnest.
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
- Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal10/10
- Kerrang!4.5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone(favourable)
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Tracks
- 1Bad Attitude5:04
- 2The Unwritten Law4:54
- 3Call of the Wild4:48
- 4Mad Dog4:36
- 5Black & White4:39
- 6Hard Lovin’ Woman3:25
- 7The Spanish Archer5:32
- 8Strangeways7:35
- 9Mitzi Dupree5:05
- 10Dead or Alive4:60
10 tracks, 51 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Deep Purple
- Label
- Polydor
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- DE
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