Us fans, have a most peculiar favourite pastime — telling the band what to do, what not to do, which songs to play, and which not. In particular, every Tom, Jane and Joe know best what the ideal setlist should be, y’know, the one that “surely pleases everybody”.

Despite the fact that the band repeatedly stated that they will not listen to any outside opinions and will choose the songs to play on the upcoming tour that will feel right to themselves, if we don’t voice our opinion, they won’t have much not to listen to, right?

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The new Deep Purple album inFinite has achieved top position in the German album charts for the week of April 7-14. It follows on the success of Now what?!, which also got to number 1 upon its release. This is the eighth number 1 Deep Purple album in the country, and the last time two consecutive studio releases went both to number 1 spot was in 1972, when Machine Head followed Fireball.

Congratulations to everybody involved.

We are summarizing inFinite chart positions around the world elsewhere.

Thanks to Fabian Sterlzig, Georgi Zbirchev, Nigel Young, Claus, and Giorgi for the info.

German brick-and-mortar and online retailer Saturs carries a version of the new album that is exclusive to the chain. It contains two bonus tracks — live versions of Smoke on the Water and Black Night recorded during the Now What?! tour. Bar code number for this item is 4029759119340, while the store SKU number is 2229044. It appears that online orders can only be shipped to an address in Germany.
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Ian Paice and Roger Glover will appear on Radio Bob! in Germany tomorrow, April 16 between 10 am and noon CEDT. Said radio also broadcasts online worldwide (albeit it is not clear how much of the show will be understandable to non-speakers of German).

Check out their utterly hilarious Jug band performance.
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A dance performance, set to the music of Deep Purple is being staged in New York. Titled Fire in the Sky, this is a brainchild of choreographer Pascal Rioult:

The new work [Fire in the Sky], my first rock and roll piece, is set to the music of Deep Purple. This is the music that I danced to in the 70s in clubs, music that I really loved. The journey to becoming a professional dancer and choreographer and artistic director really started in those clubs.

Fire in the Sky is a life’s work in dance. A nostalgic homage to the whimsy of youth, Fire in the Skye calls a life lived in constant motion. Set to Deep Purple’s dynamic songs “Smoke on the Water” (1973), “Child in Time,” (1970), “Lazy,” (1972), and “Highway Star” (1972), the new performancecaptures the spirit of an artist fully realizing his craft.

You can check out the video announcement.

The performance will run at the Joyce Theater in New York City daily between Wednesday, May 31, and Sunday, June 4. Tickets can be booked via the theater’s website.

Thanks to Nigel Young and BWW Dance World for the info.

On Thursday, April 13th, there will be a one hour radio special on the new Deep Purple album inFinite with interviews with Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Ian Paice, and Don Airey, plus several tracks from the album. The show is on the air between 9 and 12 pm with the Deep Purple special in part two. It will broadcast on GTFM in South Wales, BCFM in Bristol, and online at Rock Radio UK.

[Update Apr 15] The show did not contain live interviews, but rather prerecorded comments from the band that were distributed by the record company and you may have heard elsewhere.

Listen to the show (Purple segment starts about 5 minues in)

Thanks to Andy Fox and Nigel Young for the info.

It is next to impossible to perform Lazy without Hammond. Or some other kind of keyboards. Right? Right?…
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Attention: this article is being continuously updated with new information.

Tell us how inFinite is doing in your part of the world (preferably with prooflinks for confirmed chart positions). This post serves as an inFinite clearing house for chart positions and will be updated regularly.

The album was released worldwide on April 7, 2017.

Chart positions summary

Countries are sorted by the highest position in the most senior chart for which we have data.

Germany

• Offizielle Deutsche Album-Charts: #1 (Apr 14), #5 (Apr 21), #4 (Apr 28), #8 (May 5), #11 (May 12)
• Midweek Album Top 100: #1 (Apr 7-13), #7 (Apr 14-20), #5 (Apr 21-27), #12 (Apr 28-May 4), #13 (May 5-11)
• Media Control Top Albums: #2 with 60.1% of #1 (week 15), #7 with 35.6% (week 16), #7 with 35.7% (week 17), #12 with 23.6% (week 18), #15 with 8.5% (week 19)
• Download Albums: #4 (Apr 14), #4 (mid-week of Apr 14-20), #4 (Apr 21), #9 (Apr 28), #22 (May 5), #24 (May 12)
• Vinyl Top 20 (monthly): #1 (April)
• Metal Rock Charts: #27 (week 16), #15 (wk 17), #8 (wk 18), #1 (wk 19), #5 (wk 20)
• iTunes daily chart : #3 (Apr 7), 25 days in top 100 (as of May 1)
• iTunes Top 100 Albums: #16 (20 April 2017, 10:28 am)

Switzerland

• Schweizer Hitparade Top 100: #1 (Apr 16, sales for Apr 7-13), #8 (Apr 23), #8 (Apr 30), #11 (May 7)
• Charts Romandie Top 50: #1 (Apr 16), #5 (Apr 23), #5 (Apr 30), #7 (May 7)
• iTunes Top 100 Albums: #12 (20 April 2017, 10:35 am)

Czech Republic

• CZ Albums Top 100: #38 (week 14), #2 (wk 15), #5 (wk 16), #6 (wk 17), #6 (wk 18), #13 (wk 19)
• CZ Digital Albums Top 100: #16 (week 14), #7 (week 15)

Poland

• Top 50 Albums: #4 (Apr 7-13), #2 (Apr 14-20), #8 (Apr 21-May 5)
• iTunes Top 100 Albums: #2 (20 April 2017, 9:40 am)

Italy

• Top Of The Music album chart: #3 (week of Apr 7-13), #8 (Apr 14-20), #11 (Apr 21-27), #15 (Apr 28-May 5), #28 (May 5-11)
• Vinyl albums: #2 (Apr 7-13), #2 (Apr 14-20), #6 (Apr 21-27), #4 (Apr 28-May 5), #11 (May 5-11)
• iTunes daily chart : #5 (Apr 7), 21 days in top 100 (as of May 1)
• iTunes Top 100 Albums: #31 (20 April 2017, 10:00 am)

Norway

• Topp 40 Album: #3 (week 15 of 2017), #27 (wk 16), #32 (wk 17)
• iTunes Top 100 Albums: #6 (20 April 2017, 10:32 am)

Hungary

• Top 40 Albums, DVDs and compilations: #3 (Apr 7-13), #21 (Apr 14-20), #16 (Apr 21-27), #10 (Apr 28-May 4)

Finland

• Suomen virallinen lista – Albumit: #4 (week 15 of 2017), #15 (wk 16), #34 (wk 17), #40 (wk 18), #43 (wk 19)
• iTunes Top 100 Albums: #2 (20 April 2017, 10:22 am)

Austria

• Top 75 Albums: #4 (Apr 21, presumably sales for the week of Apr 7-14), #12 (Apr 28), #9 (May 5), #22 (May 13)
• iTunes Top 100 Albums: #38 (20 April 2017, 9:34 am)

Sweden

• Album Charts: #5 (week ending April 13), #27 (Apr 21), #39 (Apr 28), #59 (May 5)
• Physical Albums: #2 (Apr 13), #5 (Apr 21), #10 (Apr 28), #14 (May 5), #16 (May 12)
• Vinyl Albums top 10: #1 (Apr 13), #4 (Apr 21)
• Hard Rock Albums: #1 (Apr 13), #1 (Apr 21), #1 (Apr 28), #4 (May 5), #9 (May 12)

Belgium

• Wallonia Ultratop 200 (French): #5 (Apr 15), #9 (Apr 22), #9 (Apr 29), #14 (May 6), #27 (May 13)
• Flanders Ultratop 200 (Dutch): #7 (Apr 15), #10 (Apr 22), #11 (Apr 29), #29 (May 6), #41 (May 13)

Slovakia

• SK Albums Top 100: #8 (week 14 of 2017), #5 (week 15), #34 (week 16), #17 (wk 17), #32 (wk 18), #31 (wk 19)

UK

• Albums Top 100: #6 (Apr 14), #26 (Apr 21), #53 (Apr 28), #74 (May 5)
• Midweek Albums Top 100: #4 (Apr 10), #23 (Apr 17), #48 (Apr 24), #72 (May 1)
• Vinyl Albums Top 40: #2 (Apr 14), #9 (Apr 21)
• Physical Albums Top 100: #4 (Apr 14), #13 (Apr 21), #29 (Apr 28), #36 (May 5), #51 (May 12)
• Albums Sales Top 100 (excluding streaming): #5 (Apr 14), #18 (Apr 21), #35 (Apr 28), #44 (May 5), #63 (May 12)
• Album Downloads Top 100: #24 (Apr 14)
• Scottish Albums Top 100: #4 (Apr 14), #13 (Apr 21), #29 (Apr 28), #51 (May 5), #58 (May 12)
• Independent Albums Top 50: #1 (Apr 14), #1 (Apr 21), #7 (Apr 28), #10 (May 5), #22 (May 12)
• Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40: #1 (Apr 14), #1 (Apr 21), #3 (Apr 28), #4 (May 5), #6 (May 12)
• Record Store Top 40: #4 (Apr 14), #11 (Apr 21)
• iTunes daily chart: #17 (Apr 7), 9 days in top 100 (as of May 1)

Netherlands

• Album Charts: #6 (week ending Apr 15) — highest album position since Who Do We Think We Are, #45 (Apr 22), #52 (Apr 29), #87 (May 6)
• Vinyl top 33: #5 (Apr 15), #14 (Apr 22)

Spain

• Top 100 Albums: #10 (week 15, Apr 7-13), #16 (Apr 14-20), #32 (Apr 21-27), #52 (Apr 28-May 4)
• iTunes daily chart : #9 (Apr 7), 12 days in top 100 (as of May 1)
• iTunes Top 100 Albums: #45 (20 April 2017, 10:34 am)

Worldwide

• United World Chart: #11 with 55k “equivalent sales” (Apr 19)
• MusiCharts World Top 50 Albums: #4 with 90k sales (Apr 7-13), #15 with 42k sales (Apr 14-20), #18 with 35.2k sales (Apr 21-27)

Greece

• Top-75 Albums: #21 (week 15 of 2017), #12 (wk 16), #14 (wk 17)

Croatia

• Top 40 Foreign Albums: #13 (week 15), #15 (wk 16), #35 (wk 17)

France

• SNEP Top Albums: #15 (Apr 14), #45 (Apr 21), #59 (Apr 28), #82 (May 5), #118 (May 12)
• SNEP Physical Albums: #9 (Apr 14), #21 (Apr 21), #25 (Apr 28), #40 (May 5), #64 (May 12)
• Pure Chart Albums: #10 4,300 sales (Apr 14), #23 (Apr 21), #26 (Apr 28), #47 (May 5)
• iTunes daily chart : #26 (Apr 7), 13 days in top 100 (as of May 1)

Brazil

• Top 100 Albums: #18 (week 16 of 2017) — NB: dubious source
• iTunes daily chart : #4 (Apr 7), 10 days in top 100 (as of May 1)

Australia

• Top 50 Albums: #20 (Apr 16)
• iTunes daily chart : #35 (Apr 6 — sic!), 4 days in top 100 (as of May 1)

Portugal

• Albums Top 50: #20 (week 15 of 2017), #36 (week 16), #35 (week 17)

Denmark

• ALBUM TOP-40: n/a (week 15), n/a (week 16)
• VINYL TOP-40: #5 (week 15 of 2017), #16 (week 16)

Canada

• Billboard Canadian Albums: #49 (Apr 29, sales for the week of Apr 7-14)
• iTunes daily chart : #26 (Apr 7), 5 days in top 100 (as of May 1)

Ireland

• Top 100 Albums: #52 (week ending Apr 14)
• Independent Albums: #7 (Apr 14), #19 (Apr 21)

Japan

• Top Albums: #64 (Apr 17)
• Overseas Albums: #13 (week of Apr 3-9), #23 (Apr 10-16)
• Rock Albums: #16 (Apr 3-9)

USA

• Billboard 200: #105 (Apr 29, sales for the week of Apr 7-14)
• Billboard Top Current Albums (retail+streaming): #32 (Apr 29), #99 (May 6)
• Billboard Top Album Sales (retail): #32 (Apr 29)
• Billboard Rock Albums: #16 (Apr 29)
  Billboard Rock Album Sales: #8 (Apr 29), #17 (May 6), #46 (May 13)
• Billboard Hard Rock Albums: #6 (Apr 29)
• Billboard Hard Rock Album Sales: #4 (Apr 29), #6 (May 6), #7 (May 13), #17 (May 20)
• Billboard Independent Albums: #10 (Apr 29), #23 (May 6), #32 (May 13)
• Building Album Sales Chart: #32, sales index 6,335 (Apr 14)
• iTunes daily chart: #46 (Apr 7), 3 days in top 100 (as of May 1)

South Korea

• Album Chart: n/a (week 16) — narrowly outside top 100
• International Albums Chart: #12 (week 16), #63 with 111 sales (cumulative for April)

Thanks to Nigel Young, Akemi Ono, WhiteWater, Daniel, podzilla, kazz, DP Fan, Andrey Barabanshchikov, Rob de Vos, gatibogou, Mathieu, Juri Renko, Mirko, Fledermaus, Bjørn Sund, Yance, Fabian Sterlzig, Georgi Zbirchev, Denis Zuercher, RAY, Aris, and all others whom we forgot to mention — our apologies, for the info.

Team Rock has the new album track-by-track comments from Roger Glover:

Time For Bedlam

At the end of a jam that sounds promising, I’ll ask if anyone in the band has a working title for the song. Time For Bedlam was one of mine — it’s a fun play on words — and occasionally a working title will present itself as a proper title. It was even considered as an album title at one point, but we were talked out of it.

When we write the songs, we steep ourselves in the atmosphere of the song and try and figure out what it’s about. And this one sounded vicious. Especially the keyboard solo. It was bedlam.

Hip Boots

I don’t know how true it is, but years and years ago I heard that the origin of the word ‘hip’ comes from a southern American phrase that says, “you can bury me up to my knees in shit, but I’ve got my hip boots on.” And I’ve had this in the back of my brain for 20 years. It’s a song about freedom, and about being above it all.

I like that fact that it goes into 3/4 time. To me, that’s a real kicker.

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