The 20th of February 1973
Official U.K. Albums Chart results from Sunday the 18th to Saturday the 24th of February 1973
Cut-off for sales figures was up to the end of Saturday the 17th of February
Results counted from Sunday the 18th,
announced on Tuesday the 20th,
and broadcast on B.B.C. Radio 1 on Sunday the 25th of February 1973.
Deep Purple
Who Do We Think We Are
At No.4, on the “The Top 50 U.K. Albums Chart” on my 1st Birthday, is Deep Purple with “Who Do We Think We Are”.
By the time Deep Purple released this album,..
…they could barely function as humans, let alone as a cohesive rock band.
Such was their exhaustion after a tour which had lasted for a year and a half, the group was by now near collapse. Yet somehow they managed, due to non-relenting pressure from their management, to record this album before the classic Mark II line-up of Blackmore, Gillan, Glover, Lord and Paice disintegrated.
The album had landed in the U.K. Chart the previous week at No.13. This week would be its highest position.
From here it will spend one further week in the Top 10 before spending a solid month in the Top 20.Then, just like the band members themselves, it would start to fall away. Leaving for a short while after the 21st of April, before appearing for one final bow at the beginning of May with 11 total weeks secured on the chart.
I’ve created my own separate playlists for Sides 1 and 2 of this album with (I hope) the correct versions and the original track sequencing order for the U.K. release.
Side 1
Side 2
Many thanks go to the following YouTube Channels for providing the chance to hear this music once again.
Please show your appreciation by visiting their channel:
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the week of my 1st Birthday:
The Top 50 U.K. Singles Chart Playlist for the day I was born:
Grab Your Binoculars, Come Follow Me
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