If Life Was Easy is the fifth solo album by Deep Purple's bass player Roger Glover released by earMusic/edel on July 11, 2011. The album was recorded in 2007, but for personal reasons, it was not released until 2011. Like its predecessor, Snapshot (2002), it features The Guilty Party which includes Randall Bramblett and Gillian Glover. Guest appearances are from Nazareth's Dan McCafferty and Pete Agnew as well as Walther Gallay and Sahaj Ticotin.
Track list Written By Roger Glover, except noted "Don't Look Now (Everything Has Changed)" (Roger Glover/Randall Bramblett) "The Dream I Had" "Moonlight" "The Car Won't Start" "Box of Tricks" "Stand Together" (Glover/Bramblett) "If Life Was Easy" "Welcome To The Moon" "Set Your Imagination Free" (Glover/Gillian Glover) "When Life Gets to the Bone" "When The Day Is Done" "Get Away (Can't Let You)" (Glover/Glover) "Staring Into Space" "The Ghost Of Your Smile" "Cruel World" "Feel Like a King"
Personnel Roger Glover – bass, vocals, baglama, guitar, piano, programming, percussion, harmonica, synthesizer Randall Bramblett – vocals, keyboards, saxophone Joe Bonadio – drums, percussion, electric drill Oz Noy – guitars Harvey Jones – synthesizers Eliot Denenberg – drums, guitar atmosphere Joe Mennonna – horns, horn arrangement Nick Moroch – guitar Dan McCafferty – vocals Pete Agnew – vocals Gillian Glover – vocals Walther Gallay – vocals Mickey Lee Soule – vocals Sahaj Ticotin – vocals Sim Jones – strings, string arrangement Don Airey – pianet
Production notes Produced by Roger Glover and Peter Denenberg. Pre-production recording by Roger Glover. Recorded and mixed by Peter Denenberg at Acme Studios, Mamaroneck, New York. Assisted by Jonathan Jetter and Michael Messier. Cover art: front photograph by Roger Glover, finessed by Travis Porter, portrait by Myriam Freitag.
References
External links Roger-Glover.com