Burn (Deep Purple album)

Burn is the eighth studio album by English rock band Deep Purple, released on 15 February 1974. It was the first album to feature then-unknown lead singer David Coverdale. The group's Mark III line-up, of which this was the recording debut, included Coverdale, Glenn Hughes (joining from Trapeze) on bass and vocals, Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, Jon Lord on keyboards, and Ian Paice on drums.

Burn mostly consists of hard rock in a similar vein to that of the group's preceding albums, particularly Machine Head, but there was an additional element of blues and for the first time a strain of funk rock, which would become more prominent in the later albums of the Mark III–IV era.

The album has received favorable reviews and accolades, but some did not favour the record shortly after its release. Burn charted in 13 countries, with the record peaking at number 3 in the group's native UK, also at number 9 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and the tour supporting the album was a success. Internal tensions following the tour and their next album would result Blackmore departing in early 1975. Burn received a reissue in 2004, featuring remastered and remixed versions along with a track that was previously unreleased.