Mask (Roger Glover album)

Mask is a solo album by the Deep Purple bass guitarist Roger Glover. It was released in June 1984, in Europe by 21 Records/Polydor. It was promoted with two music videos. It has been reissued on CD twice in the UK, in 1993 (Connoisseur Collection, b/w "Elements") and in 2005 (Cherry Red/Lemon). Neither has bonus material.

Track listing
All songs written by Roger Glover, except where noted.
 * One Side
 * 1) "Divided World" - 5:12
 * 2) "Getting Stranger" - 4:07
 * 3) "The Mask" (Roger Glover, Jean Roussel) - 7:32
 * 4) "Fake It" - 4:42


 * Another Side
 * 1) "Dancin' Again" (Roger Glover, Dave Gellis) - 3:30
 * 2) "(You're) So Remote" - 4:46
 * 3) "Hip Level" (Roger Glover, Chuck Burgi, Dave Gellis) - 7:19
 * 4) "Don't Look Down" - 3:41


 * Audio cassette bonus track
 * 1) "Unnatural" - originally as track no. 8 on side B

Musicians

 * Roger Glover — lead vocals, bass (all tracks) ; percussion (tracks 3-5, 7), synthesizer (tracks 4, 6, 7) , Ovation acoustic guitar (track 2) , timbales (track 4) , piano (track 5)
 * Craig Brooks — backing vocals (tracks 1, 3-5, 7, 8)
 * Kate McGarrigle — backing vocals (track 6)
 * Denise Brooks — backing vocals (track 8)
 * Kim Romano — backing vocals (track 8)
 * Charlie DeChant — saxophone (tracks 5-7)
 * Dave Gellis — guitar (all tracks)
 * Joe Jammer — guitar (tracks 2, 3, 8)
 * David Rosenthal — keyboards (track 1-3, 6, 8)
 * Jean Roussel — synthesizer (tracks 2, 3, 8)
 * Chuck Burgi — drums (all tracks)
 * Mark Conese — electronic drums (track 3)
 * Nick Blagona — percussion, dub (track 6)

Production notes

 * Engineered by Nick Blagona
 * Additional engineering by Jeffrey Kawalek and Mike Barry
 * Mixed by Roger Glover and Nick Blagona
 * Mastered at Sterling Sound by Greg Calbi

Singles

 * 1) "The Mask" / "Don't Look Down" US #102, Rock Tracks #20
 * 2) "The Mask" (12" Remix) / "Fake It"
 * 3) "The Mask" / "You're So Remote"
 * 4) "Divided World" / "Dancin' Again"