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Deep Purple · 1984 · Studio album

Perfect Strangers tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. 1 of 8 songs are tuned differently.

Perfect Strangers album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.

MeasuredFrom tabs

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 8 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD, Polydor 823 777-2 (West Germany, 1984)+1.8 ¢A 440.58−0.4 to +2.2 ¢High
 Offset from concert pitch (A 440). Spread: the middle half of the songs, when four or more share the album's pitch. Confidence: how well the notes agree with one grid.

Before we measured, sources said: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).

The classic line-up's reunion, recorded in Stowe, Vermont, in the summer of 1984. E Standard throughout, and TuneLit's check from the audio agrees with E on every song it could judge. The original Polydor CD, made in West Germany, sits at concert pitch (+2 ¢); Mean Streak reads about 7 ¢ flat. That CD adds a ninth song, Not Responsible, also on the cassette; the list follows the eight-song LP.

8 songs · 1 tuned differently

Every song, ready to tune

Tune opens the tuner in that song's tuning, pitch included. Play along opens the song player set to that tuning, so the track plays in yours. What the labels mean

  1. 1. Knocking at Your Back Door

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    The comeback's opening track, released as a single in the US. At concert pitch on this CD.

  2. 2. Under the Gun

    E StandardMeasured

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  3. 3. Nobody's Home

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  4. 4. Mean Streak

    Different pitch

    E Standard −7 ¢Measured

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    Notes

    About 7 ¢ flat on this CD.

    Ritchie Blackmore back in standard tuning for the reunion: every tab of the album (Songsterr) has the guitar and Roger Glover's bass in E Standard. TuneLit measured this song on its own about 7 ¢ flat (A ≈ 438.1), 9 ¢ below the album value.

  5. 5. Perfect Strangers

    E StandardMeasured

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    Notes

    The title track, without a guitar solo, and Blackmore's favourite Deep Purple song by his own account. At concert pitch.

  6. 6. A Gypsy's Kiss

    E StandardMeasured

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  7. 7. Wasted Sunsets

    E StandardMeasured

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  8. 8. Hungry Daze

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

What the labels mean

Measured
TuneLit measured the pitch on an original CD or LP. The tuning name still comes from the sources.
Official
The band, a member, their producer or their guitar tech said it.
Widely reported
Trusted outlets, guides and tabs agree, but the band did not say it directly.
From tabs
From community tabs, or from players who tune along with the record.
Disputed
Sources disagree. The likeliest setting is shown; the notes name the other one.

Each song shows one label, the strongest it has, in this order. How we measure recordings →

Questions

What tuning is Perfect Strangers in?

Deep Purple recorded Perfect Strangers (1984) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Mean Streak uses E Standard −7 ¢.