'Woman from Tokyo,' the first track recorded in July, is about touring Japan for the first time (e.g. Who Do We Think We Are was recorded in Rome in July 1972 and Walldorf near Frankfurt in October 1972, using the Rolling Stones Mobile Studio.
The album featured the energetic hard-rock single 'Woman from Tokyo,' a live staple of the band since the album's release. Although its production and the band's behaviour after its release showed the group in turmoil, with frontman Gillan remarking that 'we'd all had major illnesses' and felt considerable fatigue, the album was a commercial success. Musically, the record showed a move to a more blues-based sound, even featuring scat singing. It was Deep Purple's last album by the Mark II line-up with singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover until 1984’s Perfect Strangers. Who Do We Think We Are is the seventh studio album by the English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in 1973.
