Future Shock est le cinquième album du groupe. Il est sortit en 1981, et a atteint le n°2 des charts au Royaume-Uni.

Les musiciens :

- Ian Gillan, vocals
- Colin Towns, keyboards
- John McCoy, bass guitar
- Bernie Tormé, guitar
- Mick Underwood, drums

Les chansons :

- Future Shock (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
- Night Ride Out Of Phoenix (Gillan/Towns)
- (The Ballad Of) The Lucitania Express (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
- No Laughing In Heaven (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
- Sacre Bleu (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
- New Orleans (Guida/Royster)
- Bite The Bullet (Gillan/Towns)
- If I Sing Softly (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
- Don't Want The Truth (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
- For Your Dreams (Gillan/Towns)
- One For The Road (Gillan/Towns)
- Bad News (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Underwood)
- Take A Hold Of Yourself (Gillan/McCoy/Towns/Underwood)
- Mutually Assured Destruction (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
- The Maelstrom (Longer Than The A Side) (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé/Towns/Underwood)
- Trouble (Lieber/Stoller)
- Your Sister's On My List (Gillan/Towns)
- Handles On Her Hips (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
- Higher and Higher (Gillan/McCoy/Tormé)
- I Might As Well Go Home (Mystic ) (Gillan/Towns)

La chanson "Future Shock" est la chanson de l'album qui a connu le plus de succès.