Black Sabbath – Born Again – 1983 Well, here we are. Another Purple Sabbath crossover. Ex-Deep Purple lead singer Ian Gillan joined Black Sabbath for their most reviled album of their career. First off, from the beginning it sounds NOTHING like a Sabbath record. “Trashed”, the lead off song is Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Rainbow – Bent Out of Shape
Rainbow – Bent Out of Shape – 1983 (I couldn’t be more pleased to be done with Rainbow for a while…..) 1. Stranded – The radio friendliness continues. It’s not a good thing. It’s not a bad thing. If I had to choose, I would choose to listen to Martin Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Dio – Holy Diver
Dio – Holy Diver – 1982 Opening with “Stand Up and Shout” A shredtastic offering that uses all the things that I’ve come to adore in metal (exceptional energetic playing) and none of the things I don’t (fantasy mythology), Dio’s first solo record is a call to arms from the Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Whitesnake – Saints and Sinners
Whitesnake – Saints and Sinners – 1982 Okay, I admit it. This isn’t really fair. I’ve set a precedent with myself that the Listening Post series is a completion series. I’m supposed to listen to one band’s catalog from beginning to end and immerse myself in that chronology.The task I Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Rainbow – Straight Between the Eyes
Rainbow – Straight Between the Eyes – 1982 The first that struck me on Rainbow’s Straight Between the Eyes is that, while it’s very energetic and all, it’s not a very…cohesive record. The opener, “Death Valley Driver”, a cross between “Communication Breakdown” and “Radar Love” is marred by sloppy lead Continue Reading