Deep Purple

Deep Purple – Stormbringer – 1974 Wow, one year, two Deep Purple albums. I’ve said before that I think 1974 was a watershed year for rock music. The coalescence of so many ideas and pinnacle of concepts and conceits.In 1974 you could buy Burn and dig on the journey that Continue Reading

Deep Purple – Burn – 1974 Remember Machine Head? How great that record was? And then it was followed by the highly mediocre Who Do We Think We Are? Forget that. And forget Deep Purple as you might have known them. From jump street the addition of David Coverdale as Continue Reading

Deep Purple – Who Do We Think We Are! – 1973 WDWTWA starts off with that familiar classic rock radio staple, “Woman From Tokyo”. I always thought it was Skynrd or Foghat or someone. Could have been Kiss for all I knew. It’s not bad it’s just very generic. It’s Continue Reading

Deep Purple – Machine Head – 1972 Hey, what’s that sound? That driving metal with the rock n roll wail? It sounds so familiar. It’s…the theme to Rock Band 2! And it’s 40 years old. “Highway Star” is the track, Machine Head is the album, Deep Purple is the band. Continue Reading

Deep Purple – Fireball – 1971 This is great. This was what the band was leaning toward on In Rock. In fact, this is the logical progression from there. Building on the toughness of that album, Fireball, with just a few exceptions, is one strong beefcake of a record. With Continue Reading

Almost as though answering a salvo laid down a few months earlier by Iommi, Osbourne and crew, Deep Purple came out with this spin.Rod Evans is out as vocalist and Ian Gillan is in. In other words, from the moment you hear the first track, “Speed King” you realize, this Continue Reading

Deep Purple – Deep Purple – 1969 Deep Purple’s eponymous album comes a year after their debut AND sophomore records. And from the very first few seconds you can tell it’s a different affair entirely. “Chasing Shadows” is a drummer’s showcase and Ian Paice is up to the challenge. The Continue Reading

Deep Purple – The Book of Taliesyn – 1968 The first thing you notice when you drop the needle on Deep Purple’s sophomore offering is the edge. This is a darker album, but not murkier. It’s edgier, cutting, trippier by virtue of frenzy. Mirroring the landscape that was being mined Continue Reading