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Deep Purple - Deep Purple Audio CD

A fair review of the Deep Purple "Deep Purple" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Deep Purple reviews here, or go back to the Deep Purple tabs.

Band: Deep Purple
Title: Deep Purple
Rating:

Release Date: 2000-03-21
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Chasing Shadows - Deep Purple, Slackjaw 2: Blind - Deep Purple, Slackjaw 3: Lalena - Deep Purple, Slackjaw 4: Fault Line - Deep Purple, Slackjaw 5: Painter - Deep Purple, Slackjaw 6: Why Didn't Rosemary? - Deep Purple, Slackjaw 7: Bird Has Flown - Deep Purple, Slackjaw 8: April - Deep Purple, Slackjaw 9: Bird Has Flown [*] - Deep Purple 10: Emmaretta [*] - Deep Purple 11: Emmaretta [#][*] - Deep Purple 12: Lalena [#][*] - Deep Purple 13: Painter [#][*] - Deep Purple

The BEST ever offered from Deep Purple...
This album destroys all the others in shear originality and perfection as true magic was created during this recording, and even after repeatedly hearing this self-titled classic for years it still sounds fresh after every listen. I have listened to Deep Purple for a few years now, and after hearing almost all their offerings from the 60's, 70's, and even a little Perfect Strangers on occasion. I like a lot of the material with Ian Gillan, but honestly in my opinion Rod Taylor who later headed the amazing Captain Beyond, is just a much better and more accomplished vocalist and singer. Overall he just sounds better and Ritchie Blackmore's guitar shreds the ears open wide with his stunning solo's featured throughout the entire record. After hearing this again today and listening to it closely I wish the MK 1 lineup had made a couple more albums before calling it quits. The other annoying thing is that not many fans of Deep Purple seem to love this one, and that is a shame as it really features what DEEP PURPLE is meant to be, at least to me. Do yourself a favor if you don't own this immortal piece of classical music then buy it immediately and get ready for some musical ecstasy. .

yes, the masterpiece
I can sit here and talk about which songs are memorable, but I'd be beating a dead horse for doing so, since the entire disc features one excellent track after another. This is honestly a BRILLIANT studio album.

You have melodic tracks such as the heart-racing "Chasing Shadows" with an early Pink Floyd vibe, "Lalena" which is TRULY a haunting ballad (unlike all those other so-called "haunting ballads" from other bands, don't make me laugh, THIS is the real deal!) and "Blind", with EXCELLENT vocals.

The epic masterpiece of the album is a 12-minute track called "April", which starts out with a chilling guitar riff that builds into a theme and seems very heavenly for the most part, before the track moves in a very dated soundtrack direction for a few minutes (probably not a good idea since the halfway point of the track DOES sound like Leave it to Beaver or something) and finally the few minutes at the end brings back the Deep Purple you had at this point- a mix of hard rock, blues and already revealing their trademark sound even in the early stage of their career.

"The Painter" and "Why Didn't Rosemary" are blues tracks, with some great guitar soloing. Worth owning? YES! This is Deep Purple's best studio album next to Come Taste the Band and Fireball. The 80's and beyond were alright, but the early 70's and late 60's were a SPECIAL period for the band.

"Why Didn't Rosemary" get this the first time?
Ritchie Blackmore, John Lord, and Ian Paice were looking to move into heavier rock territory as well as explore a mixture of classical music with the combination of an orchestra and Purple on stage (Concerto For Group & Orchestra). Deep Purple's self-titled third release would bring an end to an amazing chapter of the band. Rod Evans (Vocals) and Nick Simper (Bass) would not be part of the most famous of Dee Purple line-ups called "Mark II. "

They still had the business at hand, to record one more record with the initial players. Coming off two tremendous efforts "Shades Of" and "Book Of Taliesyn" this wouldn't be the easiest of tasks.

Purple left no doubt from the opening track "Chasing Shadows" that the album would be off to a grandiose start. Between Evan's excellent vocal and the Blackmore guitar this was the perfect tune to begin the eight song journey (Not counting the bonus tracks).

"Blind" pays homage to the psychedelic vocals of years past. These aren't lyrics thrown together to help create rhymes. They are intense.

"Lalena" is the Donovan tune. Purple's interpretation is stellar. Never has the tune sounded so good as it does on the remaster. Jon Lord's keyboards put you in the recording studio.

"Fault Line" is Blackmore's time to shine. Between the excellent choice of notes and the effect on the guitar, it is an adventurous ride.

"The Painter" musically has the listener thinking of an updated "Hush. " The lyrics are deeper here and this one deserves to be repeated on the CD player.

"Why Didn't Rosemary" mixes some blues and fifties style rock and roll modernized for the Purple sounds of 69.

"Bird Has Flown" is an exploration to uncharted waters. It is one step closer to the longer improvisational sounds Purple would achieve next year. At almost twelve minutes make sure to hold on for the ride. "

"April" the ending and longest track on the album is haunting, brilliant, and Blackmore has passages that are mesmerizing. If his playing peaked here he would still be in the higher echelon of musicians. Each time we thought Ritchie couldn't raise the bar he would shatter it.

Make sure the CD has the five bonus tracks including the single "Emmaretta. "

Enjoy the music and be well,
Craig Fenton
Author of the Jefferson Airplane book "Take Me To A Circus Tent"
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Before Gillan
This is the third album by Purple and laid out pretty nicely too. I never thought they gave Rod Evans enough credit, but what can you do. The songs seem a little darker in this set, but still good. It's still textured with the 'Summer of Love' theme, at least I think so. My favorite track is actually a 12 minute take on spring 'April', the rest are good, not my favorite album by these guys and yes I like Gillan better and think 'In Rock' is their best album. Overall, it was worth the purchase, take a listen to the samples, you'll see what I mean.

Deep Purples Third Album

The band sound really tight (Always did/do anyway) and the music just flows along. It's an improvement over the first two records. But I still feel it's not as good as the Albums to follow, so I'll remain with three stars only.
This time there original songs sound better and ain't so overloaded with boreing hippie trippy music.
Still sounds out of time for todays standards (or even 69 standards as well) but they really got better on this 1969 album.
Songs that stand out Are April, Moody feeling kinda song, like a three song in one deal.
The first phase sounds like a soundtrack to some old western flick after that it gets kinda borning untill the end where it picks up a bit.
The Painter and Why didn't Rosemary sound good as well, along with a few others on the album.
You can tell Deep Purple really know how to play music. . . that's for sure.
The Bonus tracks are BBC Sessions and sound almost just like the album versions.
And the B-SIDE Emmaretta which is also a bonus song, is a pretty good track as well.
So i think this is a better album then the last two and it's well worth the Amazon listed price if your interested in picking something new up from the DEEP!!
I still can't give it anything more then a three compared to what comes next in there career.
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