Abandon - Deep Purple

I'm a big purple fan and have most of their modern albums. This is an average offering. I saw them on the tour before I bought the album. As usual the live performance blew me away with the mix of old stuff and new stuff although they should playmore new stuff, it's be better after development on stage like they used to do. Steve Morse has done a brilliant job of slotting into the line up. No one could ever replace Blackmore and so Morse hasn't tried to do this and plays with his own style and musicality which benefits the group as a whole. Purpendicular showed this brilliantly. Some of the songs from this album were incredible on stage and slightly ...  Read the complete review

Purple hasn't sound like a band in years, and the personal problems between Gillan and Blackmore didn't help the band sound. By adding Steve Morse, and removing Blackmore, Deep Purple woke up and picked up what they left a lot of years ago. Of course, this album is no Machine Head or In Rock, but is certainly better than most of the albums they made in the 80's and 90's. Steve Morse still have his own sound, and is fits perfectly in the Purple sound. The production of Roger Glover is still perfect, the sound of the whole album is real high quality. Too bad that the Purple is not getting any radio airplay. Any fule kno that and Don't make me happy are ...  Read the complete review