Deepest Purple - Deep Purple > Reviews > Essential Deep Purple

Author's product rating:   

Originality	Groundbreaking
Lyrics	Thought-provoking
Quality and consistency of tracks	A couple of weak links
How does it compare to the artist's other releases	Good
Value for Money	Good

Advantages:	Contains well loved, classic, Purple tracks
Disadvantages:	There are a couple of songs not to my personal taste

Recommend to potential buyers:

yes

Full review

Deep Purple were one of the first heavy metal bands and this greatest hits album shows some of their evolution from a softer more ballad-like sound to some seriously rocking heavy tracks. No one who enjoys hard rock could be without some Deep Purple. Singers David Coverdale (who went on to form White Snake) and Ian Gillan (whose band was called Gillan) went on to have enormously successful careers after leaving Purple, yet they will always be best respected for their work while members of this influential band. Probably the most easily recognised guitare riff in rock history is that of Smoke On the Water, an all-time favourite track for many fans of the genre. This album is definately one for your collection if you are new to Deep Purple. It is a real piece of rock history. The tracks, other than Smoke On the Water are : Black Night (great bass), Speed King (about driving cars fast - but remember, this could be dangerous and illegal); Fireball (full of energy); Strange Kind of Woman (sounds great, but dodgy in that it refers to a woman of the night, and yet the singer is declaring his sincere love for her so it is sweet in a way - and then she dies before they can get married); Child In Time (a slow melodic ballad); Woman from Tokyo (I think they are called geishas); Highway Star (another one about fast driving I'm afraid, but it is a brilliant rock song that you find it hard not to join in at the chorus) ; Space Truckin (I always skip this one); Burn (absoutely excellent classic);Stormbringer (likewise); and lastly Demons Eye (great stuff too).