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Track Listings
| 1. Any Fule Kno That |
| 2. Almost Human |
| 3. Don'T Make Me Happy |
| 4. Seventh Heaven |
| 5. Watching The Sky |
| 6. Fingers To The Bone |
| 7. Jack Ruby |
| 8. She Was |
| 9. Whatsername |
| 10. '69 |
| 11. Evil Louie |
| 12. Bludsucker |
Product Description
Amazon.co.uk Review
With Abandon, Deep Purple sound closer to the hard-riffing blues-rock of their classic 1970 release In Rock than to any other of their albums. Nevertheless, an attempt has been made to update that sound for the 1990s. Mostly, this is due to guitarist Steve Morse, formerly of the Dixie Dregs, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore and first featured on Purpendicular. He has a style common to most second-generation hard rock guitarists--bitingly tight and aggressive, but lacking character or originality and little of Blackmore's soulfulness. Considering that four-fifths of this band are the same as on the classic Machine Head the songwriting is lazy, with very little structure to the tunes, nearly all of which fade out gradually on a tide of relatively aimless jamming rather than coming to a definite end. The most obvious exception to this is "Fingers To The Bone", which is mostly keyboard-dominated and works well by comparison. This is not a disastrous album, but one that will only be appreciated by committed fans. Look elsewhere for prime Deep Purple. --James Swift
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DEEP PURPLE Abandon (1998 Dutch pressed UK issue 12-track picture CD featuring Steve Morse on guitar. Includes the single Any Fule Kno That. Complete with picture sleeve)
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I am gobsmacked at the earlier reviews of this album.I bought Abandon when it was released and in the last four years I have played it more times than any other Purple album. In my opinion it rates with any of the 70's albums due to the outstanding musicianship and songwriting quality.Seventh Heaven and Watching the Sky are timeless classics and outclass anything released in this genre in the last five years.Any Fule Know That, Almost Human, Jack Ruby,She Was,Whatshername, the updated Bludsucker , Evil Louie ,Don't Make Me Happy and Fingers To The Bone all have an infectious bluesy swagger that you just can't help singing to and Gillan and Glover's lyrics are back to their storytelling best.The album boasts a beautiful grunty low down and dirty Jon Lord Hammond Organ sound and Ian Paice's drumming along with Roger Glover's bass playing are super tight.Ian Gillan sings beautifully on this album as with Purpendicular and he is really world class on Watching The Sky and Seventh Heaven. Steve Morse adds his usual perfect performance and collectively I believe this is the best Purple album since Machine Head. After The Battle Rages On tour debacle I thought Deep Purple were goners but after this piece of class (at their age!)they will remain one of the greatest bands ever to grace the planet.
12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I avoided this album for quite a while due to poor reviews and the stigma of it's rapid bargain bin status, but having seen MK7 live I decided to give in and buy it (the price didn't hurt either). Maybe it's because I had such low expectations, but I really, really like this album. Yes it's not 70's Purple, yes it's not Blackmore, but if you wanted that then why not buy the old albums. Most of the criticisms of this album are just silly, but to say there is no structure or subtlety is just plain stupid! There are some beautifully subtle moments on this disc and the songs are well structured if nothing else. 'Fingers to the Bone' is a beautiful song with commercial potential (shame this wasn't a single). 'Don't Make Me Happy' is a great blues track that reminded me of Zeppelin, Gary Moore, & classic Purple. There are some great funky numbers in the mould of 'Ted the Mechanic' like 'Any Fule Know That' and 'Almost Human'. I love the sound of Jon Lords Hammond organ (and there's plenty of it on offer here), but it's the guitar work of Morse on 'Watching the Sky' and 'Seventh Heaven' that really stands out and help give this album it's own character. In fact most of the criticism of this album involves this not sounding like classic 70's Purple and Morse not being sulky old Blackmore, well all I can say is change the record! Purple haven't sounded like that since the 70's but at least this is the most innovative and interesting work they've done since then. So have an open mind, and give this album a try!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I got this album when it was first released and after a couple of listens I tucked it back into rack and forgot about it. Thank god for mp3 players! In a effort to 'fill' 40 gig I trawlled my collection for anything to load on and by accident whilst playing random tracks 'Fingers to the bone' popped up. I discovered it belonged to Abandon, I had quite forgotten all the tracks, so listened to the whole thing. It really is a stand out album and infectious after a couple of listens. It sounds like classic Purple but with a heavy edge than on post '84 reunion albums like House Of The Blue Light. It harks back to Machine Head in tone but Morse adds his own touch re-enliving the rest of the band. Fair enough it's not In Rock, Fireball or Machine Head, but if you enjoyed those give this a try. I love it after this re-discovery and note I probably overlooked this because Blackmore was not on it.... Revisit it's worth it.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Kinda sounds like modern rock
Adandon does not really sound like a Deep purple album it sounds more sort of like the ( alternative) rock album band like theory of a deadman would release it actually sounds a... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Cubby Kovu
Deep Purple - Abandon
If you come from more of a metal background or at least if you prefer Deep Purple's heavier side, then Abandon may well be the album you'll find the best the band have released... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gentlegiantprog
Mid-life Crisis ?
After the varied but measured collection of songs on Perpendicular, Abandon is a rather odd excursion into much more aggressive metal. Read more
Published 14 months ago by Stalker
Abandon hope all ye who enter here
No question about it, Deep Purple used this album to show that even without Ritchie Blackmore they could still produce the hard-rock goods. But they couldn't. Read more
Published on 4 May 2009 by Patrick Neylan
CAN'T BELIEVE THEY DID THIS AFTER THE EXCELLENT PERPENDICULA
After hearing the brilliant Perpendicular album and the diversity of that album trying out new ideas and new sounds with the new Steve Morse it was brilliant much better than... Read more
Published on 1 Oct 2003 by Marc Davis
Close to disapointment
Coming from a DP fan, I feel quite sad. I had the same feeling with Purpendicular, but it came to grow on me. But Abandon didn't. Read more
Published on 29 Aug 2003 by "jpentzgr"
Puple Power
Ok lets put things in perspective. It aint 1970...fact. Blackmore aint on this album...fact, Steve Morse is, and the albums content reflects that. Read more
Published on 11 Feb 2003 by A puple lover
This just isn't good
This CD is nothing like any other Deep Purple CD or music I've heard, it is completely different from the normal sound of Deep Purple. Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2002 by Richard (hghghjdf@hotmail.com)
Not as good as its predecessor.
This album seems a bit like warmed over rock music. I thought that this album would be great if not greater than its predecessor Purpendicular. Read more
Published on 3 May 2001 by johnny@ozzrealmmail.zzn.com
One star for effort!
No stars for content! If we needed any reminder why Deep Purple without Ritchie Blackmore just isn't Deep Purple then this is it. Read more
Published on 11 Dec 2000
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