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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is the third and last album made by the first lineup of DP rather than the better-known Mk2. The first two were somewhat uneven and contained several cover songs per album (not all of which can be considered successes), but the band's performance starts to come together in this one (great guitar and keyboard work by Blackmore and Lord) and most of the material is written by DP.
The style is quite different from their later albums - it's not exclusively hard rock. I consider this a good thing as its variety makes it quite interesting, but people used to the heavier sound of, say, "In Rock" may be slightly disappointed at first.
The only slight let-down for me is the cover song "Lalena" which seems a bit out-of-place; and it must be said that not all of the bonus tracks are entirely up to the standards of the "main" album (both in sound quality and song material) - but that's to be expected. Still, the extra live version of "The Painter" is excellent (as is the studio version).
For me, this is up there with "Fireball" and "Machine Head" as one of my favourite DP albums. Definitely worth checking out.
The CD is accompanied by a very nice booklet.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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This their 1969 untitled 3rd album with Bosch's famous painting on the cover is a true late sixties gem. Loaded with plenty of psychedelic/hard rock while still holding on to their signature sound of baroque and medieval melodies. This also end's the trilogy of albums from mark I Deep Purple and if you are looking for heavy metal it's not here, but if you like progressive art rock then you will enjoy this recording and their first two albums as well.
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This album is a little bit more heavy rock like and the guitar is playing a bigger role in this album at least equal to the Keys, the drumming is a bit more intense, this is the album that has many hints as to what the next album would be like, it is still ver much in the vain of crazy 60's Rock but like the older albums it is just as enjoyable and has long instrumentally sections on the keys and things, there interesting seems to be less prominent bass guitar and even some VERY obvious classical music influences on it which all in all makes for a very enjoyable listen.
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Worth a listen
As good as the vinyl original benefitting from a bit of remastering although they should have left out the "extras".
Published on 22 Aug 2009 by R. Harris
Fault lines among the pearls
Deep Purple's third album brings a close to their first incarnation. While this line-up isn't as highly-regarded as the one that follows, it still impresses. Read more
Published on 22 Oct 2007 by D. J. H. Thorn
They don't make em' like this anymore
Part of the DP re-issues this is a worthwhile listen with an even better read (the booklet is so good). Read more
Published on 1 July 2000 by W. Mason
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