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| 1. Highway Star |
| 2. Strange Kind Of Woman |
| 3. Perfect Strangers |
| 4. Hard Lovin' Woman |
| 5. Knocking At Your Back Door |
| 6. Child In Time |
| 7. Lazy |
| 8. Black Night |
| 9. Woman From Tokyo |
| 10. Smoke On The Water |
| 11. Hush |
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I had the double vinyl of this way back and really enjoyed it, but sold it when I went over to cd. When they released it initially on cd it was a single album with tracks cut out, I was gutted. Then praise be they reissued it as a double. I can't seee why it gets bad press, they are all steaming on this even though there may have been tensions. Gillian is having fun and joking with the crowd and Blackmore is his usual sullen, brilliant self. This is a great live cd with bags of energy and guts. Maybe Live in japan was a hard act to follow, but this chronicles a more mature band revisiting their great back catalogue and also throwing in some new stuff. If you liked the 2 reunion albums then this is also for you as well as die hard fans
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This album has been slagged off by Purple fans, Purple members, and even Polydor employees. Even given the ironic title, it's hard to see why this is the case. All I can surmise is that Made in Japan is iconic, and near-perfect, and people just won't allow it to be bettered. And, while that's understandable, it also obscures what is another near-perfect live lp!
That's not to say it's better than MiJ, of course. Even Strangers in the Night and Live & Dangerous are not actually superior to the Purple album, which was probably the first of its kind - hard rock live, and knocking spots off its studio counterparts. But there are tracks on Nobody's Perfect that arguably do exceed their brothers on Made in Japan.
Lazy, for instance, is sharper and fresher in this case. It's fast and breezy, and a complete gas. It also lacks the old intro, so Jon Lord himself may have decided that 'less was more' in 1987. Smoke on the Water also benefits from the more streamlined approach ('though I do miss the great organ solo). Child in Time I would class as on a par with the Made in Japan take; it has as much atmosphere, the rhythm section is inspired, Blackmore is having a blast, and the vocals are breathtaking.
Where MiJ wins hands down is on Highway Star, whose the sense of exhilaration is NOT recaptured on NP, on Strange Kind of Woman (MiJ's version is literally perfect), and on Space Truckin' - the newer version adds nothing to the Machine Head template.
But Nobody's Perfect still has a life of its own. The newer songs sound inspired, and played with the verve of a band hitting its second peak. Gillan had grown as a frontman, and his humour is infectious. Chris Welch at Metal Hammer certainly appreciated this album, awarding it 5 stars. I'm doing the same! The only fault I can find is that Woman from Tokyo, which ironically didn't make the setlist in the '70s, is truncated and a bit directionless here; such a great song deserves better. But that's almost a token criticism. This album is the business.
Oh, and the '88 take of Hush? It's brilliant, as is the chicken!
That's not to say it's better than MiJ, of course. Even Strangers in the Night and Live & Dangerous are not actually superior to the Purple album, which was probably the first of its kind - hard rock live, and knocking spots off its studio counterparts. But there are tracks on Nobody's Perfect that arguably do exceed their brothers on Made in Japan.
Lazy, for instance, is sharper and fresher in this case. It's fast and breezy, and a complete gas. It also lacks the old intro, so Jon Lord himself may have decided that 'less was more' in 1987. Smoke on the Water also benefits from the more streamlined approach ('though I do miss the great organ solo). Child in Time I would class as on a par with the Made in Japan take; it has as much atmosphere, the rhythm section is inspired, Blackmore is having a blast, and the vocals are breathtaking.
Where MiJ wins hands down is on Highway Star, whose the sense of exhilaration is NOT recaptured on NP, on Strange Kind of Woman (MiJ's version is literally perfect), and on Space Truckin' - the newer version adds nothing to the Machine Head template.
But Nobody's Perfect still has a life of its own. The newer songs sound inspired, and played with the verve of a band hitting its second peak. Gillan had grown as a frontman, and his humour is infectious. Chris Welch at Metal Hammer certainly appreciated this album, awarding it 5 stars. I'm doing the same! The only fault I can find is that Woman from Tokyo, which ironically didn't make the setlist in the '70s, is truncated and a bit directionless here; such a great song deserves better. But that's almost a token criticism. This album is the business.
Oh, and the '88 take of Hush? It's brilliant, as is the chicken!
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All good, I just didn't like the fades between songs. Could have done a better job of editing but this does not make it a disaster. Purple feels like they are having fun here.
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Deep Purple - Nobody's Perfect
Nobody's Perfect is a live album from Deep Purple, released in 1988 and featuring the much celebrated MKII line up, in the middle of their successful 1980s reunion. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Gentlegiantprog
Even Ian Gillan thought this was bad
Strange. A live album where the best track is a studio cover of a cover they did in 1968. And 'Hush' is good. Shame you have to wade through the live stuff first.
Published on 1 July 2000 by W. Mason
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