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The House Of Blue Light [CD]

~ Deep Purple
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  • Audio CD (1 Feb 2002)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Commercial Marketing
  • ASIN: B00000JBFX
  • Other Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
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Listen  1. Bad Attitude 4:46£0.69
Listen  2. The Unwritten Law 4:37£0.69
Listen  3. Call Of The Wild 4:53£0.69
Listen  4. Mad Dog 4:34£0.69
Listen  5. Black & White 3:42£0.69
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Listen10. Dead Or Alive 4:42£0.69

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During the '80s, Deep Purple, like Aerosmith, was a hard rock giant of the prior decade that ended up getting a second career chance. Three years after the band's triumphant 1984 comeback, PERFECT STRANGERS, the band released HOUSE OF BLUELIGHT, a follow-up that continued showcasing the band's sweeping brand of hard rock.
Anchored by the solid rhythm section of drummer Ian Paice and bassist/producer Roger Glover, the formidable triumvirate of Ian Gillan, Ritchie Blackmore, and Jon Lord drove these songs of devil women and outlaw living. As always, Gillan's forceful vocals and quirky lyrics brought to life femme fatales in songs like "Call of the Wild", "Hard Lovin' Woman", and the bluesy "Mitzie Dupree". The iron-lunged vocalist even wails a bit on harp before tossing in the kind of glass-breaking phrasing on "Black & White" that made "Highway Star" such a classic cut. When Lord's new-fangled synthesizers aren't replicating string sections on "The Unwritten Law", his trademark organ juices up songs like "Bad Attitude". Blackmore tattoos his distinctive string-bending technique all over BLUE LIGHT and particularly shines on "Dead or Alive".

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Will everyone please stop saying this is a bad album, 18 Aug 2007
This is not a bad album!!!! One of the must underated Deep Purple albums. Its has some pretty good tracks. Bad Attitude, Mad Dog, Black and White, Mitzi Dupree and Dead Or Alive are all really good. The only reason i'm not giving it 5 stars is because of Call Of The Wild, i just find it too cheesy, it's not a bad song just not one of thier best. But i find this album much better than stuff like Abandon, Perpendicular and Bananas. Dead Or Alive really shows how much better Ritchie Blackmore is than Steve Morse. Get it!!!!
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12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant Album, 23 Sep 2005
By S. W. Upton "simon_upton" (Tunbridge Wells) - See all my reviews
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Ive only just purchased this album. Having read the various reviews some good, some not so good, I kept an open mind.

This album is BRILLIANT. I love it. I cant believe that anyone would slate it. Ive got it in the car and Spanish Archer is currently my favourite. It's an Album that needs a little listening to, to get it. But as I play it more and dig into the depths it's a treasure of an album - buy it at this excellent price, keep an open mind and you wont regret it

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Time for a reappraisal?, 9 Jul 2008
A reappraisal, because the general feeling about this album has been doomy - mostly from the band themselves! Maybe the sessions, conducted in a haunted building, were too much for everyone except Blackmore (who THRIVES on the tension created by such settings - hear the awesome Long Live Rock'n'Roll album for proof!), and the feelings left were a little bitter. The album 'only' got to #10 in England - the band's last Top 10 album to date - and there was the idea that DP were underachieving. But so what? Many bands now produce chart-topping slabs of bilge (and they did then!). What matters is the music, and this album has only two substandard tracks (by the standards of Purple, the greatest band of all). They are Spanish Archer, which is pretty dull, and Hard-Loving Woman, which has poor lyrics (again, by Gillan's standards). The rest is the bee's knees. Bad Attitude may borrow a little from Yes' Owner of a Lonely Heart, but sounds fabulous. Gillan's vocals are bluesed up, and sound superb. Unwritten Law has really wonderful lyrics (a comment/warning on STDs and so on), plus an inventive, jazzy musical backbone. Call of the Wild is almost like Bon Jovi playing Woman from Tokyo - catchy, but not cliched. Mad Dog is heavier, and very original, with witty lyrics. Love Lord's 'dog bark' solo. Black & White, DP's comment on the press, is another standout - quite funky (yes, Mk2 could be as funky as 1, 3 and 4), hearty, and still humorous. The two duff tracks (to me) follow - they have their fans too - but the real highlights end the album. Strangeways shows Blackmore's fabled Eastern influences, but in an entirely new setting, with Gillan resolutely avoiding any Rainbow-isms. A startlingly innovative number. Mitzi Dupree is also fantastic, with Gillan's vocals and lyrics as good and heartfelt as on the previous album's Wasted Sunsets. He can tell a story, that man. Lovely blues in the DP style (very different from Zep's take on the genre). And the 'speed metal' track is this time saved 'til last - the anti-drug live standout, Dead or Alive. Great, intricate solos from Blackmore and Lord, which fit perfectly with Gillan's impressive performance.

Throughout, Glover is his usual reliable (in the good sense) self, but Paice and Blackmore both show unusual restraint. Those two can show off with the best of 'em, so great is their technical expertise, but here they choose to blend in with the band. The approach works, but it would be good to hear them both stepping to the foreground again with Battle Rages On five years later, the last Mk2 album.

This one, though, can lay claim to being one of DP's most interesting and diverse records, with very memorable songs. And those qualities make a good album, surely? One of Purple's most mystifying moments came not long after, with the (temporary) dismissal of Gillan. Now that was bizarre.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The difficult second album.
So the real question was could Deep Purple really hack it. Okay they released 'Perfect Strangers' and it was good, they played at the return of the Knebworth Fair and despite the... Read more
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1.0 out of 5 stars Blue Light review
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb
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5.0 out of 5 stars the house of blue light
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I figure this is an under... Read more
Published 19 months ago by Mr. P. J. Andrews

1.0 out of 5 stars Should have quit while they were ahead
When Mark 2 Deep Purple reformed they produced the brilliant "Perfect Strangers", then they came up with this. Read more
Published 23 months ago by John R. Murdoch

1.0 out of 5 stars Warning!
For the remastered version they used the vinyl-master by mistake, so that several songs are the shorter vinyl-versions. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Lars-Olof Ström

5.0 out of 5 stars Deep purple are back
There was nothing particularly wrong with the classic deep purple, the music was unusual and the band was of a reasonable calibre but in the house of blue light deep purple manage... Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars AMAZING!!!!!!
Absolutely GREAT ALBUM! Don't know why so many people hate it. Best songs "Bad Attitude" "The Unwritten Law" "Mad Dog". Read more
Published on 30 April 2005 by Robbie Cargill

3.0 out of 5 stars Good reunion album 1986
Love this band. I love them all! the best reunion album since 1986 with Mark II. I ve got the evidence I know you broke the unwritten law! it is my fave song. long Live DP!
Published on 28 Nov 1999

3.0 out of 5 stars a good album
the second album after the reunion 1985, I like this one much better than Perfect strangers... The songs are powerfull. long live DP!
Published on 27 Nov 1999

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