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Fantastic!

C. Hall | St. Petersburg, FL | 11/19/2007

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I bought this CD because Steve Morse is my favorite rock guitarist, at least more so than being a fan of Deep Purple. I've listened to this CD probably at least three hundred times (in my car as I drive) and I can say that honestly that it is probably my favorite rock CD that I own. I never get sick of it, all the songs are different and don't all sound the same (like some groups), and Steve Morse rocks! I never knew Deep Purple could sound so good!"

Worth a listen but far from great

Stephen B. Sumemrlin | Austin, Texas United States | 09/08/2008

(3 out of 5 stars)

"Deep Purple was one of the greatest hard rock bands at one time and i became a pretty huge obssesive fan of theirs. But once I heard the more recent Purple, Purpendicular-Rapture Of The Deep, it left a bad tatste in my mouth. Bananas and Purpendicular we very highly praised and I had heard Bananas ranked with albums like Machine Head. Well I went out and bought Bananas hearing all the hype and I couldn't belive people actualy worshiped that album. it's bland but anyway see my review for that album. For this review I'm talking about Purpendicular which at most is nothing but a guilty pleasure. There are some really good songs on this one and dwonright embarrasing ones. Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming, The Aviator and A Touch Away are all winners on this album but Vavoom: Ted The Mechanic is so bad that it makes Deep Purple look like a joke. Not much else on the rest of this album. It's pretty hit and miss. The three songs are very good musicaly along with Losen My Strings which has good playing in it. this album is worth checking out but don't get anything after this album. You will be sorry you did. Everything after this album is progressively worse and it proves that Deep Purple are now just washed up has beens. This is probably the reason John Lord left."