![]() ![]() Otherwise, he blends into the background, often to the point of being hard to even particularly pick out. It must be admitted that Lord and Paice have a smaller presence on here than on Purple albums before, with Paice's drumming simply keeping time in many of the songs, and Lord really only shining on the title track, and particularly on High Ball Shooter, in the sense of having one of his amazing Hammond solos (think back to the end of Might Just Take Your Life on Burn, or the middle section of Flight of the Rat on In Rock). It really just makes you want to sing along, even if you can't sing worth a damn. Hughes and Coverdale just have excellent voices on this album, often harmonizing for these amazing choruses (Hold On). This album has it all: aggressive songs (Stormbringer, Lady Double Dealer), introspective, soulful, melodic pieces (Love Don't Mean a Thing, Holy Man, Hold On), funky shit (You Can't Do It Right), and a soft ballad to close things off nicely (Soldier of Fortune). Whether Blackmore and Lord are running the show with the new guys just following along (Burn), or the new guys are taking the reigns and influencing Blackmore's near future decision to quit The Purple (Stormbringer), this band just simply makes interesting, varied music that needs to be heard and enjoyed by any fan of 70s heavy metal and hard rock. While no song on this album can stand up to the title song on Burn (probably the greatest metal song from the 70s by any band), I probably like this album as much as Burn, just for different reasons. ![]()
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