RAPTURE OF THE DEEP

Deep Purple is a legendary band. I think every proggers have known about their memorable career. I loved their music in 60's and 70's especially "Made In Japan", a live album recorded in Japan in 1972. Many changes have happened in the line-up (and Jon Lord's skill is not available in this album, he was replaced by Don Airey), until Steve Morse got a role as Deep Purple's guitarist. I loved Steve Morse since he produced some high quality album with Dixie Dregs and also Kansas for a while.

I was blown very much when I listened to "Purpendicular" album. There are two tracks I loved so much, "Loosen My Strings" and "Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming". This album made me sure to enjoy some of their next albums such as "Banana" and "Abandon". Due to the poor quality of both albums, I was not confident to buy "Rapture Of The Deep". Well, the quality is definitely the same and I'm not so sure to buy their next album if they still can't move forward by creating more emotional songs.

However, as a legendary prog and hard rock band, everyone should have this album at home.