DEEP PURPLE — Burn (review)

DEEP PURPLE — Burn album cover Album · 1974 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Time Signature
You fool no one...

Genre: hard rock

"Burn" does not measure up to "In Rock" or "Machine Head", but it is still, or at least should be, a classic Deep Purple album.

In terms of genre stylistics, this album is a quite ecclectic one, and I think the band is already moving in the more funky direction that would eventually cause Ritchie Blackmore to leave the band. "Sail Away" and "You Fool No One" have a certain funky drive to them. Other tracks are more bluesy, like "Mistreated", "Might Just Take Your Life", and the boogie rocker "What's Going On Here". The last track ""A" 200" is a spacey, progressive synthesizer-driven instrumental. This does not mean that "Burn" is irrelevant to metal. Firstly, the tracks "Burn" and "Lay Down, Stay Down" are all out rockers. Secondly, a lot of Blackmore's guitarwork involves elements that would later become epitomic of neo-classical heavy metal.

On a personal note, I should also mention tha I don't consider the more funky approach to be a problem, as I like funky music, but I don't think that it will appeal as much to metalheads as "In Rock", "Machine Head", or "Fireball" will.
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