DEEP PURPLE — Slaves And Masters (review)

DEEP PURPLE — Slaves And Masters album cover Album · 1990 · Hard Rock Buy this album from MMA partners
2/5 ·
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I am amazed to see how many people raved about this album on Amazon at the time I bought it. Though there is no DP album I don't like, this one is low on my rating list of the 18 studio albums in the band's career. To say it sounds like Rainbow is fair enough as the line up includes three members from the final Rainbow line up (Blackmore, Turner and Glover) of the 80's. It's like Rainbow took a break while Joe Lynn Turner beefed up his vocals a bit and came back with the other DP boys.

Ritchie Blackmore is still distinctive in his playing though the late 80's guitar sound seems out of place for DP and more like Rainbow. The album has great potential with some good songs and catchy choruses. Jon Lord (RIP) contributes some orchestral efforts with a string arrangement and intro for "Love Conquers All", something I believe we haven't heard since 1969, and in a way it's a shame that string arrangements were just not as cool in 1990 as they were back in '69. Jon Lord could have done so much more, I am sure.

I have mixed feelings about this CD. There are a couple of songs I can enjoy but it's hard to consider them a part of the DP legacy. Along with Come Taste the Band (another very different DP album that I still like) this album is one that deviates greatly from the familiar DP sound. But then again, variety and experimentation are two things that Deep Purple have always worked towards.

It's interesting to note that for the most part the band members (other than Blackmore) in retrospect were not thrilled about firing Ian Gillan and doing an album with Joe Lynn Turner, and admit that Slaves and Masters doesn't sound like a Purple album.
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