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| | Stormbringer (UK) | | | Music Artist : | | Deep Purple | | Music Style : | | Arena Rock | | Record Label : | | EMI Europe Generic | | Release Date : | | 1998-11-10 | | Store Price : | | $11.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $11.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Stormbringer
2. Love Don't Mean A Thing
3. Holy Man
4. Hold On
5. Lady Double Dealer
6. You Can't Do It Right
7. High Ball Shooter
8. The Gypsy
9. Soldier Of Fortune
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 I'm Tempted To Give 4.5 Stars
Submitted on: 2010-01-04 |
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This was my 2nd ever Deep Purple album, my first was Burn. So, my first experience of Deep Purple, besides "Smoke on the Water" on the radio, was Mark III. To this day, Burn remains a favorite of mine, and a massive inspiration on my own compositions. Stormbringer I don't play as often, but I still see it as an excellent album. I am grateful that I first started listening to Stormbringer at only 9 years old, because a kid can have a much more forgiving attitude toward a band he or she really likes, than an even slightly older listener. Perhaps in large part due TO my youthful exposure to Stormbringer, I've always been one heck of alot more amenable to its diversity than other Rock/Metal fans.
Stormbringer, the album, showcases ALOT more of the influence of former Trapeze bassist/songwriter Glenn Hughes than Burn. There are Stevie Wonder-isms, Funkadelic flirtations, classic Soul vocals (from both Coverdale and Hughes, though it's obvious that Hughes was the main instigator). You Can't Do It Right, Love Don't Mean a Thing, and Hold On are the most obviously influenced. What's a pity is that people often won't allow themselves to get past their "it's not Deep Purple" preconception and hear the music for what it is. "Hold On" features one of Ritchie Blackmore's best guitar solos: a masterpiece of restrained distortion and mega-tasty playing. And it's really hard not to tap one's foot when listening to the other two. And by the way, it's hard to fault the performances of the musicians separately or wholly. They are consistently interesting through practically all of this album
The title track is, with "Burn" the most obvious indicator of where Blackmore's head was at. Both songs might as well have been on the first Rainbow album. The track "Stormbringer" is, like so much of this record, stifled by the constrictive production, but it still stands as an "authentically" heavy metal track (one of only a handful released by this Progressive Hard Rock band). "Lady Double Dealer" is similarly overproduced, the echo on the vocals in particular grounding what is otherwise an outstanding, proto-Whitesnake, track. "Gypsy" tells the same story. All three songs were wildly better when played live, and for this I highly reccomend "Deep Purple" Live in Paris '75", so the listener can hear the tracks in a far more combustive setting (translated: the way they were meant to played and heard).
Hughes' "Holy Man" is like a Classic classic Rock song with,again, not entirely unpleasant Soul vocals. Quite good, and memorable. "High Ball Shooter" ended up morphing into Whitesnake's "Sweet Talker", and was better there than here. The riff itself is an obvious hack job, Blackmore played pretty much the same thing earlier in the album, just listen.
The album closes with the phenomenal "Soldier of Fortune", and here is a track that redeems the entire album. As good as a few of the other tracks are, this song alone is worth the entire album.
So, I still feel tempted as to giving this a 4.5, but not just for the often excellent music. Stormbringer was an album that took chances. They didn't want to do Burn or Machine Head part II, and I admire them for that. They wanted to push things further, and really that's what Deep Purple was all about in the '70's: progression.
Not at all a good first Deep Purple purchase, but great after you have all the acknowledged "classics". |
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 brilliant storms
Submitted on: 2008-04-30 |
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A storm is coming... and it's a funky/heavy one!
This is basically a straight-ahead rock album with moments of funk, blues, and hard rock combined. The title song features a guitar riff unlike ANYTHING I've ever heard before (it vibrates the speakers!) and the rest of the songs tend to blend together with the funk elements and the slight bluesy style. They blend together in a positive way.
It's not the same kind of straight ahead hard rock that made AC/DC famous; it's a special kind that only Deep Purple could master. The soulful vocals are more enjoyable compared to the previous album too. That's a really good thing in my book.
Please, pick up this brilliant hard rock album. You will love it.
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 Comin' out of nowhere driving like rain...
Submitted on: 2007-10-25 |
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| After the brief career renaissance with the debut of Deep Purple Mark III on February 1974's 'Burn', the band's follow up, released towards the end of the same year went further into the R&B directions that were hinted on the previous record. This proved to be too much for band founder and irascible lead guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who left soon after the album hit the streets. Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale seemed to have more creative control of the band by this point which is astonishing considering Blackmore's dominance. 'Stormbringer' was also not a huge hit with the fan base which helped lead to the band's temporary demise. Whatever magic the new lineup had with 'Burn' this was not duplicated less than a year later. There are some standout tracks however, especially in the title track, which is as stunning and propulsive as anything Purple did in this era. Great lyrics and singing from Coverdale with a similar supernatural theme as "Burn" and Blackmore exhibits another flawless display of power metal. Other great tunes include rockers "Lady Double Dealer" and "High Ball Shooter" along with the closing ballad "Soldier of Fortune" which featured another stand out performance from David who really started to come into his own. Maybe the problem with this record was too much Glenn Hughes? I love his singing but I'm not a big blue eyed soul guy which some of 'Stormbringer' delves into. Lord and Paice would remain with the two singers as "the man in black" went on to create the ultimate metal band ---- Rainbow! (at least for a few years anyway...) |
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 Boring just like Burn
Submitted on: 2006-12-01 |
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| Never again will I buy another Deep Purple Album with Coverdale. He just goes on and on with his boring vocals. No interesting interplays like in Fireball. I give it two stars only because the title track is decent. Stay away unless you like pop music. |
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Lite Hard Rock from the Purps, but still very enjoyable
Submitted on: 2006-10-18 |
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Stormbringer is one of my least favorite Deep Purple albums, and yet the music is still pretty outstanding. There are no weak songs to be found, probably because they trimmed it down from a double album to a single. Too bad Led Zeppelin didn't do that for Physical Graffiti. I love the songs Stormbringer, Lady Double Dealer, Holy Man, Hold On, You Can't Do It Right, Gypsy & Soldier of Fortune.
I recommend this album to classic rockers all over the world, this album is a must have to any DP collector. |
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