1/25/2024 0 Comments Fire ball deep purple![]() Re-issued on elpee in Japan (Warner Bros., P-10109W) with gatefold cover.Re-issued on elpee in Germany (EMI Harvest, 1C 038 1575621).Re-issued on elpee in 1974 in Korea (Harvest, SHVL-793) with gatefold cover.Re-issued on elpee in the US and Canada (Warner Bros., BS 2564) with gatefold cover and lyrics innersleeve.Released on elpee in 1972 in Brazil (Odeon, SXMOFB-456).German elpee also released as record club special edition (Club Sonderauflage) in 1971 (Harvest, 61 239). Israeli elpee does not feature gatefold cover. Released on elpee, cassette and 8-track on Jin the US (Warner Bros., BS/M5/WBM8 2564), on Septemin the UK, India and Israel (Harvest, SHVL/8X SHVL 793), and in 1971 in Germany (Harvest, 1C 062-92 726), Japan (Warner Bros., P-8092W), Mexico (Capitol, SLEM-310), the Netherlands (Harvest, 5C 062-92726) and Spain (Harvest, 1J 062-92.726) with gatefold cover and lyrics innersleeve or lyrics insert (UK) reached #32 on the US charts and #1 on the UK charts. Photography by Tarly Burrett, Chagford Studios. The PicturesĬover design by Castle, Chappell and Partners Limited. Produced by Deep Purple engineered by Martin Birch, Lou Austin, Alan O’Duffy. Ritchie Blackmore (guitars), Ian Gillan (vocals), Roger Glover (bass), Jon Lord (keyboards, Hammond organ), Ian Paice (drums). *UK elpee version replaces “Strange Kind of Woman” with “Demon’s Eye.” Read more Deep Purple reviews Original LP VersionĪll selections written by Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Gillan, Roger Glover, Jon Lord and Ian Paice. Note that the US versions featured the single “Strange Kind of Woman” in place of “Demon’s Eye.” The two tracks were later reconciled for the 25 th anniversary edition remaster. ![]() It’s classic Deep Purple because of the players involved moreso than the music on it. Whatever the reason, Fireball sort of fizzles, even though it gets pretty hot sometimes. Maybe the band didn’t have enough time to write new material, or maybe they just didn’t go in with a solid plan. I mean, “Laugh as the flames eat their burning remains, fools die laughing still” is some pretty dark sh*t.Īlthough it topped the UK charts on its release, Deep Purple has since distanced themselves from Fireball. Even Master of Reality didn’t seem this dark. “The Mule,” “Demon’s Eye” and “Fools” overtly reference dark forces, which has been a part of the Purple subtext from the beginning, but the band doesn’t make any pretense to hiding it this time. I’d be remiss if I didn’t mention how evil this album is. On “Fireball,” for example, he mostly just mashes the organ keys to raise the song up a few decibels. Jon Lord, however, seems increasingly out of place in the band. Gillan is still a great screamer, Blackmore’s confidence astounds and Paice continues to be one of the best drummers in the rock business. But it doesn’t pack a collective punch the way that their last album did. And then there’s “No One Came,” which should be required listening for every aspiring rock and roll star. When it’s good, it’s very, very good: “Fireball,” “Fools,” “No No No” and “The Mule” are all solid tracks. The wonder of Deep Purple In Rock was its unrelenting assault on the senses. There’s psychedelic rock (“The Mule”), hard rock (“Fireball”), blues rock (“Demon’s Eye”) and even country rock (“Anyone’s Daughter”). The knock on Purple’s fifth is that it tries its hand at too many different things. It’s still a very good album that stands above every other hard rock band of the time except Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Okay, so nothing on Fireball will stop your heart the way “Speed King” did. The followup to their massively heavy fifth album doesn’t quite live up to its title, but it does rock.
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