Track Listing

1. 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. Gypsy
9. Soldier Of Fortune

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #38704 in Music
• Released on: 1988-10-31
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks

Customer Reviews

PURPLE MKIII'S SWANSONG
It's funny how different records affect different people. This particular album has never been that highly rated by the "experts" and I've never understood why. It may have suffered from "Second Album Syndrome" (like "Fireball"). Yeah, Blackmore's involvement was rather minimal compared to "Burn" (he would shortly leave to form Rainbow), but then the band didn't stand still either with it's direction moving towards funk. The playing is still high quality and songs such as "Stormbringer", "Hold On", "Lady Double Dealer", "The Gypsy", "Soldier Of Fortune" are all strong in their own way. It should be remembered that 2 of the members (Coverdale & Hughes) were younger and probably hungrier for success than their fellow band members who'd been there since Day 1. The Hughes-Coverdale vocal thing did create tension at times but probably no more than those spats between Gillan-Blackmore during MkII's heyday. Purple set some pretty high standards during it's career, some that were probably too hard to maintain. They were arguably the HARDEST working band of their time..this was their 2ND ALBUM INSIDE A YEAR!! (The brilliant "Machine Head" was recorded in 3 weeks in adverse conditions!) But as a diehard Purple fan I've always enjoyed this album and I think it's as worthy of inclusion in the Purple catalogue as anything they've put out. With "Stormbringer" you can only judge for yourself. However, it's fact that the next album "Come Taste The Band", with Bolin on guitar, was a great success musically (though not sales wise) and the work of a band enjoying itself. Maybe there's the lesson right there.

A lost treasure.
I was a fan of Deep Purple during their classic Mark 2 line-up in the early 70s. I recently purchased the remastered versions of their classic albums, followed by the Mark1 series. 'Stormbringer' was next. How did I miss this one first time around? It has everything I enjoy in music: rock and roll, blues, funk, soul, melody, great playing and singing. The album opens with 'Stormbringer', a typical example of timeless Purple magic then it weaves its way through a tapestry of superb, exciting sounds before closing with the melancholic 'Soldier of Fortune' For me, a fantastic album and a newly discovered lost treasure!

Miss This - Miss Out
The 25th and 30th anniversaries of this album have come and gone, but still no sign of it getting the re-master and remix treatment of the other Deep Purple albums. You might consider this as an indication the album is not that good, well that couldn't be farther from the truth. The only problem this album might suffer from, if that is the right expression, is, there is no stand out "killer" track, like Smoke on the Water, Burn, or Fireball. For anyone to say this is not Deep Purple, they must be deaf. The interplay between Jon Lord and Blackmore is there and is complimented by vocal interplay between David Coverdale and Glenn Hughes. The quality of the writing and arrangement is on a power with that of Burn and much better than anything except Machine Head. As a Deep Purple fan I consider Stormbringer to be their 2nd best album after Machine Head. Make no mistake this IS a 5 star album, miss it and you miss out.