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The Highway Star reader Jameson Rock reviews =1 I’ll be brief: Deep Purple In Rock was the first album I ever bought, =1 is the album I’ve been waiting 50 years for. (Well, apart from the fade-out on Now You’re Talking!) I thought they’d find it hard to follow Whoosh! but =1 is just such […]
Read more »The Highway Star reader Roska Posti reviews =1 I became a Deep Purple fan in about 1997, and the two first current albums, Abandon and Bananas, blew me away. The problem was that while Rapture of the Deep is half-great, half-baked, those two left me waiting for them to follow up every time a new […]
Read more »The Highway Star reader Johnny ‘Andrea’ Blade reviews =1 The stylistic “novelty” of =1 is a return to the more classic Deep Purple sound, the result of a writing more focused on robust guitar riffs, a small dream for many fans of the band who for many years had hoped for a more direct and […]
Read more »The Highway Star reader Mike Nagoda reviews =1. Oh my freaking god… I haven’t felt this way about a Purple record since I heard Purpendicular, Steve Morse’s first outing with the band, which was released in ‘96, which I first heard over twenty years ago when I was in my twenties (I’m 38 now, in […]
Read more »The Highway Star reader Marcin Karski reviews =1 We have it in our hands, at last! The craved, the anticipated new Deep Purple album. And, boy, oh boy, what a joy it is, indeed. There’s a lot to cover on it, so let’s do it in a bit of an unusual way. What’s UGLY about […]
Read more »It’s nice to see a reaction and analysis video not focused on Deep Purple’s 70’s output, and even with extra focus on the newest member of the band. Guitar teacher Michael Palmisano takes a good look at Lazy Sod and suggests it’s a good thing for a guitar player to leave the bass player some […]
Read more »As Deep Purple’s =1 albums hits the racks – and the charts – all over the world, we’re curious how you feel about it. We already reviewed the album – now it’s your turn. Write your own review of =1. Send your reviews of =1 to albumreview@thehighwaystar.com for a chance of publication right here on […]
Read more »Courtesy of earMUSIC, The Highway Star is reviewing Deep Purple’s new album =1. As we are fast approaching the end of The Long Wait for its release on July 19, this segment looks at the album’s last two songs. Deep Purple’s first studio album with new guitarist Simon McBride is one highly anticipated piece of […]
Read more »Stereophile magazine laments the passing of physical media (exhibit A) and discusses the problems with the music streaming. Yep, there’s a connection. There are plenty of reasons to worry about this, even beyond the purely sentimental. Mostly it comes down to a loss of control. You control what you own—what’s on your shelf—but a favorite […]
Read more »The famed Los Angeles recording studio The Record Plant is closing down after 55 years in business. It has a Purple connection — Stormbringer was mixed there, together with some last minute recording additions. But that’s beside the point. The reasons for closure reflect the overall state of the music business today. Longtime studio engineer […]
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