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Success is happiness

And a couple of =1 promotional interviews to wrap up the day. German site aussiedlerbote.de has an interview with Ian Gillan, and it’s in English: Is there a song on the new album that particularly touches your heart? I like them all. But “Old-Fashioned Thing” is probably my favorite. In that song, there are interesting […]

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Wear their heritage with aplomb

A couple more press reviews of the new album =1. The Arts Desk seems to have missed the arrival of a new guitar player, but generally enjoyed the album: At this stage in the proceedings it’s unlikely Deep Purple are suddenly going to haul in a whole new fan base, but for anyone with more […]

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One is symbolic of simplicity

Couple of interviews promoting =1 that by now, frankly, sound a bit redundant, but here they are for the sake of completeness. Roger Glover spoke to ABC News: Glover said Gillan once questioned how big of an equation someone could come up with where the answer would equal one, then had a mathematician friend come […]

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Far from spent and endured

Several more =1 reviews from around the web. Ultimate Classic Rock: Musically, Deep Purple pushes an aggressiveness that rivals contemporaries in their field; Airey and McBride bring homage but never sink to nostalgia (check out their keyboard and guitar interplay on “A Bit on the Side” and “Sharp Shooter”). The 78-year-old Gillan can’t hit those […]

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New sheriff in town

Metal & Rock Zone reviews =1

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=1 How does it add up for you?

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 […]

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And then the transistor radio came along

Ian Gillan was interviewed by a streaming site Qobuz on the occasion of =1 release, where he starts with here and now, and goes all the way back to the church choir boy experiences

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Still equals one

=1 is upon us, and here’s the “official interview” from the band, posted today

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Alive, kicking and in the zone

Blabbermouth reviews the new album =1 in most glowing terms: When you have a legacy as indisputably colossal as DEEP PURPLE’s, making new music could easily be an afterthought. But tasked with producing new albums to rival the immortal likes of “Machine Head”, “Burn” and “Perfect Strangers”, the hard rock legends have done a solid […]

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We listen to the new album, part 5 =1

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 […]

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