I maybe absent but the voice will be heard

Deep Purple

This is my favorite Deep Purple album.    It’s probably because it has my favorite Deep Purple song,  Burn.   But if you analyze the parts you truly understand why this album is so good.  There is the twin lead singing on every song of Glenn Hughes and David Coverdale.  Never before or since has two such powerful singers worked so well together.  The understated and completely under rated drumming of Ian Paice.  Then there is the guitar mastery of Ritchie Blackmore who created his own style and no one has ever really copied him.  While Blackmore may be the star of the band, it is Jon Lord who truly is its engine.  His master of the Hammond Organ is utterly amazing. Be it his fills or solos, his sound just drives the machine.  And honestly his solos sometimes are the best part of the song.  So in memorial I submitted this album where one can find some of his best playing.  If the song A 200 was taken off the album you would have 7 brilliant songs by a band in peak form.  The album just rocks. 4.0

Db’s

I remember seeing these guys in 1983 in a small club in Rochester.  They seemed too big for the club especially when they ripped through a Suspicious Minds cover for an encore and I thought these guys were going to be big.  But they didn’t somehow these guys always never made it huge.  Never quite equaling the sound I thought they should have.  The same with this cd.  Man it just rips the roof off with the first song.  Unfortunately the rest doesn’t equal.  But it the db’s and they are still good, just not great. 2.5

Ministry

I remember when I first heard Ministry’s first cd.  I thought here are a darker dépêche mode.  But I wasn’t a big Depeche Mode fan so I didn’t care.  It wasn’t until this cd that I visited them again.  What happened to get them here?  I have never been a big industrial fan but this cd and Nine Inch nails first are two that I really liked.  This cd does seem to hold up well and Psalm 69 still just explodes and the rest of the cd does not get in that noise realm that most industrial cd’s suffer from.  3.5

Rush

It’s a rush cd.  That’s what I thought when I listened to this.  Playing is great.  Geddy’s voice is in fine form.  Alex actually is playing some nice leads and riffs.  And of course Neil plays the drums.  Unfortunately it’s a Rush cd.  The songs are good and sound like typical Rush but there really isn’t any track that rise up over the others or takes a foothold within their catalog.  As I was listening I kept thinking if I was to see them live is there any songs here that I would want to replace there live set with.  The answer was no.  So it’s a Rush cd.  Good not great. 2.5

Supergrass

A fun Brit pop band that had a very uneven career, which make them perfect for a greatest hits.  Because when they were on they were great.  Unfortunately Gaz’s voice does tend to get bothersome at times, but what no Pumping up the Stereo, but bonus for the Hot Rats Song.

Topic

I really don’t care about compressed files.  I usually listen on my computer; car or I pod so sound going to be off anyway.

Since I rarely buy files the price doesn’t seem too bad

I probably wouldn’t pay more for a super sound.  The days of sitting in a room just for music seems long gone and there will always be a distraction to me and getting more barn.

I do buy cd’s, but maybe 3 or 4 a year and only of truly favorite artists, so I can complete collections.