Deep Purple – Burn (Release Year 1974 – Remastered 2004)
November 2008 marks the 34th Anniversary of Deep Purple’s 8th Album, “Burn”. This disc features the MKIII lineup of Deep Purple with David Coverdale on Lead Vocals, and Glen Hughes on Bass.
Just looking at the band roster for this album, I shake my head with the crazy amount of talent that this band had.
“Burn” was the beginning of a bluesier sound for Deep Purple, and this new direction was reportedly one of the reasons for Ritchie Blackmore leaving the band. Nonetheless, “Burn” is a very important part of Deep Purple and hard rock history. This album introduced David Coverdale to the world of hard rock, and for that I will always be forever grateful.
The title track “Burn” is easily one of the best Deep Purple songs, and top hard rock songs of all time. The mixture of Coverdale’s and Hughes vocals on this track are awesome. Not only are the vocals great, but Ian Paice may have laid down the best drum beats of his life. Jon Lord’s keyboards really drive this song as well. Ritchie Blackmore’s guitar riffs are fantastic.
While the song “Burn” is my defacto favorite, I enjoy listening to this entire disc. There is no doubt that this disc was highly influential on a large number of musicians. It is amazing how good this disc sounds when played loud today. Each member of this band is extremely proficient in the instruments that they play, and were easily some of the best hard rock musicians of this 70’s hard rock era. The music just shines when blasted through your stereo speakers!
On the 30th Anniversary Remastered edition, there are 5 bonus tracks added to this disc. “Coroniaras Redig” which was originally only available as a “B – Side” track is one of the bonus tracks, as well as remixed versions of “Burn”, “Mistreated”,”You Fool No One”, and “Sail Away”.
Sometimes in order to see what direction hard rock music is heading in, you have to go back and listen to the bands that help form it. It doesn’t get more classic than Deep Purple’s “Burn”.
Rating:
Out of 10
Track Listing:
1. Burn 
2. Might Just Take Your Life
3. Lay Down, Stay Down
4. Sail Away
5. You Fool No One
6. What’s Going On Here
7. Mistreated
8. “A” 200
9. Coronarias Redig (2004 Remix)
10. Burn (2004 Remix)
11. Mistreated (2004 Remix)
12. You Fool No One (2004 Remix)
13. Sail Away (2004 Remix)
Deep Purple:
David Coverdale – Vocals
Ritchie Blackmore – Lead Guitar
Glen Hughes – Bass Guitar/Vocals
Jon Lord – Keyboards
Ian Paice – Drums
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While Ian Gillan is my favorite DP vocalist, this is my favorite DP album, and it’s a damn shame they don’t perform it live anymore.
An absolute classic and very much a desert island disc for me. “Mistreated” is a monster of a song, “Burn” a classic too and “Might Just Take Your Life” a slow burner that lasted long into Coverdale’s Whitesnake career.
I listen to this album and just try to imagine the magnitude of the task undertaken by Coverdale and Hughes on this one. Replacing Ian Gillan and Roger Glover just a few short years after albums like “In Rock” and “Machine Head” was an enormous ask but this Deep Purple album is, for me anyway, equally as good as those earlier MkII efforts.
Blackmore was the instigator of the Blues shift in Purple.Originally he had Paul Rodgers lined up to replace Gillan,but when this fell through they got Dave instead.
Blackmore left Purple because the band was moving towards funk (sees Stormbringer).This is why Blackmore left,along with the fact that he just wante a band with him being in total control.