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- Artist(s): Ian Gillan, Don Airey, Ian Paice, Roger Glover
- Summary: The latest full-length release from British rock band Deep Purple is its first with Simon McBride as guitarist (Steve Morse left in 2022 to care for his wife).
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- Record Label: Ear Music
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, Arena Rock, British Metal
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Aug 14, 2024McBride is no Ritchie Blackmore facsimile, although the chunky opening riff to Lazy Sod momentarily suggests otherwise. Instead he brings relatively youthful energy, and when he lets loose on I’ll Catch You and sizzles his way through A Bit On The Side it’s clear he’s both his own man and the right man. Alongside McBride, the other band members are reinvigorated too. Gillan’s voice is richer than it’s sounded in years. [Summer 2024, p.72]
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UncutAug 14, 2024Ian Gillan doesn’t attempt as many sky-scraping howls as he once did but still delivers characteristically rascal-ish lyrics such as “Lazy Sod” and “A Bit On The Side” with swagger and relish. [Aug 2024, p.32]
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Record CollectorAug 14, 2024Gillan isn't quite the octave-busting vocalist of old, while his lyrical subject matter often recalls the laddishness of his erstwhile self-named group. [Sep 2024, p.131]
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MojoAug 14, 2024“Don’t mind me… I’m a lazy sod,” sings Ian Gillan. Other daft lyrics such as “Mother nature’s keeping her socks on” support his confession, but Deep Purple’s indomitable frontman remains in fine voice and, musically at least, they sound reborn here. [Aug 2024, p.81]