ABanDOn
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ABanDOn
Abandon is the sixteenth studio album by the British hard rock band Deep Purple, released in the Spring of 1998. It was Deep Purple's second album with Steve Morse on guitar and the last album to feature founding member Jon Lord prior to his departure in 2002. -Wikipedia
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Mike Ladano
Something about Abandon just doesn’t hit the bar. Maybe it’s the oddly obtrusive double-tracked vocals.
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Blog Critics
2011 - Abandon is the last Deep Purple album of the 20th century, and it finds the band moving bravely into the future. It continues and in some ways enhances their reputation as one of the better modern day hard rock bands.
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All Music
But the main thing about the album is that it hits hard and heavy -- harder than any Deep Purple album in recent memory and that makes a welcome revelation for hardcore followers.
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Only Solitaire
Gritty and flashy, without too much diversity, but who asked these guys to be diverse, after all?
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Louder Sound
is uncompromising and remarkably close to the no-holds-barred spirit of Mk II
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John Mcferrin Music Reviews
More than anything, it sounds like the work of a young band that's figured out its ideal sound, but hasn't totally mastered the various nuances of songwriting yet ... which is ironic given that the band is 30 years old by now.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
'Abandon' helped prove that Deep Purple’s second, post-Blackmore incarnation was here to stay.
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Rough Edge
it's teamwork that makes "Abandon" flow so well. ... it's hard to beat "Abandon" for a classic rock sound.
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Rarebird's Rock and Roll Rarity Reviews
a very disciplined hard rock album
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Daily Vault
unless the songwriting gets a little fresher and they fix the piss-poor mix of this album, there aren't going to be a lot of new fans knocking on Deep Purple's back door
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