Come Taste the Band
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Come Taste the Band
Come Taste The Band is the tenth studio album by the English rock band Deep Purple, originally released in October 1975. It was co-produced and engineered by the band and longtime associate Martin Birch. It was the final Deep Purple studio record prior to the band's initial disbandment in 1976, therefore making it the only album to feature Tommy Bolin, who replaced Ritchie Blackmore on guitar, and the final of three albums to feature David Coverdale on lead vocals and Glenn Hughes on bass, as none of the three would be involved with the reactivated Deep Purple in 1984. -Wikipedia
Critic Reviews
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Rolling Stone
1976 - There is evidence of give and take that Deep Purple hasn’t shown for some time. David Coverdale’s emerging songwriting talents combine with Bolin’s in “Dealer.” Lord’s more sophisticated keyboard work surfaces in several tunes.
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BBC
2010 - A harmless little sparkler where once there was a ton of TNT.
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All Music
Deep Purple's more hardcore devotees will want this album, though it's far from the best representation of their '70s work.
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Metal Storm
Come Taste The Band is in my opinion, a collector's item. It's not a masterpiece, far from that, but a solid album without Blackmore, Glover and Ian Gillan. Mk IV kept the band's personality.
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Blog Critics
2011 - Looking back it feels as if the band just missed creating an excellent release.
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Only Solitaire
Ehn, this is like, heavy funk, man. Proceed at your own risk.
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Louder Sound
a brilliant record. Super-slick, hyper-glossy and imbued with a soaraway 70s vibe, it makes one crave for the follow-up that never was. DP’s darkest hour? Don’t believe it.
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
if you can get past the fact that the only improvement here is that the guitarist actually cares, while all the previous flaws are still in place, you might actually enjoy giving this a whirl. Don't pay too much, though.
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Ultimate Classic Rock
Still, the short-lived, Tommy Bolin-enhanced Mk. IV lineup snatched victory from the jaws of defeat with this imperfect, but oftentimes brilliant LP, including the exquisite “Owed to a ‘G’ / This Time Around.”
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Rarebird's Rock and Roll Rarity Reviews
It was a good album with no bad tracks, but it fell short of greatness
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Sea of Tranquility
Throw in a fantastic booklet chock full of photos and information on this era of the band, and you have a really wonderful reissue of an extremely underrated album.
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ZRockR
a Deep Purple album that never got its just dues at the time of release, and even today it remains one of the more obscure albums in the band’s catalogue. I am pleased to say that the record holds up very well all these years later
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Dinosaur Rock Guitar
2008 - you'll find some strong, stylistically diverse songs, uniformly excellent vocals — some of the finest of David Coverdale's whole career, a great rhythm section, and Jon Lord's omnipresent B3, reminding you that for a time — like it or not — this was Deep Purple
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Mike Ladano
Really though there are no losers on Come Taste The Band. Every song is incredible right from the opener of the ferocious “Comin’ Home” to the philosophical “You Keep On Movin'”.
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Darker Than Blue
Come Taste The Band stands beside In Rock and Fireball as my desert island selection (no, you can’t make me choose one!).
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Classic Rock History
It is arguably an often over looked album that should be regarded as a piece of classic rock.
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