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rapture of the deep
Rapture of the Deep is the 18th studio album by English hard rock band Deep Purple, released in November 2005. It is the fourth studio album from Deep Purple since Steve Morse joined the band in 1994 and the second to feature veteran keyboardist Don Airey. The album was produced by Mike Bradford, who also produced the band's previous release, Bananas. -Wikipedia
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BBC
2005 - Yet lengthy jams, heavy riffs, chugging basslines, and waves of deliciously smoking Hammond organ signal an intent within the Purple camp. They're back, and they're on form.
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All Music
a good example of how many veteran artists still maintain creative vitality.
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Metal Temple
2005 - another excellent effort by Purple and above all, proves once more that the lads are quite some time removed from their retirement.
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Pop Matters
2005 - Deep Purple keep the creative fires burning on what turns out to be their best album in two decades.
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Mike Ladano
A great album, demanding of your attention. Worthy of your attention. Deep Purple have always had some kind of standards when it comes to studio albums. Even their weakest have some sort of integrity to them.
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Sea of Tranquility
What Deep Purple fans have been waiting for, for a very long time ... This is the real deal folks-one of the best hard rock/classic rock albums released in some time.
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Drowned in Sound
2005 - Lyrically both yearn for something fresher and more substantial, although how that squares with making an album of sonic wallpaper is anyone's guess.
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Brave Words
my favourite Deep Purple albums of the whole catalogue are Rapture Of The Deep
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deep-purple.net
The album is not without its faults, but on the other hand some of it is really, really good.
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Louder Sound
the band sound simultaneously laid-back and assertive, with a selection of songs that may not be classics of the Purps’ pantheon but are damn intriguing all the same
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John McFerrin Music Reviews
I'm glad that the band is still putting out albums, and that they don't yet sound completely incompetent, but that's not exactly the highest compliment I can dish out.
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Wilson & Alroy's Record Rviews
The riffs are thunderous ("Back To Back"; the Zeptastic "Junkyard Blues"); the compositions are developed, with the bridges showing particular sophistication ("Before Time Began")
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Ultimate Classic Rock
'Rapture of the Deep' lacked bowl-you-over songwriting depth, but after the perplexing, embarrassing 'Bananas,' it proved that Deep Purple was still a band that took themselves seriously .
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Rough Edge
It's one of those albums that continues to grow on you with each and every listen.
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