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Randys wrote:

First of all, this is NOT a review of the album, this is mostly about Deep Purple having a new album, instead of just touring and not doing any studio works like the Eagles.

After begging some of my relatives in the US, I finally have two copies of ROTD since I'm surprised that two of my relatives have listen to request. I have two or more copies of every Deep Purple studio albums, except TBRO, PURPENDICULAR and BANANAS.

THE GOOD
Releasing a new Deep Purple studio album whether it's a classic, good or average is really a blessing and joy, it's a good thing.

Deep Purple making a new album shows that the band cares about it's remaining fans and we really appreciate that.

It also shows that they still have plenty of ideas.

THE BAD
It's very clear that hard rock is not really for Steve Morse, he tried it four times already, first on PURPENDICULAR, ABANDON, BANANAS and the latest ROTD and failed to get that hard rock style, and most of the time he comes out with the same boring solos.

I have listen to it twice already and to my surprise I think ABANDON is better, coz it has few catchy tunes, my opinion only.

The guitar playing is most of the times the same and it's like when you hear one solos, you hear 'em all.

The packaging also sucks, I don't like digi-pak or paper packaging, the cover or sleeve gets dirty or warped in the long run.

THE FINAL VERDICT
No matter what the results is, Purple having a new album is a very good thing, the good outweight the bad by a ton. The good wins here, it's better to have a new album than nothing at all

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