InFinite

Deep Purple Infinite CD & DVD with Amazon AutoRip released on the EarMusic label on Friday 7th April 2017. The CD "Infinite" has 10 compositions totaling 45.43 min, and the DVD: "From Here to Infinite" running-time: 90 mins.I watched the DVD first, and it is truly-great! It contains the writing/recording process (and more!) in rehearsal and studio, in both Nashville and Toronto. Roger Glover states that Deep Purple are an album-orientated-band. Ian Gillan states that they are an instrumental-band, with occasional-singing. 1) Time for Bedlam 4.34 (surprise intro, contemporary and futuristic), 2) Hip Boots 3.23, 3) All I Got is You 4.42 (based on an Ian Paice saying). 5) Get Me Outta Here 3.58 (Purple meets Zeppelin meets Sabbath), 6) The Surprising 5.57, 7) Johnny's Band 3.51, 8) Top of The World 4.01, 9) Bird of Prey 5.47, 10) Roundhouse Blues 6.01 (cover-version of The Doors classic, played as a mid-tempo boogie, featuring harmonica and boogie-woogie piano. This song was probably chosen because of the lyric: "The future's uncertain, and the end is always near, let it roll all-night-long", as a homage to the '60's and as both a celebration and perception that this may be Purple's swansong - however, Ian Gillan wants to continue, possibly with Joe Satriani. Steve Morse has a permanent and deteriorating right-hand disability). Purple display their '60's & '70's influences: jazz, blues, progressive, rock, whilst remaining contemporary. This album is a classic - great riffs, fantastic unison-playing by Don Airey and Steve Morse (like Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore), powerful, soulful, dynamic, emotional, artistic, beautiful - a culmination of intentions. Don Airey is out-standing. The lyrics are angry, thoughtful, humouress, and story-telling. Ian Gillan continues to explore the infinite as he did on Mr. Universe (Gillan), and further explores freedom, the individual, the system, and society. Ian (and Roger Glover) are articulate, thoughtful, political, and contemporary. Further influences include: Colosseum II, Genesis, Argent, The Doors, Gillan, Johnny Cash, and The Hitch-Hicker's Guide to The Galaxy. If this is their swan-song, then what a great fare-well! Great digi-pack, great art-work (Deep Purple In Ice!, Deep Purple in Infinite!). Bob Ezrin co-wrote the songs, played additional keyboards/percussion, and also sang backing-vocals. Guitar-great: Tommy Denander, is responsible for additional-recording. Recorded in: Nashville, Toronto, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, and Harston (UK).The production by Bob Ezrin is great. This album is intelligent, mature, and vital! Deep -Purple: Dynamic-Purposeful, Divine-Progression, Infinite-Intentions, Infinite-Ice-Breakers! Congratulations! Award 5 Stars!

Very happy to receive the new album on release day (thanks to Amazon for the guaranteed shipping!). Eagerly awaited the postman and to my delight "InFinite" arrived. I had already heard two tracks and I have now gave the album almost two full listens. As a huge fan of Deep Purple despite their golden era being over long before I was born.. I have my favourites but I adore all lineups.. whether it be with Blackmore, Bolin or Morse on guitar (all of whom I class as huge influences, especially Ritchie).. or Gillan or Coverdale on vocals.. from Mk I right through to present day, I'm familiar with and thoroughly enjoy all their back catalog. I can safely say this is an absolutely fantastic release! Along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. Deep Purple are one of my "big three" and, as I say, this is a truly fantastic album.. along with their wonderful previous release "Now What?! this is some of my favourite Deep Purple work in a long, long time. InFinite is showing Deep Purple are truly on top form in 2017.. nigh on a half a century since their formation. My only tiny downside (and I'm really splitting hairs) is the final track, a cover of Roadhouse Blues.. not that there's anything "wrong" with it at all.. just not really my cup of tea.. myself not really being a huge Doors fan I felt the album could probably have done without it. Anyways, to keep it short and sweet as I'm not great at reviews.. top marks all round! Now two full listens down and for me, not a weak track on the album! Essential buy! The best new rock album I've listened to in years! Thank you Mr Gillan and Deep Purple for keeping this wonderful music alive in this day and age! Long may it continue!

Fireball was the first or second album that I ever bought, way back in '71 (Disraeli Gears was the other and I cant recall which I bought first). I have been a Purple fan since then and I have every studio album and several of the live albums released by them (just a few of the retrospective hash-ups missing). I really miss Jon Lord, but Don Airey fits in well and maintains the Hammond-driven sound of Deep Purple very well ( I remember reading a couple of years ago that Jon Lord had bequeathed his Hammond to the band - not sure if that is true). Before receiving this CD I saw the documentary covering the making of the album, on Sky. I found that interesting and enjoyable to watch, and now as I listen to the album I have pictures of the guys in the studio, in my mind. The version of the album I bought also has the documentary on DVD and I have found that what was broadcast on Sky was edited down quite a lot. I found the full DVD documentary very interesting and offers quite some insights into the band, the members and their way of working. The only track I do not particularly like is "Roadhouse Blues", I am not sure why they felt the need to include it - it is not the best version of this "standard" that I have ever heard, and I feel that it comes across a somewhat ponderous, and it has probabably Gillan's weakest vocal performance on the album (sorry Ian). Birds of Prey is far too short and Morse's guitar seems so far back in the mix, it is a real shame. I have to say that from the documentary I was expecting something slightly different. I have to agree with another reviewer - I feel that the guitar is surprisingly (and a little disappointingly) far back in the mix. I love Steve Morse's playing with Purple and from the documentary I was really expecting it to be cutting through the mix a little more, and really soaring over the top. I have to wonder if Bob Ezra is 100% happy with this? I cannot think that Steve Morse would be happy for this to possibly be his last Deep Purple album, with this mix. All that said, overall it is a really good album, and I have been listening to it a lot, it has grown on me.. It is sad to learn of Steve Morse's arthritis problems (mentioned in the documentary), I do hope he can continue playing for some time. I don't think it is their best album ever, or the very best of the recent ones, but it is right up there and I am happy to say that they do not come across as a bunch of 60-70 year olds going through the motions. Top musicians, playing because they love to, I don't regret buying it one little bit.. Edit: 25 July 17: I have been listening to this album a lot over the past few weeks, and I have also watched the DVD documentary a couple of times. I really do like the album, and only the inclusion of their version of "Roadhouse Blues" disappoints me and stops me giving a 5-star rating. Edit 2 ept 2017: I still enjoy this album - but I have deleted "Roadhouse Blues" from the copy ripped to a USB stick that I listen to in my car and from the copy ripped to my laptop (I listen to a lot of music while at work). I am not sure exactly why, but I simply find their version to be flat and uninteresting. From watching the DVD on the making of the album, I am surprised that Bob Ezra agreed with this version being included - sorry guys, it really sounds like a filler or out-take.

Ich bin Purple-Fan der zweiten Generation. Made in Japan war mein Einstieg – der Beginn einer lebenslangen Band-Liebe. Seitdem habe ich mir sämtliche Studioalben und zahllose Live-Veröffentlichungen zugelegt, Konzerte besucht, wann immer es erreichbar war, und nichts davon bereut. Trotz aller Verbundenheit habe ich keine rosarote Vereinsbrille auf: Ich kann für mich sehr wohl zwischen starken und schwächeren Alben unterscheiden. Gerade deshalb stört mich der teils reflexhafte Verriss von Infinite. Mir haben selbst in den „goldenen Zeiten“ nie alle Titel eines Albums gefallen – und umgekehrt habe ich auf vermeintlich zweitklassigen Platten echte Perlen entdeckt, die ich bis heute höre. Warum also diese Erwartungshaltung, jede neue Veröffentlichung müsse ausschließlich aus Instant-Klassikern bestehen? Wir sprechen hier von Musikern, die ein Alter erreicht haben, in dem viele nicht einmal mehr auf eine Bühne steigen könnten – geschweige denn ein anspruchsvolles Rockalbum einspielen. Der ewige Vergleich zwischen Ritchie Blackmore und Steve Morse ist für mich längst müßig. Blackmore war ein Idol meiner Jugend, ohne Frage ein Ausnahmegitarrist – aber er gehört nicht mehr zu Deep Purple, hat zentrale Bandmomente bewusst ausgelassen und ist hörbar älter geworden. Steve Morse hingegen prägt die Band seit Jahrzehnten konstant, souverän und musikalisch integer. Das sollte man anerkennen. Infinite ist kein modernes Trendalbum – und will es auch nicht sein. Es ist handwerklich stark, stilistisch klar in der klassischen Deep-Purple-Tradition verwurzelt und lebt genau von dem, was diese Band immer ausgezeichnet hat: komplexe Midtempo-Nummern, dominante Hammond-Orgel, markante Riffs, Spielfreude und musikalische Dialoge. Wer ein zweites Highway Star erwartet, wird enttäuscht sein. Wer Deep Purple so hören will, wie sie seit 50 Jahren klingen, wird bestens bedient. Ian Gillan überzeugt trotz seines Alters mit Präsenz, Ausdruck und Klasse. Natürlich erreicht er nicht mehr jede alte Höhe – aber er kaschiert das intelligent und würdevoll. Musikalisch agiert die Band auf hohem Niveau, die Arrangements sind anspruchsvoll und alles andere als routiniert oder müde. Live bestätigt sich das eindrucksvoll. Beim Konzert in der Olympiahalle München (19.05.2017) zeigten die „alten Herren“, was erstklassige Rockmusik bedeutet: präzise Rhythmusarbeit, druckvoller Bass, ein Keyboarder auf Weltklasse-Niveau, ein Ausnahmegitarrist – und eine Band, die den Mut hat, neues Material live zu spielen. Viele deutlich jüngere Gruppen würden sich an den Arrangements von Infinite die Zähne ausbeißen. Fazit: Infinite ist ein starkes, ehrliches Album einer der wichtigsten Rockbands aller Zeiten. Kein Nostalgie-Abklatsch, kein Alterswerk, sondern lebendige, eigenständige Musik mit Charakter. Deep Purple haben nichts verlernt – und beweisen, dass Alter kein Hindernis für Qualität ist. Ich bin dankbar, dass es diese Band noch gibt, dass sie neues Material veröffentlicht und dass ich sie noch einmal live erleben durfte. Höhen und Tiefen gehören zu jeder langen Karriere – und auch wir selbst waren nicht immer „top“. Klare Empfehlung. Volle Punktzahl.

Fantastique !!!!Si tu aime Deep Purple ,n' hesite pas , et le dvd qui va avec est vraiment , mais vraiment "Top" , j'ais passé un super moment à ecouter et regarder ce disque !!!

Als je echt geaarde Deep Purple fan, is dit album een must have. Voor de prijs hoef je het niet te laten.

Deep Purple no tiene disco malo caray!

リッチーとジョンがいなくても、スティーヴとドンという実力派2人と共に 長い歴史を歩み続けているパープルの新作。前作は大人の味付けに彩られ、 未だに聴き続けている良作でしたが、本作品もその流れを汲んでいました。 第2期の頃の様な緊張感の高い曲はもはや一曲も無く、アップテンポは数曲のみで、 質の高いジャムセッションの様なリラックスした雰囲気でまとまっています。 かつてはシャウトボイスが売りだったギランもそれを捨て、こんな巧い歌い方ができるんだと感心しきり。 ラストの“Roadhouse Blues”がとても心地よい極上の出来でした。 デジパック内面に‘In Rock’を再現したメンバーの肖像画が使用されていますが、 イアン・ペイスの部分が残念なこと以外、大満足でした。 今回も是非来日してほしいです。