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With a cherry on top
Goldmine magazine puts the upcoming remix of Rapture of the Deep on their list of essential 2025 anniversary reissues.
When you think about classic era recording acts that, to this day, continue to fuel their fire, and are continually respected and supported by the music consumer public — Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan, and others come immediately to mind. But just as much, Deep Purple continues to keep their flame lit in the modern day, and it’s shown most recently with their most current studio effort, =1. Since the turn of the century, Deep Purple has been pushing out new material (whether new or archival live recordings, or new studio albums), having released over two dozen collectively since we entered the new millennium. All of the band’s recordings, since 2000, have seemingly fared extremely well, and many are regarded and praised as ‘modern classics’ by a worldwide Deep Purple fandom — Rapture of the Deep is one of those albums. Originally released on October 24, 2005, on the EDEL label, the album resides as the 18th studio album by the classic rock icons. It is laced with lush, hard progressive rock goodness and may very well be the band’s most acclaimed 21st-century album. It has received over a dozen reissues since its original release, indicating the great commercial desire for this record. Several variants of releases have graced this album over its 20-year run, but none will quite match the upcoming 20th Anniversary Deluxe Edition of the original recording.
Not that most of our readership needs much further persuasion, but you can read more accolades in Goldmine.
Unauthorized copying, while sometimes necessary, is never as good as the real thing
I don’t think that ROTD will ever see ascension to my top ten of DP albums, but I‘m happy for all those who liked it, but were unhappy with the production, that is has now received this treatment. It deserved it.
„ … over a dozen reissues since its original release, indicating the great commercial desire for this record. Several variants of releases have graced this album over its 20-year run …“
Ok, I (or my android replica) must have been deep-frozen when this happened … 🤯
August 4th, 2025 at 01:32And who doesn’t appreciate cherries 🍒
Purple have amazed me in more that 4 decades 💜
August 4th, 2025 at 03:57