DEEP PURPLE Non Blackmore Studio Albums Ranked WORST TO BEST

DEEP PURPLE Non Blackmore Studio Albums Ranked WORST TO BEST #19
Here's the promised follow up to my =1 review.....
Blackmore left the Deep Purple back in the early 90's and some people still can't get over it.
They just put out a new album =1 which is getting rave reviews but has everybody forgot they been putting out bangers for nearly the last 30 years.
The band has put out 9 studio albums With his replacements Steve Morse and Simon Mcbride after he left (and 1 in the 70's with Tommy Bolin) plus countless live albums and the output to me like Bananas, Now What?! and Whoosh! is pretty underrated.

[@murilloveiga8458]

Are you from New York? It's cool to know that people listen to Deep Purple there. I always thought the band was huge worldwide but never got the credit they deserve in the US. Nice list! Purpendicular is also my favorite post-Blackmore album. I was a bit disappointed when Abandon was released, but "Seventh Heaven" is one of my favorite songs from the Morse era. New Album is good, Bleeding Obvious is my favorite. Regards from Brazil.

[@BlackTerror]

Yeah, I’m from New York. If you check the older videos I was in Massachusetts for a while. My fellow Purple and Rainbow fans are far and few between here. DP plays much smaller venues in America and don’t get the recognition they do worldwide. I watched the DVD that came with the new album and realized they still play the big European arenas. I also looked up their chart positions and their albums still are top 10 around the world. Every time they put out a new banger everybody thinks they’ve retired years ago.

[@Mike-aka747]

Gonna give these latter day Purple albums a chance. Two listens whether it’s on Amazon or Spotify or here on boo tube. Gave Bananas the 2 listens this past weekend in between a heavy dose a seventies Trower albums and you are right man, this album kicks ass!! I’m buying this one now 🤘 impressive album.

[@BlackTerror]

I’m so glad I turned somebody on to this album. Totally underrated, even by the band. “I got your number” is one of my favorite DP songs. “Haunted” is too. I notoriously don’t like When a Blind Man Cries, but if Ian Gillan wants to sing a ballad every night, play that one.

[@Mike-aka747]

@@BlackTerror only a couple weaker tracks which is fine by me. But the rest is good. Ian has always been good w/ ballads. My favorite of his is with Sabbath on the title track born again. This video you did is so timely too. Peculiar question for you. Have you ranked Zeppelin albums yet?

[@BlackTerror]

@@Mike-aka747 This might be controversial, and it might make for a good video but I'm not a Zeppelin fan. There's always somebody in my friend group, co-worker, whatever always talking about how they're the greatest and it's always turned me off to them. I actually love LZ II, and have LZ III, ZOSO, Houses of the Holy but never loved them. I never really liked Stairway (Kashmir is better) and if you ever seen the LZ plagiarism videos where they show where Page stole everything but the kitchen sink it ruins any magic they had to me.😟😟😟

[@PiotrLangtvedt]

@@BlackTerror Would still be interesting to see a Led Zeppelin worst to best with you just because you have (probably, I am guessing) heard the 9 LZ albums and can do an interesting video NOT beeing a fan. 😜 Plagiarism aside, you still got to do it sound great. 😀 Which they did. 🎵

[@BlackTerror]

@@PiotrLangtvedt Yeah, I actually have heard the 9, without even trying, mainly from other people's stereos. I did do a Metallica list and I only liked half their albums.

[@PiotrLangtvedt]

Bananas at #2 was a big surprise. 🙀 My album ranking is here below. 👇 Best Deep Purple tune without Blackmore must be.........Whitesnake's "Mean Business". Like a Highway Star/Burn 2.0. 🙆‍♂️ Deep Purple (all) album ranking: 1: Perfect Strangers 2: Fireball 3: Purpendicular 4: The Book Of Taliesyn 5: Burn 6: Whoosh 7: House of Blue Light 8: Come Taste The Band 9: Slaves And Masters 10: Turning To Crime 11: Stormbringer 12: In Rock 13: Machine Head 14: Bananas 15: The Battle Rages On 16: Shades Of 17 Who Do We Think We Are 18 Now What 19: Infinite 20: Deep Purple (III) 21: Abandon 22: =1 23: Concerto For Group & Orchestra 24: Rapture Of The Deep DP album ranking without Blackmore would be like this: 1 Purpendicular 1996 2 Whoosh 2021 3 Come Taste The Band 1975 4 Turning To Crime 2022 5 Bananas 2003 6 Now What 2013 7 Infinite 2017 8 Abandon 1998 9 = 1 2024 10 Rapture Of The Deep 2005

[@BlackTerror]

We're pretty close on our Deep Purple lists! And you counted Concerto! I think I'm the only worst to best video that counted it. It does stink! BUT the reissue does have the only live version of Gillan singing Hush waaay back in the day. We're far apart on Fireball. I love the title track, Demon's Eye, and Strange Kind of Woman (although some copies doesn't have it) but I'm pretty indifferent on the the rest of the album. I'm a little sad Battle is in the bottom of the middle but Slaves, Book, and House in the top 10! Thank you! Those are also underrated albums. Whoosh! at #6 is totally justified. Machine Head at #13. Controversial but you know I love that because real fans have them because they dug deeper into discographies. It's DP's Paranoid or Back In Black. Your probably sick of hearing those songs for the billionth time. I probably got to make that Whitesnake worst to best I never got around to. Mean Business rules. That song is so good it's why I have a big criticism of early Whitesnake. Jon Lord seemed to be a background player and only jammed out once or twice an album. I like that version of Whitesnake but don't love it because my expectations, probably unfair, is that it should have sounded more like DP.

[@PiotrLangtvedt]

@@BlackTerror I always count Concerto because it's all new material. I am glad you think the same! 👍 I saw a video of Steve Morse's worst to best with DP here on KZbin when "Turning To Crime" didn't got a mention because "it's only a cover's album". I gave that channel some "words of truth". 👊 But I see it from time to time when people pretend that some albums that they don't like didn't happen like "Lulu" or "The Cosmos Rocks". I love "Fireball"! The sound, the groove, the prog elements and the fun. "No No No" is Jon Lord playing beatifully, Ian Paice shines on "Fireball" and "The Mule", Ian Gillan's lyrics on "Fools" and "No One Came" are amongst his best in his career. Beside that the album cover is one of the best in Purple catalogue. Even the outtakes of that album like "Freedom" are fun to listen to. 🎵 "The Battle Rages On" has some songs that don't grab me like "A Twist In The Tail". Also the sound both of music and vocals is kind of "powerless". But I still like the album a lot. The only albums I don't like are the last two on my list, Concerto and Rapture. They are boring (Concero) and weak (Rapture). On the latter I only like the title song. Don't forget to have "Unzipped" on your list when Whitesnake comes around! 😉 Everyone misses that out for some reason. 🙀

[@AshviniSaxena]

Purpendicular ❤

[@BlackTerror]

@@AshviniSaxena DP needs to do a medley at least of discarded classics in their concerts like they used to sneak in Burn and Difficult to Cure. Cascades and Ted The Mechanic need to come back into the live set!

[@BlackTerror]

@@PiotrLangtvedt You got to go full completist. I gave up on Jefferson Starship because that's too convoluted and I really only like the Mickey Thomas stuff. Cosmos Rocks counts, and I'll even throw in Brian May's first solo album in retrospect. That's a Queen album with only Brian songs. That said, a Whitesnake list is a conundrum. Do I count the pre WS Coverdale albums. Technically its the band without a name. Coverdale Page I can't exclude and if I count the pre stuff I have to do Into The Light and Restless Heart which has the name but is really a solo album. I have to think of a way to word all of it. And I never even heard of Unzipped.

[@Bucky749]

Also if I already told you that you about the black terror and you can get reprints of the black terror comics sorry I may have forgotten how come you don’t use something with the the teen terror as your logo as the black terrors side kick Tim .

[@BlackTerror]

Thanks! I don't need reprints though. I printed a few with my home printer but stopped collecting physical copies of comics since I think I hit the extreme limit for space with my collecting. I actually check out Readallcomics.com reading stuff from the golden age. Tim's cool but I just like the main image I use for the channel logo.

[@andrerock4832]

Now my list with Blackmore 1.In Rock 2.Machine Head 3.WDWTWA 4.Burn 5.Fireball 6.Perfect Strangers 7.Stormbringer 8.Shades 9.Book Of Talasyn 10.Deep Purple 11.The Battle Rages On 12.The House Of Blue Light 13.Slaves And Masters

[@BlackTerror]

Interesting. A true dark horse, WDWTWA at #3. House and Slaves I see the low ranking even though I like them but I'm always baffled by Battle when it gets ranked low. I love it and I'm not the only one but It's also got its fair amount of detractors for an album I think personifies their classic sound.

[@andrerock4832]

@@BlackTerror Yes, well some good songs in thoses three last albums but that's it . Not real album like the 70's. For WDWTWA always been my prefered album in fact i had three , In Rock , Made In Japan plus this one , their best with Gillan, Glover era !

[@BlackTerror]

@@andrerock4832 Controversial opinion.... I'm not that big on Made In Japan! It's their best selling and most well known live album but I find it flat. The Japanese crowd is notoriously subdued and the songs are too new at the time so nobody is singing along. That said, the countless live albums since then is a variation on the setlist from it so I respect it.

[@andrerock4832]

@@BlackTerror You'll never see Japanese audience sing along song , they are too polite and they are respectfull to the band and the show , i have a King Crimson live show made in 2003 in Japan and it's the same thing , no yelling just hand clapping .

[@BlackTerror]

@@andrerock4832 same with pro wrestling. The Japanese crowd only claps for a good move or shriek in fear when a heel does something dastardly.

[@FlavioRomoli-rb9nz]

Abandon is the true masterpiece of the Morse era, a unicum from beginning to end as were In Rock & Perfect Strangers (even if very different), the first 3 albums of the Morse era innovative and beautiful, then the last 4 with Steve boring, flaccid with Gillan who struggled to find winning vocal lines and talked too much.... with =1 we finally returned to a more direct and melodic hard rock and also Gillan was more facilitated in writing beautiful vocal lines

[@gideonlapidus8996]

Abandon very good but Perpendicular the best

[@FlavioRomoli-rb9nz]

@@gideonlapidus8996 Purpendicular has some better songs than Abandon, but also some weak songs. Abandon doesn't have any weak songs, the average is higher.

[@BlackTerror]

I'm glad you appreciate the first 3 Morse albums so that means you like Bananas. Nobody should be sleeping on that album!

[@teec3557]

Agree but Abandon doesn’t do it for me. The new album is also meh. Too much synthesizer/ songs are too short. It’s a poor man’s MachII. That’s what made Purple great with Morse - they morphed into an interesting incredibly musical band. Purpendicular is imo #3 Purple album behind Machine Head and In Rock. Bananas is a hidden gem (minus Razzle Dazzle)

[@teec3557]

@teec3557 0 seconds ago Ian Gillan said he didn’t choose any of the songs on Turning to Crime. Agree about that album - love it. ABandOn - that album has grown on me big time Purpendicular Come Taste the Band Now What Bananas Whoosh ABandOn Infinite- Birds of Prey is through the stratosphere Rapture of the Deep =1 Turning to Crime I separate as a guilty pleasure Bob Ezrin has taken the power out of Purple. Whoosh might be their best written material but he has condensed the sound / buried Morse in the mix/ Airey does not know how to make the Hammond crunchy and growling/ Gillan way too high in the mix. Have you ever thought about doing a video conference show? I like to push back on the typical narrative

[@BlackTerror]

Even though I don’t mind Bob Ezrin’s production I think using him for the last decade made every album too much the same. Strange thought I had. When I first heard Whoosh I thought it was great but could have sounded a little better if it was more atmospheric like Pink Floyd’s Momentary Lapse or Division Bell albums then I remembered Ezrin did those too! He should have looked up his old notes. I’ll probably never do conference video. Most videos I make now are totally on the fly made during lunch. It would be funny to do a metal version of that old SNL bit with Dana Carvey yelling at everybody on a panel. “Wrong!”

[@michaelrandle8316]

Ted the Mechanic is my favorite Morse era song from my favorite album from his era. They will probably never perform that song live again, at least not with the new guy.

[@BlackTerror]

I know they got to play the big hits like Smoke, Hush, Perfect Strangers, etc because that’s the stuff everybody knows and wants to hear but when they play Mary Long or No One Came in recent years that only the hardcore fans would know I feel take up the spots the big songs from the Morse era like Ted The Mechanic or Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming should be played.

[@michaelrandle8316]

@BlackTerror I noticed that they still occasionally do Uncommon Man with Simon, so there may be some hope.

[@OldRockDog]

I grew up listening to Deep Purple, love them to bits. But lets be real here... anything after "The Battle Rages On" is totally forgettable (which did not stop me buying all these albums by the way) Here is what happens: I am getting exited that they release a new album, pre-order, listen to it once and shelve it. By the way I played "Abandon" recently and it kind of grew up on me... but not by much.

[@BlackTerror]

While I like all the Blackmore-less albums, my top 3 are the only ones that I play regularly. I know I could make a playlist myself but I’d love it if they put out a greatest hits of this era. Something to condense this era. Give me something to collect and give it some official weight. They dump all the songs after the tours so maybe they’d feel more special on a compilation. Abandon is getting a lot of love in this comment section. I might need to revisit it. Maybe it’ll finally grow on me too.

[@teec3557]

Morse era music Purple is the best. I’m older and grew up with Mach II during my hormonal teen age years so it’s in my blood. But as I get older the Morse Purple is far more interesting and complex. Musically on fire. Bananas/Purpendicular/What Now/Whoosh (though Ezrin’s mixing and production suck on this album) are great. The song and guitar work on Birds of Prey on Infinite is mind blowing. = 1 is meh. Poor Man’s attempt at Mach II without the heavy Hammond/ too much synthesizer and forgettable riffs

[@BlackTerror]

@@teec3557 I find =1 a better version of Abandon. A simple heavier album but with a little more enthusiasm. It does look a little weak though after how they somehow raised their game 50 years in with Whoosh! They're easily putting out the best stuff by any classic rock band.

[@teec3557]

Machine Head In Rock Purpendicular Burn Come Taste the Band Now What Whoosh Fireball Bananas Who Do We Think We Are Rapture of the Deep Infinite Stormbringer = 1 The House of Blue Light Perfect Strangers Deep Purple Shades of Book of Talyesen Battle Rages On

[@BlackTerror]

I always thank everyone for posting a list so THANK YOU! I love to analyze them. Nice and varied. Your not too biased to any one era. Shows your a real fan who enjoys the whole journey of their discography. I'm heartbroken two of my favorites are on you bottom, Battle and Book. Looks like your not a fan of Mark 1 at all though which i understand because its so far from what we know as DP. But, the title track on Battle though kicks so much ass! Made me curious to where you placed Slaves and Masters buts not on the list.

[@teec3557]

Mach I is an unsual beast. Have some great songs: Kentucky Woman/Hush/Help/April/Chasing Shadows/Wring that Neck. The best of Mach I makes a great album I just can’t do JLT in Purple. It’s the optics. If JLT was an uknown and not associated with RB and Rainbow I would be less biased

[@teec3557]

Now What should be higher - otherwise nice job. Bananas is excellent

[@BlackTerror]

The Ezrin albums are very close. Whatever way the wind blows that day affects my rankings. Whoosh! I listened to most recently so it got top honors. I forgot to mention Apres Vous in the video. Should still be in the live setlist!

[@teec3557]

Bananas is a vastly underrated album

[@BlackTerror]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so!

[@andrerock4832]

1.Purpendicular 2.=1 3.Whoosh 4.!? 5.Infinite 6.Rapture Of The Deep 7.Abandon 8.Bananas 9.CTTB

[@BlackTerror]

@@andrerock4832 Cool, another list. Thanks for sharing! Love them. Very interesting takes... Controversial, CTTB at #9! That's always a fan favorite but the most un Purple album in the whole discography. I'm sad by the low rank of Bananas. You give Rapture usual a bottom dweller some love at #6. I love the title track though. No Turning to Crime? Its unanimous still with Purpendicular at #1.

[@andrerock4832]

@@BlackTerror CTTTB almost 50 years old , i lost interest of listen it , 2 or 3 songs good the rest filler . For Bananas , i liked it in the beginning , then there music changed for more serious songs , that's why it's in the bottom of the list . For Crimes , i didn't think it was a Purple album , but it's damn good album , maybe ranked after Rapture !

[@gideonlapidus8996]

Blackmore belongs to Rainbow

[@johnfoster5295]

Call it Blackmore and Blackless. 😂

[@gideonlapidus8996]

No Gillan. NO PURPLE