Bananas

Bananas

"Have you ever had a rock that just keeps on rolling/ Ever seen a train coming down the track" Ian Gillan deadpans on the first song off Bananas. This tune gives you every single 1970s hard rock clichÃ© at once, as it careens from cheesy guitar solo to cheesy organ solo to cheesy dual organ and guitar solo, with a gratuitous use of the cowbell effect right through the whole track. The song is a bit like seeing your grandmother in hot pants. Things do get better from there on out, though not tremendously so. Deep Purpleâ€™s first studio album in five years has new songs that for the most part sound like their old songs, which is not really such a bad thing. "Haunted," however, presents a new template for the band, a Macy Gray-style ballad. Really. The album brims with trademark DP choogling; original members Ian Paice and Roger Glover remain one of the most solid, thunderous rhythm sections in rock. If you canâ€™t get enough of this bandâ€™s mountainous sound, with its thunderous organs, screaming guitars, and vocals that veer from ominous to operatic, this oneâ€™s for you. --Mike McGonigal
Country USA
Manufacturer STUY
Binding Audio CD
ItemPartNumber 060768635128
UnitCount 1
UPCs 060768635128
EANs 0060768635128
ReleaseDate 2003-10-07

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