Perfect Strangers Deep Purple

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CD - Remastered

  • Release Date: 06/22/1999
  • Original Release: 1984
  • Sales Rank: 12,981
  • Label: ISLAND / MERCURY
  • UPC: 731454604529

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Perfect Strangers

1LISTENKnocking at Your Back Door 7:04
2LISTENUnder the Gun 4:38
3LISTENNobody's Home 3:59
4LISTENMean Streak 4:21
5LISTENPerfect Strangers 5:28
6LISTENA Gypsy's Kiss 5:12
7LISTENWasted Sunsets 3:55
8LISTENHungry Daze 4:58
9LISTENNot Responsible 4:57
10LISTENSon of Alerik Bonus Track 10:07

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Deep Purple's definitive Mark II lineup reunited for 1984's Perfect Strangers. It is one of the better examples of a reunion album, although the band's uneasy camaraderie only lasted a few more years. "Knocking at Your Back Door" opens the album with a roar. Ian Gillan's lyrics don't make much sense, but Ritchie Blackmore's guitar riffs and Ian Paice's thunderous drumming carry this song as well as the rest of the album. The robotic rhythm of the title cut relies on Jon Lord's organ work. The 1999 remastered reissue features the bonus track "Son of Alerik." This fascinating, mid-tempo, ten-minute instrumental was the B-side of the "Perfect Strangers" 12" single in the U.K. Bret Adams, All Music Guide

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Great just Greatby Sportsnutim

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November 22, 2009: I bought this album when it first came out when I was with the USAF. Brings back great memories when I was in California. Love DP as far back as I can remember.

Not a Shabby Reunion at All.by SS70

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July 09, 2009: Many people, professional reviewers and laymen alike, have often said that, had Deep Purple never reformed, they would have remained legends forever. I can't really argue against that concept, as I haven't heard any of the Purple albums that followed, with or without Ritchie Blackmore. However, I can tell you that, when my friends and I found out that DP mk. II were going to reunite and cut an album, we were overjoyed, as we'd nearly worn our cassettes of Machine Head out. Perfect Strangers isn't a home run by any means, but it's a damned sight better than many reviewers thought at the time. It's a very consistent collection of songs, with "Perfect Strangers" and "Knocking at your Back Door" the standouts (it took me years to figure out that "Knocking..." was about, well, you know). This is a very respectable effort by the mk. II band, and is certainly nothing to hide or try to live down (those albums would come later; Purple without Blackmore is like the Stones without Keith Richards). If you're not a stone-cold DP fan, there isn't anything here to change your mind. If you're a fan, you've either got this already or are about to get it.


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