Burn or Stormbringer? Which one rules? Why?

[Zzzptm]

Please vote and then discuss.

For me, I like both, but I like Stormbringer most overall. In particular, the pairing of "Holy Man" with "Hold On" on side one always puts me in a great mellow mood and, I think, actually points the way towards the next album with Bolin. "Soldier of Fortune" is an amazing closer, and has always been a favorite of mine. A great album to listen to at the end of a satisfying day of work.

[Charger]

Burn burns Stormbringer away! Part from the title track the latter really has nothing to offer me. But Burn has the title track, Mistreated (although I prefer the Rainbow live version), Sail Away and Might Just Take Your Life.

I do like Blackmore's Night version of Soldier Of Fortune...that song was made for Candice to sing.

[Zzzptm]

I agree on "Soldier of Fortune" being better played outside of DP than within it. Coverdale's acoustic version is outstanding.

"Mistreated" is an interesting song as well, given how it grew legs and walked off into live sets for Rainbow, Whitesnake, and Dio. Overall, I have to hand it to Dio for really making that song his own.

Overall, I like the Burn material done live much more than I like the studio versions of it. Whereas, for Stormbringer, I pretty much only get the title track and "Lady Double Dealer" done by Mk3 live, so I pretty much rely on the studio versions for enjoyment.

[Billy Underdog]

Ended up voting for both, though on nostalgia Stormbringer is a little closer to heart.

[Zzzptm]

Ended up voting for both, though on nostalgia Stormbringer is a little closer to heart.

What's your nostalgia with the album, then?

[Billy Underdog]

Owning it on casette instead of vinyl made so it was played more as a kid. I don't even think i had a vinyl-player at that point...

[Axefiend]

Love both of these albums! Great memories blasting these in the car back around 1989-90.

[Zzzptm]

That makes me want to start a general thread about music we heard as kids... is it more magical because of that?

And then a thread about music we play in our cars, especially road trips... how much more alive is the music because of that?

But, yeah, I think the albums are very close, which is why I always try to keep options like that available in my polls.

[Axefiend]

That makes me want to start a general thread about music we heard as kids... is it more magical because of that?

I think so! I remember as a 4 or 5 year old kid, getting into my Dad's records, I seemed to know what I like and disliked early on. For instance, I liked harder edge stuff right from the get go (Elvis, Johnny Cash, Marty Robbins) as opposed to light and flowery shit (Jim Nabors, Eddie Arnold, Gospel stuff) in my Dad's collection, and I think it was all down to what I resonated with. Music WAS magic back then.

And then a thread about music we play in our cars, especially road trips... how much more alive is the music because of that?

Music so many times get tied to events in our life, good or bad.

But, yeah, I think the albums are very close, which is why I always try to keep options like that available in my polls.

The funny thing with Purple, "Machine Head" with a fairly live, raw production, then they come out with "Who Do We Think We Are", which was a little more slick and "American" as they'd probably put it. Then "Burn", back to the live, raw production and they they do "Stormbringer", very slick and polished. Then "Come Taste The Band" back to the live and raw production.

[Zzzptm]

^ Something like that still evident in how they ping-pong between styles even today. Since Ian Paice is the only constant on all DP albums, do we get to blame him?