Deep Purple - Come Taste The Band

I just bought this album on vinyl. I dare say its the best output i've heard from the Hughes/Coverdale era. Bolin's style matches them better than Blackmore. Definatley a different band from the Gillan era.

Yes, it's a very good album.

Yup Bolin era Purp one of my favs all time!

Wargod

I avoided this album for years...well, to be honest I used to avoid any of the Coverdale albums because I dislike him so much. The only songs from the Coverdale/Hughes lineup that I knew were the tracks on Deepest Purple and the live album Made In Europe. Ian Gillan is one of my favorite vocalists and I was only comfortable with him in the Deep Purple vocal chair. Anyway...

A few years ago I picked up the remaster of Burn and loved it, then also got Stormbringer and loved that too. Then Manny finally convinced me to check out Come Taste The Band and I wasn't that thrilled with it at first, but it grew on me and I now really enjoy it. Need to give it a fresh listen soon.

Bolin is a great guitarist, but I still prefer his fusion work to what he did in Deep Purple.

Eh...it's an ok album, but does not come close to "Burn" or even "Stormbringer."

Manny turned me on to this one too - I need to break it out again. The songs are decent, but I have a hard time getting into non-Blackmore DP.

I like all the Steve Morse albums, so not having Blackmore aboard isn't the issue for me. I just identify Purple with Gillan so heavily that the Coverdale/Hughes lineup will always be second tier for me.

Psychotron wrote:

Eh...it's an ok album, but does not come close to "Burn" or even "Stormbringer."

I agree. I just can't get past Deep Purple without Blackmore. I do have CTTB on vinyl, maybe I oughta give it a spin again.

Really, I feel like it's a better Whitesnake album than a Deep Purple release. The songs are much more bluesy and funky.

However, I recommend picking up the 35th Anniversary Edition of the album. It has a couple extra tracks which are really cool and I think Glenn Hughes remixed them all.

The deluxe edition of Stormbringer is worth picking up as well, sounds great and also contains a few Glenn Hughes remixes as bonus tracks.

I've always enjoyed the Coverdale/Hughes lineup of Deep Purple, and this album has some of their best tracks ("You Keep On Moving", "Comin' Home").

I love 'Come Taste the Band', I love the songwriting and performances on the album. I have no idea how far they could have taken this band if Tommy Bolin had not become such a mess because of drugs, this album is so far from the Deep Purple classic sound, I am not surprised alot of fans did not embrace it.