WHO DO WE THINK WE ARE

'Who Do We Think We Are' is the final Deep Purple album recorded in the seventies by the Mark II lineup of the legendary British band, and this is a record whose writing and production had been exhilarated by pressure from the label, having insisted that the band complete another studio recording, while Deep Purple themselves were simply in need of a short break. The result is an album that is difficult to appreciate as it can sometimes be fun, enjoyable and rocking, at times it can get pretty boring as the band was obviously uninspired, which is further proven by the fact that Gillan and Glover left the band afterwards. The music on here is very much in the same vein as the preceding albums recorded by the quintet, with blues-based rock compositions leading the way, occasionally drawing in influences like scat and prog rock, and while the overall quality of the recording is rather good, the general aftertaste of this album is of an incomplete and slightly strenuous work that lacks the character and grip of preceding albums, even if songs like 'Woman From Tokyo', 'Super Trouper' and 'Rat Bat Blue' work great. Jon Lord and Ian Paice deliver noteworthy performances, while Blackmore's riffs tend to be less exciting than usual - tracks like 'Place in Line' and 'Our Lady' depict a tedious side of Purple's music, which could have probably been avoided had their label not insisted on a new studio album.

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