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salmacis 
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 Posted: December 04 2006 at 08:20 |
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I don't know- 'Firefly', 'Sea Of Light' and 'Sonic Origami' (give or take a few songs, which are a bit bland but OK) stand up to the best of the Byron era, imo. The other albums range from good to patchy to duff (most of the 80s ones).
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 09:08 |
While i can understand people who don''t praise much Lawton era, I'm of completely opposite opinion. Of course these (I mean only Innocent Victim and Fallen Angel, because Firefly, IMHO, was as adventurous as any of Byron-era albums) albums have some radio-friendly approach, but the music hasn't lost any brilliance. How can I not love a song like Come Back To Me, Free Me, Choices, Illusion or Love Or Nothing? And this is far from entire Brilliance list.
An about Coverdale-era Deep Purple... of course it has some it's moments... Well, lets say it's good,(Burn, Sail Away, This Time Around and couple of other songs are really great) but I think it's nowhere near Lawton-era Uriah Heep.
So I vote for UH.
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 09:20 |
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...If it was David Byron's era ,I would go for Uriah Heep ...but since it isn't ,well its not that I like Coverdale on Purple that much but ,I prefer it, Yep and I guess you guys agree with me that since David is gone, Uriah Heep faded out a little bit so...
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Thandrus
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Posted: January 22 2008 at 09:44 |
 Real Paradox wrote:
...If it was David Byron's era ,I would go for Uriah Heep ...but since it isn't ,well its not that I like Coverdale on Purple that much but ,I prefer it, Yep and I guess you guys agree with me that since David is gone, Uriah Heep faded out a little bit so... |
I don't agree with you.
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Posted: January 25 2008 at 15:59 |
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deep purple.. I love Coverdales voice.
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Posted: January 25 2008 at 16:26 |
jwxlite wrote:
deep purple.. I love Coverdales voice.
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Yeah.. DP had it's share of great vocalists... I happen to love Rod Evans voice as well. Couldn't see Coverdale, or Gillan carried off a track like River Deep Mountain High. Though I could see Hugues doing it. 
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Posted: January 27 2008 at 16:30 |
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Lawton was good but not great...and Purple did their funkiest, great Stormbringer. Purple. Coverdale started to annoy me much later.
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Alberto Muņoz
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Posted: February 28 2008 at 15:42 |
hello in first place it's difficult to compare both bands in different perido of time:
DP mark III starts in 1974, when UH stellar mark was on, second UH with lawton starts in 1977 when DP no longer are. so i did not understand well the comparisons, when UH with lawton was arriving in late 76 early 77' the musical trends were changing and i think that UH mantain his blend of hard rock until Fallen Angel in 1979 when DP was in that time finished.
just my two cents
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Posted: March 01 2008 at 19:32 |
Actually I can compare these two eras: new beginnings for both bands that had previously lost their most famous vocalists - UH lost David Byron and DP lost Ian Gillan; and both bands went into a more bluesy-er direction during these two eras.
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Posted: March 04 2008 at 16:38 |
I choose Deep Purple over Uriah Heep. DP are one of my favourite rockbands, and they have a more straightforward hardrock sound. While UH are more bombastic and symphonic although I wouldnt describe them as progrock. I think David Coverdale and John Lawton periods are very underated.
Burn was a loud album. Strormbringer was not as loud although if Led Zeppelin would have made this album it would have been considere heavy. I dont agree with people who say that Fallen Angel is an AOR album it has a real heavy metal feel to it while Innocent Victim sounds less heavy
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Posted: November 20 2008 at 10:12 |
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My third favourite band vs. my second favourite band. But this question is not so hard for me,because of the eras. David Coverdale/Glenn Hughes Deep Purple for me!
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Posted: November 20 2008 at 10:42 |
I am a big, big fan of those 2 bands, sadly the 2 eras this poll is referring to are don't thrill me at all!
My DP means having Ian Gillan on the mike---My UH means David Byron fronting the stage!
I never listen to Coverdales/Hugues 'DP ..''funky'' DP doesnn't do it for me  .BURN still has its moments, but i can't recall last time i played it!
and the only decent Lawton's UH i spin once in a while is FIREFLY which has some very good songs (Hangin tree, rollin on, sympathy and title track) .
The same cannot be said about the following albums INNOCENT VICTIM and FALLEN ANGELS, kind of poppy Uriah Heep ''light''.............the plot was lost by then!! K. Hensley was still in the band but everyone could see the heart and faith wasn't there anymore!
So my answer is Uriah Heep by a wisker, but with no real excitement either!
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Posted: November 20 2008 at 20:27 |
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I thought the Coverdale/Hughes era was quite good as a matter of fact.
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Posted: November 21 2008 at 20:39 |
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re: the era, Deep and Heep go to sleep.
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Posted: November 22 2008 at 03:25 |
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I think Heep's Lawton era is similar to Purple's Coverdale/Hughes era.
Songs like "Rollin On" and "Wise Man" could easily have been written by Coverdale or Hughes.
I think that Deep Purple was a bit stronger, though. While "Firefly" is really good, "Burn" is much better!
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Posted: November 23 2008 at 10:45 |
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oooh...Uriah Heep vs. Deep Purple, two bands I love dearly! Still, I choose Deep Purple in the Coverdale era...
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Posted: November 25 2008 at 10:26 |
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Deep Purple (regardless of era!).
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