UNDER A VIOLET MOON

Under A Violet Moon is the second album by Blackmore's Night. It is a very toned down album with a heavy focus on brief, simple, acoustic songs. As such, this is by no means progressive Folk Rock, it is not even non-progressive Folk Rock, but rather something on the borderline between pure acoustic Folk music and (folky) Pop. This is thus further away from Ritchie's past in Deep Purple and Rainbow than even most other releases by Blackmore's Night. Like most others here, I too think that Under A Violet Moon is less interesting and less enjoyable than the two albums that surround it; the 1997 debut Shadow Of The Moon and the subsequent Fires At Midnight released in 2001 (my personal Blackmore's Night studio favourite). Still, even if it was a low point at the time, Under A Violet Moon is not the band's worst. While I do find it simply dull at times, unlike on some of their later albums, there is nothing here that offends me; nothing that makes me cringe.

Some of the tunes from this album were made rockier and more energetic when performed live. This certainly applies to the title track.

This one is for the fans

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