Mondo Bungle

I'm a huge Deep Purple fan and this is my favorite of theirs. It seems so overlooked in comparison to Machine Head and In Rock and stuff, but I think this is top notch material and some of my favorite old school hard rock/metal ever put to tape. It's also the first full album I heard from them, and I've wrecked the CD since.

From raging rockers like the title track, to longer and more progressive suites like "Fools" (my absolute fav) and "The Mule", to a fun little ditty like "Anyone's Daughter", everything is a winner. It might be that compared to an album like Machine Head which is played and worshiped like hell, this just sounds a lot fresher, but I dunno. I think it'd be my favorite either way. So many inventive ideas put into here.

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