Slaves & Masters

Deep Purple | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 1, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bmg Special Product
• ASIN: B0002IQP54
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. King of Dreams

2. The Cut Runs Deep

3. Fire in the Basement

4. Truth Hurts

5. Breakfast in Bed

6. Love Conquers All

7. Fortuneteller

8. Too Much Is Not Enough

9. Wicked Ways

Editorial Reviews

Limited edition Japanese reissue pressing comes packaged in a miniature LP sleeve. RCA. 2006. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars The best Rainbow album that never happened., September 24, 2007

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Isaac Salapa "the PD fanatic" (Harrisburg) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slaves & Masters (Audio CD)

Slaves and Masters was recorded in 1990/1991 after Ritchie Blackmore fired Ian Gillan from the band. Gillan was replaced by Joe Lynn Turner, who was Blackmore's cohort in Rainbow from 1981-1984. Consequently, this album turns out sounding like a Turner-era Rainbow album more than a Purple album. Personally, I'm not a fan of JLT Rainbow--give me Ronnie James Dio any day--but I have to admit that I like this album better than the three Rainbow albums with JLT. The first three tracks--King of Dreams, The Cut Runs Deep, and Fire In the Basement--are all pretty good. Unfortunately, after that, the album goes south rather quickly. Truth Hurts is an OK ballad-like song, but most of the album sounds like Ritchie is trying to get an 80s-style pop-rock hit. I'd recommend this only if you're a Purple fanatic completist like me or if you really, really, really love Joe Lynn Turner. Incidentally, Turner was unceremoniously dumped after the tour and Blackmore reluctantly replaced him with Gillan after much complaining from Lord, Paice, Glover, and fans.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hmm..., January 23, 2005

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DZ - See all my reviews

This review is from: Slaves & Masters (Audio CD)

I feel really sorry for all these one-track minded poor people out there, who are bashing so hard on this album, just because it doesn't sound like DP some 15-20 years earlier. For you guys maybe "Deep Purple = Machine head" and nothing else matters. Ask yourselves now whether you're one of these people. Well, if DP wanted to sound like they did during the early 70s, they would do it. Personaly I like the first line up (with Rod Evens) AND the Slaves And Masters album, especially the only song that Joe Linn Turner wrote for the album "TOO MUCH IS NOT ENOUGH", is the best DP song for me ever. I've been listening to DP since a child, for more than 20 years and I own the whole DP and Rainbow discography, together with over 1200 other albums, I listen to alot of music almost every day, and I do my second year as a "Musical Arts" student (bass guitar), so believe me, I know what I'm talking about. Yes, and I like the 74-75 albums with David Coverdale more than Mahine head. Don't you ever get tired of listening to Smoke on the water? I would agree with everyone who says this album is not like mk2 DP, but I would NOT agree that this album is in any way worse than any other DP album. It's a pleasure giving album, and "Too much is not enough" just rocks with its groovy mood.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Perfect Purple, May 30, 2003

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James Mogan "Rockandroller" (Aurora, CO United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Slaves & Masters (Reis) (Audio CD)

You know, I'm kind of a casual Purple fan. I own maybe 6 or 8 of their albums, and I like them all well enough. Richie Blackmore is, of course, a true guitar god - I've been playing for 25 years and he is just as good as they come. But I've never been passionate about DP. Except for this album. This is just as catchy rock and roll gets, and IMO is about the only album that ranks up there with Machine Head. The feel is less 'see what badass musicians we are' and more 'here's a catchy rocker for you.' The result is stunning, and I have no idea why anybody would think this isn't one of the best rock and roll albums ever. Although I've heard other Joe Lynn Turner songs where I wasn't impressed with his singing, here it is picture perfect. This is one of the few (out of hundreds) of my albums that I take out and listen to all the way through regularly. Do yourself a favor - buy this album, pretend that you've never heard of Ian Gillan's Deep Purple, and rock out!