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Audio CD (September 16, 2003)
Original Release Date: 1999
Number of Discs: 1
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Label: Universal Special Products
ASIN: B00000JBFX
Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (86 customer reviews)
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,109 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #211 in Music > Hard Rock & Metal > British Metal
- #333 in Music > Classic Rock > British Invasion
- #584 in Music > World Music > Europe > British Isles > Britain

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3.7 out of 5 stars

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2 star		13%
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Underrated album

By A Customer on September 8, 2000

Format: Audio CD

In my opinion, HOBL is the most underrated album of the band. True, only 3 years after their legendary reunion, Deep Purple was going through another crisis, which probably had its influence on the way fans received this recording... "Ahhh, this is one of their worst albums because I heard that the band was going through tough times". Also, the sound here is different than what we always expected from them.
Bad Attitude and Unwritten Law - as heavy as DP does it. Sound here reminds of the "In Rock" days and at the same time shows an innovative side of the band. Excellent vocals by Gillan.
Call of the wild is a never-seen-before piece of Purple. SOmewhat mellow and unusual.
Mad Dog - simply an excellent work! Very heavy and fast Black and white - blending vocal chorus works out well. The song sounds like a slow heavy train that just got back onto its tracks Hard Lovin Woman - rock'n'rollish tune, one of the concert favorites in 80's Spanish Archer - another classic. Remarkable play by Ritchie and great lyrics Strangeways - quite an odd song. Again purplishly heavy rhythm. Mitzi Dupree - pinch me... Is this DP? Call it blues rock, call it white blues, but again the band shows something unique. Finally, what a great closing with Dead or Alive. Highlight of the song is the keyboard solo by Jon Lord and another great vocal parts make this song.
Overall, this album shows the DP in quite an unusual light. Blue light.

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A stroke of luck...

By Purplemaniac on February 20, 2006

Format: Audio CD

I bought this album on vinyl when it first came out in the 1980s and have always liked it. It is the most underrated Deep Purple album in my opinion. Don't believe all the negative reviews here. This album is fresh and exciting because it is so experimental and largely unlike anything Deep Purple did before or since. Yet it is not so unlike their previous stuff that their trademark sound is lost; it is rather a modernized version of their still identifiable sound. Do all these naysayers really want Deep Purple to keep making the same album over and over again? That would be stagnation, and groups that stagnate don't stick around for long. Now to the "stroke of luck" part: I picked up a used copy of this CD, the NONREMASTERED version and what a surprise! There are longer versions of three songs here than on the vinyl, and I understand the remastered CD version is the same as the vinyl (shorter) version. The song 'Black and White', which on the vinyl version quickly fades out at the end, instead goes on for almost a full minute longer here and becomes an extended jam session with Gillan going nuts on harmonica and Blackmore going nuts on guitar! And with 'Spanish Archer', probably the best song on the album, on the vinyl version the song fades out at the end. Not here. Here we are treated to about 40 additional seconds of Blackmore's wonderful intense soloing at the end of the song, then the song ends cold. And 'Strangeways' goes on for an incredible minute and a half longer than on the vinyl version. It includes a longer solo in the middle from Blackmore and extended noodling at the end of the song which are totally cut out of the vinyl version. Bottom line? I don't know if the most recent remastered version of this CD includes the extended versions of these songs or not.Read more ›

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"Blue Light": a Blue Print For What Should Have Been a Hit

By Bud Sturguess on May 18, 2004

Format: Audio CD Verified Purchase

If you're looking to absorb some more of Deep Purple's rib-crunching, dramatic hard rock, but want something that hasn't been as endlessly re-released on compilations or on classic rock radio lately, "The House Of Blue Light" is an ideal find.
Released in 1987, Deep Purple's second "reunion album" was overlooked upon release, but is actually one of their most precisely formulaic albums since "In Rock." While it's not as daring as their 70s releases, "Blue Light" is a highly enjoyable blueprint for the plan of finding a hit. Each track sounds like an attempt to score a hit single, which means the band rarely crosses any musical boundaries, but that's part of the album's hard-edged charm. Despite a strict, limited approach, Deep Purple's musicianship still carries the power of a fiery chariot battalion, and they gut it out on each song with admirability. What's most important is that the group takes the seemingly cliched ideas of 'Mad Dog,' 'Bad Attitude,' or 'Black and White' and presents them as stunning, addictive hard rock tracks. If one were to hand these musical ideas to most other bands, the results would not be as satisfying. Ian Gillan's lyrics do the impossible task of sounding fresh, despite the limited formula, and Richie Blackmore and Jon Lord are typically dazzling, anchored by the rhythm section of producer Roger Glover and Ian Paice. Virtually all of the music here is catchy and exciting, most notably on the addictive 'Call of the Wild,' 'The Unwritten Law,' 'The Spanish Archer,' and 'Dead Or Alive,' a song that expresses the dangers of drug addiction, with a very frank, that's-the-way-it-is perspective, preached with force by musicians who have been there and back.Read more ›

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Most bands would kill to have a album this good!

By John on October 14, 2003

Format: Audio CD

One of Purple's best but least-known and underrated albums, House of Blue Light has strengths that made Deep Purple so great are evident on this album. This album is humorous with clever lyrics, top quality musicianship and killer solos from both Blackmore and Lord. The songs are well-crafted and tightly-woven together.
The songs are great, with Bad Attitude and The Unwritten Law starting things off in fine fashion! Mitzi Dupree is entertaining in an Anyone's Daughter kind of way.
The Spanish Archer and Mad Dog are great straight-ahead rockers.
Strange-ways is unlike anything Purple has done before - it's refreshing; different.
Dead or alive and Hard Loving Woman are timeless tracks and my favorite is probably Call of the wild.
This album is stronger than Perfect Strangers, with a greater variety of songs and a lot more experimentation. An overlooked and unappreciated album. This was my favorite reunion era album until Bananas in 2003. A must get.

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House of Meh.

Being the follow up to their reunion album Perfect Strangers, I had high hopes for The House of Blue Light. Overall I was very disappointed. Read more

Published 3 months ago by Mr Bump

This is a good one

The House of Blue Light is like an awesome drug that you can use over and over again...

Listen to it and you'll feel great. Read more

Published 5 months ago by Wisdom

Five Stars

Very good album

Published 9 months ago by Michael L. Wells

Excellant!

Great release that many fans are not aware of....

Published 10 months ago by Dwoods

Great addition to the collection

Fast Delivery. Great addition to the collection.

Published 10 months ago by Jonathan E. Booth

Five Stars

Killer!

Published 11 months ago by BVF

Ritchie and Ian do great job

Had this on vinyl, a must have for all purple fans. Ritchie and Ian do great job here

Published 12 months ago by Sergey

I find myself listening to this more then I do Perfect Strangers.

An underrated Deep Purple gem in my opinion! I find myself listening to this more then I do Perfect Strangers.

Published 12 months ago by N. L. Hill

House of Blue Light

Not quite as good as Perfect Strangers, but still pretty good overall.

Published 13 months ago by buddy

Five Stars

VERY ENJOYABLE

Published 14 months ago by Kay King

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