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Review:
The road between Ian Gillan's first two stints fronting Deep Purple is not only a musically rewarding one but also a textbook example of the dark side of fame. After trying to establish a new sound miles away from Purple's proto-stomp with the tricky jazz-rock fusion of his first two solo albums, Gillan was under increasing pressure to conform to his old hard-rock persona both financially and critically (i.e., the albums didn't sell and the press ignored them besides). SCARABUS represents Ian's attempt to both give the public what they wanted (screaming and long solos) while remaining true to his original vision of IGB. What resulted was one of the best records of its era, packed with well-written songs and deft fusion arrangements peppered with heavy seasoning. Alas, this one went unheard by most and Gillan was to throw in the towel, hire the big fat bald guy and the skinny-tie guitar wanker and revert to the old cannon-fire approach his 15 minutes of fame had shackled him to. (Not that he didn't shoehorn as much subversion as possible into those early-80s Gillan albums!) But for a few minutes there in the late 70s, when he still thought he was in charge of his career, Ian Gillan took the ball and ran with it, and SCARABUS is the proof.
Track List:
1. Scarabus
2. Twin Exhausted
3. Poor Boy Hero
4. Mercury High
5. Pre-Release
6. Slages to Bitches
7. Apathy
8. Mad Elaine
9. Country Lights
10. Fool's Mate
11. My Baby Loves Me
Log:
The road between Ian Gillan's first two stints fronting Deep Purple is not only a musically rewarding one but also a textbook example of the dark side of fame. After trying to establish a new sound miles away from Purple's proto-stomp with the tricky jazz-rock fusion of his first two solo albums, Gillan was under increasing pressure to conform to his old hard-rock persona both financially and critically (i.e., the albums didn't sell and the press ignored them besides). SCARABUS represents Ian's attempt to both give the public what they wanted (screaming and long solos) while remaining true to his original vision of IGB. What resulted was one of the best records of its era, packed with well-written songs and deft fusion arrangements peppered with heavy seasoning. Alas, this one went unheard by most and Gillan was to throw in the towel, hire the big fat bald guy and the skinny-tie guitar wanker and revert to the old cannon-fire approach his 15 minutes of fame had shackled him to. (Not that he didn't shoehorn as much subversion as possible into those early-80s Gillan albums!) But for a few minutes there in the late 70s, when he still thought he was in charge of his career, Ian Gillan took the ball and ran with it, and SCARABUS is the proof.
Track List:
1. Scarabus
2. Twin Exhausted
3. Poor Boy Hero
4. Mercury High
5. Pre-Release
6. Slages to Bitches
7. Apathy
8. Mad Elaine
9. Country Lights
10. Fool's Mate
11. My Baby Loves Me
Log:
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