Tracks Side 1:

1. Money Talks (5:32)

2. Girls Like That (4:00)

3. Wrong Man (4:52)

Tracks Side 2:

1. Rapture Of The Deep (5:56)

2. Clearly Quite Absurd (6:25)

3. Don't Let Go (4:32)

Tracks Side 3:

1. Back To Back (4:02)

2. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (4:17)

3. MTV (4:54)

Tracks Side 4:

1. Junkyard Blues (5:30)

2. Before Time Began (6:39)

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"Blackmore and Lord left. So, there is no deep nor purple anymore..." and that's something to debate, a strong argument which has lots of points in favour and against.

But Don Airey and Steve Morse are brilliant performers. They pushed so hard in "Bananas" that eventually forced Gillan and Paice to return in this album to some of their older days of greatness. Even Glover, still way behind of what he used to do, tries to give some fingers for the work here and "Rapture of the Deep" contains several hard-rocking tunes worthy of your attention. And of more attention than what it gets.

So, is it better than "Bananas" to some extent? No. "Bananas" was solid as a whole, but here we can find some big flaws that can be accepted because of the effort made to "try to return" to the grand game. Money Talks, for instance, is a good opener. Of course far behind those legendary ones in the golden era, but way different and better than previous ones. Gillan gives it a try and impresses us all. Not that he melted the irons here, but hey, something is something. Of course, none of this could have been achieved without Airey and Morse. "Wrong Man" slows the beat, but what can we possibly do? We are, yet, far from the finest momentum and there are only "slight returns" here. Same with "Girls Like That" with its funny lyrics and beats and with some progressive licks and stuff, but nothing more.

With "Rapture of the Deep", the magic returns in the shape of an ancient Persian tune with Airey and Morse once again taking the lead. Paicey returns to the majestic throne and drops us some nasty drumming we weren't listening to in a long time. A nice piece which now belongs to DP's canon of live songs.

What else can be said about the next songs? Not many and not least. They are filled with a hard-rocking edge with a mix of progressive licks thanks to Airey. Morse fills every vacuum with his talented fingers, especially in "Don't Let Go" and "Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye", good fillers with nice personality. The flaws in this record, though, are a couple of songs I just can't save even if they have some tremendous lyrics: "Back to Back" and "MTV". The former, talks about how the average men is no longer using his brain and the latter is about the music industry. Yes, they are right about the lyrics, we praise it. But the execution, I mean, the musical construction just doesn't work. Funky, greasy, and way too poppish despite whatnot fragments of heavy beating. These pieces don't belong here and my idea is that those were fully made by Gillan, Glover, and Paice, disappointed in their low sales of previous albums and without any influence of Morse and Airey, two guys enjoying their time in one of the most legendary bands of all of history.

The cover art, which has a "deep" idea beneath, gets some extra points no matter what you can say about it. This album is just as good as "Bananas" 'cause it contains great songs, especially the title track, but as well it has some big flaws like "MTV" and "Back to Back". Nevertheless, the slight return is well-appreciated here and this album deserves your attention, at least for a moment of rapture.
(Ritchie Black Iommi, July 14th, 2013/metal-archives.com)

Don Airey - Keyboards
Ian Gillan - Vocals
Roger Glover - Bass
Steve Morse - Guitar
Ian Paice - Drums

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