{"id":1757,"date":"2024-10-21T01:14:24","date_gmt":"2024-10-21T01:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=1757"},"modified":"2024-10-21T01:14:24","modified_gmt":"2024-10-21T01:14:24","slug":"progress-every-deep-purple-album-ranked-worst-best","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssoccer.uk\/?p=1757","title":{"rendered":"INCOMING: Deep Purple album ranked as the World Best by…"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s approaching Christmas Day 1971. As a young teenager, this writer is eagerly looking forward to the morning of December 25, when among the presents under the tree will hopefully be a copy of Deep Purple\u2019s latest album,\u00a0Fireball<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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Fast-forward 50 years to the present day. As an increasingly decrepit 60-something-year-old, this writer is perched on a stool in the kitchen on a Sunday morning, raising a toast to Deep Purple\u2019s epic career. (Actually it\u2019s the toaster that\u2019s raising toast; I won\u2019t be quaffing a brandy until noon at the earliest.) And FYI, I still own that original copy of\u00a0Fireball.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"Deep<\/p>\n