Now I''ve found another where I'd least expected it. Whereas here he's someone in a corner being sour and virulently funky at awkward fate, but whose very human-size indignation turns astoundingly anthemic in the chorus. Other versions have been infinitely greater in individual respects, none may be so complete as a whole. They are impressive, but that particular passivity doesn't quite seem what it was. Deep Purple never sounded the supergroup more than on these remixes.
Instruments breathe in open space, have cast off their shutters, perform.
Volume has gone up on all fronts, so that this album sounds more 'heavy' and considerably more 'metal' than before. His guiding light, especially for the rhythm section, may well have been the sound of present-day Deep Purple. 72 is a classic example of '90s 'plain' production ideals.