Breakthru or breakup?
they were on their 2nd frontman and bassist at that point, the band itself had played the Royals with Deep purple in concert with the London Philharmonic, they were freakin HUGE as artists, that album was the commercial crossover, they already had the name for the skill but not the top 40, put that album out and Lord and Blackmore split the difference into Rainbow and purple. So did they go bubblegum for the money in that album? yes. Should Smoke be on an all time best list yes for the reasons that jb and beep put out.
thanx,
bill
