Deep Purple-Who Do We Thing We Are (1973)

Deep Purple's seventh album, "Who Do We Think We Are", has always been overshadowed by its three superb predecessors, "In Rock", "Fireball", and "Machine Head". Despite containing some of the most memorable moments in Deep Purple's musical essence, the lack of truly iconic tracks relegated it to the status of a secondary work by a large portion of their extensive fanbase and by music critics. Furthermore, this would be the last album to feature singer Ian Gillan and bassist Roger Glover, who left the band amidst strained relations with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore, who accused them of apathy and a lack of interest in the band's affairs. Neither of them would reunite until eleven years later when Deep Purple brought together their classic lineup for the recording of the 1984 album "Perfect Stranger", Recorded in various studios located between Rome and Frankfurt during the middle months of 1972, it was released in January 1973 under the Purple Records label and distributed worldwide by EMI Odeon.

Although we initially stated that it's an album lacking in classic tracks, that's not entirely true. It features the legendary "Woman From Tokyo", which for many alone justifies the album's greatness. 

But the rest is not far behind and does not even approach mediocrity, with a sound more oriented towards the roots of classic rock and roll, as demonstrated in "Smooth Dancer" and "Mary Long", it also consists of superb cuts such as the rhythm and blues "Place In Line", or the psychedelic and avant-garde "Super Trouper", while the heavy rock "Rat Bat Blue" recovers the usual essence of the most classic Purple.