Falsehood #3) The album wasn't well received by the fans. Yes, they were tired, but fully capable of writing top notch material.

He refused to work on the others ideas and only played what and when he felt like it. Far from being dried up and short of ideas, the band were crippled at every turn by their moody, petulant, guitar player. Blackmore replied, 'No, I'm saving this one for a solo project.' Roger recognized the song a few years later, when it showed up on the first Rainbow album as Sixteenth Century Greensleeves. Roger encouraged him to continue, so they could flesh out the song. Roger Glover told me about one jam session during the recording of the album, where Blackmore tore into a ferocious new riff and the rest of the band joined in. Falsehood #2) The band were out of ideas and that's why the album doesn't stand up today. A little research will uncover the near unanimous praise the press had for the album upon its release. Modern revisionists have rewritten history and painted a false narrative about the album. Some rock magazines even called it their best album to date. In truth, the album got some of the best reviews of Purple's career. Falsehood #1) The album was a critically lambasted commercial failure and the press crucified it. To clear those misconceptions up, let me start there before reviewing the actual album. Much has been written about Who Do We Think We Are! over the years and much of it is just not true.

Who do we think we are