TopTenREVIEWS presents the music career and reviews of Deep Purple
Deep Purple
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
3.0839
Deep Purple Album Rankings
1
It's amazing how one can overlook a classic when that classic becomes one of the most overplayed records of the classic rock era.Take Deep Purple's 1972 masterpieceMachine Head.
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2
)A fter making fools of themselves with Concerto for Group and Orchestra , one gets the feeling that a long long chat took place about the band's new direction.
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3
Ladies and gentlemen, this is why In Rock doesn't get the 10.
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4
[Editor's note: Eric originally wrote this review for his site in 1999. Since its original publication, this disc has been re-mastered and re-issued by Spitfire, including bonus tracks.
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5
One of Deep Purple's four indispensable albums (the others beingIn Rock,Machine Head, andBurn), 1971'sFireballsaw the band broadening out from the no-holds-barred hard rock direction of the previous y
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6
Rhino Records first attracted notice for its ability to assemble good, well-thought-out, best-of and greatest-hits compilations of acts (such asthe Beau Brummelsandthe Merry-Go-Round); bands who had e
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7
A lot of care went into the track selection and mastering on this four-CD set, devoted to 30 years in the history of Deep Purple -- though for most listeners, discs one through three, devoted to the b
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8
Track listing: CD I: 1) Highway Star; 2) Child In Time; 3) The Mule; 4) Strange Kind Of Woman; 5) Lazy; 6) Space Truckin'; 7) Black Night; CD II: 1) Highway Star; 2) Smoke On The Water; 3) Child In Ti
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9
The biggest mistake I made before even hearing this record was reading the reviews, especially those from British press.
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10
Since I'm a dingbat that forgot to introduce the lineup in the introduction, here it is for you.
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11
One major shakeup coming right up! In the middle of the Battle tour, Ritchie quit and was temporarily replaced by Joe Satriani (Mk. 6!). Then Ritchie sheepishly crawled back (Mk. 2.3!).
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12
Track listing: 1) Burn; 2) Lady Luck; 3) Getting Tighter ; 4) Love Child; 5) Smoke On The Water; 6) Lazy; 7) The Grind; 8) This Time Around; 9) Tommy Bolin Solo ; 10) Stormbringer ; 11) Highway Star;
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13
To some people, Deep Purple was the epitomy of British hard rock in the 1970s. To this day, many of their songs still get overplayed on radio stations around America.
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14
Track listing: 1) Fireball; 2) Maybe I'm A Leo; 3) Ted The Mechanic; 4) Pictures Of Home; 5) Black Night; 6) Cascades: I'm Not Your Lover; 7) Sometimes I Feel Like Screaming; 8) Woman From Tokyo; 9) N
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15
What an explosive album this is! When I first heard this record, I was immediately blown away by the downright heaviness it possesses.
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16
Formed in England in 1968, Deep Purple has gone on to become one of the most successful (and longest lived) rock bands in history.
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17
I've gotta hand it to them, at least DP Mk. 3 was kind enough to still put on good live performances, thus keeping me from losing total faith in the DP franchise.
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18
Track listing: 1) Bad Attitude; 2) The Unwritten Law; 3) Call Of The Wild; 4) Mad Dog ; 5) Black & White; 6) Hard Lovin' Woman ; 7) The Spanish Archer ; 8) Strangeways ; 9) Mitzi Dupree; 10) Dead
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19
Track listing: 1) Listen Learn Read On ; 2) Wring That Neck ; 3) Kentucky Woman; 4) Exposition/We Can Work It Out; 5) Shield; 6) Anthem; 7) River Deep Mountain High.
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20
Pappapisshu, this is one heavy album!! As you might gather from the rating, this is both a blessing and a curse.
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21
Track listing: 1) Burn ; 2) Might Just Take Your Life ; 3) Lay Down Stay Down ; 4) Sail Away; 5) You Fool No One ; 6) What's Goin' On Here; 7) Mistreated ; 8) "A" 2000.
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22
Track listing: 1) Highway Star ; 2) Strange Kind Of Woman ; 3) Dead Or Alive ; 4) Perfect Strangers; 5) Hard Lovin' Woman ; 6) Bad Attitude; 7) Knocking At Your Back Door ; 8) Child In Time; 9) Lazy;
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23
Track listing: 1) King Of Dreams; 2) The Cut Runs Deep; 3) Fire In The Basement; 4) Truth Hurts; 5) Breakfast In Bed; 6) Love Conquers All ; 7) Fortuneteller; 8) Too Much Is Not Enough; 9) Wicked Ways
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Track listing: 1) Highway Star; 2) Black Night; 3) A Twist In The Tale; 4) Perfect Strangers; 5) Anyone's Daughter ; 6) Child In Time; 7) Anya; 8) Speed King; 9) Smoke On The Water .
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25
Instead of splitting up when Blackmore swore off and at the band, Deep Purple soldiered on, replacing Blackmore with one Tommy Bolin.
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26
Track listing: 1) First Movement; 2) Second Movement (Part One); 3) Second Movement (Part Two); 4) Third Movement.
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27
Track listing: 1) Wring That Neck; 2) Speed King; 3) Into The Fire; 4) Paint It Black ; 5) Mandrake Root; 6) Child In Time ; 7) Black Night.
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28
Burn Vol. 2, but even less appealing to fans of Mark II.
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29
Track listing: 1) Burn; 2) Love Child; 3) You Keep On Moving; 4) Wild Dogs; 5) Lady Luck; 6) Smoke On The Water; 7) Soldier Of Fortune; 8) Woman From Tokyo; 9) Highway Star .
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30
Does anyone remember that Russian hair-metal band Gorky Park? No? Well, people will never forget Laibach, the Slovenian art-prank "band" and really the only musicians from socialist Eastern Europe to
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31
Ok, see, this is what I was afraid Bananas would be like before I heard it.
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32
Track listing: 1) Woman From Tokyo; 2) Mary Long ; 3) Super Trouper; 4) Smooth Dancer; 5) Rat Bat Blue; 6) Place In Line ; 7) Our Lady . The Purplers' 'mystery album'.
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33
Track listing: 1) First Movement; 2) Second Movement; 3) Third Movement. Apparently, Jon Lord's classical appetites weren't completely quenched by the (un)success of Concerto .
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34
Yay, Ian Gillan's back! Instead of Joe Lynn Turner's decent, but totally faceless, voice, I get to hear Ian's distinct vocals ... which are still shot to hell ...
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45
An example of concert life in the post-Woodstock/pre-Lollapalooza years. Better on video, where Blackmore smashes his guitar into a TV camera.
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