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Machine Head

by Deep Purple

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of 455,353

661
2000's

of 265,640

47
2001

of 35,059

4

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Overall Rating: 3.4188 Machine Head is ranked overall as 3.4188 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.6800 Machine Head has an avg. critic score of 3.6800 out of 4 stars

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Led Zeppelin's fourth album,Black Sabbath'sParanoid, and Deep Purple'sMachine Headstand as the Holy Trinity of English hard rock. These recordings provide the blueprint followed by virtually every heavy rock & roll band since the mid-'70s. ...more

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Led Zeppelin's fourth album,Black Sabbath'sParanoid, and Deep Purple'sMachine Headhave stood the test of time as the Holy Trinity of English hard rock and heavy metal, serving as the fundamental blueprints followed by virtually every heavy rock & roll ...more

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I just don't understand, as Ann-Margret once sang, why an exciting band like Deep Purple, who consistently hit the top of the charts in Merrie Olde and have taken Europe by storm, remain a comparatively unknown quantity to American audiences. ...more

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Led Zeppelin's fourth album, Black Sabbath's Paranoid, and Deep Purple's Machine Head stand as the Holy Trinity of English hard rock. These recordings provide the blueprint followed by virtually every heavy rock & roll band since the mid-'70s. ...more

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Although purists might argue otherwise, Machine Head remains the "ultimate" Deep Purple album, the one LP that everybody knows and loves and the home, of course, to one of the greatest riffs in rock history, the majestic "Smoke on the Water. ...more

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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. Every half-ass guitar player starts off figuring out the opening riff...read the complete review at The Daily Vault Album Reviews

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If I could offer only one piece of advice regarding this album, it would be this: DO NOT LISTEN TO THIS AFTER MADE IN JAPAN . While I certainly knew of Smoke on the Water well before I bought any Deep Purple, my first exposures to Highway Star, Lazy...read the complete review at John Mcferrin Music Reviews

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