Deep Purple In Rock

I understand my father-in-law so much better now

When I was younger, I would read or hear a lot of people saying "Deep Purple was a huge influence on early heavy metal" and think PFFFFTTTT! What? Nah, Black Sabbath did it all, as I was only familiar with Deep Purple's bigger hits at that time. I still think Sabbath is obviously the most influential, but realize I was too quick to dismiss the work of others in the pre-metal scene. This album is THICK with sound. A driving rhythm section, big distortion, and versatile organ usage make for a sound modern stoner rock constantly seeks to emulate. This is a Jam. Probably a 4.5, but I'm rounding up as an apology for my previous disrespect to these metal pioneers.

Grinding, driving, 70s metal. This album is relentless. It starts big and just keeps going until the end. Good stuff, mostly. It got docked a star because there was an inordinate amount of pointless, wordless screeching.

Makes u wanna rock out with ur cock out

Listening to guitar solos on this album is like putting your head into an exhaust of F1 car with V12 engine and pushing with low-fuel load around Monza. Absolute eargasm.

A period piece, capturing the point at which psych rock became hard rock/metal. Ridiculous lyrics don't detract from the energy here, the key to this album is they play fast and don't repeat themselves (something many later heavy rock bands sadly didn't learn from).

Incredible drumming, wow. Gritty sound

Speed King Is such a great hard rock opener and carries on through to the rest of the classic albumn. Just such an amazing of its time albumn transports to that era instantly.

Given the inclinations of the writers of this list, I'm a little surprised to see Deep Purple in Rock here. For one thing, there were no hits on this album. It wasn't all that popular at the time either, as far as I know. It wasn't a presence on album-oriented radio. It doesn't even have a hipster reputation, like Dr. John's Gris Gris. Could it be that it was included because of the actual quality of the music? Shocker.On DPIR, Richie Blackmore got his way and molded Deep Purple into a hard rock band with a nasty edge, both musically and lyrically. His leads, heavy on whammy bar and feedback, were pretty revelatory at the time, and are impressive even now. Child in Time is a particularly brutal anti-war song. Living Wreck's depiction of a drug-addled groupie is downright ugly. And Ian Gillan's operatic wails, no doubt inspired by Arthur Brown, are the rancid cherry on top. But the pop and progressive leanings of early incarnations of the band weren't completely abandoned. In essence, the songs on DPIR are inventive, tightly constructed pop tunes, albeit with a blues foundation. This isn't the blundering, overly literal blues of all too many British bands.Frankly, the ungainly combination of elements in DPIR was a bit much for me as a kid and even now it makes me queasy, but the tension of the push and pull of the seemingly irreconcilable is large part of what makes DOIR such a bracing listen. Deep Purple would never make another album as balls out and uncompromising as this one.

Didn't hate this as much as other 'hair rock' albums.

Vous n'êtes pas sans savoir que j'ai vu le groupe Deep Purple de mes yeux à la Patinoire Mériadeck de Bordeaux il y a de cela quelques années. Le bassiste était ce jour-là particulièrement en forme puisque, après avoir chaussé ses patins et invité sa partenaire à le rejoindre, il enchaîna deux sauts de biche, un triple axel avant d'effectuer une magnifique pirouette sautée, récoltant ainsi la note de 186,66.

Liked the instrumentals but didn’t love the lead vocalist nor the simplistic lyrics.

Some good old fashioned rock. Honestly a pretty good album through and through, short but nice long songs. I liked this.

Heavy Metal in 1970 is mainly known for Black Sabbath and while they invented and popularized the genre and still to this day are seen as the epitome of 70's metal, it is important to not forget that Deep Purple was in 1970 equally as important to the genre and on some points pushed the sound and genre even further than Black Sabbath. This is album is pretty much the only instance of them really going into Metal but I think that by doing that they created their arguably greatest album. 'Speed King' opens the album with loud, noisy and distorted guitars that slowly fade into an organ of which the other instruments come together to create some of the heaviest moments of that early Metal era. The organ returns for a solo and like in the beginning it creates a tension for when the heaviness returns. The whole song is full of sometimes complex dynamic changes and virtuos playing by all members. There is even a Little Richard reference! But I do think that some of the instrumental and solo parts can get a little lost in itself without vocals breaking through. With 'Bloodsucker' the distortion on the guitar weakens and a clearer and bassier sound with more comprehensible vocals comes through. While not being as crazy or catchy as the song before, this piece still shows some very nice playing and songwriting. The lengthy and legendary 'Child in Time' is an undisputed classic and without a doubt the best song on this album. The ten minutes just fly by as if the song was half its actual length. The fact that they can web their influental Heavy Metal sound with more Blues, Psych and Progressive Rock than other bands with a similar sound of that time just shows that Deep Purple was together with Black Sabbath at the top of early Metal music. The artistic approach this song has is never seen again on the album and I am kind of sad that they didn't really meddle with that sound more on here and later records. A song this incredible shouldn't stand alone in an artists discography. And yes!, this is the best Deep Purple song ever. The second half starts with the more Punk induced 'Flight of the Rat' that really highlights a more simplistic but hitting approach with more raw and agressive instead of mystical and anthemic vocals as well as more casual chorus. Near the end of the middle section it climaxes into a nearly "Funk"-like style before returning to the chorus and the drum highlighted outro. 'Into the Fire' is another one of my personal highlights but it also stands as one of the album. It's a very catchy and rythmic song with a great structure and the chorus is easily recognisable and has a great vocal performance that sticks out a lot. Next song 'Living Wreck' is another great addition. The animal like scream (I'm not even sure if it's a scream or a guitar) is really scary and adds but the rest doesn't really hold much momentum with the chorus. And apart from build-up -> chorus -> screeching sound, the song doesn't interest me much... The closing track 'Hard Lovin' Man' goes with a more Hard Rock approach at the start that kind of sounds as if it could've been on 'Machine Head' but once it gets into the instrumental part it features a very dissonant and noisy play that also shows parts of what could be heard as Speed Metal. A really great song that kind of encapsulates a lot of the album. I'd also advise anyone who likes the album to listen to the single-only release 'Black Night' that whilst not being an actual part of album is still a great song. favourites: Child in Time, Into the Fire, Speed King, Flight of the Rat least favourites: Bloodsucker, Hard Lovin' Man Rating: light 9 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes

A well deserved 5 - outstanding musicianship, amazing guitar work - took me totally by surprise - brilliant stuff ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I forgot just how much I loved Deep Purple (and classic heavy metal in general). Ian Paice continues his legacy as one of the most criminally underrated drummers of all time, but the rest of the band has no problem at all keeping up with him. The organ especially slaps in the back end of the record. Fantastic stuff, through and through.

A great album.

I enjoyed it.

Not a bad track

Huha virkelig fedt!

what's not to love about this one

To my shame, one that I’ve never deep dived into. Amazing stuff here. I loved it

A main part in rock history

loved it!!! so good, kept me interested the whole way through

I'd probably treasure an album that was solely Speed King's opening guitar dragon freakout iterated over an hour, though I suppose I already have that record in a few different forms - The Blue Humans 'Clear to Higher Time', maybe the closest. Perhaps back it up with some power electronics. There you go, my ideal unlistenable band! This is fun, and I am sorry I only made time to listen to it once, as it sounds like the archetype-forge for Seventies hard rock, making it significant. Can't say the vocals do it for me, or the songs themselves, which bolt on too many zany digressions to up the note count, but the mood is authentic to what it is: completely dedicated to making this weird, serious and silly melodrama. I only knew 'Smoke on the Water' before this, so was expecting similar riffage, rather than the unrestrained guitar wail or the stoner choir on a bad night of 'Child in Time', or indeed titles like 'Child in Time'. The digressions are admirably maddening - I'd happily have gone for a pint with 'Flight of the Rat', but instead it dragged me out to watch it down a pitcher of cloudy cider, suckle on a bottle of vodka, and finish the night chewing a bong while some bastard plays bongos next door. This wasn't what I asked for, but I'm not going to return it. The guy who hired me for my first job in my career turned out to be a Deep Purple fan. I finally think I understand him now that I've heard this.

it was alright, again not really the album i would have picked from them. songs are long as hell but they’re fun and loud. just missing some of that juice they had later on

Not loving the falsetto. The bluesy driving sound is nice. Doors-like organ is always welcome. The vocals are the most off-putting aspect so far. Sounds like he got his pecker stuck in an electrical outlet. The instrumentation is solid. I'm leaning towards a 3 just for the music alone. Is Deep Purple the cause of all the 80's metal tropes that I hate?

10/18/22 I listened to like 3-4 songs and just had to stop listening. I don’t know what style of rock this is, have no intention of learning more about it, and hope to avoid it in the future. Music taste is subjective yeah sure whatever but why is this kind of noise popular? Curious. Don’t care if I sound like an asshole.

Listened before: No Enjoyed: No Listens: 1 Only got the chance to listen to this one once and didn't really take anything away from it

sometimes you do stuff that you wont like in the name of discovery, or science, or to see if you can be convinced your initial feelings were wrong. For me, that was listening to Deep Purple. This is the third Deep Purple album I've had on the list so far and i have not found any of them enjoyable. And its not that its 'not my thing', the genre itself has many decent elements, but man do i hate this band The amount of pointless drum solos are unbearable. I'm happy for Flight of the Rat, that it has a big pointless drum solo, its also the least streamed song on the album by a distance, and it's probably because it sucks I hopefully will never have to listen to Deep Purple again after this, I am praying to the only god i know that there are no further Deep Purple albums on this list. PLEASE NO MORE

Well now that was a surprise. Just looked it up, and this was the first of what I call the classic 3 albums. I thought it was the second. As it seems to me to bridge the gap between the very experimental Fireball, and the rockier Machine Head. Containing as it does Speed King and that epic little ditty Child In Time. This album (as are its two companions) is a tour de force in the heavy Prog world. Though my personal favourite is the much more experimental Fireball. Nevertheless this offering from the classic MKII line up of Gillan, Paice, Lord, Glover and Blackmore deserves nothing short of 5 in my eyes.

Really great album

Bad ass! Deep Purple rocks!

I always thought of Deep Purple as “Archetypal Dad Rock” after being subjected to “Smoke on the Water” so much as a child. I was glad to have my opinion changed upon listening to this album, words like “Wizard Rock” and “Shreds” came to mind.

Not gonna lie, this goes hard as fuck.

Loved it - "Child in Time", "Speed King"

Bem mais heavy metal do que pensei que seria. Legal!

Another musical dna album but I’ll be fair it’s faded a bit. Black knight. Speed king. Child in time. Again just f*ck off music. While Blackmore lord and Gillan are noticed Roger glover and Ian Paice supply seismic rhythm section. Blackmore is one of the top 5 innovators on electric guitar. Lord is about the only heavy metal organist. (Unless you consider DP hard rock. God I hate labels. ). And Gillan has one of the best sets of pipes in the industry. And they were to get better …. 11 stars.

Dave C. was a regular fixture in various student share households I lived in during the early 90s. He loved Deep Purple, and we played their albums a lot, especially the Mark II version of the band, and especially this album. Deep Purple were then, and remain,an uncool outfit, but I really love In Rock. It's everything you could want from a 1970s hard rock outfit; driving rhythm section, wailing guitars, vague classical allusions, and a screaming lead singer. This album has all of it, and the n-th degree. And it doesn't take itself too seriously, which makes it a ton of fun. Speed King is my all time favourite Deep Purple track; Ian Gillan has learnt all the right lessons from Little Richard. The scream he does in the middle of the line "Tutti Frutti WOOOOH, so rooty" is one the absolute great moments of rock and roll. I could listen to that all day.

Puros temones

Great album

5/5

First off, Child in Time is an all timer. The greatest howl maybe in all of rock music was done by Gillan on the classic anti war anthem. That song alone gives this album high marks. The rest is solid proto-metal with some prog overtones. It might lean towards hard rock while Sabbath is probably more metal. Musicianship is very high. Ian Paice is an underrated but outstanding drummer. Jon Lord and Ritchie Blackmore are both brilliant. Yeah this is good stuff.

Un peu honte de pas avoir écouté ce monument du rock avant aujourd'hui.

Holy shit this was great especially the first 3 songs goddamn that guitar

10/10 one of the coolest hard rock albums I’ve ever heard Child In Time is such an incredible song

Zalige riffs, machtige orgel-solo's, een steengoeie (pun intended) zanger. topalbum

This was among the sound track of my freshman year in high school. It was great to hear it again, though it's not going to climb back into my regular playlist.

As a teenager, I purchased a "Best of Deep Purple" album. A lot of the tracks on that compilation were from this album. This probably should tell you that this is a great Deep Purple album.

One of pillars of Heavy Metal and perhaps my favorite Deep Purple album. It's almost perfect.

Massive rock

A classic rock album. Love it - child in time gives me goose pimples every time I hear it!

Nummers die maar doorgaan, crazy rock. Lekker! 5

Let A = {Deep Purple In Rock, Fireball, Machine Head, Burn}. ((Every album in A is 5*) AND (DPiR is in A)) => DPiR is 5*.

Smoke on the water and other awesome songs! Was super fun!

Adding it to the list of wanted records.

This rocks

Great album, lots of great heavy riffs mixed with interesting chord progressions to give a little something for everyone. Ambitious keyboard + guitar work, and what's not to love listening to the OG Jesus Christ Superstar wailing away? * Speed King * Flight of the Rat

Terrific album. Child in Time is such an awesome song, no matter how often I hear it. Wait-for-the-ricochet...

Liked it more than I thought I would. Solid start to finish.

Sweet child in time

Such a good 70s rock album.

Funky, 1970s classic rock. Prime example of that psychedelic rock sound found in this era. Great album!

sick. drums, guitars, keyboards, vocals, etc. all of it.

I needed this. So much fun

Fucking great

Wasn’t sure about this at first, but after getting into it, it really hits a mood. Batshit insane in a fantastic way.

The classic period of Deep Purple is comfort music for me. I do not remember most individual songs, but I can listen to this stuff endlessly. Not sure where it lies on the scale between artistic and just entertaining, but there is clearly something about their sound that made Deep Purple a cornerstone of rock music. I mean, Catholicism had Europe mesmerized for centuries with a regular pipe organ, and these guys got an electric one. And, of course, this lineup is iconic. Yes, the lyrics can get misogynistic (it was the 70s, after all), but it's pretty easy to ignore them and just enjoy the low frequencies. My other complaint is that the studio version of "Child in Time" is not the best one.

Deep Purple? Sure, great song, but aren't they a one hit wonder? And it's not even on this album. But OK, I'm game. What else you got, Deep Purple? I do appreciate the hubris of the album art. And the names of the song, taken together, are brutals. The album roars out of the gate with Speed King, I love it. All time classic heavy metal screaming, notable work on the drums, and I'm taken completely by surprise by the organ. Bloodsucker I'm feeling the base. Wait, the track is great too. *All* of the songs are strong, but my faves are Speed King, Flight of the Rat, Black Night. I hear a certain amount of Alice Cooper, a tiny bit of Doors, some Zeppelin, even Steppenwolf. Child in Time makes me think of both David Bowie and Pink Floyd. Obviously Deep Purple had more influence than I realized, and was right in the middle of everything, giving and getting and helping invent heavy metal. I find my own ignorance genuinely stunning sometimes. TL;DR Great album.

Really great rock album. Now I now they are not just the band who created the forbidden riff being played at guitar stores by beginning guitar players.

Сильно

Top Album

Today lots of people in Long Beach saw a balding, 40ish year old white dude in a white Subaru Outback absolutely destroying the air drums whenever it was safely possible because it was the first time I heard this album and it absolutely fucking rules! If you listen to Hard Lovin Man real loud with your eyes closed, you’ll have a glimpse of the great beyond when you get the gong halfway through. And you won’t want to come back when it picks up again!

Classic - influenced everything from metal to prog, and most other rock of any sub-genre. Great driving music

We zijn weer terug bij de oom met houthakkershemd en lang haar, met de LP-kast in zijn schuurtje. De langharige ooms die in hun jeugd bleven hangen, sjekkies draaiend lokale poppodiumpjes oprichtten, en voor de gemeentelijke subsidie in de jaren tachtig en negentig in allerlei popstichtingen en popoverleggen plaats gingen nemen. Waarna ze vervolgens in hun spijkerjekkies weer mopperden dat de jeugd zich meer moest komen inzetten bij het draaien van bardiensten en dat de jeugd naar de verkeerde want commerciële muziek luisterde. En dat ze te weinig subsidiecentjes kregen, dat het dak van het buurtcentrum lekte en dat de omwonenden te veel klaagden over de herrie. Waarna het verzuurde oude mannetjes werden. De muziek van Deep Purple bleef. Het fijnste van dit soort muziek is de onbezonnen energie die eraf knalt. Blèren, gitaar spelen, drummen alsof je leven ervan afhangt. En dan ook nog een keer Child in time ertussen, in de lange versie. En dan nu hopelijk weer wat rust voor de oren.

A classic !!

Genre defining album

Great riffs and heavy sound. Shall definitely be coming back to this. The drumming is wonderful also.

Deep Purple continues to impress me.

Child in time is definitely a fav

Holy shit, this is a great album - I cant believe I never heard of this before! I mean, sure, everyone knows smoke on the water, but I had no idea they made an album like this one. 5/5

I would almost put this on par with Zeppelin. There’s so many heavy metal bands from the late 70s to today that owe Deep Purple for their sound.

Now this was electric! Noise all over the place with each track came a different engine like sound. Despite having seven songs, the album goes on for a while. Three words to describe this album; loud, fast and chaotic... and fucking brilliant!

Cet album me rappel beaucoup de souvenirs avec Child in time. Cependnat le reste est juste du vraiment bon metal/rock. J'aime beaucoup Deep Purple. 5

Okay this does in fact rock

The first record with the essential Mark II line-up, and what a great introduction!

Deep Purple is a rock band I had never paid much attention to outside of the ever-memorable Smoke On The Water. However, after getting both Machine Head and Deep Purple In Rock from the generator in quick succession, I have to say that I am sold. Not sure if I prefer this over Machine Head or not, but both are just some excellent 1970's hard rock and I am all for it. Favourite: Speed King

My favorite Deep Purple album. Every song on the album is great. The song Child in time has one of the best singing in rock history by Ian Gillan. Ritchie Blackmore really shows his skills and plays masterfully which he carries on to the next Deep Purple albums and later on when he starts the band Rainbow. This is definitely an album everyone should listen to.

When I bought that album (it was about 40 years ago) it didn't leave my record player for a long time. For me, it was the foundation stone of heavy metal. 5+

Truly, one of the albums of all times.

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sonzeira, sempre bom curtir

An early heavy metal album that has more in common with modern day desert rock than heavy metal but don't take that as a slight. This album has a killer groove running through it and i am all for it. Having only heard the big tracks from Deep Purple i was pleasantly surprised how much i really loved this album. Definitely earned its spot on my classic rock playlist.

Amazing and still holds up even with the quirky hammond organ

Awesome!

The feel of Deep Purple throughout, but almost completely new to me!

Muy chulo, rock del bueno. Una pasada

Me encanta, música de comfort!

This album has the power to change boys into men

70s rock at some of it's best