Reviews (page 10 of 13)
Some good ol' fashioned rock. Really dope instrumentation; every solo ripped and the drums at the end of Flight of the Rat give me life. The keys gave an interesting texture to the overall sound, leaning a little gospel-y in places- not sure I was ever a fan of that too much but it fit here and there. One thing I for sure ended up not liking is Ian Gillan's voice. It sounded pretty good until Child In Time's constant ceaseless caterwauling... That really wore me out on his whole style, such that he was consistently my least favorite part of any following track. Which is a shame, because again most of the music ripped. Highlights: Speed King, Flight of the Rats, Child In Time (the parts w/ no vocals) Lowlights: Child in Time (the rest of it), Living Wreck, Hard Lovin' Man
Not what I usually listen to but enjoyable. Not much else to say for me.
solid classic rock album. Not my tastes though
I really wish I could hear this in context, it’s hard not to listen with modern ears. In 1970 this was probably great but it just sounds so generic to me. The keyboardist sounds very educated It’s hard not to compare any 70’s rock to zeppelin. I’m sure I’m gonna say that a hundred more times over the course of this activity. Child in time hits remind me of Achilles last stand. Really wild journey of a song. I love the insane ending. It sounds like they spliced the final hit. Organs are sick, but the organ-heavy rock sounds so generic and dad-rock. ( granted they were probably some of the first to do it)
Speedking, dang. This albums banger after banger. Child in Time is amazing, that screeching is haunting. Fantastic album not perfect but pretty dang good.
Classic rock, hard rock, possibly one of the first metal albums. Reminiscent of led zeppelin from the same time period. Overall enjoyable.
Good riffs. Dumb lyrics. DP for everyone!
Le moins bon des bons albums de Deep Purple? Je trouve qu'il y a paw grand chose sauf Child In Time (qui fait presque penser à du Bowie) à se mettre sous la dent. Pourtant j'aime bien le rock prog (ou psychadelique?) Mais je l'ai trouvé un peu trop brouillon, même si tout le monde joue bien.
Third Deep Purple album out of around 50, gives around 6% on my list so far! And similarly, as on other albums, I think that this band is enjoyable and interesting, but a little bit outdated. I am honestly surprised, that Deep Purple is regarded so high in terms of cultural impact. There is a chance that I am missing the context again, that in late sixties this type of music was non-existent and they revolutionized the pop/rock genre forever. But if you look, for example, at Led Zeppelin, making music during the same time, there is no comparison between the bands in my opinion. Also, nowadays DP is fairly forgotten, and I really think this is not a coincidence. Deep Purple In Rock is a good album, that has couple strong moments, especially on Side A with songs Speed King and Child in Time. Interesting guitar and organ solos, long compositions and fairly entertaining rhytm section makes those songs tantalizing and hypnotizing.However I would argue that those are just moment on this album, whereas Side B is extremely bland and forgettable. This record is a really nice piece to listen to during a long, winter night, with a fireplace close-by and a drink in hand. But personally, I am pretty sure this won't happen anytime soon, so the way I enjoyed this album surely has to be reflected by the rating.
Living wreck has a bridge that sounds like the 100 volt ghost very cool
Deep purple in cock
Streit dad rock
Ngl it went kinda hard though it was repetitive.
Good enough
Wasn't too excited when this album popped up so it was fighting an uphill battle from the off, but it was fine really. Probably more forward-thinking at the time than it sounds now. Good vocals & lots of Doors-y organ bits that I didn't expect. Child in Time is textbook OTT rock and I dig Living Wreck too.
These son’s-a-bitches are still touring (I guess, so are the Stones). “Into the Fire” a rip-off, I mean a borrow, of King Crimson’s riff “21st Century Schizoid Man”.
Whilst I was surprised to see even two Deep Purple albums make the list, In Rock was the more enjoyable of the two. And whilst they never quite shake the feeling they are having more fun planting than you are listening, there are a few moments here that show the band giving some good rock.
Man I love 'Child In Time'.
Deep Purple is certainly at their best when they allow for their songs to build up. They possess a skill for grandiose songs but unfortunately they only really showcase it on the magnificent Child in Time. Apart from Gillan’s singing, Blackmore and Lord are the absolute highlights of the record. Blackmore seems to overshadow Lord on this record, but when the organ gets to shine it’s always a joy. While a shocker in 1970 for sure the more classic blues and jam heavy parts don’t quite hold up today. In the end, while having some excellent and timeless moments, it just doesn’t hold my attention throughout.
Cracking drumming and some great riffs but we’re edging into prog territory here with the extended jazzy solos and keyboard interludes. So ultimately not my thing. But fun for a listen.
Long hard rocky songs
Rockin!
Good classic rock
Le titre est bien choisi. On est clairement entre 2 styles ici. C’est rock, mais c’est un rock avec beaucoup de couches. On essaie d’innover.
Einu sinni fannst mér þetta æðisleg plata, nú finnst mér hún fín. Child in time er mjög gott, Speed King er góðu lagi. Hitt er filler fyrir mér. Mun nær fjarka en tvisti, en ég mun ekki setja hana á fóninn í bráð.
In Rock (1970) was a transitional album. 2-3 really good rock songs, the rest rather average. (6/10) FT: Child in time, Speed King
It's pretty good, but it's also pretty Spinal Tap-like. From the Mount Rushmore album cover to the hard, simple riffs, to the silly lyrics, I have to believe Christopher Guest and the guys listened to a lot of Deep Purple as they came up with the music of Spinal Tap. 3 stars.
Better than expected
3.5 I really liked Speed King, Child in Time, the distorted white noise-like organs in Living Wreck; also sometimes dragged in ways Machine Head didn’t
Bit too much noodle
It was alright. A lot of early stuff I've never heard before
Sounds just like an album titled ‘Deep Purple In Rock’ from 1970 should
Turn that music down, dad.
lala
Not my cup of tea as something that I would normally listen to, but I get why some would love it. The energy is palpable and engaging, both from the vocals and the rhythm section. Favs for me were Bloodsucker, Child in Time, Living Wreck, and Hard Lovin' Man.
I kept waiting for smoke on the water. Some pretty screamy singing and beefy guitar.
This is some pretty standard early 70s hard rock. A bit samey but some grinding organ
I should have liked this a lot but I much prefer Rainbow which covers roughly the same sound but just rocked better. 3.5/5
Some bands release debut albums fully formed: Led Zepplin and Black Sabbath, for example, who were exploring similar (to a certain extent- everyone calm down, I know the differences between the two) heavy sounds at around the same time in history. Zepplin was the first out of the chute in January of 1969, then Sabbath, who were literally recording and releasing their debut at the same time as Deep Purple were recording and releasing theirs. While this is not, technically, Deep Purple’s debut, it is the first with vocalist Ian Gillan and organist Jon Lord, who along with guitarist Ritchie Blackmore are really the Deep Purple everyone knows. Listen to Zepplin’s debut and then their next two LPs, doing the same with Sabbath, and while there is certainly musical development, the debuts are still pretty damn strong. Then, listen to 'Deep Purple In Rock,' and skip ahead to 'Machine Head' (I’m not familiar with the one in between, but it doesn’t matter for the sake of my argument) and hear the difference. The performance (particularly drummer Ian Paice) and most definitely the recording are far superior on 'Machine Head' than they are on 'Deep Purple In Rock.' In retrospect, the boys should’ve composed, performed, and recorded this whole thing, then threw it away, gigged some more, and moved on to 'Machine Head.' If I were a member of Deep Purple, I would wince a bit every time I heard 'Deep Purple In Rock.' Come to think of it, though, I don’t believe I’ve ever heard it played at a bar or a restaurant or at the grocery store, or anywhere. Which is good, because its not very good. At least, parts of it. Drummer Ian Paice is the weak link in the chain, which surprised me because of his terrific work on 'Machine Head.' Obviously, he got a lot better as time went on. By the way, his drum solo at the conclusion of ‘The Flight of the Rat’ is lame and unnecessary. Ringo Starr and Charlie Watts did not do drum solos. Even Neil Peart didn’t do drum solos, for crying out loud! Hey, rock n’ roll: leave the drum solos to John Bonham and jazz drummers, ok? Then there’s the lyrics- oof. They’re just awful: ‘In my mind I had to find a new kind of way of being so cool. Like a blue-blooded, well-studded English fool.’ And that might be the best one of the bunch. These lyrics are bonerfide cock rock, best sung with no underwear, tight jeans, and unbuttoned shirt. Barefoot or boots, your choice. ‘Hard Lovin’ Man,’ ‘Into the Fire (with its silly reference to the Mandrake root),’ please. On the positive side, at least, is the one singing ‘em: Ian Gillan, one of the best voices to emerge from the dawn of metal. No one, and I mean no one, could yowl a falsetto like Mr. Gillan. He’s in rarefied air with Ronnie James Dio, maybe the greatest metal vocalist ever. But even Gillan’s vocals are a mere prelude to the two deepest shades of purple, guitarist Ritchie Blackmore and organist Jon Lord. Their individual solos, harmonizing solos, dueling duets are a wonderful thing to behold. Just skip ahead through the tedious first three minutes of ‘Child In Time’ (what’s a 1970s LP without the mandatory anti-war song, right?) and get to around the 3:20 mark when they start a rockin’. (Yeah, we get your little clever little military drum cadence bit, Paice.) And then about thirty seconds later when they double-time the tempo, sit back and enjoy the ride. In fact, that might be the best advice throughout, to just skip over Gillan’s lyrics, and then once he starts howling, you’re safe from there. Blackmore and Lord are soon to follow. Hey, it’s still Deep Purple, and they still outplay a lot of other bands. But it would probably be more accurate to call this first one Deep Lavender. Thankfully, they got good n’ purpler as time went on.
Old school heavy rock
Watered down Led Zeppelin wannabes. Meh.
6/10 some parts shred but it just drags on
5/10. Definitely glad that I got a Little Richard earlier in the challenge, made hearing Speed King more interesting, and it's always fun to see albums in the list referencing each other. That said, this music is not interesting enough to have 7-10 minute tracks, and just feels frantic.
This would've been a 4 if not for some very grating parts of this album.
Was NOT in the mood for this, but it get pretty damn good starting at track 3.
I guess I just don't quite get Deep Purple. I feel like I should like them more than I do. Some stuff works for me, some is just meh. I appreciate their influence on some of my favorite artists but I just can't enjoy it that much. I think if I had grown up in the 70's I might like them more.
this is really interesting. You can hear and feel the foundations of metal in this album but the vocals still sound more like late 60s rock'n'roll. Definitely breaking through into something new. I will listen to more Deep Purple
These guys rock!! Craaazzy vocals, extreme speed, power chords, hot damn! We start off with a radical ode to Little Richard; I like that feedback that closes the song. "Bloodsucker" has cool screeches, and a nice proggy guitar solo in the middle, but otherwise forgettable. "Flight of the Rat" has a really sick extended solo segment, but I'm not a fan of the beginning or end. "Into the Fire" and "Living Wreck" are pretty forgettable. "Hard Lovin Man" has the coolest heavy metal instrumentals, kinda reminds me of Black Sabbath. The star here is the classic "Child in Time," a prog-rock 10-minute masterpiece that strongly borrows from classical genres. The song is so great that all the characteristics I enjoy are perfected here, causing the other tracks to pale in comparison in every way. Love how the song just gets crazier as the minutes pass into a heavy metal frenzy until the 6 minute mark just resets us to the beginning, closing with a climatic finish. "Child in Time" carries the album, but it's the only track besides maybe the first and last to be great from start to finish. Two duds and the rest have their highlights. Nevertheless, this album was huge influential in the emerging heavy metal genre at the turn of the 70s and should be looked in that perspective where they had few contemporaries to base their work off.
not my tasse de thé mais sympa
Classic but not outstanding.
Pretty standard deep purple
Not as bad as I was expecting, clearly an influential rock record just not my jam
Full on rock. Whilst I won’t be listening to this again, I have to admit it’s good music for the genre so 3 stars it is!
I liked it when I first heard it but it did not leave much of an impression on me afterwards
Speed King is a hard rockin opener. The rest is pretty typical Purple with that prog/hard rock mix, soaring vocals, etc. Good record. Not necessarily for me, and certainly no Machine Head.
Oh boy. Another standard 70s rock album. Woohoo. Bloodsucker was cool tho
Interesting! Not my style, but the keys player was awesome.
A pretty solid album. The songs aren't quite as memorable as those on Machine Head, but still really good.
I love the purple but this wasn’t my favourite album by them it was honestly just a lot of screaming and not as much instrumentals or actual singing
It's rad man.
Didn’t really listen to to it that much it didn’t grab me enough for me to care out of the gate.
Solidt rockalbum. I modsætning til motorhead, synes jeg stadig det har relevans i dag.
Ægte rock n roll, catchy, lækre riffs, lange soloer
70s rock such as this one tend to have a particular formula. Yells, screaming, the kind where the tongue comes out the hand gestures in tow --- it's all here. In particular "Child in Time" in its near epic conclusion you can feel the vessels in your brain sympathetically strain with Deep Purple. The album is otherwise not super exceptional, but it does usher in rather effectively the classic sound of the 1970s, where things got a bit rougher around the edges, where the flowers and brightness of the 60s got muted with browns and oranges before settling into the darker acts which eventually gave us bands like Black Sabbath, and Alice Cooper. It can be said that Deep Purple is a safer version of 1970s metal, the kind you can enjoy without feeling gruesome.
I used to love Deep Purple much more than I do now, a fact I attribute to their simple brand of rock music that got replaced by better stuff since. Still, Child in Time is a great song.
7/10
Beetje veel, maar toch best tof.
Mmmmmm. Gritty.
Deep Purples Classic break through album. The Classic 'Purple line up, some good music on this and not just head's down hard rock. Good example of the development of heavy metal "Old Wave" and you can see the links with Led Zep, et al on this album. Favourite track has to be "Black Night" I have "Made In Japan" as my favourite DP album as it gives a much clearer view of the band's live capabilities than any studio album could. When you look at what this bands members went on to achieve.. Wow
Didn’t really listen tbh but I can tell by skimming through it is white as fuck.
The blueprint of 70s and 80s British heavy metal. Amazing how iron maiden wound so similar 10 years later! Great riffs!
Ovaj album ima žestine. SHREDDING BORTHER!! Uglavnom, dobar album. Nisam prevelik fan hard rock žanra, glazbe, ali kad slušam neke solaže ovdje mi dođe da trčim istom brzinom kao Sonic the Hedgehog i utrkujem se sa formulama iz F-Zero serijala.
Da je bar svaki dad rock ovakav, neb bio meme.
Enjoyable but in the middle for me. Thankful I didn't have to listen to Smoke on the Water again (but I'm only twenty albums in)
Only two tracks available on Spotify. Noodly prog rock with the occasional headbang.
High-energy rock with tons of cool organ, but the screaming?
Love the guitar riffs but the vocals alternate between completely lacking tone or melody and shrill hair band screams (while consistently remaining devoid of harmony). I would love to hear someone with great musical instincts perform these songs at karaoke; they could be really special if the vocals sounded musical.
Really skilled platers but nlt the best music
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Favourite track: black dog
Goed maar niet mijn stijl
Pretty good album, and I get these guys were pioneers, but its the psychedelic part of their hard rock I don't really dig. Some great songs, some really bad songs.
I thought this album was cool for roughly one minute. I can see why this would have blown people's minds in 1970, but it sounds a little self indulgent today, like when Dennis from It's Always Sunny pretends to be a rock star. Seriously, Flight of the Rat is at least a minute longer than it needs to be so that the drummer can fit in a song-ending solo. That's fine for a live show, but completely unnecessary for an album. I'm only halfway through this album, and I'm mad about the fact that I'm going to listen to the whole thing 3/5
Meh
5/10 mehh
This is very in your face. Some fine guitar work. Maybe the model for shrieky vocals which are probably more suited to a live show than a record.
Great musicianship and I enjoyed the guitar work especially, but the songs are more like jams and they lose the novelty after a few songs.
mount rushmore looks a bit different here boys!
Solid rock album that will queue up a day of rock music on spotify.
Definitely Deep Purple.
This album kinda makes me want to go out and break something; it has that kind of energy. It's a pretty fun energy when you're feeling it, but I wouldn't really listen to this otherwise. Apart from that, it's one of their earlier works, and although it's a pretty good album, their later works are definitely better. Favorite track: Child in Time
This one is kind of average. Deep Purple did better on pretty much all of their other albums. This probably only made the list because of Child in Time which is admittedly a banger. Highlights: 1, 3, and 7.
Not bad. Nothing super exciting though. All songs sound the same
Deep purple I know from a famous riff. They have plenty of hard riffs but the album doesn’t feel like much more than that. The songs themselves aren’t anything special. 6.3/10
Some great classic rock tracks, but that said, it sounds a bit dated now and the production is a little weak.
Thoughts: Not much, it’s just kinda boring. The music feels a bit empty the majority of the time. Maybe I need to give it another listen but it’s just not my type of thing I guess Favorite songs: Hard Lovin’ Man, Child in Time
I generally like the Deep Purple sound, but it's a lot to take in on a whole album. Not bad at all though.
All right.
1 - terrible, can't stand. 2 - not for me but doesn't hurt my ears. 3 - decent, could stick on again. 4 - enjoyed it, will listen again. 5 - absolute belter
Funky. Old sound, reminds me of an old B-movie, moved onto fireball automatically after the album finished and was feeling that more so than this one
Easy listening. Nothing stood out but I enjoyed it
The roots of 80s metal. Great to hear the thread.
Good album
Some good heavy rock songs. I didn't get through the whole album. But its enjoyable.
Sounds like a Led Zeppelin tribute band, but with more prog and less blues. Still, this is a raucously good time overall, an all-out assault on the eardrums. What it lacks in majesty, it makes up for in effort, sheer heaviness and slam. Play this loud.
Wow this is not what I thought Deep Purple would sound like. This is almost like hair metal classic glam rock. This is fuckin hilarious. Not bad the more I listen to it
No. ❤️
Despite its classic status it’s more of an important album than a classic in my opinion, although there are some great tunes on here (Speed King, Black Night). Child In Time is just mad though.
A band still quite some way away from reaching their peak but clearly all the ingredients were their. Richie Blackmore’s blistering playing is breathtaking and Ian Gillan really shines on the epic Child in Time, which is undoubtedly the album’s high point.
eh - it's alright and passed the time, but it sounds like generic rock. Not really my cup of tea.
it was good but nothing special. prob wouldn’t listen to again
Listened
Didn't remember it being this heavy. Child in Time is epic.
Often regarded as Deep Purple's best album but it doesn't quite hit for me. Blackmore rips it up as usual, though. Best track: Speed King
Had a Deep Purple not long ago. Seems similar, classic rock, really upbeat, enjoyable. Sounds more classic than I ever thought these guys to be. Sounds Led Zep-ish. 3/5
Enjoyed this. High energy guitar rock. Sounds more modern than 1970. Best track: Child in Time.
Some bangers on there (Speed King!) but missing Black Night which came out around the same time. Still some over-the-top prog-rock sounding stuff that I really didn't like (Child in Time), so limits the replay value for me vs just a greatest hits album.
A couple of good tunes. Felt like a poor man's Led Zep. 'Hard Lovin' Man' gave me a headache.
Very good.
Enjoyed more thank Rush but still a bit sameynot for me
Good fun, nothing to write home about
Rockprog. BT: Speed King, Bloodsucker, Flight of the Rat
Good rocking album
Did not know this one. Definitely a window into a era.
Good 70s rock album, Emil loves them
pretty solid album, but ngl I miss the raw intense energy of Live in Japan
Good rock album but nothing super noteworthy for me
I was pretty pleased to see this album, because I’m a fan of Deep Purple. Hadn't listened to the entire album in over 35 years - it wasn't all of what my nostalgia had hoped for. That said, it wasn’t bad either - there were some brilliant moments - Ritchie Blackmore’s guitar work in the nondescript songs “Bloodsuckers” and “Into the Fire”. there were also not so brilliant moments - e.g. vocal screeching from Ian Gillan. // The final track, “Black Night”, has been a longtime favorite (mainly due rob some great live versions). Overall solid 70 s rock.
Surprisingly enjoyable - very cool riffs.
Hit and miss. Liked the heavy stuff. Bit long.
enjoyable, not really my thing
"Hard headed woman and a soft hearted man They been causing trouble since it all began" (Speed king) "In my mind I had to fin A kind of new way Of being oh so cool Like a blue blooded Well studded English fool" (Flight of the rat) Es posible que sea la persona del mundo a la que menos le interesa Deep Purple. Cómo que diez minutos de canción, señor, a dónde va usted.
Alright album. Lots of guitar driven songs, minimal vocals meaning lots of so gs sound very similar.
I mean this just rocked. These were a bunch of dudes that wanted to rock super hard, and did exactly that and nothing else. I wasn't shocked by anything out of the ordinary here. Wasn't really blown away by anything, except for some top notch screaming. These guys wrote "Smoke on The Water," the song thats apparently the easiest song to play on guitar, so I can't say they were necessarily rock innovators. But hey I enjoyed head banging to this, and honestly will probably rock to it again.
True to its name, this album really rocks. I like the dueling solos between guitar & organ which became their trademark. Ian Gillan has a great hard rock voice, like Robert Plant. Lyrics are lame.
This one fell flat for me. lots of guitar shredding, but just felt bland. maybe because all of the classic rock i listened to when i was younger
The music in "Bloodsucker" is actually pretty good.
With a stiff upper lip, reckoned I would’ve scored this high before listening... but the [impressive] solos dragged on for so long. If your epic song changes dramatically halfway through, then turn it into 2 songs. Black night a ripper
hört sich ned schlecht an, aber die fans waren damals den musikerinnen egal - 3
Alright. I find Deep Purple less interesting than some of their contemporaries. 6/10
Very generic sounding tbh 2.5
The organ is spectacular.
good for a classic rock album, i like mix of long songs and shorter songs. they all started to mesh together though in theme, it seemed like they were trying to hard to be macho rock n rollers.
I don't know. It was fine.
Best lekkere gitaar maar ook wel wat nare nummers
Fast and fun. Nothing too crazy
Yeah, tvättäkta gubbrock, det e najs blir sugen på att spela guitar hero. Dock inget jag skulle lyssna mycket på.
Very good hard rock album. Child In Time is amazing, Bloodsucker is also pretty great. The rest is ok. I just don't feel like there's a lot of substance here. Good listen but not something I will often come back to.
This rocks! Songs meander a little too much sometimes. Favourite was Child in Time.
Standout tracks: 1, 3, 4. Nice to hear a good Purple record without any of the usual radio fare. 3 stars
They really got to jammin it seems. Good shape for things to come
Child in time kida, ostalo ok
Is kiss and sabbath had a baby. Fun listen 3.5
Chile in time bekannt, sehr schön
Weird.
This was exactly what I expected.
Classic classic rock. Again, cool to hear the roots of stuff but not super into it.
3.5 stars
Didn’t really enjoy
My Uncle Paul is watching me today because this was his favorite band ahah
Nothing particularly special
It’s getting harder to tell the visionaries from the ripoffs, what time should remember and what it should forget, but at the end of the day I’d rather listen to Zeppelin
Mostly just noise. I would rather not be in the same room
No thank you.
I hadn't heard Deep Purple before this album. I didn't enjoy **Speed King**. It felt like there was too much happening all at once. **Bloodsucker** was decent. I was worried about **Child in Time** because I usually dislike long songs, but this one surprised me. I really enjoyed the gradual build-up, and it's one of the few cases where I actually think the longer runtime worked in the song's favor. **Flight of the Rat** started off well enough, but it just kept going. I thought it had ended three different times, only for it to continue. At one point, I even thought a new song had started before checking the track title and realizing it was still the same one. The extended guitar and drum solos felt unnecessary to me. Overall, I think I'd enjoy these songs more if they were shorter.
I’ll save you the time … the good songs aren’t on it.
First song started promising, but even at only 4 mins long was at least a minute too long due to needless screaming and wailing. When that started up again on track 2, barely 2 mins in to a 10 minute long song, I called time. The album may have gotten better. I’ll never know.
Great cover pity about the songs There is no need to listen to this it; pales in comparison to the truly excellent machine head. Has all of the individual elements to be great: Driving base, steady drums , screaming guitars , whaling vocals and whatever an organ does … it’s just all so pedestrian. At least with Machine head I could see why DP where lumped in with early metal pioneers
not in the mood for this today - 2nd deep purple album I got, and the other one was better
Pub band Led Zeppelin.
Guitar, energy, and long hair But those vocals........ I'm glad there aren't disproportionately as many people who sound like that anymore. Highlights: Into the Fire 2.6
Never quite got into Deep Purple, and this album is a pretty good example of why. There's quite a bit of technical prowess, but very little that I find melodically interesting. I don't mind falsetto vocals, but when Ritchie Blackmore does them, they seem like they're done too much and a bit cheesy. It's a frustrating listen, because all the basics of heavy metal are here, but they're pieced together in a way that forms an uncanny valley version of metal for me. Not an album for me.
gets repetetive fast most of the songs are guitar solos with a bit of ahh ahh 4/10
4/10 I like some Deep Purple but I didn't care much for the songs on this album
Not a bad album. Crazy how so many of the rock bands at this time had similar sounds.
A little heavy for my daily tastes, but talented!
Okay so historically hard rock/heavy metal doesn’t do much for me, and this record didn’t push the needle too far from my established opinion. However, I can recognize the merit in it. I liked when the songs deviated from the traditional gritty, gravelly vocals of hard rock and went somewhere a littles softer—something it dabbled in, but ultimately never pursued beyond a song like “Child In Time” (which is arguably its best track). It’s a solid, undeniable rock album, but its pockets of experimentation and slow-burn growth held my favorite moments, and unfortunately these were fewer and further in between than I would’ve liked. STAND-OUT TRACK: “Child In Time” HONORABLE MENTIONS: “Into The Fire”, “Living Wreck”
They’re at their best when they’re jamming and not screeching…but even then it gets old fast. Likes: Child in Time
If I were 13, I would give it five stars.
Meh did not like it. It’s the kind of rock I don’t vibe with. I reserve my 1 star for worse things
Can’t say I enjoyed this
It was ok but I wanted it to be finished by the end
So dated. And pretty fundamentally uninteresting. The songs don’t land, and they show far too little sonic variety. Bah. 2.5?
Not something I would choose to listen to
ok
Solid, if cheesy. But really just okay.
It's not bad, but I'm just so bored listening.
below average
Spade, energi og langt hår Men den der vokal........ Jeg er glad for, at der ikke er ligeså uproportioneret mange, der lyder sådan længere Highlights: into the fire 2.6
not as good as Joni Mitchell’s Blue
more heavy/progressive rock from deep purple. Not nearly as good as machine head. Just a couple of good songs on here. I like the band overall, but this album just did not do much for me
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Could never take to Deep Purple. Rock pioneers with good guitar work sometimes, sure. But it all feels a bit try hard.
Disappointing.
About as early 70s hard rock as early 70s hard rock rocks. Features all the widdly, widdly wah of a Zeppelin record, but none of the stuff that makes those albums worth listening to. Not to say Deep Purple ripped off Zeppelin (it seems Deep Purple came first) but the same people commenting that they miss "real music" under Zeppelin live performances will do the same here and have a good time. I am not inane and boring enough to believe that music stopped being an artform after David Crosby got sober, so I'm acutely aware that white guys goin' at it for 10 minutes is not the be all, end all. Bonus points for a keyboardist who's usually doing something weird, bonus points lost for the amount of high notes our leading man squeals out.
this is worse than the doors…
Best: #1 Speed King
The other one was better
Some may say that the excessively long instrumental solo is a lost art, I am not one of them. Yet more indulgent and ultimately very samey 70s rock. A generational sound that, for me, does not span the ages.
Appreciated some of the guitar riffs, but not much else. Not for me
Machine Head is such a better lp. This LP feels like they wrote it in a day
This felt like what that Andy Warhol soup can painting would sound like.
This probably fucked if you heard it live but this album was kinda boring :x Bloodsucker was good tho
Early heavy metal
Not a big fan of this over the top heavy metal. Made me think of leprechauns dancing around a scale model of Stonehenge…
Grandpa rock. Not terrible but not for me.
This was bad
Has potential, not my vibe
Peñazo. No me he guardado nada y me he aburrido bastante.
I can see how this rocks, not in the mood. Too much squealing and extended guitar/keys for me today
This is probably a very unpopular opinion, especially with the recent addition of one of these tracks on Stranger Things... But I just didn't like it. I am not really a fan, full stop, of this genre of music, and I really don't think I ever will be. There was nothing 'wrong' per se with any of the album or any of the tracks, they just were not my taste at all. This was one of those albums where I was just sitting, waiting for it to finish, because I didn't want to listen to any more of it. Heavier music really just kind of puts me off a bit because I struggle to connect to it in any way. Again, I understand that this opinion will be unpopular to most, but it is just my preferred styles of music that have made me form this opinion. As I said, there was nothing specifically wrong with this. I think that it is an album that knows its sound and achieved what it wanted; unfortunately, it just really wasn't for me. I couldn't really think of any that stood out to me, as I had very similar feelings towards all of the tracks.
Du rock un peu trop old school à mon goût
ça y est j'en ai marre
Technically proficient but not very memorable otherwise
Lots of keys. Nothing that stood out from anything else during that time.
Does nothing for me. 2/5
lo mejor fue el studio chat muy divertido
At least it's not Robbie Williams
Was pretty average overall never finished it
not for me
Too rocky
Haven’t heard any of these songs before this as far as I know. It’s not my thing though, this style along with those vocal wails I can’t do.
i literally don't care bro alternate review: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnLs19iXEWg
Why are there so many Deep Purple albums on this list?
Deep Purple in Rock Child in Time is a brilliant bit of hokum, and probably the only time when the bombast of the music and their silly pretentiousness creates a sense of dramatic interest. Otherwise it generally either feels more Spinal Tap than Spinal Tap, the organ solo in Speed Master is pure Viv Savage for example, or its feels more Kula Shaker than Kula Shaker, particularly on Flight of the Rat. It’s by no means a bad album, and its unintentional silliness is fun, but I don’t think it will bear a great deal of repeat listening, so I’ll go for a high 2. 🟣🟣 Playlist submission: Child in Time
Familiar with band but this just didn't grab me
Not too bad but also generic dad rock.
me gustó el disco. pero poco más que agregar la verdad. por decir algo, me atrapó desde el primer tema (o la intro a mi criterio) y se siente la continuidad entre canción y canción
Not quite my jam. The psychedelic stuff was more fun, but this leaned a lot towards stadium rock/hair metal of the 70s/80s which I do not particularly enjoy. Not terrible, but I would not listen again
I feel like it's not that special. I did not finish it. It just seemed okay. Maybe it's praised because they were the first to sound like that. I didn't feel for it.
You need to be in the right mood for this album. It’s powerful, intense, but can at times it can just be awful cacophony, screeching, repetitive bars to make you go insane (I’m looking at the keyboards and synth on Hard Lovin’ Man here). PROCEED WITH CAUTION AND KNOW WHAT YOU ARE GETTING YOURSELF INTO. Ian Gillan undoubtedly has a great voice and some of these songs are great, I tended to prefer the beginning to the breakdown chaos of the end, but hey maybe if I wasn’t a regular city commuter trying to bring peace into my morning routine as I listen and instead a punk cruising down a coastal highway with a cigarette over my window I would be totally in the mood for this.
Vhg
Probably great when it came out
Pretty alright. Flight of the Rat was my stand out. Not a lot else did tho. 4.5/10
didn't listen - just can't w deep purple - giving a symbolic 2
50 % genius (the guitars), 50% parody (vocals/lyrics - really?). 100% ridiculous. Ill stick with Space Trucker thank you very much. At least that song keeps it under 5 min.
Songs would get almost kind of funky, bluesy and fun - and then that dude would start screeching like his nuts were caught in his zipper and I couldn't hang.
Disappointing album, not at all what Deep Purple we’re about. Lacked groove.
It's not my thing. The singer screams too much in the songs for me, and I just don't see myself vibing with the music. The songs are too long and too repetitive for me, and the screaming is something I can't really get over. It's not even the metal or punk kind of scream singing, which I have an appeal for. The guitar solos are nice, but they happen so often I feel like they're not special, and it makes me appreciate the less. I wouldn't listen again, but I understand how other people would like it though, I'm not here to yuck someone else's yum.
I only knew these guys as the "Smoke On the Water". Now I know why. 42 minutes of uninspired rock. "Child In Time" wasn't too bad tho
No soy muy fan de la música instrumental, ya lo decidí
Pretty boring... A lasting feeling that the songs were made on improv' and never improved. Child in Time is great at first, but the solo just ruins everything. It serves no purpose, breaks the rhythm, the mood, everything, for 2:30 minutes before getting back to the song. This solo is like putting add for another track inside Child in Time. Perchance. Exception of the album, Black Night was really great.
Band that I know of, and album which I have definitely listened to before. From the intro, you know what you're going to get and it is a good dad rock ol time. Loving the selection of instruments and solos. Thought I would enjoy but not really enjoy as dad rock is a weird genre for me, but 3 songs I was having a good time but then it all became a bit samey and bit predictable. It's okay to listen to as background 'dad rock' music, but the interest dies out once you stop being enamoured by solos and lack of substance.
I guess now I've listened to more than just Smoke on the Water and Highway Star. Legitimately heavy shit.
Nope, not for me, I know a lot of people like this but I dislike the organ, and the dirty old recording studio sound. It's not bad but it's just not for me.
It has a few scattered moments of greatness, but it's really hard to drag them out from the mess surrounding them.
Ian Paice is a darn good drummer, and I would love to sound like Jon Lord on organ, but I've never wanted to revisit DP even if I got immense respect for most of them as musicians. Child in Time is a banger but the rest of the album is forgettable and Ian Gillan's high parts irritate me on every song.
The organ in this was kind of fun, but overall it was pretty generic stuff. Maybe more groundbreaking in 1970
114. idk
This is definitely rock music, nothing special
Turns out I'm definitely a Mod not a Rocker.
Once is enough of this! Not as bad as Guns n Roses.
I thought I might be able to tolerate this because it was so early that maybe it would sound like Zeppelin or Sabbath, but nope. This sounded too much like heavy metal of the type that I cannot abide in the slightest, and therefore I hated it. I am sure that 16 year olds in 1970 had a really bitchin’ time jumping their dirt bikes over piles of broken refrigerators to this album but when I was 16 I was sitting inside by myself reading sci-fi and listening to Billy Joel, so I have no nostalgia towards this type of music and think it is terrible. That high pitched heavy metal scream is the single lamest thing in the world other than this album cover. Ugh.
4/10
Ok
Nothing really memorable
1/3. Not bad by any means (actually pretty well recorded and produced), just not a standout in any way. None of the riffs really grabbed me, and with the billion other great rock records out there, this would never be in the top or even middle of my mind to reach for or recommend.
Normal
Didn't enjoy this one really. First song was a Little Richard medley and the rest was just fine. Cool album cover, though.
These guys are better than Spinal Tap at keeping a straight face while making absurd music with ridiculous lyrics.
Was ok. Not sure if I just wasn’t in the mood for it.
Maybe it's the long jams, maybe it's listening to this right after the more obvious musicianship of Led Zeppelin, but I found myself impatiently waiting for the end of this so I could move on to the next one.
still talking?
A tope siempre con el bigote de Jon Lord y esos órganos del averno, pero este disco es una pedazo de turra. Hay canciones de Deep Purple que me gustan mucho, pero los LP enteros no hay quien los aguante. Además, es mucho mejor el Machine Head.
The first album here that I’ve found truly boring
Good rock sound but really couldn’t get into this album.
Like Led Zeppelin but worse in every way. Drumming was pretty good though.
Nope, I've never been a Deep Purple fan. Bloated is the word that comes to mind listening to this album.
Not bad, but not good. Machine Head is the only Deep Purple record that should be on this list. Also one of the dumbest album covers ever.
Another one that is not my vibe. Child in Time I added to my list but Im thinking im not a fan of most old school rock music.
This was decent. Some good guitar work and some head-bangy passages.
1.5
Not remotely awful, but simply Not My Thing in any way.
This was my first deep purple album and I’ll be honest I thought they were supposed to be a mellow kind of band. So this was a shock. I didn’t dislike it, but I didn’t like it. I think expectations might have interfered with that because the music was pretty good and with a nice raw sound.
This was a joyless exercise in listening for the sake of listening. I like rock, but I didn’t like this at all.
That was a lot.
not my type of music really
I could listen to this album 10x, then be shown a 20 second snippet and I would have no idea what song it came from.
Very ok. Very not memorable.
I did enjoy this album. Some amazing guitar solos on some songs. However it didn’t really grab me like I thought it would after the first 2 songs
Ne zamee ... istko k back to black
Heavy on noise and not much else 2-3
Not their finest hour. Guitars and organs are fuzzed out and a little meandering. More psychedelic than much of their catalog, but they are at their best when swinging the metal hammer.
Stand-out tracks: Speed King, Into the Fire, Living Wreck I'm not a fan of the longer tracks on this album which turns out to be most of the album. Leaving me only to a enjoy a few tracks to a certain degree which is why I consider this a bit of a dud. I'm not super familiar with metal and how much metal this is, but there are certainly a few moments where the tracks ramped up, sometimes to an unpleasant degree. Not a fan of intentionally unpleasant sounds thrown into the mix, and not in a dissonant sense, rather a "make your ears hurt" kind of sense. Overall, the few tracks I like aren't enough to save this album from a bad grade.
Highlights: Speed King, Bloodsucker, Living Wreck First time listening to the record, but I was aware of its existence because of a Jojo reference (Speed King) and a Let 3 song with the same name as Child in Time but nothing else in common (wasn't a cover but it was a reference). Love me some 70's rock with organs, so it was nice to see them make such a grandiose appearance - to the point where the record could be named Organs in Rock. For some reason Child in Time didn't click with me. It's a bit too much for my taste - both because of its length but also braggadocios solos. Actually, a good number of the tracks overall are quite long for no reason and that is a bit off-putting. I lean toward their faster tracks like Hush, Highway Star and Space Truckin', and these drawn out songs with solos feel like a whole different thing. I guess I'll like Machine Head better. The record, however, does deserve respect for being one of the foundational hard rock records, just not as much as Led Zeppelin's contemporary output. Won't be revisiting this record anytime soon, but the highlights will remain in my hard rock rotation.
Nothing special
What is this shit?
Better than the Otha shit. 2!
Back to more artists my Dad adored when I was a kid. This feels very Hendrixy and very Led Zeppeliny but then also a bit Yesy. It's precisely the type of thing he was destined to love. I think this is alright but it didn't really click with me in the way something like Black Sabbath did when I first heard it. I think the prog parts are the bits I struggle with - in general I like the metal parts much better. Too much guitar noodling and keyboard noodling for my patience overall, particularly on the longer songs. They even managed *drum noodling* on Flight of the Rat. I do want to briefly call out the album cover: it looks like something Terry Gilliam might have made for Monty Python and I love it. Should be a 2.5 and was on for a 3 until the last few tracks, but I really lost patience with it so: 2/5
Yuck. Okay… I can understand why people like this so much. The musicianship is fine. It’s a rock album that sounds a bit different to what else was on offer in 1970. The drumming is good, sure. However, horrible singing, horrible lyrics. Guitar solos where there doesn’t need to be a guitar solo. The songs seem to last forever even if they’re sub-5 minutes. I genuinely abhor songs like Child in Time; people really love to cherish a song like this. I don’t get it. But like what you like, I don’t care. Personally, this has fallen in a generated slot close to Led Zep II and Superunknown by Soundgarden, both of which blow this out the water on every single level, particularly the vocals and guitar playing. It didn’t stand a chance. I don’t think Deep Purple will ever be for me but I’ll give it a 2/5 based on understanding why it would appeal to other people and I enjoyed some of the drumming. Male, pale and stale. Best: Speed King Worst: Child in Time
I mean. It's metal.
This is that kind of dated hippie rock which only boomers with zero cultural or self awareness might enjoy. Album cover sucks — riffs go kind of hard though. —Noah Not my thing. I could see how at a time when this genre hasn’t been pioneered this would be cool. But not to me in this contemporary moment… -Ruby
Needs more purple.
Good early heavy metal, the singer's voice turned me off though.
It’s fine
I had a dilemma: what to spend my free time on, this or femboy futa house. I regret my choice
Annoying but not terrible
Just not for me. Dissociated while listening mostly.
Bem hard rock e vibes mais heavy metal, oq nao é mt a minha cena Não gostei mt nhe
Bit much for me.