Reviews (page 10 of 13)
Perusrockia, ei ihmeitä tarjonnut, mutta oli mukava silti kuunnella.
I liked some of the riffing but overall not really for me
Something classic-rockish
I see what they did there.
Not mad at all about the grooves and licks on this one, but the vocal styling of hard rock of this (any?) era grate me, technically impressive though they might be. Luckily they are most present on the shorter, more straightforward tracks, and I could settle into the jammier cuts where the band shines. Fave track: Child in Time
I felt like this album was really close to the kind of music I like but also really close to the kind of music I don’t like. For 1970 I’m sure it was a bit ahead of its time but didn’t really sound like anything all that special. Fave track: child in time
Child in Time - One of the best rock songs ever. The rest of the album is nothing compared to that. Standouts: Child in Time, Black Night (Bonus) Others: ummmm? 3/5
If there was a musical color gradient with The Doors/Led Zep on the left in white and AC/DC / Motörhead on the right in black I would put Deep Purple's "Deep Purple In Rock" somewhere in the gray zone. So wild hearing this kind of sound come out of a band that recorded this back in 1970 (perhaps even a year earlier in 1969). Even crazier, still, is that this album came out a year after LZ1 and only 3 years after The Doors self-titled. I am honestly surprised by how listenable and interesting this album was. I always thought of Deep Purple as somewhat of a one-hit wonder churning out one of Guitar Center's greatest hits (and many a guitar player's first song, myself included). The combination of organ and silky smooth vocals with shred and mayhem makes for an extremely intriguing listen. Songs like "Into the Fire" just have this simple back and forth, waddling rhythm with some Hendrix chords thrown in there. It's in your face. It's heavy. But it's not obnoxious and it isn't boring. It hits. Dare I say this is proto-metal? Possibly. Had a great time with this record. Glad to have been introduced to another side of Deep Purple via this list! Feeling a 3/5 for this one. It was great but not something that really made me feel something deeper.
I guess in my estimation of pre-1970 bands that Van Halen would draw on and 80s-ify in the latter half on the decade, I did not consider bands like Deep Purple. To be perfectly honest, all I knew about Deep Purple going into today’s selection was “Smoke on the Water,” and how it IS the guitar riff for all beginners everywhere. Honestly, this album kinda slaps. I love when mix quits on “Speed King,” to make room for the organ solo. Very Doors, very heavy, and very prog-rock all at once. The extended jam on “Child in Time” is great too. Like the Allman Brothers Band turned British and made a prog record. Though, the vocal soloing and circus-vibe in the latter half of the song lays it on a little thick. “Flight of the Rat” is probably my favorite. Just the right mix of raw, proto-heavy rock and prog. I don’t really care for the last three songs. Probably for no better reason than that I can only stomach this sound for so long. Hard to believe this is from 1970. However, I don’t think this album really rivals those it begs to be compared with. Like not even close. Deep Purple in Rock—great tongue-in-cheek album title and artwork—is fun and almost more fun because it’s less self-serious than some of those prog-ier bands, even if it is less impressive. The mixing and mastering could definitely be better. But I don’t see a remaster. All in all, for 1970, pretty solid. But nobody needs to hear this before they die, and I have a feeling we’re going to get more Deep Purple. 3/5.
I liked this! It was raw. This kind of thing I’m really warming up to. Something about it felt like it got this kind of thing right. Like Bloodsucker, which is pretty choreographed, well rehearsed. Just felt more like a complete experience, vs other albums like this we’ve heard. I dunno! All the early, proto-metal, rock albums are kind of blurring together for me. But this one felt tighter than others. Also I looked up some music videos of Deep Purple and loved what I saw. 3/5
Pidin tätä bändiä aikaisemmin ihan turhana, mutta oon alkanut lämmetä tälle jytäkaahaamiselle. Ei huono. 3/5
Yläastevuosien suosikkeja ja ihan hauskaa menoa edelleen.
En oo koskaan Deep Purplesta niin innostunut. Ihan jees mut kolmoseen jää.
Definitely more pleasant to listen to than most classic rock albums. However, I still don't think I will be seeking this out for another listen in the future
Loud and fun, with Richie Blackmore really excelling on his solos. That being said, Machine Head is the more cohesive album.
This is standard Deep Purple fare - fun/mindless rock music to cruise around to. Some cool organ sounds; guitar solos feel sloppy at times. Ultimately it ends up as forgettable.
I think I actually like this more than "Machine Head." It's way more intense and heavy.
Some interesting things going on instrumentally but it didn't quite grab me enough over other similar bands of the time. Deep Purple are always just "good" but never "great" for me.
Como un disco en vivo.
De muziek van Deep Purple is goed te luisteren. Niet meteen mijn favoriet, maar het klinkt erg goed. Gitaren (en dan vooral dat overdreven gitaarrifjes spelen) is niet mijn ding, maar van dit album kan ik het goed hebben. ***
Classic 70s hard rock.
Iets te intens en chaotisch voor mij.
Deep Purple In Rock is een chaotisch album vol In-Gadda-La-Vida-esque hardrock nummers. "Child in Time" is goed en "Black Night" is leuk, maar de rest van de nummers missen harmonie. leukste nummer: Black Night Ironisch genoeg zijn de lyrics van "Black Night" zo banaal mogelijk geschreven, aldus de band
Pretty solid album. I enjoyed side 2. Side one has some good solos though. I guess the lead singer bugs me a little. Not my taste, but a good overall album.
had always assumed deep purple was super cheesy glam rock. enjoyed this more than i anticipated, but probably wont revisit. iron maiden scratches this itch for me.
3-27- Driving to School
3.5
This is REAL ROCK N ROLL! Got a little silly at times but I was having fun with it. 3.2/5
Great playing, technical, epic but left me kinda empty
Habs nur halb durchgehört. Immer das gleiche bei mir mit deep purple, iwie find ichs cool aber nicht so dass ich das dann wirklich hören würde.
3.8/5
3.5
Not really my thing but I can see the appeal. The keyboard solos made me laugh.
I enjoyed it, but not as much as Machine Head
grungy blues/metal that probably sounded great at the time, highlight is the awesome psychedelic Child In Time which is as good as anything else they've done
Talented musicianship marred by the bothersome "ooh baby yeah" type of vocal approach. The extended instrumentals are all ace.
Una combinación rara, si estuviera drogado diría que es el mix de the doors, led zeppelin y David Bowie a momentos. Nunca me senté a escuchar deep purple hasta hoy, tiene un tema que es inescuchable, pero el resto es sólido, innovador y de alguna manera se diferencia con lo que se presentaba en la época. Deep purple tiene carácter y una sólida base en la que construir, por eso se ganan mi 7/10
A bit confused why this album was chosen to be on here. There’s really nothing in particular that made this album too special. Maybe the guy making this list just really liked the song Child in Time? Beats me. It’s a decent album overall, but just feels unnecessary to listen to before I die. It’s a low 3 because I like the genre, but the Live in Japan album was much better. Also I’d like to say for reference there are 3 Deep Purple albums on this list, which is equal to the number of Queen albums on here and 1 more than the number of AC/DC albums and Fleetwood Mac albums. Even if you know nothing about music, you’d think that’s strange. I know 0 people who would name a Deep Purple album or song in their top 20, maybe even top 50. I’m not mad, just disappointed.
ok
Let's give this a chance! Child In Time, everybody knows that one! It's just pretty inoffensive hard rock, it's alright. This is all very Iron Butterfly at the moment!! Decent record, nothing mind-blowing but a solid rocking time.
Enjoyed this much more than their other one. Some good blues rock baby.
Classic 70's rock, is a little generic-sounding.
Hard driving music, Child in Time is especially good. Really enjoyed but -2 stars for the horrible keyboards/ organs.
The guitar and organ are quite cool. The vocals are quite uncool.
Child in time is an amazing song. Otherwise this music and the pathetic screaming sound rather outdated.
Wait, I’m supposed to believe Deep Purple had other songs beside Smoke On The Water? Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Child In Time This was not at all what I was expecting a Deep Purple album to sound like. It opens with shredding guitar, and demonstrates Halford-esque vocals at times. It’s certainly prog at its core, but you can easily draw parallels between this album and power metal (although I don’t think power metal had started existing yet when this came out). As groundbreaking as this all is, it is still 2022 when I’m listening to the album, so listening to it for the first time today isn’t quite as revolutionary as it may have been in 1970. They may have put the building blocks in place for various genres yet to come, but others have since perfected this which makes Deep Purple In Rock unfortunately somewhat dismissible now. Not a bad album, by any means, but if I wanted to listen to music like this, I’d likely go elsewhere.
Not bad, sounds like they are trying to hard to be Led Zeppelin. No tracks really stand out but guitar work/riffs are tight
after the first minute of the album i thought i was gonna hate it but i didn’t! i think the vocals are the weakest part of this album and sometimes take away from some super cool things happening musically.
kinda cool ig but nothing special
Grew up listening to this because my parents like this album
Loads of fun, have me a terrible wired energy though and I scrubbed the kitchen til 3 am. I'm not a metal guy but this was very listenable for the most part. Not too cheesy, a few really good solos which sounded accomplished, rhythmic and satisfying. Almost like some early hippy prog stuff. You know, when it just goes. Other times, a bit like early hippy prog stuff, it falls if a cliff but those moments are few and far between.
Er zijn een paar dingen die ik niet goed kan hebben in muziek. Dingen waardoor nummers veranderen in een karikatuur wanneer ik ze hoor. Het Mortal Kombat-achtige synth geluid heb ik al ooit benoemd bijvoorbeeld. Die komt op dit album niet voor. Een andere is de typische high-pitched heavy metal scream die later ook te pas en te onpas werd misbruikt in de glamrock. Als je wil schreeuwen: schreeuw. Word boos of verdrietig. Doe eventueel een varken uit de hel of een verongelijkte orc na, allemaal prima. Maar stoere gitaarmuziek met Gerard Joling achtige 'aaaaah' geluidjes doen het niet voor mij. "Child in Time" is dan ook een flinke uitdaging voor me. Dat gezegd hebbende: Zo'n Hammond orgeltje vind ik dan wel weer genieten. Dus Geer streep ik weg tegen het orgel en dan blijft er nog genoeg muziek over voor een 3. Maar ik ben mild omdat het donderdag is, op maandag was het een 2. P.S. Flight of the Rat en Living Wreck hebben de minste streams maar zijn de beste nummers.
I like a lot on it except for that damn keyboard.
3.5/5. This was alright. Very heavy rock, but it's from a time where heavy rock is good.
proper old school rock. I liked it and will likely listen again
Loved this band as a teenager. I played Child in Time so many times. Now I find them overly showy. I know that's the point. The Blackmore solos, the screeching of Gillan, the almost classical keyboard riffs. Its psyche heavy rock and it does little for me. The simplistic riffs of Sabbath and the purer blues of Zep trump it. This sounds like a band pulling in diff directions.
I hadn't heard this album before (had a copy of Machine Head on cassette when I was a kid). There are some great riffs in here, possibly a track or two I would go back too - eg Into the Fire.
Surprised myself about how much I enjoyed this. More varied than I anticipated. Best song Black Nighy.
Après avoir écouté l’album live fait au Japon, celui-ci semble épuré, plus fini. Du rock dans son état pur.
Deep Purple reminds me of that time I was repeatedly kicked in the cock and balls by the entire Chelsea first team and backroom staff. It was shortly after they had all jizzed on my face and chest.
Hard Rock doing what Hard Rock does. And look at them being literally carved into rock on the cover, how very clever.
Meh
Pretty typical 70s drug-rock. Well executed drug-rock, though - the genre at its best.
Pretty hype but a bit repetitive, 3stars
I can see how this album has influenced a lot in the genre, not my type of music though
It was pretty cool. I could see listening to it again. Just didn’t quite do it for me. Huge spinal tap fan
Classic rock group from that era.
Listening to this album made me check my earlier review of Machine Head, but sure enough, I feel this album just isn't quite as good as that one. To me, it feels more basic, with fewer defined themes and more generic metal "filler", including for example, super fast but not-necessarily-inspiring guitar segments.
Nothing special but never a great experience listening through YouTube
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
Not my taste
Dia 05 de 1001 albumes Un poco lo de siempre, no es del todo mi estado, pero hay calidad y conocimiento en lo que se hace. El vocalista es una pasada como hace los agudos
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I just do not like deep purple
Kinda boring. RYM: Y (#719) Saved a song: N
Self indulgent prog at its finest
i keep getting 1900s rock as some of the best music ever. will there be any diversity in here! why is whoever wrote this book and picked out these albums seeming like they only ever listen to a specific genre ugh pmo. also ok tracklist like every album is showing up with at least one or two songs that are absurdly long and i guess it is for the sake of music and sake of instrumental. so much of olden music gives more flowers to the musicality than lyricism from what i know so far. modern music cares more of algorithm and hit funny lyrics. but okay lets give her a listen! track 1- very rock n roll yuhhh. ohh my god the drums and the riff combo mid song is sickkkk. i mean u gotta groove out to this come on now!! wait stop i love. reading background of album that this album is supposed to embody the loudness of their live shows is sickkk love it. man drums really do carry a song. track 2- good but not standout. like the screams in this. track 3- we goin slower. kidding fully instrumental. nice! wouldn't relisten though sorry track 4- mmmm this one is funkkyyy i like ittt! wait i fw this one heavy. going into my nd playlist yup track 5- mmm not bad track 6- like the reverb funk at the beginning. track 7- nice closer yea. overall i dont know i need to listen to more but idk of rock is my vibe. maybe i am just not in mood right now
I don't know man -- I want to like Deep Purple more, but with the exception of Child in Time, the rest of the album is quite mediocre.
it was weird but it respect it 3.5/10
Mid
Not my vibe but there were some highlights
I've heard of the band but never really listened to them. Decent classic rock album. A little too "jam band" for me though.
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.
I want to like this record, but it's just not that great.
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