Deep Purple In Rock

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.

Did I know prior: No Favorite song: Speed King More instrumental than I expected. Fun at times, but didn't move me. Found it to be repetitive and some of the guitar & organ solos were grating.

I don't love the screaming and the voice really but the tunes go quite hard and it's not bad but I don't think I'll want to listen to that again really.

This the THIRD Deep Purple album I have had in under 200 days and folks I am sick of it

This album was probably great for early heavy metal fans. It probably was awesome while high. It probably was great live. But to my 2026 ears, it sounds dated, meandering, and forgettable. Also, this has to be one of the dumbest album covers I’ve ever seen. And the hard panning at the end was nauseating.

Definitely too hard rock for me. A lot of this album just sounds like noise (derogatory). When the vocals weren't screaming and the guitar and organ got solos, it was tolerable. I hear the 70s Led Zeppelin influences for sure. Listened twice

Bestimmt voll wichtig und so. Aber warum muss der denn immer so schreien....

I wanted To Enjoy it more

This album would be enjoyed more by my parents than me. Some cool instrumental solos.

Were any animals harmed in the making of this album? Those anguished howls passed off as singing had me worried.

In order to make a great hard rock album, there’s a very simple trick - pull together a band and make sure that one person is named Ian. Don’t believe me? Ask Judas Priest, The Cult, Fugazi, Jethro Tull, Minor Threat, hell even Joy Division, Europe and The Stone Roses used the Ian trick to take their styles of ‘rock’ to the charts with an Ian on board. The Rolling Stones original lineup featured an Ian. True story. But, with the release of this album, Deep Purple took it too far and broke the rule - you can never have MORE than one Ian in the band. On this album, there’s one Ian singing and another Ian on drums. This can ever work. The Ians cancel each other out. In fact, this is the only time in the history of rock where two Ians have attempted to exist in the same band at the same time. King Crimson had an Ian who left the band and was replaced with another Ian. Jen’s favorite troubadours, Fairport Convention, did the same, no doubt because they were aware of the need to keep an Ian in the band. These facts demonstrate what should be abundantly clear by now - Deep Purple went one Ian too far with this album and the result is an uneven, screamy mess - organ riffs galore, guitar screeches to the tune of a manatee in the middle of an unnatural birth, and an Ian viciously howling for no apparent reason throughout most of this noise fetish. Please learn from their mistake. Never gather with more than one Ian at a time. Nothing good can come of it.

A mix of 70s hard rock and stoner music.

Of course I already knew the one song. That one that’s universally mandated to be the first song every guitar student learns. Based almost entirely on that song alone I decided long ago that a deeper dive into this group’s catalog was not necessary. Having now listened to *this* album (which does not include *that* song) I stand by my decision. It’s fine. In fact if I had taken that deeper dive way back when, I likely would have quite enjoyed it. They absolutely fit the mold of what I was into back then & in no way are they any worse than any of the others I was into. There were absolutely parts where I thought “ok, this is not bad.” Those vocals tho—I’m out. 2stars plus a tip of the cap for being significant & influential in their scene.

not my favourite and doesn't stand out to other albums similar in genre like nirvana but great instrumentals

Prehistoric (hard) rock. A bit of a snoozer for me

is this the GREAT Deep Purple everybody talks about?

Bitter

too much going on.

Electric guitar solos are not something I generally enjoy.

I enjoy deep purple but this was a painful listen.

I used to appreciate this type of music more when I was a teenager.

they had some epic drum solos but besides like the hits from classic rock i’m just finding it not to be for me.

Every time they sang it made it worse. Talented guitarists for sure, but it’s not my thing.

This is fine (despite an overly long song or two) but it is not as good as the other Deep Purple on this list — and really that means it shouldn’t be on this list.

Total stimmig alles, geil dreckiger Sound und mega Drive, aber berührt mich nicht.

Riffs können Sie und ich würde auch nie behaupten, dass das nicht gut ist. Es ist bloß überhaupt nicht meins, Hard Rock hat einen sehr schweren Stand bei mir.

I couldn't do it. Listened for 30 seconds and just wasn't willing to give it a shot. It isn't you, it is me.

Never listened to Deep Purple other than their hits. I was not expecting to like it much but Child in Time was good. Not a huge fan of the vocals otherwise

Get organs out of rock.

Boring, trying too hard to be prog that it fails as classic rock, not quite good enough to be prog rock, just a bit of a slog of noodling nonsense.

boy i really didn't care for this thing at all 1.5/5 probably. i didnt skip tho so lets round up to 2

Favorite song: Child In Time Notes: most of it sounded like those random hard songs in guitar hero. There wasn't much that got me excited about it. Score: 6/10

Too many guitar solos and songs just took forever to build up. Couldn’t get into it. Favorite Song(s): Flight of the Rat

Gar nicht meins 2/5

Was ok, never really got into Deep Purple or any of the heavy rock stuff, it has been copied so many times that I can't listen to it objectively, I think of a million shit bands playing Desertfest

Deep Purple has all the makings of a band I would love, but it just never clicked for me.

Heavy riffs. Hear a lot of influence in early Nirvana and grunge. Just not for me.

Found this really uninteresting, but it seems like an album that would start to hit by listen #5

This kind of music sounds goofy as hell to me, its truly hard to imagine that anyone took this seriously. If it's a joke I like the joke, but I would never actually listen to this for like, pleasure or to feel things.

Only 27 albums in and this is the 2nd Deep Purple already! I like to focus on the positive so…I'm getting them out of the way and there’s only one left. This was more tolerable than Made in Japan or whatever it’s called. Quick recap: I LOVE many albums and bands from this era and genre but the Purps ain’t one of them. I tried as a kid and I’m trying again now, but sorry they just aren’t doing it for me. This one gets a better score than the previous one because Bloodsucker and Flight of the Rat annoyed me less. I know they can play but what they do with those abilities I find futile.

I like all the playing, love the organ when it shows up, and I'm a fan of singer Ian Gillian ever since Jesus Christ Superstar (If you only know the movie version, Gillian on the original Broadway leaves that poor imitation in the cave. Way better Judas and Pilate on the movie one though. I digress.) But these songs just sounds like it all occupy the same comfortable safe hard rock niche give Machine Head a listen for way more passion, fun, and range.

Loved Deep Purple when I was in high school. Was ready for this album to be over though.

I still don’t get the 70s

It's acid rock and never much did much for me.

I'm sorry to all my fan out there, but I don't like :(

I was expecting seizure :/

2 stars

appreciate deep purple for inspiring so many bands is like, but they'll take it from here

Hmmmmmmmmmmmm this went on forever. None of it was bad but it was so much. So much guitar.

It’s not bad, but I didn’t like it

This album artwork is atrocious

De fundal. Rock

2.8: Some cool riffs and organ, a few cool tracks, guitar and organ collabed well, but overall I didn’t like it too much. Genre of rock I am not drawn to

Not horrible, but didn’t really get the penis erect

Deep Purple is so boring

Ok

non

Ah, meh!

Deep Purple has so much talent. Ian Gillan’s voice is unparalleled in the rock pantheon. But their talents did not include songwriting or restraint. Even their occasional really great songs (Sweet Child in Time, for instance) are unnecessarily bloated. There’s no need to have 3 crescendos in one song, much less four!!?! I love some of what they have to offer, in limited doses. But as an album, this is a 2.

Not my genre, but appreciated the blend of rock and slower percussion/psychedelic interludes. Definitely feels very 70s.

Molt de solo de guitarra, m'agrada que es disc obri amb un molt top. Pero no m'ha matat, en general molt guitarra

Apart from Child in Time I can't rate this album

Ned so mis… Zwenig usenandgsetzt mit Hardrock dasi chan beurteile obs innovativ/guet ish. Blues Influence und s ✨Drama✨ find ich defür sehr spannend und überraschend. Ish vorallem no krass wenn denn nachene Autoplay en andere Track spielt (Fireball) und afach merksh das de so viel meh swagger het. All in all intressanti time capsule aber jez ned eppis woni wieder wird lose

psychadelic hard rock is just not my bag. Also wayyy too much distortion and muddy sounds here, I checked the write-up and supposedly its intended to emulate a live performance, in which case, why? It burdens the whole listening experience, dont get me wrong, great instrumentals at times, but man do they just wander aimlessly a lot.

Not my bag, but certainly not bad. Loved the drum solo on “Flight of the Rat”. Got queasy on the last track from the left and right panning of sound.

liked child in time but I didn't really enjoy listening to any of the other songs

Like…. It’s okay. There’s some fun riffs. Great great great opener that then just sort of keeps going a bit too long. And at one point there’s a drum solo that just did absolutely nothing. The Joe jonas of drum solos. Why did everyone have to do a drum solo at one point what was that all about? 2.5/5.0 No best song they were all pretty much the same.

Kjapp instrumentjokking.

Dissapointed to get another rock album, but the instrumentation was really good so I enjoyed it enough.

meh

A little bit to heavy

Machine Head is Deep Purple at its best with classics such as Smoke on the Water and Space Trunkin’, this album not so much. The songs are more aggressive and discordant. They lack in melody and restraint. Not a favorite.

Meh

This is all fine but it’ss a bit Spinal Tap for me.

I CANT DO ANYMORE CLASSIC ROCK!

It seems they were trying to decide whether to be prog rock, classic rock or heavy metal. The transitions mid-song might be important in musical history but that didn't make them enjoyable to listen to

This is probably a result of playing it in the background while I worked instead of sitting with it more intentionally, but it was just alright. Nothing really stood out. Not bad at all, just not "WOW".

Not bad, not mind blowing. Needed to hear before I die? Sure, but only once. Some of the 4 and 5 star albums need to be heard much more, and there's a LOT of albums missing on this list that need to be heard more than this one. 2.25 / 5 stars

This is the worst edition of Guitar Hero yet. I think about how Led Zeppelin and Hendrix and Black Sabbath already existed at this time, but I guess the appetite was for more? Fun fact, Christopher Cross filled in for Ritchie Blackmore at Deep Purple's first US concert in 1970 which I presume was for this album. If this album is on here but Sailing isn't then I would like to speak with the manager.

This is an album from the English band Deep Purple, and as far as I know they were not popular in the USA until ‘Smoke on the Water’ was released. All tracks on this album I would classify as hard rock, none of which I am familiar. Hard rock was novel when this album came out, but now it seems mundane. Good guitar work on some of the tracks.

This album cover is sending me. It's like a LiveJournal icon I would have made in 2003. All I know about Deep Purple is 'Smoke on the Water', which is the only song we learned to play on guitar in middle school music class. To be fair, I liked playing it. But as expected, they are pretty "70s rock"y, with a surprising amount of metal-y vocals. I do like the organ(?) part on 'Speed King'. I also like that they had a super messy history as far as membership, kinda like Destiny's Child. But that's pretty much where the liking ends... Highlight: the lyric "Take the trouble to decide the things you do / will not be things that don't appeal to you" (good advice, bizarre syntax) Lowlight: rhyming "lovin'" and "movin'"? Absurd.

This is what my head sounds like when I don't take my medication. Noisy and discombobulated. 2 stars.

This is mostly just noise to me. Rough vocals, those high notes are piercing in an uncomfortable way.

Classic Rock group... classic rock album... just a little too psychedelic for me.

2.0

Clearly, a important album in the history of hard rock and heavy metal but not really many good songs

Dreadful really.

No thanks. 1970 was a tough year.

A bit dramatic.

Just can’t hear the appeal.

Kinda cool jam band noodling vibes, but ultimately something I wont come back to. Lots of the same it felt like. Deep Purple has done better in my opinion.

I didn't find that one very good. Left me bored and uninterested but I respected the solos.

Maybe a little boring, no bangers. Easy to listen to though

Horrible 70s jam rock, didn’t make it past the third song which was 10 minutes by the way. fuck off

dad music

Bland

I can appreciate its importance and I actually quite enjoyed the beginning but it got very tedious very fast for me. Much prefer a Black Sabbath over this.

Boringgggggg. Okay. Child in Time is pretty cool. Hard lovin man is fine too. I don’t hear the “heaviness” people praise this album for having. It’s definitely hard rock but I guess im just not too knowledgeable abt this genre. Meh. 2/5⭐️

Old school rock n' roll, but that doesn't mean I like it.

Never heard of these guys, though the 120 million YouTube Music plays on “Child in Time” made my eyes bulge out of my skull in a cartoonish fashion. Guess this is another instance where I’m the uncultured swine. Understandably uncultured, however. I’ve never been one for metal. This album is about what I was expecting, though I can admit it succeeds at being competently predictable. If I were a fan of hard rock or metal, I could see myself getting along well with this album. However, from a milder perspective there was little going on in these songs which hooked me and many of them were way longer than they ever needed to be. Can’t say I enjoy the blown-out sound, either – especially with the organs on Hard Lovin’ Man. In any case, Speed King is a pretty alright opener. The breakneck speed of the song works quite nicely, and I enjoy the groovy guitars in the second half of the song. It’s interesting that the English appear to have pioneered metal. I was always of the impression that it was started by the Americans, though I guess it makes sense the more I think about it. Christianity is much more of a Seppo thing than a Pommy thing, which metal is kind of a direct antithesis to. That being said, I’ve encountered way more American metalheads online than British ones. Strange. In any case, I get the impression that this album is a solid inclusion for the book. I’ll check just to make sure. “A hard rock milestone.” A whole lot of nothing specific beyond that quote. Wikipedia has more to say in favour of this album, being an early innovator of hard rock and heavy metal. There’s a lot of praise for this album without it entering “greatest of all time” territory. Regardless, as an early predecessor to some popular and acclaimed genres, I think there’s merit to this one. I shall graciously spare it from the album shredder, even if I liked very little of it.

This album sounds like Guitar Center on Saturday afternoon. Everyone in there has the spirit and two good ideas but it doesn't gel. Machine Head is the only Deep Purple you need and that is a stretch of the term "need"

I appreciate their spot on the list but I never found Deep Purple to be particularly engaging. Always felt middle-of-the-road-not-quite-hard-rock-not-quite-metal stuff. It's...alright.

Meh, it's Deep Purple

Too heavy, I cannot cope. But I did almost appreciate Child In Time...

One tune was a rocker.

Rainbow better

Rúnk

I really like rock from this era, but did not like this album.

Okay...won't even listen to again. A lot of the same sound over and over again.

tough amount of 7+ minute songs

very, very raw - most tracks are a hit or miss for me.

Nope. Not for me.

Bit classic rock for me

Not for me at all.

Pre-listening thoughts: who the hell are deep purple Post/during listening thoughts: my question remains unanswered. I did not recognize any of these songs. This was like if you asked Chat GPT to spit out a classic rock album. So so mid. 4/10 DID I NEED TO HEAR THIS BEFORE I DIE: no Fav tracks: could not distinguish these from one another Least fav tracks:

This is kind of just the most average/stereotypical rock album. It doesn't really stand out and ventures into hair metal territory with some of the screetching vocals and guitar. Meh. 4.5/10 (2.25/5)

Not my fave

I had mixed feelings about this. I SHOULD like it. Indeed, I *tried* to like it. But mostly I didn't. So much screaming.

I just don’t like this sound.

I could defenitely hear how this inflenced metal bands for decades after, but damn, it didnt age well.

Laaaaaaaaaaargo. Un poco entretenido pero no lo suficiente para engancharme.

Name one Deep Purple song. No, not that one, a different one. Exactly. A lesser Black Sabbath intercut with a lesser Yes (Maybe?) and just as long, without being terribly interesting. The album cover puts them on a Rock Mt. Rushmore. Sure, in the Superman II universe.

Deep trash. It doesn't rock, tho it is dense, it doesn't roll, tho it careens off a cliff of its own bullshit. 'Good Golly, said little Miss Molly'; 'Tutti Frutti was oh so rooty.' This doesn't remotely approximate Little Richard, neither the attitude nor the voice. And then it gets strangely racist w/: 'Got black breast Chinese eyes / Got an English brain that's gonna make me wise.' I don't want to be a moral policeman, but that literally translates as: non-white women are good for their bodies, white women for their smarts. Can they play? Sure, and the central guitar solo on 'Child in Time' is their best thing going. But Ian Gillan's yelping is pathetic, and the gist of the record substantiates the truism that there's nothing worse than aimless rocking.

Previous attempts to listen to Deep Purple have left me cold, but today I enjoyed this. That said, I've still never heard a riff or solo from Richie Blackmore that I've remembered - apart from the obvious ones. None of them are on here. 2 Chunky oul balls, too loud at any volume. 1.5

don't like it, a bit "noisy"

I'm sure this is cool to whoever its cool to, but this was whatever.

Too deep for me

Too early...

Some pretty crazy guitar skills. Eerie church. Preach.????

“Aaahhhhhh!!!!” from the lead singer was a highlight as well as the drummer but that’s about it.

Organs, organs everywhere. Middling.

2.5/5

I knew pretty much nothing about Deep Purple aside from SotW so was def interested in hearing more. The first song didn't set the stage well, it lost me before the third line with "tutti frutti was ohhh so rooty." I was surprised they had this heavy of a sound, some parts of the album were ok but a lot of it felt pretentious with lots of pointless solos and shrill vocals. I can see how this was maybe big at the time but it really didn't age well. It's a decent launching point for better music to come but it hits all the tropes and feels like self-indulgent stadium rock. I did like the organ at times and can appreciate some good shreds but it doesn't land for me. 1.95 for repetitive and a few too long songs.

Deep Purple is known for 1 song and we all know it so I welcomed something else by them. In Rock is not the best but it does have some good guitar shredfest...particularly on the top track "Child in Time." It's grungy hard-ish rock and for the time I can see the appeal; however, I was a little unimpressed overall with the album. I listened to the original version (as intended) and went back for the remastered and it was better. Cleaned up...the guitar work does shine but I'm rating this on the original so 2.28 stars.

I appreciate the incred guitar solos but I don’t think I’m a deep purple gal

Fully aware this was way ahead of its time and has some incredible riffs guitar but not really my cuppa chai but did like more than I thought I might?

That organ knocked it down to a 2 for me. I could definitely hear lots of metal roots on this on though.

A fairly tedious rendition of 70s rock. I just can't understand how deep purple are held in such esteem. 2.5*

Not for me but now I understand 80s hair bands a lot more

Not a fan. Not sure why.

Feels like 40 minutes of wanky guitar being substituted for a small peepee

My 3rd Deep Purple album was alas, not the charm. The vocals make my skin crawl, the prog keys make my eyeballs hurt. Not for me.

Not as intolerable to my ears as I was dreading, as at this point in my life I’ve had enough of most classic rock. This is my first listen to this album of heavy rock with some interesting flourishes like a conversation back-and-forth between a guitar and keyboard. Ian Gillan is a legendary singer and has range within the rock god confines. I appreciated it in parts, don’t need to listen to again.

Some fun, high-energy, classic rock and roll tracks on here that are really stand-out for their time. Whole album is defintely marked by a turn of the decade psych rock feel that makes for some good sunny-day smoking music. Musicianship is great, but production wasn't my favorite and the tracks didn't really pull me in like I wanted them to. Still real fun tho! Fav track: Speed King

A big no thanks to this album. Long jams in any style of music just tend to get on my nerves.

I like some deep purple stuff, but this album, except the excellent Child in Time, is a bit overwhelming.

I’m bored, boss. 4/10

Bit too much wailing

The album has a lot of instrumental parts, which I find rather boring for the most part. The long intros to the songs are really meh. Child in Time has the most listens and is the song I dislike the most for mostly being slow and instrumental and over 10 minutes long. The songs themselves aren't bad, if only they were compressed to 1 minute. After listening to the album a second time, I think I only really like Speed King, and only when cutting the long intro. It's not a 1, because some parts are really nice. But I can't bring myself to rate it better than 2.

I like Child in Time (though it goes on too long). I like Ian Gillian in Jesus Christ Superstar (though I prefer John Legend). My husband really likes Deep Purple. I tried, honestly. But I just can’t.

Too many Deep Purple albums on this list. They sound like The Doors and Black Sabbath had a baby, and he turned out uglier than both parents. You've got all the cheese of early '70s metal, without Ozzy Osbourne's lyrics and original style, and you've got the random organ solos and overly long songs of The Doors in all the wrong places, not pairing well with the rest of the band's feel or the singer's voice. I have no idea if they are good songwriters, since all I can hear is the instrumentals, and the vocal stuff I do hear makes me cringe. The only thing saving them from a 1 is the instrumental quality of the album and the catchy hooks throughout. Songs Saved: 1/7 Does it belong on this list? One Deep Purple record would have been enough. Certainly not this one. I did like Child in Time, even though it drags on a little too long. Worst song: Hard Lovin' Man.

No. Not my thing at all.

Just ok - no memorable songs for me

Hard rock parody

Pffffffft

Pretty much the definition of meh, British blues rockers that don’t really do much with the genre. A couple of the longer songs, where they jammed a bit further out were at least interesting, but otherwise nothing much to recommend here.

A bit too much emphasis on the "hard" part of hard rock. I didn't dislike this like other proto-metal albums, but it's just not for me.

Eh, not a fan of long solos. Just not my style. I need some funk, maybe some kind of emotion.

I tried - I just wasn’t feeling it. I have never been a huge metal fan which certainly doesn’t help but I really didn’t enjoy this at all. I’ll give it a 2 because it was no doubt an album that helped inspire an entire genre.

Pretty one trick pony

The songs and lyrics are really lacking here. I didn't find them to offer much more than some sweet guitar. The only stand our track was Child in Time but wow is that a long song....

Kind of bland. Album doesn’t do anything impressive. 2.5/5 Won’t listen again

Fine, but got a little samey

There were a couple tracks that I thought were really good, but overall this album felt like a mess. Too many solos, too much wailing, and no cohesion in to making a song good. I get they were trying to go for a live feel, but it just didn’t work for me as a studio album. It comes across forced.

Please stop screaming to my ears.

A time machine that transports me to my aunt's high school boyfriend's basement in the 1970s in London, Ontario

2.5

Fine and well written. Another rock album that just isn’t my speed. Wish there was more soloing/improvisation like the first track.

Thankfully short, even with some long ass songs. Sounded derivative of lots of other bands of the era. Kinda rockin, but I wouldn’t revisit it.

Not the greatest album, and none of the good Deep Purple songs are on it, would not listen again.

I did not like that. I am not entirely sure why, it seems adjacent to many other albums I have enjoyed. But something about it really just rubbed my the wrong way.

Dorky like Yes, gross like KISS, cringe performances like Van Halen

Better than I expected, but not to my taste.

Meh...pretty lame actually. 1.5/5

Not my type of rock

Not for me

Solid rock

One really shitty song kinda ruined it

Cut to Skinner Meme - Panel 1: "Am I out of touch?" Panel 2: "No, it's the classic rock who are wrong" I just don't think I get classic rock. I get why people CAN like it, I just don't.

2 out of 5

They do a good job capturing a "live show" sounding vibe. I'm just not sure if that's a great choice. It just doesn't really stand out to me. It feels like any generic rock album from this era. I will say, they do go very hard. I can't think of a better way to word this, but the whole band is overplaying, if that makes sense. It's a fine album. I'm not convinced it's particularly good, let alone great. They're showcasing their obvious talent, but they're not doing anything particularly interesting, like it's just crazy guitar licks and drum fills. Favorite Song(s): Into the Fire

Not a fan

Just not great

Mediocre classic rock album with one god awful song.

Leaving the 1 star open for the truly terrible — but this sucked. Child in Time truly excruciating. Boooo

I can't

Band is not for me, feels like a metal version of the dead.

Respectable but forgettable

Really wish I cared.

Ok but a bit repetitive, rocks hard!

It was nice to hear something from them other than “Smoke on the Water,“ or “Space Trucking.“ But that doesn’t mean I liked this any better.

Really disappointed in this

Didn't like, too much

It was okay. I listened to it on my way to work yesterday but nothing stood out enough to remember.

Child In Time is een banger maar verder werkt het op de zenuwen

Unremarkable

70's have never been my vibe a little too repetitive and uninteresting, good to listen as a background

Not very chill and not my fave

Just all around not that good. Child In Time is a decent song, but the rest is borderline unlistenable.

Hard rock

-well it sort of just reminds me of Rush and a lot of other prog rock music from that era to me, even though it’s technically considered metal i guess -it’s not bad. i can’t really connect with as well though -some of the shorter songs were interesting -Favorites are Flight Of The Rat and Into The Fire

Jeg viber desværre ikke med det. Det er lidt som en blanding af hårmetal, tidligt metal ok ikke på den gode måde, men værst af alt har det der der Doors-orgel. Anerkender Deep Purples betydning men det ræsonnerer ikke hos mig. Særligt mangler der ligesom leitmotifs eller hooks, hvilket er overraskende når man tænker på de har skrevet det måske bedste rock riff nogensinde

Never really been a Deep Puple fan. Only know and like Child in Time and I don't even like that track that much. So it can't save this album from getting only 2 stars.

Quite liked the organ but tired of everything else quite quickly.

Meh

honestly not to my taste at all, not musically inclined enough to catch the nuances between songs, all of it sounds pretty much the same to me. favs: child in time (i guess)

Has Child in Time, which I really enjoy. Not much else stood out though.

2 STARS

Unclean records..

I'm not into the whole hair bad heavy metal thing. Sounds just like all the others...

Like I said with the previous Deep Purple album, I think the teen me would have liked this album more than the current me. I'm getting the vibe that this band's concerts were most likely sausage fests with a lot of attendees smoking weed and driving vans with a mattress in the back. 2.5/5

For starters, points for an album cover that directly influenced Spinal Tap. That's why this gets two stars. Beyond that, there is little of interest to me here and I have no idea why this made the list.

This didn't impress, though I do like Deep Purple's earlier stuff. Sure, the guitar work is great but the lyrics seemed stupid and I didn't get much of a sense of rhythm.

Overblown and pretentious. Just no need for it, I’m sure they have it in their locker to do better.

Not my type

agreeing with the group on this one. i’d rather listen to other things

Not bad but I’m deducting a star on principle because I disagree with the idea that out of all the music in the world that TWO Deep Purple albums should be required listening

Unremarkable. This is the 2nd Deep Purple record on this list I'm not sure their catalog merits the inclusion of 2 records

This album is about 10% psych/garage rock and 90% hard rock/proto-metal. The longer, trippier sequences I could tolerate. I can't stand the wanking and the riffing and the vocals.

ii ama o kdr deil