Deep Purple In Rock

This actually ripped! I found it high energy with catchy as hell guitar riffs. Nothing really grabbed me on the lyrics front, but the vocals were impressive.

Лучше, чем Machine Head. Больше мелодии и меньше дрочилова. Хороший альбом. Лучшая песня - Child in Time.

Decent.

Meh

3 - Standard Rock Fare

Preferred it to the other deep purple album that I got. 5/10

Child in Time and Speedway King are absolute bangers, but elsewhere it is fairly standard early seventies rock. Hold on though..Machine Head is coming. 3.5 really.

This is some good hard rock. I was not familiar with most of these tracks but overall it's pretty good. Child In Time is a masterpiece (although I am more familiar with the live version from Made In Japan than the studio version; the studio version is almost as good as the live version). The album overall is fine, but I can't think of a time when I would listen to this over Made In Japan.

I would rate it 3.8. Like this album better than the groups that play hard metal music.

First two songs are class. Really strong opening. Gets a bit ponderous and proggy for me after that.

3/5

A good album, was good background music.

Yeah, okay I guess. Not really a standout for me.

These guys were such pioneers, yet their looks made them look like they were ancient souls born to carry on this music from another dimension. They look like they could have been better than they were. Solid 3 stars.

Lujaa menee, aika missä miehet ratsastaa -poljento. Hammond (tms.? Mistä minä tiedän) on löydetty ja sitä soitetaan kahdella sormella ahkerasti. Viihdyn.

Liked this quite a bit more than yesterday's Metallica. Not something I'd typically listen to, but I did quite enjoy it.

# 228 : They've done a pretty decent job, it's a bit noisy and makes you want to rock out. Favourite Track : Speed King

The music is pretty great, and pretty heavy for the time. I found myself laughing at the singing, especially on Child in Time, because it was ridiculous and I loved it. Won’t be listening to this again but love it for what it is.

Pretty good standard early 70s Rock. Great guitar work from Richie Blackmore and the organ is interesting, but I did find the songs rather forgettable. 3.5/5.

When organs rocked!

Over the years I like Deep Purple less and less. I don't know why their proggish tendencies don't grab my attention more, but they don't. Maybe I've heard a few tracks from the band played in too many places, and the sound of Deep Purple's vocals are distinct. I may just have heard enough. I tried focusing on the keyboards, because I know that their keys get praised, but I did not find what I was hoping for. "Bloodsucker" sounded like a hard rock psychodelia, but "Child in Time" was my favorite track of the album. The Progressive Rock nature of the track caught my attention, but the vocals kept me from rating the track a full four stars. The album as a whole sits solidly at 3 = the album was fine but I'll probably forget most of what I've heard.

Soild classic rock by some legends.

think to really praise or criticise a record with a song that lasts over ten minutes, I need to respect a lengthy guitar solo. Child in Time is absolute relentless, with incredible guitar work but just as catchy rhythm. Overall, every song on this record is easy to listen to and electric. However, as with other records with 20+ songs, it is too long for me personally. I found it hard to pinpoint any one song that particularly resonated with me. As someone who usually resonates with lyrics, whilst I find this genre enjoyable to listen to as background music, none of the songs ‘changed my life’ per se. Favourite tracks: Flight of the Rats, Studios Chat 1.

6.5/10 One of those albums where Im really excited because I know the one track which is a layered masterpiece and I want to hear what else they have to offer but then it turns out everything else is just pointless and uninteresting. Highlight: Child in Time Best of the rest: Flight of the Rat

Hell yea deep purple. Not personally a huge metal person but this was pretty fun and hit the spot. Unfortunately nothing too personally memorable though that probably has more to do with my unfamiliarity with metal than anything else. Would listen to while desperately completing an assignment at 11pm again.

Good but not great. All the pieces for heavy metal are present. From aggressive drums and guitar to soaring falsetto. The organ solos are my favorite aspect. Child in Time and Flight of the Rat are worth the price of admission.

respect to the originators but still too prog for me

I like some Deep Purple, but it's mostly too heavy for me. This wasn't terrible, but wasn't something I enjoyed.

Totally classic rock! I don't know what else to say about it really! It was good but didn't leave too much of a lasting impression

Guess it ain't bad but nowdays just feels like the ultimate in classic rock, not bad but nothing special

More organ than I expected; about as much screaming as anticipated. It's a solid rock album, and I can appreciate it as a blueprint for the hard rock and heavy metal that came after it--but I enjoy some of its contemporaries more. Highlights: Flight of the Rat, Living Wreck

Child in time

So 70's. Nice travel back in rock time.

I didn't like this album as much as "Machine Head," which we listened to previously, but this was a fun enough listen. It mostly was just "70's rock," which is fun, but it wasn't anything revelatory or that memorable.

Me gusta como suenan, se han vuelto clásicos.

Temas excesivamente largos. Virtuosismo al pedo. Aburre pero hay calidad.

Riff rock. Competent. Boarders on butt rock occasionally, but hey, they were creating this sound, not derivative. I always hear ritchie blackmore is more than just smoke on the water, but this album did not convince me. Does get better toward the middle/end. And the high pitched singing on Child in Time is pretty tight.

I am all over the place with this band. There are stretches of this album that I really liked. At times, the album absolutely kicks ass. But then there will be some organ work that really kind of undercuts the heaviness in a way that I always have and still do bump up against.

Not very deep in my opinion, just normal purple.

This album was much heavier than I had anticipated.

Similar to quite a few albums on here but obvs great musicians

Didn’t think much of it

Uh…ok

Child in Time will always be a reminder of a time when songs could be ten minutes long

3.1/5 listened 2x

Not bad but not the best purple album. Some great tracks but a couple that are average. Maxine head or stormbringer are better

Opening riff of Speed King straight away confirms their hard rock status. Child in Time builds twice. Bluesy tunes with classic solos. What era for music…. Respect my dad for owning these records.

it was a nice album to have on while doing other tasks. Solid album to listen to

decent! kinda boring

Yea…no thanks

fed nok! Child in time er et godt nummer

Meget hårdere end jeg lige havde regnet med!

Nogle fede passager i nogle sange, som uden tvivl har inspireret andre bands til at skabe lyden af hard rock og metal!

Love Deep Purple and this album is OK but only Child in Time and Speed King are standout tracks. Better albums are Machine Head, and the live Made in Japan.

This album sounds exactly like a thought it would, except the other tracks aren’t really as good as the one everybody knows. 😂

I like Deep Purple well enough, and "Child in Time" is a banger, but a lot of this starts to drag. Three Deep Purple albums on the list may be a bit much when that leaves no room for appearances by some other great metal acts.

Tight musicianship, not always inspired, the tracks are good but I don't like how it sounds 3.5

Good album, with child in time. Like the vibe, although it isnt for an everyday listen.

If this album had a smell it would be BO and beer farts. Some major riffage but overall drab. More of a light beige than a deep purple

This album rocks hard but gets old and boring fast. The lead singer and lead guitar both can whale. The production on this album SUCKS. Also, the guitar work (while technically awesome) has that hollow 70's sound and I wish there was some crunch and more full chords in there. I like the rawness of the songs and I can see a lot of thrash metal being influenced by this band. I do not think that many of the songs are very catchy however and this isn't an album that I see a lot of replay value in. The song "Child in Time" has a very cool melody and amazing guitar work. This is a good album that really encapsulates the early 70s hard rock scene. 3/5

Liked the guitar and percussion on this album. A lot better than I was kind of expecting.

It would have been higher, but two songs could have been cut in half. The first halves of both were instrumental which is fine, but the second it ended the whole song changed into another song. It was 2 songs in 1 but it didn’t work

I was expecting it to be a bit worse.

Not listening I refuse

Right from the first notes, the influence of this album is very noticeable. One the first 2 heavy metal albums (Black Sabbath beat it by 4 months). It’s definitely more metal than Zeppelin I When it blends back towards classic rock or even Prog rock, can be very good. Child In Time is a great song, builds into intense peaks. 6.6/10

Generic classic rock album with good music and simple lyrics. 3 stars

Cha ta cool pero no biggie

It was a fine rock album. Speed King is the best song and I liked the organ.

Sounds like something spinal tap would write. I’m sure it’s a great live gig but all the songs just flounder and have no cohesion. Still enjoyable to listen to just nothing special for me. Rating: 2.7

Generally good stuff

rock

Je n'ai pas aimé le fait que certains morceaux ne soient pas disponibles sur Spotify

Child in time is great.but parts of the 'Bloodsucker' riff perilously close to Whole Lotta Love.and 'flight of the rat' is Communication breakdown. Also, I don't like the organ - it doesn't belong.

It’s alright.

Massive JC Superstar vibes from the lead singer, which turned out to make more sense once I realized it was the same guy. Good album. Nothing stands out but all of it was very enjoyable.

This needed some follow up albums or sequels exploring the theme: “Deep Purple in Jazz?” “Deep Purple in Pop?” “Deep Purple in Hip Hop?” “Deep Purple in Electronica?” So much potential there. Instead we just get rock. It’s good rock. Classic, even.

Deep Purple may be the most obvious evolutionary link between classic rock and heavy metal I have ever heard.

I enjoy this quite a bit at times. Side two drones on a bit too much. 3.5

Bastante rollo.

This album is really what pushed Deep Purple from psychedelic rock into hard rock or metal, but it’s also one of their least interesting albums I’ve heard. Their earlier Concerto for Group and Orchestra was a wonderfully weird prog-rock romp, and the later Machine Head and live Made in Japan set the standard for what hard rock should be. In Rock was a transition, and it has some cool elements of prog-rock (the 7-10-minutes each “Child in Time” and “Flight of the Rat”) and metal (“Speed King” and “Bloodsucker”). A deluxe version of this album contains “Black Night” which was recorded in the same sessions but only released as a single. I can’t really see why that was left off the album, it’s as good or better than most of the rest of the stuff on the album.

This is what a non-farcical Spinal Tap would sound like. A bass guitar that weighs a ton, drums that bash into the earth like a meteor, a singer with bombastic bell-bottom jeans, and guitar spitting volcanic magma. So I was also wondering what is meant with the purple euphemism... either a colorful acid trip or the dank exhaust from an obscenely jacked up muscle car lurching along a side street with the driver blazing on a fat blunt.

Didn’t scratch the surface I’m afraid.

Solid. Makes me want to grow a big moustache

Some great instrumental sections here, but some overly long solos and irritating vocals bring it down as a whole. Can hear this had a lot of influence afterwards.

I cant believe I used to love this band. It kinda sucked all these years later.

Just not my kind of rock

This is ok for me, I liked Bloodsucker and Into the Fire.

prog-rock met meer de nadruk op rock dan de prog. Bij ELP was dat omgekeerd. Na 1x luisteren had ik het eigenlijk wel gehad. Op zich niet verkeerd en zal in die tijd best baanbrekend zijn geweest. Ik ben het na een minuutje of 20 wel een beetje zat. Dan krijg ik er net zo'n niks zeggend gezicht van als van de heren op de hoes.

Meh...OK, I guess. Wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this again

Not quite the right rock opus that Machine Head is, but still solid. A little more sprawling and all over the place. I can see how these guys inspired a lot of early metal. I have gained knowledge and respect for them beyond the Guitar Hero 3 smoke on the water band

Jon Lord is one badass keyboard player. Got to see their original lineup in 1988. Great show and at the time wasn't a big fan. This is "I'm on LSD playing early heavy metal at its finest.

Child in time ist gut. Rest ok, bin aber kein Fan.

Not a bad classic rock album, but a lot of the songs went on way too long. The organ solo especially were a little much.

okay

This just reminds me of my dad! It's great rock music, but it’s not for me.

Raaaack

Redeemed Deep Purple (I never liked Smoke on the Water), but a little too much organ for me.

Standout Tracks: "Speed King," "Child in Time" Lyrics/Vocals- 3/5 Instrumentals- 5/5 Vibes- 4/5 Overall- 3/5 This was a good album, but truthfully nothing really stood out about it to me. Nothing left a lasting impression, but it was a good listen, especially for acid rock fans. You can see where a lot of classic rock musicians got inspiration from this album.

Rock bastante bueno por parte de los muchachos de Deep Purple, aunque le falta un punto extra para puntuarlo más positivamente.

Expected to like this a lot more than I did

It's aight.

Great guitar work. Kind of generic as far as rock goes. Didn't really speak to my tastes.

It was a decent album. I did not recognize any of the songs, but I listened to it without any issues. I would not have guessed that Deep Purple warranted three albums on the list though.

Early metal. Little bit of psychedelic influence

Time for some more classic metal! This time, I'm looking at Deep Purple In Rock. Deep Purple has never been the biggest name in metal, but I think they served as an important stepping stone for the early foundations of metal. Obviously they weren't quite as important as a band like Black Sabbath for instance, but they've got some well known songs and albums, like this one! Anyways, this album's pretty alright. I like the sound. It's cool and the guitar solos are even cooler. I love a good guitar solo, and Ritchie Blackmore delivers some great ones in this album. The songs focus more on quality than quantity, with there only being 7. Fortunately, they're quite good. There's some variety in the writing, which is practically a godsend for early albums like these. The singing isn't bad. Overall, this is a fun album that serves as a good representation of early 70s metal. High 3/5. Barely misses that spark it needs to be a 4.

Favorites: Speed King (awesome keyboards). Classic Rock

Loved the guitar. The singing was awful.

As I don't always love this genre with its long guitar solos, this one had moments when I was truly enjoying it. Followed by more long ass solos. If I try to average my rating dial, it was more often in the three zone, but I would like to acknowledge those moments that really rocked!

This one kind of missed me today. There were moments in many of the tracks that were attractive, but overall, it was just not all that appealing.

I did not much appreciate this today. It came through as just so much noise. I didn't find any tracks particularly attractive or catchy. Could just be me today.

Nicht schlecht, aber ich wollte es nicht immer hören.

Good tone and feel to this, but no stand-out tracks for me

Was like listening to whole lotta love by led zeppelin over and over

A bit of everything

Bastante rollo.

Very much not my kind of rock music.

These tracks sound better live than in the studio, so Made in Japan has to get a higher rating than this.

The sound of driving down the highway in a car with hand crank windows rolled down. The falsetto screaming around track three got my attention in a bad way.

Really liked some parts of this, others not so much

*smokes a fat reefer in 1970*

I loved Deep Purple as a kid so there’s a lot of nostalgia. Musically it’s a great band. Lyrically terrible.

Typical 70’s rock. Not overtly impressed.

Love Deep Purple. This album, not my favorite.

grow out your hair & sideburns, put on some bellbottoms, belt out a long "AAAAH" as high as you possibly can, & keep on truckin'.

Gitaarkunst, vooral bij Child in Time. Helaas hou ik niet zo van gitaarkunst.

Rough and edgy, very early D.P. I hadn't heard most of the songs.

It rocks. But like, not enough.

Machine Head was better

Solid rock album but nothing special.

This one’s all about “Child in Time.” If you dig that song then the odds are good you’ll remember it and remember this album. If not, then the whole thing probably falls into the category of a collection of overlong rock tunes that never quite compete with Led Zeppelin. I like “Child in Time” and still think the other songs are mostly too long and lacking in melody and lyrics that really stick in the brain. “Into the Fire” stood out on this listen and I really like a lot of the guitar playing throughout. But yeah - Deep Purple continues to be one of those bands that means more to other musicians I like than they mean to me.

Didn't really catch my attention.

I tend to find a lot of ‘70s hard rock pretty boring, and while this doesn’t really escape the limitations of that genre for me, it does have a lot of energy.

Its certainly not bad music. Its just not really a genre I care for most of the time

some really great sounds throughout, unfortunately I think too many songs are too long to be listened to casually

literally only 2 of the songs are available on spotify lmfuckingao. i mean theyre okay

бля буду, вот в моей голове образ рока 70-х звучит как этот альбом без дополнительных саунд эффектов, и в целом охуительно, но блять в какой-то момент прослушивания начинается вайб: ДА Я ПОНЯЛ НАХУЙ, ЗАЧЕМ ВЫ БЛЯТЬ ЭТО СНОВА ПОВТОРЯЕТЕ, даже чуть голова заболела от этого (зумерский мозг в невывозе)

Blind album, know the artist. Good listen but maybe no all the time. Very similar style across all the tracks and maybe a bit cleaner would've been better?

Another one that I liked well enough, but not quite enough to grab my attention. Fun hard rock. I admittedly didn’t devote a whole lot of attention to it, playing it on my phone while driving. Not bad, not particularly memorable.

Ok

Not really my thing, but good for what it is

Stressig.

Vgm had ik eerder een live album van ze, die vond ik leuker. Kon dit alsnog goed waarderen. Paar leuke nummers erop

Would be a 3.5

they like to jam out. Usually not a fan of extended guitar/drum sessions with little words but this was good. Nothing amazing, but good.

Best song - Child In Time

Rather meh, but good for background music

Ehh, ok, kinda like 1984 van halen

Okay

Child in time probably my favorite but overall an okay album

Half the tracks on the linked Spotify 2018 remaster of the album are not playable. Listening to the 1995 anniversary edition instead.

Very good. I see a lot of influence here that’s shown in other more recent alt music

I love Deep Purple, but haven't heard this album before. Not as good as Machine Head, but it has the sound. Rod Evans' vocals are as powerful as always, but I don't enjoy the 60s inspired trippiness as much as the hard rock sound they carry to future albums. Solid album, but not genre defining.

Child in Time is a masterpiece of a song, the rest of the album is all right.

It's loud, and the guitars are blaring, but it's just... too... dad rock for me.

I like this blend of heavy metal and hard rock, even though those are two genres I generally don't care for. There's enough variance and skill here to keep someone like me interested, even during 5+ minute songs. More of a 3.5.

3.75

Not quite prog, not quite hard, mountain as soil rather than edifice. It's very nice to hear a seven-track album that's this much fun.

I only knew this band from Smoke on the Water, so this album surprised me in a good way. It is the exact sound I think of when someone says classic rock n roll. If you love guitar riffs you will love this album. Outside of the guitar though this album didn't stand out to me. My favorite track was child in time.

Meh

Kind of rock that makes me yawn. I just don’t get it.

Good rock and roll from people who I didn't think shredded so hard.

C'est loin d'être mauvais, mais ça reste du Deep Purple, c'est exactement ce à quoi je m'attendais. Rien de particulièrement impressionnant, rien de médiocre. Le old school hard rock est un style que je trouve très drabe donc évidemment je serai négativement biaisé. 6/10

Deep purple, a bit too much of the same for this album. Doesn't have Smoke, highway star but a good cohesive album. Not my favorite.

Is Deep Purple prog rock? Or proto prog rock?

Pleasantly surprised by this. The ethos of turn everything up is noticeable and works in a not unpleasant way. Not a prog or a metal fan, but this early 70s stuff is growing on me. I think I might prefer this to Led Zep? The guitar work is very intricate in places and do like the heavy sound when Blackmore isn't fiddling around. Not sure about the keyboard stuff, but is a product of the time with the tech available. But generally very good. A high 3.

Everyone needs a ten minute song like Child in Time every once in a while. Not a regular listen though.

Enjoyable but didn't stand out much to me

Old school rock, niet (meer) voor mij

Was Machine Head this prog-y? I like this one a lot more because of it, it feels way more earned when something aggressively happened, as it comes to be a payoff rather than only a simple hook. Still a three, as it feels a little generic biker rock at times, but this is at least cool, especially for 1970.

This record was fine. Solid early 70s hard rock record, but nothing stands out as special to me.

Solid rock album from a 70's icon.

Deep Purple is definitely some very rowdy and some very rockin' Rock and Roll. No denying that. Yeah it's good to listen to and check it out, but it is that great? Tough to say.

Solid listen, but not my thing

Strong guitar, not my favorite singer

classic late 60s, early 70s. The album art though is off the chain!!! I think i could do better w/ my iphone today

Hadn't listened to much of their music outside of the millions of times they run on Classic Rock radio due to stuff like Smoke on the Water, but I think always had a good appreciation of where they stood within the rock/metal pantheon. I think this is a good entry point into their music. Fairly economical songs, and a great guitar record.

Very good Rock Album! Some great tracks but not all hits.

Nur halb gehört, ist schon cool aber wenn man nicht Fan konkret von dieser Musik ist, doch schwer zu hören.

A lot heavier than I thought it would be, some great riffs and guitar work, no songs stood out though but quite liked the album

Muy gritar hero core, así que bien. Pero solo ahí, porque la verdad lo encuentro medio repetitivo y tiene una energía que no me llega.

Самый прямолинейный классик рок, без сюрпризов. Child In Time крутая, остальное не особо запомнилось

Starts up fast and never stops until the end. Not a bad listen.

I can get the quality of these songs, but they will always sound a bit dated for me. Deep Purple is one of the few classic rock bands that almost never catch me and always sound like old grandpas trying to be cool.

Not as sold on this one compared to machine head. Decent listen overall, but nothing to go crazy over.

Genres: Hard rock, heavy metal Formed: London, England in 1968 Run time: 7 songs, 43 min, 25 sec The fourth studio album by the English rock band. The lyrics are often thought provoking and the topics and references are varied. For me though, it can sometimes get a little self indulgent. Spotify: Least popular song: >33k Most popular song: almost 80M. \"Speed King\" is a nod to 1950s rock and roll with hard rock elements. It references/name checks Little Richard and Chuck Berry, both trail blazers in Rock ‘n’ Roll. The second part of the song refers to the working man’s practice of taking his weekly wage, then blowing it all while enjoying life. “Bloodsucker” is about a mysterious man who wants to give love and live life to the fullest. The lyrics clearly show he’s more into living life to the fullest than giving love, so I think he's hoping to have his cake and eat it. “Child In Time” is about innocence in a chaotic world. It’s about good vs evil. It is a warning that actions have consequences, but it warns that the innocent may get caught up in the misdeeds of others. I cannot stand the screaming in this track and generally press skip… “Flight of the Rat” is about breaking the chains holding us back and making us miserable. We can then live and grow and become what we want. It’s about failing, trying again and succeeding. We look at the rat leaving (the sinking ship) as a negative, but the fact is the rat is a survivor. It doesn’t hang around when something has failed, it moves on. “Into the Fire” is about being honest with yourself. It’s also about taking responsibility for one's actions and the consequences. “Living Wreck” is about the singer feeling repulsed by a woman who he has been taken in by. Her appearance isn’t what he thought, and neither are her thoughts and actions. Presumably she is repulsive for exhibiting the characteristics that would be acceptable as a man would. Had she been a man the singer would no doubt have patted him on the back and said “Well done”. “Hard Lovin’ Man” seems to be about the lust the singer feels for a woman. It’s not a particularly clever or well written song and the music is often on the edge of discomfort. Nothing to redeem this one star track. Listen Again?: No My Rating: ***

Not really my thing, but I can recognize the skill that went into it.

Speed King - (3) heavy metal guitar to start, then pipe organ? Lots of instrumental sections Bloodsucker (4) - sounds like the original hair band, makes me wonder why I have never really listened to Deep Purple. Some screamy sections, nice, also a little synthesizer Child in Time - (3) rock ballad? Lots of hair band hollerin’ - several of the songs have “jam-band” sections in it which is kind of unusual for hard rock/metal. Lots of shrieking Flight of the Rat (3) - - fast driving rock - nice drum solo at the end Into the Fire - (3.5) more of a creeping tempo Living Wreck (3.5) - loved the start - vocals really different than the others Hard Lovin' Man (3) - synthesizer jam band section didn’t work for me There was certainly a time in my life when I would have loved this record - I liked it a lot, but I’m not as much of a metal/hair band guy anymore.

not as good as Machine Head but still nice

Deep Purple might be the most generic 70s metal band, but jeez sometimes you need a palate cleanser like this to remember that generic doesn't equal bad. A bit samey, but not in an annoying way. "Child in Time" was especially great, really wasn't expecting it to go full on prog rock. Gonna go with a 3/5, not as good as "Machine Head" but still a nice listen.

Probably important for the history of hard rock and metal, sadly not my cup of tea

Not bad. A bit too much DP on the list though!

Liked it

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

I love Smoke on the Water but this album is too rowdy for me

Classic rock album; essential for Purple lovers.

Literally nothing about this album stands out to me. It's not bad, but they just did better.

Well, my birthday album. It’s insane that I got two albums in a row by a group with only 3 albums in the book on my birthday. Anyway, this is nowhere near as good as Machine Head. Firstly, the production is kind of shoddy. Not like it sounds atrocious or anything, but this could do with a remaster. Second, the songs aren’t as memorable. Aside from ‘Child In Time’, I probably wouldn’t be able to name a song from this album if you played it for me. Finally, it’s simply not as fun to listen to. I had a good time with Machine Head, but a part of me felt like I was just waiting for the album to end. A lesser effort than its successor on this list (chronologically speaking).

Besides Smoke on the Water, I was basically unfamiliar with Deep Purple. The first half of this album was surprisingly good. The musicianship is impressive throughout.

Probably a bit too metal for me to really enjoy, but this is decent. Nothing as catchy as Smoke On The Water or Highway Star on this album, but it's consistently good without being great. Awesome energy to it, maybe overstretched on a few of the tracks. 3/5.

Time is worth 10 minutes of attention every day but rest is too much of the same and I do not see a reason for the songs to go on and on and on and on and on and on. And on. Without anything interesting happening. 3 stars,

It has a good start and there’s some bangers on there but there are a few too many proggy movements/solos. The rock organ is a complete joke. I’ve included Black Night even though it wasn’t on the original release, which gives it a star in its own right. It’s groovy but I can see why punk happened after this.

Perfectly fine to mow my grass while listening.

Good stuff. Bit Zeppelin-ish with some early NWOBHM thrown in. Really liked Child in Time, reckon Iron Maiden took a lot from that. Some songs were good but just dragged on too long, e.g. Flight of the Rat. Could go back and listen to again at some point. 3.5*

A classic. It's alright, but not my thing.

Alright!

Child in Time best song. Deep Purple pretty solid 70s rock band

Rock in a pure form

Was alright

Producer - “we need to make this track a little longer” Ian Gillan - “maybe I could just shriek for a bit to fill the time?” Producer - “great idea”

thought this was going to be total wank but then it got going and i was like 'actually this is badass' but then after a while it did indeed become total wank. but it wasn't bad

I loved the live album of theirs but this one didn't hit quite as hard. "Child in time" is an amazing song. Album was ok.

3/5 Best: Child In Time Worst: Into the Fire

nao ouvi mt preguica

Could use a little more structure but it's a jam.

purple

This was better than I expected. I wasn't very excited for it, but I liked it. The organ was pretty neat. Some of the songs felt kind of prog-like, which is a big appeal to me. I wasn't crazy about any of the songs in particular, but this was solid. My favourite song was Child in Time.

Incomplete in Spotify, but good stuff.

Classic rawk

Second part of the album fell slightly flat for me

Solid album, and it must have had a pretty huge impact in 1970. Child in Time is a masterpiece and Into the Fire and Living Wreck both have fantastic riffs. The musicianship and vocals are great throughout but the songwriting is a bit weak in places and it does take a while to get going, and not as strong as Machine Head a couple of years later

Could only access two of the songs...

3 Deep Purple albums, 3 3-star ratings. Child in Time slaps. The rest are forgettable

Hell yeah, but of absolute Rock! Average rock mind, but rock nonetheless.

Hard to listen to.

This isn’t their best work. Our great great list curator overlords have selected a Deep Purple album at a time in their career when they sounded like a garage rock band with something a little special going on. This album is certainly better than just garage rock, but the long instrumental bits aren’t good enough to justify themselves, which take away from the album. The lyrics are very cool and I enjoyed the whole thing. I just know they have much more to offer, which makes the album feel boring comparatively. 3/5

Not really what I was expecting.

This record is very much of its time, and isn't far off from other albums I've heard from Deep Purple. Still a classic though, because no matter how many decades pass, you're always going to find something to smile about when listening to '70s rock. Standout was Living Wreck.

A good but not great album with a couple awesome songs...

Ifall jag ska va ärlig har jag aldrig lyssnat på Deep Purple men kommer absolut börja nu. Speciellt lyssna mer på mina vinyler me dem.

Most deep purple songs lull me to sleep but then some wake me up in a psychedelic dream state

gritty

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