Reviews (page 2 of 10)
3.5
Great great live album by a legendary hard rock act with all time classic tracks. But despite all that, I still mainly don't give top marks for live albums with only a few exceptions on this list, so for me, easy 4 stars.
Ugh. Live albums. Didn't care for the 7 minute drum solo. Smoke in the water is undeniable though. 2 rats
Ok. But too long. What if I needed to pee?
Some groovy tunes yall
Gut gespielte Livemusik, Schlagzeug war auch dabei ..
Ein Meilenstein der Rockgeschichte! Das nennt man live.
Great band. The longer song format and extended solos sometimes seemed self indulgent.
Tää on kyllä livelevyjen aatelia. Bändi soittaa hyvin ja biisit on järjestäen kaikki niitä ”hittejä”. Löytyy parina eri versiona omasta levyhyllystä.
Fun live show
I didn’t think a live album was a great way to be introduced to this band. I would prefer to become familiar with the original songs before hearing long drawn out versions of them. I made a playlist based off this album where I switched out all the live tracks for their corresponding studio tracks. I liked that set much better. Had that been the album I got I would have given it 4 stars.
As with Motorhead's live album this comes across as somewhat of a greatest hits album as much as a live album. I was set on 4 stars until I got the the extended version of Space Truckin at the end which got this to 5 stars for me.
This album is from my youth and I'm pretty sure I liked it better then than I do now.
The distraction from crowd noise was very mild, and Deep Purple could freaking PLAY. Even the 20 minutes of prolonged Space Truckin' was a fun listen. I can see why this sold so well!
Too much noodling and the songs go on forever.
Didn't really fancy listening to a deep purple double live album, I find them to be a bit self indulgent in some of their more lengthy tracks. So i decided to listen to Machine Head instead, where the songs are a bit shorter, more snappy and feature plenty of iconic riffs.
Listening to a live album is like watching somebody’s sex tape. I'm sure it was fun for the people who were there, but did it really need to be recorded for everyone else?
5/5 another superior live album
Good for what it is, not my style though
Made in Japan è uno dei concerti più belli ed importanti della storia del rock. I Deep Purple sono degli animali da palcoscenico ma non si limitano a questo: il loro rock è unico e inconfondibile, soprattutto per le sue parti di tastiera e per le melodie classiche. Ad un live così iconico, che contiene anche 8 minuti di assolo di batteria in The Mule, non posso che dare 5 stelle.
Clamoroso
One of the greatest live albums ever recorded. Sound is crystal clear, and almost every song is an extended jam, showcasing the powerhouse that was Deep Purple at the time. Incredible sounding experience. 5/5
I do love a quality 70’s live album. I’m not as familiar with Deep Purple as I perhaps should be, so can’t speak of this in the same way as I would Alive!, or Unleashed In The East, or Starngers In The Night, but this is great nonetheless. Worthy of your time and a place on the list.
Never heard a Deep Purple Live record before, and my head is now spattered against the back wall. Couldn't believe that they pulled this off, playing their best material harder and faster than the studio versions. A+++ must hear. Ian Paice is an animal btw.
Stop eens met die stomme live albums, dit voegt echt niks toe.
Pretty good. I like the songs but I'm not sure what the point of a live album instead of a studio one. A live album seems partly to be judged on how close it sounds to a studio one, which raises the question of why not just listen to the studio album. I guess another aspect is that when live, there's scope for a band to improvise more with the instrumentation. They certainly do that here.
Big fan of Smoke on the Water! As live albums go, this one is excellent, but it still has the weaknesses inherent in all live rock recordings. The 2014 remaster is a great improvement over the original, and the Osaka, Japan audience is generally better behaved than your typical American audience, so it’s not as bad as many other live albums. 3⭐️
Mišljenje tu negdje kao onaj The Who uživo album: svaka njima čast, divno sviraju, ali ne vidim potrebu da se sluša i album s koncerta. Da ih baš volim pa možda, još ovaj dugo traje i malo pretjeruju s instrumentacijom iskreno.
Live albums aren’t my favorite even though this is a good example of classic rock.
Good live
As much as I like Deep Purple, I’m not really sure why this album is on the list. It’s notable for being a raw, live recording, straight from the mixing desk to a basic eight track recorder with no overdubs or post production polishing, so it should be as close to what the crowd of fans in Tokyo and Osaka heard on the night as it’s possible to get. What they got was a blistering live set from virtuoso musicians playing at the top of their game as if they were being paid by the note. The downside is that the songs are dragged out in quite a self indulgent way - just seven songs on a seventy minute double album, with the closing Space Truckin’ filling 20 minutes on side 4. One for the fans and completists I think.
muy bonito
Solid classic rock.
Seems like they used the final song from a series of separate concerts. Which makes sense because the energy on this recording is epic and unsustainable for a whole show. This rips but in the funnest and cheesiest way. They seem to be having so much fun. I love the guitar, and vocals that occasionally match it.
That first song comes right at you. Hard. Good stuff. Song 2 drops off that tempo. Smoke was great too. Super long drum solo later? Not for me. Scream verse? Extended guitar solo characteristics of its era? Nope. The rest rocked on unobsequiously, if that's a word.
cock rock: 😐 cock rock, japan: 🤯
The band was cooking on this, but all of the extended jams/solos really drag.
The extended jams make this one tough. 2.5
Purple jamZ
Okay Deep Purple (Live); Pre-Listening: after my Sam Cooke Live experience I was more excited for another live album. Then I looked at the track list and realized it’s 7 songs and lasts 1 hr. 16 minutes! I knew it was gonna be a stretch on my ability to care. To be honest, I’m not big on jam bands, but I wanted to give them a shot. Best Song: Smoke of The Water. Runner-Up: Highway Star 3rd: Tie for the rest. Post-listening: It was what I thought it would be. A lot of long jam sessions and epic solos that were hard to maintain appreciation for. They’re obviously an essential band to the history of rock, but I can’t say if I was alive in the early 70s that I would want to see out their concerts, especially after hearing Live in Japan. 5/10
6/10
I remember back when my parents gifted me a record player, at the same time when I was getting into rock music, and I recall digging through my father's vinyl collection. One of the albums he has is this one, which is the only Deep Purple record he happens to own. Seeing that it features "Smoke in the Water", I decided to listen to it and recorded it into my computer. I can't really tell what my first impressions were, but I know that I wasn't specially excited or impressed. It was basically another album in my digital library. Today, I do finally have an opinion, and is not a particularly great one. So this live recording is basically the extended versions of 7 of their own studio songs. On the first three songs the extension is barely noticeable, but in the last four ones it is more substantial, as the tracks can get from three to fifteen minutes longer, which leads me to my biggest problem with the album: the overly long solos and improvisations. I must clarify that I'm incredibly picky when it comes to solos, specially guitar ones, usually feeling like they are very pretentious, with the only purpose of showing how fast artists can play and lacking any real emotion. Unfortunately, I believe the material in this album is no exception. I don't think I liked any of the solos or improvisations in any of the songs, including the drums one in "The Mule", which is a bit surprising to me, as I commonly love any moment where this instrument is the main protagonist. Besides, these parts take so much space in the runtime that my opinion can't be a very positive one. Thankfully, I don't think this is a bad album. I really enjoyed some of the riffs. The ones in "Highway Star", "Space Truckin'" and of course "Smoke in the Water" are really energetic and catchy. The singing is also filled with attitude and very powerful, specially in the more sentimental "Child In Time", where the high pitched screams are full with passion. In addition, all the songs have a great energy to them, thanks to the combination of fast tempos, nice riffs and vocals. So overall, it is a decent album. I honestly wish there weren't so many uninteresting solos, but at least everything else make up for these parts I don't like.
This one was pretty good as well, don’t really agree with 20 minute songs on a fundamental level but still liked the music
Look they can play Smoke On The Water however they please, but if they change the riff it'll sound like a mistake to me. Also, I don't really like jam albums except very few, this is not one of them.
The thought of listening to a double live album was worse than the actual listen, but only slightly.
Highway star - 5 Child in time - 3 Smoke on the water - 5 The mule - 3 Strange kind of woman - 3 Lazy - 3 Space truckin' - 3
this must have been a fun show
Great live album covering some of Deep Purple's best tracks.
Great live album. I did not listen to the original recording and enjoyed a hi-res remix. I had no idea of the vocal range of Ian Gillian. I would have loved to be at one of concerts!
A decent album, but nothing special. This rendition of their iconic "Smoke on the Water" was disappointing. I do consider Deep Purple to be one of the better metal bands, but three albums on this list is getting ridiculous.
Really boring and really long. Deep Purple is probably the most forgettable band of their era.
this kicks ass
From one side, really cool to hear the songs, especially Smoke on the Water live. On the other side, did I really need to hear the super long drum solo? Not really.
This is for diehard Deep Purple fans, not for everyone to hear before they die. It's pretty good, but this and other live concert albums are somewhat the equivalent of watching the video of a concert your friend filmed. I mean, it's cool and all, but I was not there and don't share the same emotion.
I had two other Deep Purple albums so far they were both mid. Classice rock fodder is how I described them. Those albums should be removed for this one. This is a great live album, it sounds good, you get some audience and the tunes are all good. Since I also have described them as a greatest hits band this proves it.
I don't understand the argument against live albums. Live albums can be amazing. This is however, a collection of relics, as antiquated as a McDonald's placemat in an antiques store.
The basic literature from live album-ology. The Dream Team of Deep Purple is killing it here. Everyone is at their peak and they're not afraid to show it. Lord at the beginning of Lazy, Blackmore on Smoke on The Water, Paice on The Mule, Gillan on "Child in Time" and Glover keeping everything intact with his prodding bass and mixing of the entire thing. A pinnacle of a discography of an amazing band.
Once bitten twice shy on Deep Purple. Not listening to this one because I really hated the sound of the first album that the 1001 Project had me try out.
Some good old rock that I cleaned the house to
Nippon?
the best part of this album is ~9:20 into the last song, when they played Jupiter from Holst’s Planets for like 5 seconds (which was followed by 10 minutes of random noise) I did not care for this album
yea!
Gorgeous
[3/5] live album. versions of songs that are quite different to the originals but i still greatly prefer those. i am sure this was excellent in person.
I wasn't looking forward to this at first. I'd only just had Machine Head a little while back and didn't want to hear it again. Live albums always seem like a relic of a time before you could watch live performances on YT or something. But the guitar performances where phenomenal and different from the record. I really enjoyed the performances overall. The Mule had an epic drum solo too. Everything is extended - it's great. Very Fun. 3/5 just because I really didn't want to hear it again, but it was worth it for the drum solo, even if it was a bit brief.
Not fucking Deep Purple again. Why is this included, as well as Machine Head, when they both have most of the same songs?
DNF
great album. not my cup of tea. too much instrumental. but great to keep at the background
Again. Not a big fan of rock. This is terrible.
Um I think we’re overlooking the lyrics in Child in Time. Am I crazy?
A live album huh. Dern dern dern... dern dern, DERN DERN. Dern dern dern... dernnn dernnn. That's the only shit I ever saw my dad play. Oh wait these guys start mad strong. Yeah they're fuckin shredding god damn boys. Speed King fucks. Ok wait so I'm listening to the wrong version of this album where Black Knight plays 3 times when I should be listening to the one that... doesn't have it at all? The way they used to re-order live shows on wax sucked. Figuring out how to sift through the proper order once they've been remastered also sucks. Ok we're at the OG tracklist now. Highway Star. I also don't like how these tracks all come from any one of 3 Osaka shows... but I get it. Anyway the band is going fucking crazy on this one too so hey. Guitarist is seriously not here to play dude... god damn. The vocals on Child in Time are crazy. Idk how he can keep hitting that high note. This entire song actually my god man. I hate to say it but I giggled a little bit when they played Smoke On the Water. This is pretty fuckin good for 1972 I read a review where someone mentioned an unnecessary 6 minute long drum solo and I have - without a DOUBT - found it. Holy fuck it's still going... holy fucking shit it started at 1:40 and ended at 7:47 it's an actual 6 minute drum solo. The Mule sucked because of that lol I like the "OOooooooohh Oooooooo" on Strange Kind of Woman. This album is pretty sweet dude I can't lie. I've seen a couple of reviews and also my mom shit on the prevalence of guitar solos in classic rock (Boner Music?)... y'all are tripping. A good solo elevates the fuck out of a song while showcasing just how talented a musician is - not only in their ability to craft it, or in the technical ability to play it.. but this is what they came to do live, on the spot, and they shredded the fuck out of that thing. You gotta love it man. For fuck's sake this one has a call and response with the singer, that's so cool. Admittedly the solo does drag on for maybe a little too long... but it's a super unique one so I'll give it to them. Oooh fuck when they finally come back out of the solo, that was good. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWW. *inhale* OOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW OOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW. OW! thanks man What the fuck is happening on Lazy it sounds like two large construction vehicles driving into each other slowly and then someone steps out of one and starts to fucking shred. Didn't care for when it got bluesy. This album is good but it feels like I'm just at one long concert.... wait a second. Space Truckin' goes pretty hard. Doesn't need to be 20 fuckin minutes long though. I'm torn between a 2 and a 3. It's pretty good from a "oh shit these guys are playing that shit" standpoint, but it's also just not that exciting as a whole.
Imagine how much better this could have been with a good setlist.
I don’t get why Smoke on the Water is so hyped..
This live album I can actually see why it was added to the list vs a lackluster Motörhead live and that bad cheap trick live at budokan. Deep purple really goes for it in this concert. Final track definitely goes too long though.
A live album? Really? Get outta here!
Live rock album are often useless. This one might be a partial exception. At least, it contains versions of the songs quite different from the originals, showcases the outstanding musicianship of these guys (and the incredible Gillan's vocals), and gives a pretty good idea of how powerful and fun were the live shows of their classic line-up. That said, 10 minutes songs with 7 minutes guitar/organ solos are of course no music for grown-ups...
I'm breaking my usual rule of not looking at reviews until after posting mine, and just finished reading everyone else's. I gotta say, I agree (with everyone but Tyler). The pure musicianship alone almost made me give a 3, because I respect what they're doing, and Owen is right, at an actual live show (with some substances) this would go crazy... But as an album listening experience on an airplane this was pretty tough, and after seeing all the 2's, I'm inclined to agree.
I had to listen to the shortened version and I leave it at a 3 because my reaction to the music leans me towards 4 or 5, but the fact it’s such a slog to gets for pulls me to a 2. These songs are so damn good. The solos, the jams, the organ, the drum solo. Everything about the album is just great performance after great performance. If I was at this show I would be losing my god damn mind. But it just doesn’t translate well to an album experience. Fav songs Lazy Child in Time The Mule
Same thing I thought about Black Sabbath but even more extreme. They overdid it. Smoke on the water and highway star are great classic songs, and they start playing them and you think “Hell yeah” and then the 10 minute long instrumental ensued. Only union drive can get away with stuff like that and that’s because they have legendary bassist Owen young
Wow wow wow. Wickedly good stuff happening in this one. Face melting guitar solos in the first couple songs, followed up with Smoke on the Water (I mean c’mon now), and then a ferocious drum solo in the Mule, and don’t even get me started on the call and response in Strange Kind of Woman, that was awesome. The 20 minute long Space Truckin epic length song was a touch long for sure, but it was a fun (if long and winding) ride. Don’t have a whole lot to say on the second disc because it’s mostly repetitive, but the keyboard was absolutely fucking going bonkers so that was cool. Really really really liked this one
This album was flat-out tedious to listen to. Each song started strong and I’d be having fun with it, then the back 3 quarters of solos would kill my enjoyment. Don’t get me confused, I like jam session type performances, but when the soloing becomes the main focus, you’ve lost me. You can’t just have stuffing and cranberry sauce for Thanksgiving dinner. Not much to say about the production on a live album (the crowd dragged when they clapped along lol), but given that live albums like Amy Winehouse’s At The BBC exist, the inclusion of this one is perplexing to me. Deep Purple are obviously borderline virtuosic instrumentalists, and Ian Gillan can WAIL, so no criticisms on the musicality front. However, the whole thing felt really self-indulgent (dare I say self-fellating). I understand the merit of putting a live album on this list, especially for a performance that deviates so much from its source material, but for these specific songs, I would have much preferred the studio cuts. Song notes: - The drum solo on the Mule was well done but unless you’re John Bonham, don’t do that shit for 6 minutes - When Ian Gillan starts screaming “HEYYYYY” to the crowd at the end of Strange Kind of Woman, I cracked up. I actually had tons of fun from start to finish on that song Favorites: - first part of Highway Star - first part of Smoke on the Water - Strange Kind of Woman
This album left me exhausted and I don’t even want to do a long review. Having multiple tracks over 8 mins just makes it so difficult to stay engaged even if the guitar, drums, and organ all shined at several points throughout the album.
I was hoping to like this more. The opening riffs of smoke on the water are amazing. But there's still a bit of sneer in this I can't lose. Very high 3.4
10 days ago we got ‘Machine Head’ by Deep Purple. This album starts off better than I expected; there’s some nice David Lee Roth style vocals on ‘Highway Star’. And this live version of ‘Smoke On The Water’ is great, maybe my favorite version of the song. But a lot of this just feels like Machine Head with pointless solos and occasional crowd whistling. ‘Strange Kind Of Woman’ is actually a stupid long terrible thing to listen to.
"That song doesn't usually last three hours, but we got into a serious thing and then I forgot how it ended." Fully expected to hate this, but honestly it was fine! Good recording for a live album (I may have listened to a remastered version though, idk). The noodling was skilled and varied. I mean, I wouldn't go out of my way to listen again, but I wouldn't be mad if this was playing. It sounded like they were having fun, and I'm sure the audience was into it.
excellent live rock of the world ever
It’s a bit cruel to include a 2 hour live album for a band that most people don’t know beyond one song on a list like this. I really enjoyed a few songs on here but it was too long and some parts were uninteresting to a non-fan. I don’t see myself ever listening to this again.
It's a recording from a concert? Very long songs and screaming
Oha, Höchststrafe: Großvaters Rockmusik, Live, Doppelalbum, endlose Soli und Improvisationen, Keyboard-Gitarre Duelle... Das kann ja keiner mehr hören, stell mal leise und mach dein Hörgerät lauter Opa! Und ist damit eine Art Goldstandard für Rock-Livealben geworden. Wahrscheinlich deshalb auch das goldfarbene Cover :-D Und jetzt mache ich das Hörgerät lauter B-)
It was cool, but I don’t know. This is also crunchy and macho.
Glad to hear real music again. Favorite tracks: Highway Star ; The Mule.
чувствую себя полностью Константиновной) эта классика не по мне
Great almost legendary live album which became the standard from which all subsequent live efforts would be judged
Thoughts before listening: Deep Purple is was very influential in the hard rock and metal scenes. They also have a cool boogie vibe to their hard rock that I have always enjoyed and sets them apart from other blues based bands. Richie Blackmore is a great, inventive guitarist as well. I don't listen to enough Deep Purple so I am glad to have a reason to do so today. Review: I love a live record. 7 songs spread out over an hour and 16 minutes is perfect. There are some very recognizable songs here with "Highway Star", "Smoke on the Water", and a 20-minute "Space Truckin". Possibly my favorite song is "Lazy" which again is stretched out to over 10-minutes. Just great, loosely played hard rock where it sounds like the band is having fun on stage. I'm sure this has mediocre reviews on here with people complaining about song length, but if an album rocks like this one then I love the jammed out tracks. 4-stars for me.
Goats
3.6/5 - no further comments
20 minute space truckin..... yeah GIVE ME THAT
Just kind of a slog to get through. 7 tracks for a 1 hour and 16 minute album is not a good ratio. There would be parts of the songs I would get into, but they'd be constantly interrupted by a noodle-y overly long solo on one instrument or another. I liked parts of "Space Truckin'" but 20 minutes is way too goddamn long for one song.
Undeniable rock. That it spawned a thousand anthems & air guitars & still sound solid is testament. The only issue is they don’t stack up against the even better Led Zeppelin, Hendrix etc.
I liked this more than I thought I was going to. Turns out Deep Purple are a pretty bloody good live band. I am very much into prog so while those digressions could be quite long, they were fun. Seems like this would have been a very fun gig.
OK I don’t usually complain about choices made for adding records to this book, but why were both this and “Machine Head” included, seeing as they're both from roughly the same time period, and a couple of the tracks on this one are originally from "Machine Head"? Given a choice between the two I’d vote for this record, since the extended live versions on here of those and other Deep Purple songs are lots of fun.
It’s big and indulgent and it rocks. I can sometimes get put off by ridiculously long solos but they’re just fun here
Good album but songs too long and jist a few songs overall. Energy was 🔥🔥🔥you can feel the people pumped. Liked it but dont think its a 5
Great old live album
13 songs and 2 hours? no
I think I only really know smoke on the water by deep purple, and after listening to this album I think that will remain the case. Generally it was fine, but I just don't think I'll remember any of the other tracks, I didn't find them that's special. And it being a live album almost universally counts as a downside for me Standouts Smoke On The Water 3/5
Fucking banger live album. Even though it does seem like it's just Machine Head but live, it still deserves its place for being an incredible selection of tight improvisation from some of the masters of the instruments. The solos are nuts
#388 Do you like music? If yes, then you should listen to this before you die. There aren’t actually that many tracks, but being a live performance, they push every song to its maximum to produce the 1 hour 30+ runtime, it’s an absolute jam fest. The Mule contains an epic drum solo, which is always likely to win me over, and although Smoke on the Water is the one song I know and like, it wasn’t the standout in this performance. Heard before? ❌ Would I revisit? ✅ Listen before you die? ✅ Fave track(s): The Mule; Space Truckin’; Speed King Rating: 8/10 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Woah. The sound here is amazing for a live album. Warm, full..... this is great. And the band is very tight; the songs are fun and raucous. Yes, they probably don't need to all be 7 minutes, and we probably don't need a pretty basic drum solo wedged in here, either. But all told, it's hard to argue with this one being no the list. I just fell down a "Made in Japan" rabbit hole - there are no overdubs! Being this tight with no overdubs at all is wild. It was pretty common practice to do that, even 50 years ago. Hugely impressed with these dudes. FOUR STARS
I don't care dor live albums. Good band, great songs. I just do not enjoy live albums.
The music isn’t bad I guess, but I don’t really care for live albums. I feel like a lot of whatever made the performance great is lost when you aren’t actually there to experience. It’s kind of like watching a movie from a video of someone recording a movie screen with their phone.
I mostly judge live albums on if they add anything to the original material - unfortunately in this case (after a strong start!) the conclusion is no.
This is the era where all guitar music was just a bunch of plinks and plonks and I hate it. It's like Led Zeppelin if Led Zeppelin took a pill that made Led Zeppelin suck.
To borrow a word from The Simpsons, this was a perfectly cromulent album. I’m just not sure this was needed since many of the songs here are already represented on the two other Deep Purple albums on the list. Love the version of “Smoke On The Water” but this really doesn’t need to be here. Giving this 4 stars purely because of my personal enjoyment, but this could be omitted and nothing of value would be lost.
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Love the songs, not a fan of live albums.
This was a bit of a slog. Plus meta but having the lve and non live versions both on here is wild to me.
Great album to show they band's mastery over their instruments, but holy balls it's a long album. Also, even though yes, it is good, why is it on this list? I wouldn't say it's quite all that.
I think there’s a latent impulse in basically any talented musician to want to show off, and I don’t think it’s innately a bad thing because it can bring you and the others around you and the audience genuine musical gifts. However, as with any sort of showing off, there’s always the chance that you cross the magically unknowable line of overindulgence - obviously where this line sits is so personal and context dependent as to be something you just know when you hear it, but it does always exist either way. Anyway, this album is like textbook overindulgence to me. Taking already simple and thin songs (not bad, just an observation) and stretching them way beyond sense, spinning out beyond musicality into showcases that just feel like they’re made for the person doing the playing and no one else (not even other people in the band on stage) and this is all without me getting into some of their tendencies to just make annoying noises repeatedly for whatever reason, much to my additional chagrin. Almost every song here seems like it would be much better in the tighter form of a single recorded album than a double live album, except for Smoke on the Water, which they build on without toppling. It’s just the kind of 70s hard rock and the kind of live album that makes you want to not like either, even if you do like them.
Pretty fun live album. Much longer than I am ever interested in listening to again, but a great album to rock through once.
Too jammy for me, but I loved Highway Star
This dropped waaay off in quality real quick. Honestly, what a dreadful concert! It got so much more tedious as it went on. I don’t know why people would want to go to this gig, let alone listen to it back on an album. How do you only play 7 tracks in over an hour and a quarter? Play some hits FFS!! Stop dicking about all the time!! The stupidly long drum solo almost lost a whole star on the rating. Honestly, no-one wants that, even if it is technically proficient. What a waste of everyone’s time. It makes it all the more frustrating when they do genuinely set the stage alight and come together to kick some serious ass. They’re so good musically but they can’t get out of their own way. I’m struggling to see the point of the album to be honest, but they *are* good as a band. 2.5 rounded up.
Awesome live record. Deservedly classic Absolutely thunderous performances
Great live recording, felt like I was there.
Amazing live album!
Great live recording, can feel the energy through the speakers. Also some fun noodling here and there, just a band absolutely feeling it on stage.
Not good at all
longer versions of songs i already dgaf about
I did it, I listened to it all the way through, and it's official: I do NOT dig DP. I'm sure they tick all the boxes for the metal heads, yay for them but if I never hear them again ... I wouldn't shed a tear
What a surge of sound! It’s like when a storm first rolls in and there's that sudden drop of pressure. The wind kicks up leaves and dirt. Everything settles into stillness just before the next gush of cool air pushes into the warm air with a thunderous boom.
I simply don't care how good this album is. I don't care that the playing is great. I don't care that the band sounds vital and energetic. I don't care that it some how refreshed and shines new light on one of the most recognizable and cliched riffs in music. In the end they are to blame for some much that would come in their wake. And every time Ian Gillian screams for the rafters my hatred grows. They have much to answer for but I just don't care.
Vivaro, Gerstetten - Aalen, Deutschland. Eigentlich geil, Liveversionen aber viel zu lang.
finally rock. the fact that this is a live performance is mind blowing.
For a live album it’s great. The drum solo on the “Mule” is out of this world…
Metal is not my thing and the screeching/screaming vocalist was irritating.
Wow, what can I say that's not already been said. So BLOODY good, if not slightly indulgent music. Depending on which version you listen to, depends on your experience too. So many versions of this seminal album available. Skilled and brilliant musicians, some incredible drumming that leaves you reflecting on claims Bonham is the best. Ian Paice was an absolute machine and ran rings around him, with Child in Time alone. Steven Wilson's remix is particularly detailed in comparison to a CD version I have from years ago
Dosta dobar album, baš uživanje, ima tu puno kultnih stvari! Jebenica ♥️ 4/5, 8/10
Honestly, this may be Deep Purple's definitive recording. It puts the hugeness and alive-ness of their sound in perspective into perspective in a way that their studio albums cannot. The way songs are constructed here is almost like a jam band. Stuff is really allowed to organically evolve. And it works because Deep Purple are completely locked in. And the sound they get out of this is a powerful, rumbling proto-metal. The volume and power of everything is deeply felt. Especially on iconic Deep Purple tracks like Highway Star, Smoke On The Water, Space Truckin', and Child In Time. The last of which also features one of Ian Gillan's greatest vocal performances. It's just about everything that Deep Purple's sound on albums hints at. I will say that the jamming can feel a little self-indulgant, but the results *are* largely enjoyable. Regardless, this thing is pretty great.
Very long live album. Each song 7-9min. They sound okay, but didn't need that much of it
I don't really need this
Good - 3.5
One of the better live albums on this list. Listening to this makes me desperately wanna go to another metal or hard rock concert… Favorite track: Smoke on the Water 3.5/5
Made in Japan, perfected in America.
Aww yeah this rips. Super self-indulgent in the best way possible. Amazing, amazing synergy between the band members that I rarely see in these more jammy albums. I love 16 hour drum solos so The Mule alone was enough to make me give the album a 5.
Do not listen for a 2nd time. Some good wankery, but not as good as the Allman Brothers. 3 mainly for running a call and response, and the lead vocalist screaming his bloody head off.
Oh man, this was boring.
I have had it with these motherfucking live double albums on this motherfucking list. The musicianship is impressive. The tracks are cool and bluesy... at first. Then they go on and on and on. 7 tracks drawn out over 78 minutes.
Want to basically hear Machine Head again, but with like half an hour of extra gratuitous solos? Have I got an album for you!
Meer dan 2 uur… mijn eerste echte langspeelplaat ;). Hoewel het wederom een WMvMLplaat is, kan ik deze wel echt appreciëren. Wat ik er enorm aan kan waarderen is het jazz achtige, waarin ze met elkaar op het podium binnen hun liedjes en akkordenschema aan het jammen zijn. Zeg ik dat zo goed? Ik denk eerder een 3.5, maar ach ik rond hem af naar boven.
Dit album vind ik veel beter dan de niet live plaat die we moesten luisteren van deep purple. Ze nemen de tijd voor de nummers en het geluid klinkt echt top. Omdat ik de vorige drie sterren heb gegeven verdient deze wel echt een ster meer.
Beter dan ik had verwacht. Het is niet mij favoriete muziek maar je kan niet ontkennen dat dit wel bijzonder goede live plaat is. Heel zuiver en technische virtuoos wat wel indruk maakt. Tekstueel een sferisch komt het te kort maar dat vergeef je ze door de technische beheersing en energie die er in zit. Deep purple geef ik een 3, door de live opname die wel extra dimensie geeft puntje er bij.
Aanvankelijk had ik niet heel veel zin om dit album te gaan luisteren, het was namelijk nog niet heel lang geleden dat we Deep Purple In Rock hebben beluisterd wat ik heb beoordeeld met 3 sterren. Mijn waardering voor Deep Purple is na het luisteren van dit album toch wel toegenomen, ik vond het erg de moeite waard, waar ik van genoot waren de jam's en improvisaties. Wat dat betreft vond ik het dus ook helemaal niet erg dat bepaalde nummers erg lang duurde, Ik zat er op den duur lekker in. Ook was dit album veel dynamischer ten opzichte van het studioalbum.
Space trucking made this 4 stars
Buenísimo este loco. Conocía solo Smoke on the water, que es un temazo, pero la verdad diría que casi todo el resto del álbum es mejor. Además, que esté en vivo es todavía mejor, los vaguitos juegan entre ellos y hacen todo tipo de ruidaje en cada canción. Más que la canción en sí, creo que lo bueno del álbum es toda la perfo en vivo. Y definitivamente esta versión de rock es mejor que lo apagado de smoke on the water. Sólido 8/10 (es más un 8,5)
Riffkavalkad! Och orgeln ger en extra dimension med counterpoint melodier. Dessutom ett intensivt tryck från bas och trummor. De är en maskin. Tänk att se dem live. En solklar femma
Clearly an example of great musicians performing their craft brilliantly in a live context, something that many bands wouldn't be able to equal. Yet, unlike a lot of the live albums from this list that I've heard so far (Fela Kuti, Nirvana, Jonny Cash X2) it doesn't offer the same value as having been there. This feels like it would be great for the actual audience but not as much at home. There isn't the same audience engagement that makes many of these live albums great, and whilst the solos demonstrate skill, they don't interest at home.
what a gig! A live album shouldnt really be on the list
The problem with every live album is I wish I was there. Quality.
Not sure how I feel about live albums on this list. This is the first one I’ve had so far and the performances sounded great but was just too long as someone who’s not a mega fan
"Why does this sound SO familiar" -> actually looks attentively at artist's name -> I had these guys' studio album literally 1 week to the day ago. Lack of creativity on the generator's part. Anyway, call me duly impressed that they can pull all this off live—but not, like, particularly deeply moved by any of it
This was somewhat of a chore. Great musicians, cool tunes, but probably more of a “you had to be there” kind of thing.
I wasn't sure about this one
Yeahhh I did not need a 20 minute version of Space Truckin'... I am a Deep Purple fan, but this jam band live album did not do it for me. Highway Star always hits though.
classico, talvez, mas mto improviso, faixas extremamente longas e umas gritaria q nao da pra entender, parece q fizeram o show sob efeito de LSD. 2/10
I dug most of the first disc.
⭐️⭐️ I ain’t much of a live album guy. I like Deep Purple and the guitar solos are interesting, but seeing disc 2 and its run-time for the same songs just took the wind out of my sails.
I was nice about a different Deep Purple album before but respectfully, is a live album from them something we need to hear? Like yeah it sounds good as a piece of live music but I think that most live albums could be easily omitted here 2/5
This band only made a couple good songs - they aren't any more appealing live.
I am getting irrationally angry at the live albums on this list. I barely liked their studio album. This was not fun. One of the more baffling inclusions.
Great album. This did for Deep Purple what Live and Dangerous did for Thin Lizzy. I’ve heard the same 2-3 studio versions of Deep Purples hits for most of my life. Made in Japan gives a freshness to them. Love the jams throughout.
509/1089 - Why don't their studio albums sound like this? This was pretty good and they're all really good instrumentalists. The solos are a bit on the boring side of "aimless pentatonic noodling and licks" but they're executed well and honestly what can you expect from the generator?
this was fine. definitely not for me, but it sounded good. too jam band-y
Pretty good stuff. I think I wouldn't have liked this so much if I hadn't heard two Deep Purple albums on this list before this one came up. It's amazing how a little bit of familiarity can make music much easier to get into. Anyway, everyone you can hear on this album (both band and audience) sounds like they're having a whale of a time, which for me is what makes a live album really cook. It's not transcendant, which is what divides a 4 from a 5 in my books, but it is great fun to listen to
Finally a 70s hair rock band I can enjoy as much as Spinal Tap!!!! I don't know what to say, this may be the overtiredness speaking but I am really enjoying this.
To me this is not just dad rock but specifically *my* dad rock. i.e. the kind of music enjoyed on an iPad four pints in on a Tuesday night while ignoring your wife and children. I think there's a kind of unabashed mania going on with Deep Purple that I quite like. If you're gonna do loads of twiddly guitar solos then actually go for it like they're doing here. If you're gonna do some mad falsetto howling then make sure you make the most of it and do it for five whole minutes. Drum solos *are* fun to listen to, don't let anyone tell you otherwise. There's a lot of groove and psychedelic sort of power going on here that I actually really like. 4 stars - the process of just becoming my dad really is happening a lot faster than I was anticipating.
I’m not a huge Deep Purple fan as it is, so a double live album of theirs didn’t exactly fill me with joy. This was fine. I get this would probably be a wicked show to have seen live, and some of the extended guitar sections are fun, but I’m just not that into it.
I'm sure this album would be great if I cared at all about Deep Purple or had particularly strong feelings about live albums. They are certainly jamming, and the energy is there. The songs feel long (and in the case of Space Truckin' is just long), but I kind of liked the jazzier vibe of Lazy.
This is a live album, which was quite old, but it was quite enjoyable. I know that this is quite an old album, but I thought that this was maybe recorded more recently. Overall, quite enjoyable.
3/5. Very solid live album, they take several songs and expand them out into massive jams. Best shown on the set closer which is a 20 minute long version of “Space Truckin” which goes through a ton of different solo passages and is a great listen. Their biggest hits “highway star” and “smoke on the water” are played more straightforwardly though. One of those live album cases though where outside of Space Truckin I do simply prefer most of the studio versions of these songs. But that’s not to discount how much of a powerhouse these guys seemed like they were live.
I feel like if I hadn't gotten Machine Head just a month ago, I'd be inclined to rate this highly. But why does this need to be on the list with Machine Head? Are we gonna start putting deluxe albums separately from the regular edition? Being generous with a 2 star here.
From 1969 to 1973, Deep Purple was undoubtedly the best live band in the world, and this album, one of the pioneering double live albums, captures them near their peak. This is the album to present to those who claim Led Zeppelin was the greatest rock band of the ‘70s; much as I like them, they never came close to the energy and inventiveness of the Purple live experience. In reality, Deep Purple was more akin to Miles Davis’s electric bands than to Zeppelin or Sabbath; they weren’t a jazz band, but they possessed supremely talented improvisers. In Ritchie Blackmore, Ian Paice, and Jon Lord, they had three of the finest musicians in rock music. There are only seven songs on the album, spanning just over an hour and a quarter, four of which are from their recent Machine Head release. However, as in jazz, the songs, while excellent, are essentially structured ‘head’arrangements upon which the improvisations are built. A common criticism of Purple’s live shows was their lack of significant setlist variation. However, as Ian Gillan rightly pointed out to an interviewer, tonight’s set could be two hours long, while yesterday’s was two-twenty, so something different was happening. Live, the band would take off, solos extending as long as they required, accompanied by a system of hand signals and motives to signal to the rest of the band when solos were concluding. Listening to the three complete concerts from which the album was compiled is both educational and entertaining. The songs remain the same but different; you can discern the development of ideas that had emerged on previous nights. There are so many unforgettable moments on this album. The introduction to “Lazy” starts with Lord’s squealing bleeps and blips, gradually transitioning into churchy chords, jazzy riffing, and eventually Blackmore’s bluesy and funky Stratocaster licks. Paice’s cymbal work and Gillan’s ferocious screams are showcased in “Child in Time,” while the vocal/guitar duet in “Strange Kind of Woman” features a battle of wits. The interplay between Blackmore and Lord throughout the album is truly remarkable. There’s a sense that at any moment, everything could go awry and end in disaster, but it never does. And that could be due to bassist Roger Glover, the solid rock around which the soloists weave. I must admit that I occasionally skip “The Mule”’s lengthy drum solo. While it’s hugely impressive, showcasing light and shade, loud and soft, almost musical, it’s still a drum solo, and I don’t need it every time. I recognise that I may have a slight bias. I possess at least 50 live recordings of Deep Purple from this period, both official and bootleg, and I could happily listen to them for hours on end, and I often do. However, “Made In Japan” stands out as the pinnacle. The recording is exceptional, allowing for clear separation and definition of each instrument, particularly Ian Gillan’s voice, which is unmatched by any other singer in any other band of the era. Despite still recording and touring impressively, Deep Purple is often unfairly derided and even forgotten these days. This wasn’t a heavy metal band or a progressive rock band; it was a group of five incredibly talented musicians who fed off each other’s energy in live performances, challenging one another, rocking hard while seamlessly blending classical, rock and roll, and blues motives, playing with both power and subtlety, incomparable to any of their peers. I LOVE THIS BAND AND I LOVE THIS ALBUM.
Yep. Pretty good.
This album is like a T.S. Eliot poem. Quite long and difficult to digest. The quality of the music is mostly 3-star level, sure; but the absolute daftishness of its conception, birth, and execution is just stunning. It really does my head in.
Solid 3.5 not sure I'd listen to it again and again though
I’m not a Deep Purple fan, to me it’s just basic bitch early heavy rock. You have to appreciate the musicianship but then again it’s hard to keep attention in a non gig setting to 10min long mid song jams and solos. Does nothing for me, I expect it does loads for some but I am not arsed about listening to it again. 2.3
Didn't really like this. Some great riffs and playing at times but it's full of self indulgent soloing that goes on way too long. I hate the vocals and keys sound too. Never been massively into deep purple and this just confirms my indifference.
Might relisten, might not. As far as live albums go, it's nothing impressive. As long as rock goes, also not super impressive.
Toeval of niet? Gisteren nog Machine Head geluisterd, waar de helft van deze nummers vandaan komt ofzo Wel gaaf die lange live nummers. Zijn duidelijk bizar goeie musici The mule: Crazy drum solo Space truckin': Bizar dit heeft echt iets van een heel spacey jungle nummer soms
3-3.5/5 Nicht mein favorite oldie-rock. Schon cool, aber finde die Soli (vor allem die Orgel...) und instrumental parts jetzt nicht so inspiriert, um die Lauflänge von manchen tracks zu tragen. Die ersten drei Tracks gefallen mir gut und danach hats mich leider verloren
Actually for a live album it is pretty solid. Not a Purple fan but good Ol' 70's Rock n'Roll!
Every time a solo ended it felt like when you turn off the kitchen fan and it's a relief because you hadn't realised how loud it was.
It started well. Then the mule started. Bloody hell I hate drum solos.
Everything I hate about 70s rock. 'Smoke on the Water' is up there with 'Sitting on the Dock of a Bay' as one of the most overplayed and oversubscribed dross of the times.
discovering i love live albums. this one's long as hell though
You could run a lap in the amount of time that drum solo takes. 3.9/5
Brilliant live album! It felt like they were jamming but it works.
Really kind of a jam band feel to it. Nobody likes 8 min long drum solos. Keyboard solo, why? I have a guitar and bass If I want to listen to someone noodling mindlessly I can do it myself. Still some good musicianship.
Verbaasd dat ik smoke on the water al kende
Beetje lang
Cool album, but it's long and I kinda struggled making it through.
This album brings a lot to the table that isn't even really on their studio albums. Deep Purple is a great band and this live album showcases them at their best.
Yeah I'm not doing this
Really fun to listen to
Smoke on the Water!! I just don’t think live albums (in general) should be on the list. Already long songs made longer.
This shit rocks but you lose points for that drum solo which is very long and very bad.
Its not bad but the songs are very long
Hootin with a side (or 50) of hollerin but not in a completely bad way. Great live performance but not my cup of tea, DNF
Sure, these guys are very talented and the performance goes pretty hard and heavy, but you can skip this one. I don't believe any live record belongs on this list unless it's something along the lines of Fela Kuti and Ginger Baker, or James Brown at The Apollo. Basically, if it's a live record that must be heard, it should be a singular piece of music history, not just the radio hits that we already know from the studio version with ~10 minutes of solos/jams added in....
1/10
I realized that a large part of the scores that albums on this list receive have nothing to do with the album itself, but rather with its presence on the list and the absence of albums that people like. I understand the point, especially as a Latin American and seeing one mediocre album after another when I would have liked to see more music from other regions, But I know that's not the point of this list, and I try to enjoy what it presents; that's the challenge that makes it fun. This is a very good album; personally, I prefer the studio versions.At times it gets very long and revolves around things that are great live, But not for listening to on a record, and that ends up negating the good things it conveyed to me at various moments.
These songs are mostly way too long and noodly for me. The never ending drums on the Mule almost put me to sleep.
W/ more jump & pace than Deep Purple displays on the two studio albums I have heard of theirs, which weren't any good, this live record still drives me nuts, even tho the instrumental prowess is clear. It's not palpable tho - the talent is obvious enuf, but soul is replaced by self-seriousness, & Ian Gillan mixes the pot w/ a one-note campaign that often takes away from whatever enjoyment I get out of the album instrumentally. There are moments here & there that remind me of the blessed aliveness of the Allman Brothers at Fillmore East, but they're few & far between, & at its worst, Made in Japan flaunts cheesy modulations that reek not only of metal but prog absurdity. It's the organ I think, the organ that takes bands like DP from bad to shite.
classic
Pretty cool. I usually listen to the studio albums though
Pretty cool stuff here, rawk and roll
I was initially all over this but I don't think live albums should be on the list as its a completely different playing field to studio recordings. It's a great album for the fans tho and musically it's an easy 4* but....
It's pretty sick but it does have that like slightly inaccessible element that you get when you have a double live album, like this is basically a jam record for the fans and I can't say I'm a devoted fan of Deep Purple or anything so it's more of a 3
Upon my third Deep Purple album listen on this list, I finally had to google whether Spinal Tap was directly based on them. The results were mixed, but I still believe. So much stupidity on this album AND YET I gave into the very stupid 20 minute version of Space Trucking and now I might be stupid too. Hello Cleveland!
Deep Purple is a band that I can never seem to wrap my head around. I can never remember who they are, what they're know for, etc. I realize that's ridiculous. But anyway, I wasn't expecting to enjoy this at all. I did enjoy it...more or less. I appreciate how completely over-the-top this show must have been. I'm sure it was an absolute blast to be there. With that said, I have no intention of digging into their catalog, or making sense of the complicated history of all of their comings and goings. And the last two tracks went on for way too long.
The punk in me just can't with this shit. I've found the other Deep Purple albums in this project fun in a "real-life Spinal Tap" kinda way, but not this. It embodies the ridiculous excesses of '70s rock, laying bare all the reasons my punk forefathers revolted. A 20-minute version of "Speed Truckin'"? Fuck right off.
Long
Not good
Pretty good for a live album. Sounds like it would have been an amazing concert. The extra long versions of the songs don't quite hit as hard on an album though.
1972 in all its glory. Ian Paice in particular is on splendid form, swinging away as he drives the band. Lots of guitar solos with widdly-widdly-widdly happening An interesting time capsule, but I was quite relieved when it was over
muy largas las canciones y el álbum, pero está bueno.
Mk II Purple on the top of their game here, a true classic live double. Child In Time has always been my favourite DP track, beautiful version here, and the epic Space Truckin' jam. Numerous different releases out there, has anyone got the massive box set?
A bit indulgent in places. Classic rock
Great sounding live album. Drifts into self indulgence here and there
I am a Deep Purple novice having only listened to a couple of studio albums released around this time. I’ve had a soft spot for them, but my word this live album goes further and deeper than either Deep Purple in Rock or Machine Head. It’s faster, wilder, more indulgent and more of an “experience” benefitting from having space to insert an elongated drum solo here, a never-ending song outro there. It’s pretty outrageous that the shortest song on the menu is just shy of 7 minutes long - the longest is almost 20 minutes(!) but they get away with it, using their pre-existing material as a jumping off point / rough guide. The only song here which I don’t like is Smoke on the Water. The various “guitar players” at school who could only play the main riff from this song might be to blame for that, or it might be because it’s slow and stodgy and totally unrepresentative of what I love about this band.
Its getting a low 4 from me, deffo my preferred format for Deep Purple, love the long jams
As someone who wasn't super into Deep Purple's studio albums (especially Machine Head) this was a bit of a slog for me. Extended live versions of songs I'm already not a fan of aren't super appealing and I don't think this does anything particularly notable as a live album. Maybe it'd work better as a concert film where I can see the interplay between the band, but I felt a disconnect between how much the crowd was enjoying it and how numb I felt to it.
I'm pretty grateful to the generator for setting me up some Deep Purple before getting to this experience today. When you've taken the time to really appreciate music, when you know the direction something is supposed to head in, that's when these artists blow your mind in their unraveled live performances. To think that song you can so easily rock out to can suddenly stretch and skew into a refreshing extension of dopamine. I'm sure I could've appreciated this as my first Deep Purple experience, the talent is so overwhelming it's beautiful, but there's magic in extending an experience in a very natural setting. Being real critical about it, I guess it loses some traction after The Mule, but that Strange Kind of Woman take has some super curious playing, it's truly an experience that transports you to a fleeting moment. I think the original 7 track setlist sets the lengthy experience up for success. I don't know if I'd put myself through a longer version with added dates or anything, might ruin the ease of replay for this one. 4.2/5
Didn't really enjoy. Too screamy rock for me.
Great musician talent, strong sound for a live album
Would I listen again: no Only had time to listen to the first half. I just couldn’t get into it. Best part was when he was imitating the guitar on strange kind of woman.
i know "smoke on the water" and that's about it. oh, i know "highway star" "child in time" isn't bad, but 12 minutes? it was so long, i had to check if the same song was still playing. the "smoke on the water" riff drives me nuts for some reason, no fault of deep purple's, but i'm not sure I can take 8 minutes of it.
C'est à la fois tight et insupportable. Totalement pas nécessaire.
J'pense pas que le rock est mort mais mon désir d'écouter ce genre d'album live est dans un tiroir à la morgue. On a déjà eu Machine Head, c'était ben l'fun. Ça c'était vraiment pas nécessaire. 2.49 étoiles
Great band - great LIVE album! I had every one of Deep Purple's albums, up to this point, and was so happy to get a live album of them. Yes - I did see them, and yes they were that good!
Nothing special from all the other rock albums from the '70s.
Some parts are really good, but some parts are way too long.
The audio quality on this album is superb, and the band was trying to play the songs harder and perhaps more authentically in the live setting. All of it worked, but I still don't ever envision trafficking in the live performances over the produced record.
This band has never really clicked for me and, while Smoke on the Water is a classic for a reason and I do admire the live performance, this is not a record I see myself revisiting very much. 2.5
One for fans of guitar wankery. Imagine a lot of drugs were consumed at these gigs as people stoned out of their mind vibe to yet another seven minute wigout. Sounds pretty awesome to be fair. As a non stoner listening at home while working on a spreadsheet - didn’t quite hit the spot.
I’m not much for live albums from most bands, but this absolutely rips.
Some songs I recognise, but could never remember the name of. Overall quite good.
Other than Smoke on the Water, I've never heard anything from Deep Purple. So maybe a live album isn't the best starting point. Like most live albums, the music probably hits harder if you're there. I'll say I did enjoy most of this, even if some of the songs are way too long. Maybe I'll check out some studio albums if I think of it.
Liked it but too messy and noisy at times ..
This is one of the classic live albums. Remember this coming out and listening to it. Thought it was genius at the time. Listening now though I can only manage a 4, long extended drum solos - a real 70/80s thing, 10 minute songs that were originally 4 minutes I also find too much. Blackmore for me still has moments of brilliance.
I don’t like live albums. They don’t capture what it’s like to be in the crowd and I don’t want to hear badly mixed versions of songs I can hear elsewhere. This has a lot of deviations from the originals, so could be seen as its own thing, but that’s also a downside. No one needs random noodling and drum solos.
Excellent live show with lots of classic songs. It's great to hear the crowds reaction to the performance and to hear which parts they really get into. It's amazing to hear a band of this calibre perform live and execute a flawless performace, amazing!
#Not4Me cool to be able to now name and place smoke on the water though!
I don't know why live albums are included in in this list. Maybe it's just me, but for me, I have to be a pretty big fan of a band to want to listen to their live versions. I ended up giving up on this one, no thanks.
Just because you can do 10min drum solos doesn’t mean you should … and live albums are still cheating
Rips. Not a huge deep purple fan, but this was a show. Some of those runs were the stuff of legend. Fun listen. What a time to be alive.
Some cool shit in this one. Im probably not in it for the same reasons most people are but still i enjoyed it all the same. I like the first half. Which to be fair is pretty bog standard. No frills. Just the music. I didnt know I really knew any more songs than smoke on the water but I guess I do. Thats just the first song anyone learns on guitar and the song I bring up when im being annoying about zappa. Highway star is a sick song. Really like that one. But then in the later half i loose some interest just cause it get soo jammy. Like the part where tthe guitar and vocals are trying to write a little part of the solo is cool and all but it goes too far for me. Dragging out a song to twice the length is my cup of tea. Im not all in on 5 minute drum solos. Probably cool in person but im much less interested while just listening. But all in all its a cool live record. Some fun crowd stuff and lots of jams. If that sounds like your thing im sure you would enjoy that. Im less enthusiastic about it but i still liked it.
Decent for a live album
insanely well mastered for a 70s live album. Usually the failing of these kinda albums but sounds awesome
3.5
Prog rock pioneers…this album defined the genre to me !
Some nice guitar parts but ultimately an absurd amount of solos. I'd be upset to have an hour + concert and only 7 songs cause there had to be a jam session in nearly every single one
Hey, it's that band that did that one song that every kid trying to learn guitar learns the riff to. Otherwise live albums of rock bands that noodle for minutes on end without vocals just isn't my jam.
Too long
Unbelievably poor
Too long but good tracks.
Brilliant live set, this record was my first exposure to Deep Purple. When I finally got around to buying Machine Head, I was blown away.
Pretty much the definition of a 3 in my book. But it's cool that they wrote the riff that every guitar player learns at their first lesson
This was a fun sound. It was a bit like the Doors but more raw. Lots of fun solos and riffs. I probably won't listen to this one much again because it's a bit too shreddy for my typical taste, but I did enjoy listening
The band sound incredible, really at the top of their game. Tight, energetic, and balanced. However... the interminable solos and noodling middle sections get boring very quickly. Cut out the fat guys!
Un album que me gustaría tener pa' ponrle a la visita cuando venga.
interesting highlights on this that show the value of the live album format
At the height of their powers. Still one of the best live albums ever. Banger 5.
Я чекав на них) Я з клану Led zeppelin, але що поробиш? )
It's alright
I wanted to give this a 4 but some of the extended solos just don't keep my attention and get in the way of the actual songs.
O to go back on time and attend this concert or any of their concerts... And hearing Ian Gillan on this album and Jesus Christ Superstar, what a talent.
Good instrumentation and monster truck rock. Same hits as before which feels like cheating. I could see this being a popular record to own at a time where length gave you more rock for your money.
For a live album this is actually pretty decent, especially all the stuff that isn't just their songs being played live. There are a ton of solos and you can hear the band just having fun up there. The crowd not being mega loud helps as well. On that level I enjoyed it and I bet listening to this on a nice sounds system would be cool. It is two fucking hours of jams though, and that's a bit much. While they are all great instrumentalists (especially the drummer) there's only so much classic rock solos can do to improve fundamentally boring songwriting. Smoke On The Water and maybe Space Truckin notwithstanding, the songs just aren't that engaging. If this album was half the length I'd give it a 4 I think, but it isn't!
Live Album. Metal / Rock. Never been a huge fan of live albums. This gig was obviously epic. To be there and see Deep Purple absolutely shred all their instruments was clearly awesome. As an album though it's out of context and loses it's juice. Also overly elaborate stuff like this is a huge reason why Punk needed to and did happen.
Have you ever been to a really cool house party and the girl of your dreams says 'let's put on that Deep Purple live album and get this thing lit!" Yeah, me neither.
Another live album. My only gripe with this type of music is why every song needs to be so long. For instance The Mule seems like a 10 minute drum solo. Granted the crowd seem to like it however it always seems artifical and redundant. The organ us a strange choice in a ro k band probably dates back to 60s roots. The last track nearly 20 mins with an organ piece. Philistine that I am do songs really need to be over 4 min max. Good hard Rock riffs. The high pitched singing can get a bit much. Not a chore to listen to but don't think I would revisit.
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# Playlist Track - Highway Star, (live in Osaka) # Notes - It's nice as an exercise of imagining being there, in that show, at that time. Sure. - The track list is great, but for the regular listening, I'd rather listen to the studio versions.
Found myself really enjoying this one- Deep Purple rocks hard and I feel like they don't always get the props they deserve. Lots of heavy hitters, and I could see how this album was influential to progressive rock as a whole
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0? no 3? no 5? YES!!!!!
Peecansabrosin dissin these hot tracks from Dazed & Confused!
This really rock! It takes me back to the summer of 73, I heard this a lot. I could do without some of the high pitched screaming
Deep Purple benefits from being able to choose their set list. They get to select from a catalogue that has some gems, but also has a lot of losers. The set list here is great and really features Ian Gillen’s amazing voice & Ritchie Blackmore’s playing & the organ. They’re an odd mix of soulful slow moving sinister vibes & fast paced proto-speed metal partying. But the hybrid is often effective, even on the extended solos. Tthis album is probably their pinnacle— their performance of Child in Time may be among the best moments in recorded Rock n Roll history. On a good day, this is a 4. (But could slip to a 3 if you need something less self indulgent).
una cagada atomica, detesto el rock semipesado yanki
Literally got me into music
This one way overstayed its welcome. The instrumentals were fine, but the solos dragged on way too long and it got boring really quick. A 1.5 hour (2 if you listen to the deluxe version that the generator suggests) live album from a band who's main claim to fame is that they made that riff that every 15 year old that just picked up a guitar for the first time learns is far from a must hear.
My dad loves Deep Purple, so even though I haven't listened to Deep Purple much on my own, I've heard a lot of these songs multiple times. I've also seen Deep Purple live, not in Japan in 1972 but in Oulu Finland in 2014. Deep Purple has a few good songs, but none of these live versions are up to the standard of the album version. Also, there should be some rule that limits the number of solos to one per song.
これ、最高にヤバい！
I'll begin by saying I write this from the biased perspective of someone who considers Deep Purple one of their favorite bands/musical influences. Even if you aren't a fan of the band, I would argue this album is important enough to be present on the list/in the OG book due to kickstarting the "Anglosphere band records a live album in Japan for publicity/novelty and sells gangbusters internationally" trend of the 1970s, a fad which became even bigger once Cheap Trick would release "At Budokan" at the end of the decade. However, this album is also honestly really only going to land well for those already familiar with the material here; I can't see people coming in blind having a totally enjoyable listen. I really only revisit this album when I've just listened to Machine Head and want to hear the hits from that album but with different, usually longer solos/jam sections. Despite sounding pretty good despite the absence of overdubs, I do still have personal issues with the mix. Roger Glover's bass is either too fuzzed out or barely audible beneath Blackmore and Lord's guitar/organ most of the time. TL;DR great album for those already fans of the band, and historically significant for the fad it helped start, but it's not going to win any new fans of the band in 2026. Just listen to Machine Head or In Rock. 8/10.
Not really sure why this one is on here in addition to Machine Head, which I had to give a listen over early to make sure I wasn't missing something. The sound is great, but it is on Machine Head. Smoke on the Water is my favourite track on here, as it will be on Machine Head.
8/10 Not familiar with Deep Purple's music but I really enjoyed this, might be one of the better live recordings I've listened to.
Det gamle prog-trikset "vi slutter å spille 16 minutter inn i låta så dere rekker å begynne å klappe neida lurte dere vi skal holde på i 3 minutter til" på Space Truckin' og så er det stille i nesten 10 sekunder når de faktisk er ferdig? Det er faen meg gull ass.
Såklart utrolig bra spilt og alt det der, men det er sjeldent jeg verdsettet jammepartier som strekker seg over 20 min. Ian Gillan kommer ikke så godt ut av det heller, høres ut som han har slått tåa si på denne versjonen av "Child In Time". Foretrekker studioversjonene av samtlige låter, men helt greit å høre på.
Very good selection of Deep Purple songs combined with some fun jamming and wild energy. Good stuff!