Reviews (page 8 of 10)
Standard rock
Never thought I would get bored of solos
Not sure why a middling live album is in the 1001 list.
I don't even hate Smoke on the Water and the main riff in Space Truckin' is pretty good but I just can't with 19-minute version of songs featuring drum solos and "improvisation" and whatnot. Just play the song like you're supposed to.
besides smoke on the water who gaf and to be honest even that song is overrated
I just cannot get into live albums. I would always rather listen to the studio version unless I get to be in the live audience.
Better than the other Deep Purple album. Did we need two on this list?? Probably not. Glad this band means something to somebody else
a high 2. more momentum and power than ‘smoke on the water’ would suggest but this is a slog. it’s medium pace riff rock and nothing else, not like maybe sabbath or zep where there’s something there for the freaks
I'm fine with live albums, but this is kinda redundant. Does anyone care about Deep Purple any more? I enjoyed Machine Head, ok? Don't push it. (also, it's super funny to me how badly the clapping fell apart on Smoke on the Water)
Didn't like much this style. couldn't listen entire
Fine.
The band was clearly jamming and enjoying itself but as a live album I found it a bit dull listening to a 10minute drum solo or random wailing or "spacey sounds". Maybe it would have been better as a live dvd to see the performance as well. Smoke on the water is obviously the classic and most likely the first song a lot of the generation has learnt as the first guitar song (as have I).
Oh yay another Live album. Still not a fan. Pretty decent start to the album, "Highway Star" is highly energetic, and has some impressive (if slightly over-the-top) solos. OK. What is this drum solo. Why is it still going. The call and answer bit in "Strange Kind of Woman" is ... I guess kinda fun, but it was also really cringe inducing, and once again it dragged on for way too long. "Space Truckin'" is just genuinely god awful wank. I'm pretty sure at around the 14 minute mark it is literally just a kid having a cello lesson? I think in conclusion, I really liked the bits of this album where the band were playing, all together, the actual tracks. I disliked all the dicking about. The solos are so ridiculously self-indulgent, and though bits are impressive, they aren't exactly that pleasant to listen to. I'd listen to more Deep Purple, they're clearly a talented bunch, but I'd never listen to this album again. I usually hate Live albums because of the crowd interactions, but I hate this Live album because of the ego-stroking naffness of the solos.
Es tut mir leid, aber das bekommt gerade noch so 2 Punkte, weil ich weiß, dass es musikhistorisch bedeutsam ist. Es macht mit mir absoluts nichts emotional. Deep Purple sind für mich auch in Gänze ein Totalausfall - Smoke On The Water einer der nervigsten Songs ever (ja, ich weiß - iconic Gitarrenriff). Trotzdem.
double live album....seriously?
I think I would call this album “Mommy, when will this song be over?”, or “I think I’ll go to the bathroom during this 15 minute drum solo”. I think you get the point…there are people out there that love this sort of thing, but it sure isn’t me. I think it’s a snooze-fest. Two stars.
Fun listen but there's no reason for this to make the list.
No track needs to be 19 minutes long
Some talented musicians but really not my style
I don’t get live albums. Part of my ratings are based around “would I return back to this?” And I can’t imagine listening to this again. It feels like I need to have some chemical assistance and a vibe to enjoy this.
If you told me this was a Spinal Tap album, my only question would be "why isn't it funny?"
Meh
Ian Paice does some amazing things, occasionally joined by the band. However a disappointing live recording devoid of atmosphere
Child In Time is always a pleasure to listen to, but this mostly sounds like pointless fiddling after the first few songs
God. another Live Album. Another tiresome generic 70s rock album with those generic rock guitar riffs. Oh, they do smoke on the water..figures. While you are at it, throw in a 7 minute drum solo why don't you. I know people love this sort of thing, and I can see why it is on the list I guess, but this is not for me. 2 stars
Mnogo talantliva grupa, no na momenti stawaha mnogo dusadni barabanite I kitarata 3.5/5
When I love a band so much that I buy a ticket to go see them in concert, I’m there to hear their songs as they recorded and released them to the public. Now I’m not a fool. I know that some songs will be embellished and stretched out. When every god damn song is that way it really pisses me off and makes the concert worse (I’m staring at you angrily Foo Fighters). Just play your fucking songs. Don’t become a jam band all of a sudden live if you’re a rock band. I guess Deep Purple fell into this trap too. Give me a break.
Don't see the point. It's just a best of Deep Purple album essentially.
Wasn't looking forward to this one but then the first song rocked. Maybe this won't be the over-the-top seventies self-indulgent rock music I thought it would be. Wrong.
I'm surprised there's a Live album on this list. Maybe I have an anti-live album bias. Maybe it's a good thing that there's a live album to specifically combat this bias. I still don't think I enjoyed having the album be live though. Some of the solos are way too long (like the drum part in The Mule), much longer than they need to be. The songs themselves aren't bad, but the solos are too uninteresting and long.
A real mix of top notch songs and self indulgent nonsense. 5 minute drum solos and playing a guitar so fast my brain can't keep up is the limiting factor here
It's ok. But for all the air guitar masters it must be great.
A little boring
I’m sure some people love 7 minute rock drum solos… I’m not one of them. 3/10
Album No. 0072 on my list. I've known the album and its reputation before, but never listened to it. Some of the songs were familiar in their studio versions. I didn't like the album that much to be honest. Most songs consist of very extensive guitar solos, most of which lack a bit of dynamism unfortunately - I can't deny that the instrumental work is good, the solos themselves are still not very distinct and characteristic. Most songs themselves are okay. I think this is a great album for fans of a) the band or b) that specific style of (guitar) playing. As far as I can tell, the band really is in the prime of their abilities, and if you enjoy listening to the same track in different live recordings three times on one album, great. I'm a big fan of neither, so it's not my album unfortunately. "Highway Star", and "Strange Kind of Woman" will be added to my playlist. 2/5 stars.
enjoyed Machine Head as I liked the chunky rock groove esp Smoke on the Water. This live album takes the rock groove on a very long walk through the woods to see granny and stopping of at the shops on the way home. Musically they are clearly talented and must have been great to be there - but I dont need an extended drum solo and guitar noodling 12 min versions esp the yelping breakdown in the middle of Strange King of Woman. Which is a shame as there are some real moments when it rocks.
Made in Japan I found a few versions with varying tracklists, but I ended up listening to what I think is the original 7 track release. I kind of wish I’d stuck to the 4 track version, and maybe just stuck to Highway Star and Smoke on the Water, as they contain all you need from this really. Obviously they are very tight, the organ, drums, bass and guitars are all excellent, but it’s so long and unless you are a big fan of Deep Purple it all feels very inessential, especially as each song is unnecessarily long. Not terrible, but not that interesting to me, and I don’t think I’d come back to it. 2. 🎌🎌 Playlist submission: Smoke on the Water
Child In Time //
Boring
I felt like I had put a fair amount of time in this album, heard several impressive guitar solos, a lot of high-pitched wailing, a couple slower sections, definitely enough to get the overall feel of the album. I was getting a little bit bored with it, though, and checked to see how much was left before I can move on to something else. I was still on track 2 3 Stars UPDATE: I got to the part on Strange Kind of Woman where the singer starts a call and response with the guitar, so I'm downgrading this to 2 stars
I just don't think live albums should be on this list.
I enjoyed Machine Head as I liked the chunky rock groove esp Smoke on the Water. This live album takes the rock groove on a very long walk through the woods to see granny and stopping of at the shops on the way home. Musically they are clearly talented and must have been great to be there - but I dont need an extended drum solo and guitar noodling 12 min versions esp the yelping breakdown in the middle of Strange King of Woman. Which is a shame as there are some real moments when it rocks.
Not as deep into this as I thought I’d be
Gigantisk lyd, de lyder meget hårdere her end på pladerne. Starter faktisk rigtig godt, men nøøøøjh hvor er der meget wanking på de senere numre. Der er simpelthen grænser for hvor længe jeg gider høre trommesolo. Man sku nok ha været der.
I hope someone had a good time. I didn't.
I’m not a huge fan of live albums and I’m not a huge fan of this band, however, this isn’t bad as far as all that goes. Songs tend to overstay their welcome because it’s a live album. Highway star, Child in Time, Smoke on the Water.
Alright, seriously overrated though
we get it, guys
Points off for excessive soloing
I respect that the Japanese audience didn't make a lot of noise during the songs, she I appreciate that. There were some of the big hits, and some some that is y never heard before, because I'm not a big Deep Purple fan. But the "second" disc was largely unnecessary because it was the same bloody song three times, and I only needed to hear it once. And the lead singer scatting the guitar notes was annoying. My rating:2/5
Funnily enough I'm off to Japan later today. I'll hit Osaka next week, where conservatively I presume I'll truly be able to appreciate this rambling, repetitive album. Wonderful recording quality though. Even if it has been remastered, it is a masterful remaster, the atmosphere has been preserved. Really cool beats and compoteition, but I did get bored very fast. Every song having a mid-way jam made marmalade of my head.
If I wanted this much noodling I would go to a Thai restaurant.
This live album was a little self indulgent and needed to be trimmed down a little bit. No one needs 10 minute versions of these songs, especially when 2 of those minutes are the chatter in between. Decent performances but nothing I need to visit again.
Most of the cuts were way too long. Extended solos were tedious
Whilst i respect the reverence with which Deep Purple are held, this is not for me. I didnt particularly enjoy their studio albums, the live album sounds so much muddier and unappealing.
Gillar inte live-album eller långa album. Tyckte ändå detta var stundtals jättebra! Sen kom Space Truckin'.
asså det är säkert bra men det här har jag inte tid för
I guess you had to be there. I get it, they were on fire and playing the hell out of their instruments. It just doesn't move me, and I'm familiar with a lot of the songs. From Wikipedia, "but were unenthusiastic about recording a live album..." and I can see why. There's something lost in the translation to vinyl here for me. Would have been a fantastic show to have attended but not having been there I'd rather listen to the studio versions of these songs. "Lazy" is maybe the exception to that feeling for me. This version is killing it. However I don't need a twenty minute version of "Space Truckin'"...ever.
When it's good it's very good, and i've no doubt these shows would have been spectacular to attend. However, as a live album, it has no respect for the listener's time, and the ridiculously long drum fills and solos weigh heavy. Would not listen again. 4/10
A few of their classic songs on here but this isn’t as good for me as it was back in the 70’s.
Like a lot of classic rock bands, they get a lot more noodle-y in live performances. Most people consider that a bad thing, but I tend to like noodling from time to time. Sometimes the noodling worked in their favor, other times it just made me bored. Not a bad album, but it feels odd to have this here when there's others missing. Also Space Truckin did not need to be 20 minutes fuck off with that shit.
Deep Sleep
Great band from the 60’s and 70’s. Great songs.
This annoyed me today. I probably didn't judge it fairly just because I wasn't really in the mood for it. I was thinking to myself that if it was on in a cafe, I would be mildly entertained by it, so maybe I should be more generous. I found it very uninspiring though. Don't really like their straight up hard rock sound, without any particular grove or interesting features. Don't really like the live fan engagement, long solo, drawn out tracks and endings antics
me gusta porque es de rock y tal pero es que todas las canciones pasan de los 7 minutos y hay un montón d partes que son solo música. too much para mi
2/5 unironically sounds like spinal tap
No. There is no way this album is essential listening. Half the tracks are already on this list with Machine Head, so all this adds is guitar wank and crowd noise. Noone needs a 20 minute version of space trucking.
I am one of those people who just doesn’t like live albums. However, sounds like these guys were having a great time, so good for them.
Some of the harder rock elements were cool but honestly this goes on too long and as I’ve expressed before I’m really not a fan of live albums. Smoke on the water will forever be iconic but beyond that, I don’t have much interest in returning to this record.
Some fun classic rock and roll but didn't really feel like I was at the concert.
Not the best work music. Some of the jams were hard to listen to and messy. I liked highway star so hey that’s something
So many songs from my youth, when the Purple were very good listening after one or two Camberwell Carrots. How's it hold up for those about to drop? The tunes generally are banging, Ian Gillan is a superb rock and rolling singer, absolutely nails it, Rob Priest totally ripped him off, one too many Camberwell's perhaps? Highway Star is very top shelf Beavis and Butthead you rock! But there is an early seventies urge to nurdle, solo and extend that is terribly dated. The wig outs on Child in Time etc are dreadful. Even the song BB King could never play, Smoke on the Water, is seven minutes, leave it out Mr Paice. And I lurved Space Truckin to death when I was a long haired smelly 13 year old, but 19 minutes with an organ sustained drum solo, I mean seriously get me my dealer stat! A four minute intro alone to a nine minute Lucille? Little Richard was done, dusted and ready to good golly miss molly within 2 minutes wooooooo! A serious early seventies mistake that one. So, a great band with some great early seventies kick arse tunes, but they are ruined by the desire of too many "players" to indulge themselves in that very seventies "we are serious musicians" kind of way. Bummer.
Decent live album but I don't really see why this is on this list
I'm not a fan of live albums
I think it would be fair of me to start with talking about some of the things I like about this album. I liked: 1. That it is definitely more interesting than Deep Purple in Rock and, largely, their songs are much cooler performed live than in the studio 2. The use of the organ as a rock-n-roll instrument generally 3. Some parts of Lucille 4. The quiet breakdown near the beginning of Strange Kind of Woman 5. The overall sincerity of this band. They are trying REALLY hard to make epic music and rock out, and I can respect that 6. The fact that they have an overall aesthetic sensibility that is trackable and tangible and is even reflected in some of the song titles like Speed King, Black Night, and Highway Star. Ultimately these aesthetics don't amount to much, but again, I can respect it 7. Solo on Highway Star 8. Harsh noise intro on Lazy 9. Deep Purple is a pretty cool band name 10. Instrumental section in second half of Space Truckin' was actually cool asf 11. There are moments that, even in 2025, sound like that they threaten to devolve into chaos. This is honestly pretty sick and probably sounded even crazier at the time With that said, unfortunately, the things I hate greatly outnumber and outperform the things that I like. I'll list a few here: 1. The fact that they have an overall approach to music that values quantity over quality. The songs? Make them longer, it'll be sick. The vocals? Scream louder, it'll be fuckin epic. Solos? Let's give each instrument a solo. 2. In fact, the drum solo track as a whole I hated and really captures the errors of their approach. They dedicate SO MUCH TIME to a drum solo that GOES NOWHERE with the thought that people will eat it up because it's an 11-minute drum solo. And undoubtedly people did. But when they went home, they certainly said "It was amazing, they did an 11-minute drum solo!" but, if forced to name WHY they liked that or what their favorite part of the drum solo was, they would draw a blank. And that's because there weren't parts. It was just an aimless drum solo for grandiosity's sake. I don't like that 3. When the vocalist vocalizes the guitar notes, I want to die 4. The vocals generally are grating and irritating to me 5. Not to be a broken record, but the LENGTH OF THE SONGS. There's no reason these songs need to be this long. They basically are composed of like 3 ideas, and usually the ideas aren't all that good or dissimilar from the ideas on their other songs. Why do I have to listen to them repeat their shitty ideas over and over? 6. The tone of the organ can, at times, be really fucking awful 7. The lyrics are nothing for me 8. Smoke on the Water, which is garbage 9. The fact that, in the version I listened to, I had to listen to Speed King twice and Black Night THREE TIMES 10. They sequenced a live album with songs that ended their sets multiple times, so several times in the middle of the album he says "Thanks, goodnight" which makes absolutely no fucking sense 11. It sounds bad So I can be fair to my dear speed kings from Deep Purple and, compared to Deep Purple in Rock, there is much more for me to enjoy here. But ultimately that is not saying much and I would much rather be listening to most other things (not including Sex Packets) Fav song: Space Truckin'
This sort of stadium, overly long, self indulgent, dad rock just bores me. At first I thought that the two hour long "deluxe" edition of this album on Spotify was the original and was going to give it one star as the sheer length of the tedium got very annoying. However, I realised that the original album was only an hour long, so it deserves a two.
Smoke on the water is een klassieker. Dat geef ik ze meteen. Maar The Mule is voor mij meteen het klassieke voorbeeld van waarom live albums niet op een lijst horen van beste albums. Klinkt het goed? Sure. Is het dodelijk saai om hier gewoon naar te luisteren? Absoluut. Leuk man, drumsolo van een aantal minuten. Ook echt totaal onnodig in elk muziekgenre behalve misschien progrock en jazz. En dan weet je al van tevoren dat je dit gaat krijgen. Ja uiteindelijk, het is gewoon best wel een prima album. Jammer dat het een live album is, voegt gewoon heel weinig toe denk ik. Uitgerekte, veel te lange solos zijn supervet als je daar staat en dit je favoriete band is. Het vertaalt zich gewoon niet zo goed naar een album dat je thuis luistert. Moet wel zeggen dat de intensiteit en de energie wel best goed overkomt. Maar ik word gewoon niet heel gelukkig van publiek dat net een beetje uit de maat probeert mee te klappen na de zoveelste solo van 5 minuten. Ok nee sorry, ik wilde dit 3 sterren geven, maar het laatste nummer; Space Truckin, duurt bijna 20 minuten. 20(!) minuten, doe ff normaal. Zo vet zijn hun solo's niet hoor... FAVO: Highway Star, Smoke on the water
Imagine being able to turn one hit song into a two hour live album? That is amazing feat of producing, but a fairly boring album
Live album, c’mon top 1001 and we have a live album. It was okay
Skip this and listen to Machine Head. The world does not need a 20 minute Space Truckin'.
Oh for chrissakes
dad rock estadunidense (redundante, eu sei) para papais japoneses verem ao vivo! QUATRO MÚSICAS DESSE JÁ TAVAM NO MACHINE HEAD. entendo a questão da música ao vivo e etc. mas PORRA, ouvir música repetida desses mano vsffffffffffffff eh o famoso rock punhetagem. 19 minutos de besteira que poderiam ser 2. nem legal eh, só é bem gravado, papo reto
C’était pas si pire au début. Mais c’est rendu annoying. J’ai give up après le solo de drum qui a duré 10 minutes
Poor recording and sound quality for the lead singer.
Deep Purple live just don't work for me.
Decent live album. But this is my main issue with this site. I don't think you should be getting live albums from artists you've never heard before. Because this is my first deep purple album I didn't care too much. But if this was after hearing some of their actual albums I'd probably enjoy it more
fine but is deep purple really good enough to have TWO albums on here? at one point I thought "oh i've heard this song before" nd then realized i was just 9 minutes into the same song. UPDATE: Fuck off 5 minute drum solo
Some songs are decent but overall a bit repetitive of an album. Do we really need a 2 hour live album?
A bit too self indulgent for me, I bet the fans absolutely love it.
Had some tempo beats i could get used to, and being quite a classic album couldn't completely hate on it. Is a bit hick for my liking
Probably needed a few more listens
It’s a live album of songs I’m not attached to but they are good renditions of those songs but nothing special 5/10
I have to admit, I was surprised to see a Deep Purple live album as part of this list. I like Deep Purple well enough but a live recording by them was not expected. Live albums in general are not my favorite anyway. There are a few I like but for the most part, I avoid them. Made in Japan is one I would’ve avoided. Just a lot of unnecessary excess. I don’t need a 5 minute keyboard solo or a twenty minute version of Space Truckin’. Almost every song I wound up skipping through. This is a 2 rating for me. 2/5
There are bits of this that are good, but for a live album to justify it's inclusion it has to be pretty special and this is not that. That drum solo is interminable as well.
I always tend to underestimate how good "Smoke on the Water" is, and it's almost enough to make this album worth it. But that and the amazing line "could we have everything louder than everything else" are sort of immediately undercut by a drum solo that goes on way too long. I've never particularly cared for Deep Purple, and this doesn't really get me to reconsider.
Did not enjoy this at all.
Some great songs. But they were so long and just too much guitar/drum solos for my taste.
Not for me
At least it's melodic screaming? Exceedingly long guitar/drum solos are exceedingly dull.
Supposed to be one of the classic live albums. I never really got into Deep Purple though. There always sounds like there's something missing. If I had this album I wouldn't listen to it.
Not sure why this is a top 1001 album, would be better to just have the albums that these songs come from on the list. Disappointed.
The music is alright, but I really don't enjoy most live albums and this was no exception.
Deep Purple: Zzzzzzzz Deep Purple, Japan: Yooooooo or something Idk half of it is literally the same songs as their other album from the list
Great band. Really annoying album way too in love with itself
Their musicianship is through the roof, no doubt. But not for all the smoke on the proverbial water would I listen to this exhausting prog marathon again.
Don't see why this just okay live album is on the list. Long solos (expected in a concert album) seemed indulgent.
Likte ikke dette live. Gitarsoloene på albumet er kule, men 10 minutter lengre utstrakte live versjoner er ikke min greie.
This would be an incredible concert to see live. As an album, however, I don’t think it’s nearly as good. I honestly can’t think of a reason to listen to the version of Smoke On The Water from here compared to the studio. The lengthy drum solo on The Mule never seems to go anywhere. Favorite song here was Child In Time.
Deep Purple is alright, but I don't really like them enough to be excited about a live album.
I gotta be honest, I'm not jazzed to see a 75 minute Deep Purple live album pop up today. Deep Purple is fine, and I think they have some good songs, but I don't really want to listen to them play live for over an hour. If this album had a live version of their best song, "Woman From Tokyo," maybe I'd be a bit more excited. Regardless, I'll do my best to give this album a fair shake. Well, I didn’t care for this album very much. I guess I’ll start with the things I did like. I think the members of Deep Purple are talented musicians. They’re all really proficient, and they know enough to be able to turn their studio songs into live renditions of epic lengths. I’ve heard “Smoke On The Water” countless times throughout my life, but man, it sounded great on this album. The guitar playing, the drumming, and the vocals on it were all fantastic, and I didn’t mind listening to it for close to eight minutes. “Highway Star” however, was the highlight of this album. With its blistering guitar solo and the driving main guitar riff, “Highway Star” hits you like a muscle car on the open road, and every minute of it was fantastic. Unfortunately, that was all I liked about this album. I found the other songs on this album to be really boring, especially the 20-minute rendition of “Space Truckin’.” Woof, that’s not a song I want to listen to for that long. Hell, removing “Space Truckin’” would have moved this album up to three stars. Adding “Hush” and “Woman From Tokyo” in its place would have probably moved it up to four stars. I’d never heard “Strange Kind of Woman” before, and this wasn’t probably wasn’t the best way to be introduced to it. I absolutely hated how Ian Gillian sang along to the high-pitched wailing of the guitar. That was like nails on a chalk board to me, and it’s the only thing I remember about that song. Absolutely awful. This album just wasn’t for me. I respect Deep Purple and what they mean to hard rock, but this album had too much of what I don’t like, and not enough of what I do like.
Fifty-seven albums in, and what I'm learning from this project is that I have limited patience when it comes to solos. Deep Purple were clearly amazing musicians, but I don't think it's a coincidence that the two tracks I found the most enjoyable (Highway Star and Smoke On the Water) are also the shortest. At one point, I checked to see if Space Truckin' was nearly over, and there were still 14 minutes left.
Ugh, live album. Why in the world this would be on this list, I have no idea. They're good musicians, and I'm sure this was a good show, but its kinda shit as an album. 2/5
this is. alot of white dudes to be writing about japan... music is kind of annoying too
Guitar Solos. Drum Solos. Guitar Solos performed by the singer using his voice. This album has it all. Except what it take to keep my attention. 1.5/5
2.5 - god it's just soooo long
made it 5 songs in before i was tired of it
Classic!
It was a fine live album. Wasn't blown away by it. Great selection of songs.
I'm not sure why live albums make this list. Two stars because it's Deep Purple and there's some jamming going on.
Alltså det är ju bra musik men jag tycker varken ljudkvaliteten, kvaliteten på framträdandet eller interaktionen med publiken är något särskilt. 2 av 5
I ain’t got two hours of my life to give to live Deep Purple. That said, vocals give Jethro Tull vibes, so I guess I’m not mad about that?
Didn't enjoy this one.
A live album is an odd choice for this list, no? Anyway, I don't mind a bit of prog rock but my patience was tested in some more of the more wail-heavy songs. Some decent songs but way too self indulgent, which was obviously the style at the time...but it's not for me
I like Deep purple and I started liking this, I even like very long instrumentals but really this went onnnnn. The most striking thing to me was how seventies his voice sounded. It was so distinctively, seventies.
No song should be 19 mins long. Personal enjoyment: 2/5 Relevance to this list: 3/5
I keep saying that live albums have no place on this list. This is no exception. This is the 2nd time in 3 days I had to listen to a 2+ hour album and for what? Nothing.
The hair returns and it's live now
don’t care much for live albums. at least this one went by fast.
Deep Purple are a solid jam band, but live albums lose something I find. Like, in the moment, I can imagine all the canoodling on guitars and keyboards was awesome, but sitting here listening to it, not in the moment, I just don't care. I really don't need a ~20 minute version of Space Truckin'.... 4:30 original version suits me fine thanks. And the Japanese audience were apparently very reserved, because there is basically no audience reactions or cheering at all. Also, 2 hrs is too long for any album, let alone a boring live album. It's a Shame, because I really do like Deep Purple, but this album blows. Favourite songs: Smoke on the Water, Highway Star, Black Night, Strange Kind of Woman Least favourite songs: The Mule 2/5
i was so excited to hear the lead singer say “goodnight”…..and then it just kept going. i’m starting to think that live albums do not belong on this list. if you’re not a fan of the band they’re like being in purgatory.
As a person that only knows Deep Purple's biggest hits, I don't enjoy a two hour long album full of dragged out songs. The solos are probably impressive, but I'm here to listen to the music, not to be impressed by technical skills
It’s impossible to take this seriously today – and one doesn't think today’s standards are at fault. After all, it’s Deep Purple who had precisely zero sense of irony (not to mention humor) and failed to recognize the line between virtuosity and indulgence, which they way overshot. The shortest track is nearly 7 minutes, and they are all too long by at least half. The result? Extreme tedium. Beyond length of songs, the only meaningful differences between this and Cheap Trick Live at Budokan (a better record by far) is that this crowd seems to have taken quite a few quaaludes and, one suspects, DP all have armadillos in their trousers. We can all be glad that drum solos, histrionic vocals and live double albums have largely disappeared from the face of the earth, along with the ‘70s’ fashions, automobile design principles and sexual mores. Just because Camille Paglia was drawn to the Dionysian aspect of this primitive sort of rock – which equates to an attraction for the simpler and cruder male sexuality of that generation, in all its arrested adolescence – does not make this a deathbed (or even a daybed) record.
Not really my thing but also not annoying. Pretty bland honestly. 2.5/5 leaning towards a 2 though
The intro was awesome. Not a huge fan of these live albums that just have endless noodling, but Highway Star was cool. All in all, for me, this was like 60 mins of improv, and like 16 mins of good songs.
Omg, we get it, your really good at playing your instruments. I'm sure it's be great live but it just drags on in an album. The music was fine but the endless solos were kind of annoying.
I liked playing smoke on the water on guitar hero in 2008. But dang. This was a lot of guitar solos. A lot of drum solos. I don’t particularly love a ton of 11 minute tracks
I moderately disliked this. The bass work is nice obviously, and the band is tight, but the vocals are grating to me like in a lot of classic rock, and it evoked literally no emotion in me.
Wow that was way over the top live in-concert Rock excess right there. Ian’s screaming was grating, if he would have stuck to just signing plus might have helped. Also the shortest song being over 6 min it just became a slog to listen to this. Now Cheap Trick Live at Budokan is a way to do a Live Album!
That's a really great drum solo, wish I was in the crowd for that. Yeah, he really has some amazing voice, doesn't he? I can see how he's playing the crowd. Man, those riffs translate well live, eh? Would've been nice to stand up front. Gee, I think most of these songs I already heard on 'Deep Purple In Rock' and 'Machine Head' on this list? Was it really needed to put a 'best-off' live album here?
A chore to get through and I couldn't finish it. Not a huge fan of live albums to begin with.
Please, no more live albums.... like this band is good but I don't want to listen to a 15min long drum solo then random banter about how everything in the monitor needs to be louder.
tired and boring
Live albums suck. I hate drum solos. Every song here didn't justify the long run time. Jamming can be cool, but this wasn't. 2 stars because when they actually just played the songs, they are good songs.
i got bored
This left me cold. No problem with virtuoso musicians exploring their sound but this just feels so emotionally sterile. Was looking forward to hearing his when it came up today, not a DP fan but interested to heard what made them so revered. Oh no… that is why I never liked them them! Guess you need to like muso twiddling to appreciate this, yes you can play but enough with the super extended versions of songs where the vocals and lyrics are a distant 5th behind everyone and everything else. It all just comes over as excessive and indulgent to me as a recording. was probably a great experience being in the crowd, but not sure that makes an essential album. I suppose it’s representative of the live album fad that appeared to have occurred in the early 70’s? live captures us at our best ideology. Every overblown cliches in the book is here; There might be good songs in there somewhere but I got bored and lost in those go on and on guitar/keyboard/ rhythm solo's, I mean 1 track within 2 minutes (guess it maybe the edit for the record) goes into an extended drum solo, then we have got to have an extended intro to at least 1 song to show our virtuoso to our friends, and the I can screech in tune thing .. wtf. Can now understand where the punk ethos rose from, as rebellion in part to all the excess of this. Would I personally ever listen it this again, not when I struggled to even listen to it once, I got through the 1st track second listen and then decided that was enough. Even the cover is just so …. No the worst I have even heard this week, but just not what all the one of the best ever live albums stuff led me to expect.
Honk snooo ahh album
The highlight songs are pretty great. Unfortunately, those are offset by low points where the various band members launch into histrionic, noisy solos (including Ian Gillan's screaming vocal gymnastics) that do nothing but fill time and allow the crowd a beer-and-bathroom break. Let's say this gets two and one-half stars. The sound quality of this live recording is worth a half.
Double album. Minus one point. Live album. Minus one point. If this had been cut down by 90 munutes I could overlook the fact that it's a live album.
In general I'm not a huge fan of live albums. IMO they fail to recreate the experience of seeing a band live and in-person. Long versions of songs and jam sessions drag on. I like Deep Purple, and I like these songs, but I give the live album version 2/5.
Not my thing and way too much noodling
I’m a big fan of Deep Purple, and the songs in this live performance are absolute bangers. However, the extended solos and improvisations are just way over the top for me. If it were the studio versions, it’d be an easy 5/5, but as a live album, I’d have to give it a 2/5.
The audience was thrilled and their performance sure was worth recording it…but still I do not dig this
Is the author of this list a former Deep Purple member?
Too long 2/5
Nah we didn't need this. The live album isn't even that great.
I genuinely got pissed when I arrived at the last track to find out that's it's 20 bleeding minutes long.
This is so self-indulgent and wanky that I hate it so much that I almost come around to respecting it again. Almost.
нахуя оно здесь нужно? больные сука ублюдки
Impressive work, but most 2 hour albums will be tedious in the long run for me, and especially when I feel like they could've cut short many of the intrumental solos by several minutes and it would've been much better. It just drags for too long.
Yeah, no.
Deep Purple remain a mystery to me, from the name, to the fandom, to why the music should impress, to asking whether they would maintain relevance at all were it not for “the riff” (amazing how one piece of one song can ‘make’ a music career…)
This is difficult to take, though I like the two well-known songs. It’s not that the quality is bad, it’s just so boring to me and interminable
I like Deep Purple, But I couldn't wait until this album ended. A couple songs. I just skipped to the next one midway through. That says all you need to know.
Yea, I don't need to hear what is essentially the same song for 2 hours. I get it, you can jam. 2/5
1.5 i like deep purple but live albums really shouldnt be on this site unless the album is transformative or contains tracks that were otherwise unreleased. in this case, yes, they loop a few extra times and let instruments go wild in pre-existing solo sections to pad time. Space Truckin' is 20 minutes long as a result. This should have just been Motorhead (4/7 of the songs played)
This is almost a 2 but some positives push it up. Sounds like it would have been a good gig, excellent opener and another couple of great tracks. Over 12 minutes for Child in Time is inexcusable. Child no more after that
Had this before
I tried. Not a fan of live music recordings generally, and am DEFINITELY not a fan of 20 minute songs. I made it through disc 1 and I think that's enough for me. It's not bad per se, it's just not my cup of tea. The lack of vocals make me want to say that it's more geared for passive listening, but then it just becomes kind of annoying noise pollution to me. I really liked the call and response between the vocals and the guitar in Strange Kind of Woman, and The Mule brought about memories of Whiplash which is always fun. Smoke on the Water and Highway Star are classics. Best songs: Smoke on the Water/Strange Kind of Woman Worst song: Space Trucking (I just can't stand 20 minutes for a single song) Overall I'm feeling a 2/5--it's obviously good music that paved the way for a lot of other bands, it's just super not for me.
I’ve been relatively kind to the two previous Deep Purple albums that have been generated, but I draw the line at the inclusion of this live recording as well. It contains most of the same songs, just 25% longer (or, in one case, 300% longer).
Nog een live album Werd er niet heel erg warm van Beetje medium
Far too long, far too much filler. They took about 10 minutes of good music and then stretched it to over an hour by just messing around with guitar and drum solos, none of which sounded any good. A hard rock album shouldn’t put me to sleep like this one did.
A bit too dad rock for me usually but I enjoyed some of this. It felt like a live album which is what i need from a live album. Really enjoyed Child in Time. I’ve never heard a good drum solo apart from Buddy Rich and the drum solo in The Mule was no exception, unimpressive, self indulgent and looooong. There was one bit of Space Truckin I liked but the other 18 1/2 minutes of that song, as well as everything else after The Mule was self indulgent and boring which sucks because the first 3 tracks peaked my interest.
Another commenter hit the nail on the head when they said this is an album for Deep Purple fans and not an album you must hear before you die. 2.14
Jammy rock, not too fussed. Smoke on the water is a banger. 2.3 personally
Too much jam!
3/10 Live albums are a novelty. I don't like them and deep purple isn't good enough to get me to enjoy this one 7-29-2024
Detta var en trist lyssning. Skrik och skrän. Tack för långt och tråkigt trumsolobi i The Mule. Smoke on The Water kanske kan passera som bra. Dock har den blivit väldigt mycket avslutning i högstadiet. Nej men en 2a kan man väl slå till på PS liveskivor är alltid osäkra kort.
Too long, got bored
Way too much deep purple.
live albums arent my favourite
Still undecided with live albums as albums. It’s fine, toe tapping, obviously a band enjoying themselves. But I feel no connection to the live-ness.
Long songs are very hit or miss. Led Zeppelin and much of Queen does a terrific job at doing the most with their songs. It does not feel like a song is 10 minutes long just to be 10 minutes long. It is filled with key changes and interesting moments to keep you engaged the entire time, demonstrating everything the band wanted to put in there. This album is not that. While I can appreciate the immense talent (The guitar and drums sound really good), it drags on way too long. I could sit through the concert, since there would actually be interesting moments and fun from the crowd, but this just feels so soulless. Really, do we need a nearly 10 minute drum solo? Is that absolutely necessary? It is repetitive and boring, and I feel that gives it a definitive 2. It's not terrible, and as I've said, the band is clearly talented and amazing at their craft, but this feels like something for just them and their biggest fans. I want my hour and a half back.
Not out of dislike for Deep Purple, this was just a weak album. Usually from a live album you want more of the energy, but this feels hollow
Not the biggest fan of live albums. Also the tracks get a bit long and repetitive.
Deep shit
I do like some of these songs quite a bit. But I’m continually baffled by which live albums are included on this list. Was this record truly that revolutionary or “must listen”? I don’t think so. It’s occasionally fun but mostly tedious when they go on their fifth 10 minute guitar solo. 2/5
bwah. I have nothing with Deep Purple (Child In Time is a classic, but highly overrated). Live albums are also aways weird; because it's always better if you're really there.
I don't get why live albums are on here (apart from for example Nirvana & Eric Clapton MTV Unplugged). I mean, the music is not bad, but instead of this one, they should've added other, regular albums. There is no Closing Time (Tom Waits) or (just looked it up) a single Weezer album on this list. No Weezer, but a gazillion random live albums. 2*
Space trucking er fed, men 20 minutter fed? NEJ! Hele der her oplevelse kan opsummeres i: "Man skulle nok have været dér..."
Not a good look for Deep Purple, one of the all-time "greatest" pioneers of hard rock and heavy metal. The individual instruments are played skilfully, but each of the six tracks contain drearily long jam sections with not much substance. You can tell the audience isn't particularly engaged – for example, the only audience noise during a piece is clapping along to the Smoke On The Water riff – and this sentiment bleeds into the listener (me) as well. Highway Star is the strongest track (a solid 3.5/5 even in the live format) but most of the remaining songs aren't very memorable. Overall, a high 2/5. 2/5 Key tracks: Highway Star, Smoke On The Water (but the original is better)
Too big and loud for my taste
Points off for a live album. It's great - if you like long drum solos. And long guitar solos. I'm sure it would have been great to experience this, and the energy shines through on this release. But it's just too much wankery for my tastes. Can see it an easy 5 stars if you like this sort of music - can't fault the musicianship at all, but I'm just praying for it to finish.
Smoke on the water.
strange kind of woman knocked this down from three stars to two.
I’m sure this would’ve been fun if I were there live but alas I was not. Also not really what I gravitate towards, esp vocally, but recognize why people would love it
this was so long
Not really my vibe for an album but it was nice to hear more music by Deep Purple than Smoke on the Water
We get it, you're good at guitar.
Not sure about the hype regarding this album, I've seen the original lineup twice in concert and this doesn't seem to capture their energy and sound.
The great Tokyo wankfest of ‘72. The songs are fine, band sounds good, and the crowd is clearly into it but it’s 70% mastubatory solos that I mostly fast forwarded through. 1.8
Wanky. Very wanky.
I can only listen to a single song for so long if it doesn't introduce anything new. In that respect, all of the songs on this album are offenders in my book. EvenChild In Time and Smoke On The Water, both of which are classics, massively overstay their welcome here. Meanwhile, the rest of the songs live several leagues below, and that is even before they received their extended live treatment. Mule, Lazy and Space Truckin' really managed to get on my nerves, and I breathed a sigh of relief when I decided to call it quits and sweet silence embraced me. Guess I won't be listening to this again anytime soon. 2/5
A real good live performance but I generally question live-albums on this list because it´s nothing but the greatest hits with a lot of instrumental solos.
While listening I just thought to myself, this MUST be close to the last song.... I'm on song four. This drum solo has been going on for what feels like 30 minutes, it's impressive, and I know the other band members are probably off stage taking a short breather during that, but damn, what is happening! Oh... here's the rest of the band! Drummer still going, drummers never get a break!
Rated 2 on Rym, 2 here. Just not my thing.
This is so overblown and unessential. I'm fine with 70s rock and all but this is just like, nonsense. It's not great, it's not ambitious, it is a product of it's time but that's why the album versions are on this list. This is something the classic rock station plays on Sunday nights to cut costs.
i dont really respect a live album? songs are ok
The idea of Deep Purple is more appealing to me than the reality. Technically amazing, lots of grooves but just too bloody noodly and spaced out and it annoys me.
Over indulgent and far too long. Not something I need to listen to, I get you can play your instrument and don't need 5 or 6 minute solos to understand that fact
A lot of instrumental breaks that go on for far too long, making it difficult to distinguish between tracks. Clearly talented people, but not a great album.
not a fan of these live albums i really dont care that you've performed bro just produce an album 2.2/5
Solid live album, great energy, but very long for the number of tracks. Child in time and Strange kind of woman had wayyy too much yelling/squealing. 3* Actually, this went on too long, self-gratuitous, reminds me of another album like it. Smoke on the water was also not outstanding vs. the album version. 2*.
A seemingly impressive musical achievement that I didn't enjoy listening to at all. Not my type of live album. Lots of noodling / overlong sequences that I was consistently looking forward to being over.
Not much of a fan of live albums. This was good overall but too long and unfocused to revisit. Favorite track: Smoke on the Water
Okay. Highway star is fine i GUESS. Boring drum solo. Who cares?!
It was probably a great concert if you were a fan, but it isn’t something that resonates with me in any way.
Deep brown. But really, don't be putting the same song on 3 times.
You had to be there. Black Night is a cool riff, but I don't need to hear 3 versions of the entire song that were recorded three nights in a row. This legitimately could've been 4-6 tracks and would be better, or they could have just ploughed through the songs as they were originally recorded.
As I listened to this, all I could picture in my head was Spinal Tap. They, too, were big in Japan. And that connection helped deal with the lyrical meaninglessness of songs like “Space Trucking.” Not bad music, but really hard to take seriously.
6 songs and 56 minutes is such a huge red flag for me. I’ve said it before but you can see why punk was so revolutionary after this.
They were really letting those guitars rip, I’ll tell you that. Like the high energy but songs were so long ugh
Live shows are great, live albums generally not. Especially a band like this - long jams are wonderful when you're in the moment. Maybe not so great when you can't see them & aren't there Also do we need that many covers of the same song on side 2?
Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh not that big of a fan. Useless live album that did not stand out in the slightest to me. Does not deserve to be on this list
Meh.
I wanted to like this album, but the 6 minute guitar solo's and 20 minute long songs made it hard to really enjoy their songs.
A good live albu, but a little too jam bandy for me. Perhaps in the right mood it would have ranked higher for me
I don't understand this list's obsession with Deep Purple. No doubt they helped build the foundations of early heavy metal, but they're the overlooked band for a good reason.
20 minute closing track good lord 🙄
This is very long and it does not help that I got a deep purple album this week already.
the music is good, some of the solos are a bit too long, but I would always rather listen to the studio version of any song than a live recording. watching the band live in concert would be an incredible experience, but I would rather listen to new music than live versions of songs that are already in other albums on this list
This was alot of screaming. I understand it probably takes alot of skill to yell like that and alot of 70-80s bands do that; but it was too much for me. 2/5
Two hours is too long for me to be expected to listen to all of an album. So I did not. I liked smoke on the water because that's a good song but I was not inspired by the rest of it
The second half is much better than the first, there's a reason that led Zeppelin and black Sabbath are better remembered than these guys. I'm sure actually seeing their concerts live is a phenomenal experience but this did not translate into headphones.
It’s fine as background rock music. Hard for me to say this fits on a best ever list though. 70’s hard rock jamming like a lot of 70’s hard rock jamming out there. Must be a time and place thing for many who seem to love it.
Little to jam bandy.
I GET IT. I don't need another 20 min song the point has been proven.
oh my god shut up already
Highly talented band with some iconic songs somehow still managed to make an album that I would never pick up again - unless I wanted to listen to excessive self indulgent solos and comical vocalisations. Like the last live album would this would have been amazing to experience live but all that is lost for me here.. I’m certain another choice from their discography would have scored much higher which is a shame to mark such a band so low
Probably bad timing, this album turns up just one after another self indulgent, guitar solo dominated album live and extended album. Enough! The same track, three times on disc 2? Really? Fuck drum solos
Same same - different day, different band. I already spent 2 hours too many listening to this album, so I rather then wasting anymore time I’ll rinse and repeat my review from yesterday for the Allman Brother Band, At Fillmore East 😂 “For a start, I’ll admit I’m not a fan of live albums. Live music in person I love - but very few live albums capture the atmosphere of the performance or the energy of the musicians. I think I would have loved this if I’d actually been there! No doubt they are talented musicians and have a whole jamming thing going on which would be incredible in person! But listening through this as a recorded album got more and more tedious the further through I was. Started out great, but I was actually quite grumpy by the end. In my last review I said I didn't like guitar solos - that's not entirely true, what I don't like is self indulgent solos. Self indulgent solos is the glue that held this album together - zero desire to revisit.”
Life is way too short to listen to jam bands. Unfortunately, it seems the band’s approach to their live show was to take otherwise decent music and stretch it into jammy nonsense. Maybe if I had nothing better to do than psychedelics all day I’d feel better about a 20 minute version of Space Truckin, but as it stands I’m rather fucking agitated. So boring and self-indulgent. Maybe they could’ve done some more gibberish wailing and stretched these ten songs into a four hour concert.
I appreciate why people like it but as an introduction to Deep Purple it’s a lot. Honestly just too long. I can’t sit through a 20 minute jam.
Deep Purple isn’t my thing. Appreciate what they were doing in their era, but I’ve heard Smoke on the Water enough. Just not my thing.
Songs are too long. Two minutes of sublime guitar play followed by 12 minutes of fcking around with a bunch of beep bop boops.
I think I like the music but I really don't like live albums. The audience takes away from the experience for me.
meh.
good instrument playing on the surface with no substance behind it. might trick you into thinking it's prog rock until you listen for a second time.
"Please can you make it stop! They've been playing the same 7 notes for 10 minutes!" "I'm sorry son, that's just how it is." "Oh, thank god, they've stopped ... oh shit, no its just an exaggerated pause! They're doing it again! Even the singer wants to stop - he's screaming and screaming in agony!" "No, son - you've got it wrong again. That's just Ian Gillan." By the Christ do this bunch love the smell of their own farts, or what? Technique is incredible, and sound quality and production is great for a live album, but there's maybe 20 minutes of good album here. The thing is over two hours long. The fire at Montreux didn't go far enough.
Brilliant and influential band but live music in the 70s was its own thing.
a lotttt of guitar solos
Liked the music itself, but not a fan of live performances and this was not a great one specifically
Just not for my listening ears.
Good
Börjat tröttna på rock. Lyssnade inte igenom hela skivan. Helt ok men kommer inte lyssna på det igen
Not bad but not a fan of live albums
The shortest song on this live set is over 6 minutes, but then nobody ever mistook Deep Purple for the Ramones. If you’re a fan of a band that can ecstatically stretch out a track like “Space Truckin’” for nearly 20 minutes, giving the Allman Bros. and the Grateful Dead a run for their money, then this is the live document for you. Most songs are pretty relentless with guitar and organ jams for days. And some vocalized screaming. Since I’ve never been a big fan of the band, I’m not qualified to judge the contents of this live set. Suffice it to say, though it’s satisfying to hear their monster jam, “Smoke on the Water,” this isn’t a record for neophytes—only fan boys and girls would admire what this band is doing most of the time here, though Japanese fans at the show seemed to be going mad for it. BTW: the Rolling Stone readers' poll that ranked “Made in Japan” the 6th best live album of all time is bonkers. It’s not even close to that level. Guess there’s truly no accounting for taste.
Album gets a little overdrawn honestly
Only liked 1 song
I'm not really a fan of live recorded albums. A few of the songs stood out enough for me to seek out the studio recordings of, but this album was a miss for me.
Screaming rock and roll. I'm sure it's considered good, it just doesn't bring me pleasure when listening
not a fan of live albums
I believe my parents would call this, "noise," and I believe they would be correct. That said, it sounds like the audience and the band were having a lot of fun! I'm glad this exists, especially for fans of Deep Purple. For my sensibilities, I don't see ever returning to this album, but it was fine as some white noise in the background.
still listening.
Deep Purple will never be for me. These songs aren’t great and I don’t want to hear their live jam session. Nah.
Live albums are rarely good and this is not an exception. That being said, extra star for space truckin. Space truckin is never not good
Iconic sounds like deep purple are great early on, but the tracks are too long for me. Couldn’t get past 20min of listening
Technically very good, overlong, Spinal-Tap-esque solos.
Look, this album doesn't deserve 2 stars, the music is pretty good. But 2 HOURS? Come one, I have a job, I have things to do, you got to work with me here. The track Lazy is a banger though, I would listen to that for 2 hours for sure.
Está ok, ya me cansa un poco este tipo de rock de padre. "Lazy" es la única que volvería a escuchar
So many of these songs would be good, if only they were shorter. I mean, technically, it all sounds great. But it’s all just needlessly drawn out. It’s painful to get through at times, especially the last song, which is an overwhelming 20 minutes long. I was actually quite enjoying that one at first, but then it lost me after the first 10 minutes. Even when a song is doing something interesting, it just does too much of it. Like the drum solo in The Mule is really good, but I don’t want to hear 5-6 minutes of just a drum solo. What a painfully boring hour of live music. The fact that they’re actually really good makes it all even worse. 3/10 Top 3: 1. Highway Star 2. Smoke on the Water 3. Strange Kind of Woman
I like Deep Purple but I just can’t do live albums.
Wow he's really shredding -- i feel like this would be really cool in person but on Spotify it doesnt sound very good for some reason? Like sort of muted but I guess its a live album so the recording isnt as precise as in studio and the tech wasn't as good back then. Vocals go crazy, kind of grating tho T-T maybe not for me Just like interminably long guitar solos which are soooooo impressive but like enough is enough
cripes, just way way too long. maybe one or two good songs but thats it. Highway Star of course. a whole double album of bloat for this one, LIVE bloat.
A good example of the downfalls of a live album. 2 hours of jacking off without context is a hard sell. Highway Star goes hard though!
live albums are a crime
Geprüft und zertifiziert um Eltern zu erschrecken!
Live album : I really don't get live albums, would rather listen to the studio recordings, how the songs are meant to be listened.
Yeah, no. Live albums are generally for fans. Not being a fan of Deep Purple anyway, this was hard going. 13 minutes into 'Space Truckin', the noodling started to actually annoy me. Then I looked up the original play list of the LP and realized I didn't have to listen to any more songs after this one ended. If the best thing about an album is it finishing, it's not a great album.
Everyone knows smoke on the water. Okay band, not my personal preference. This album is so goddamn long. Like too long, 2hr 15m of deep purple just is not for me. Made it through it, but I feel like I need a nap.
High energy
Super well produced live recording and insane musical talent from all members, but not that enjoyable to listen to as an album imo.
It was alright. As far as live recordings go I think it was decent. It just wasn't my favorite. The 7 minute drum solo was quite a lot. It was impressive but I dont think drum solos make for good music. 2.5 stars but leaning towards 2
Too long, no, thank you... I think this is the first album in this list that I skimmed through...
1/7, 14%
I gave Deep Machine a 4 so I was pretty happy to see this pop up. But after I listened to the 5TH TRACK, I was disappointed. Seriously, why tf are they dragging this shit so long⁉️ Literally the equivalent of “Sir, this is the Wendy’s” I agree with the top comment, it should of been Madvillain and not 8 Elvis Costello album
Good songs and a decent performance, but not sure why a live album like this is in this list. Especially when there wasn’t any cultural significance to this show.
So dull, and so very long. There is clearly good musicianship on the record, but it's remarkably self-indulgent, and any sort of atmosphere really does not come across. The recording itself doesn't sound particularly good either, with a very muddled mix doing little to make this a good listening experience. A low 2 for me.
Very typical music of this time, reminds me of tenacious D with the instruments and vocals. I don't really enjoy this genre, and this album is not an exception. shrieking vocals are so unpleasant. these songs are so long and so boring. smoke on the water is alright, a classic, but still a little boring. all of these songs sound the same. if I was a 60 year old white dad who hated my life, I would listen to this album while wasting away in a suburban garage. at 2 hrs 2 mins it is an excruciating eternity. Probably the 3rd worst thing to happen in Japan.
Each song is way too long. Instrumentals aren't good enough to warrant listening to 122 minutes straight of this. I ended up skipping through the repeat songs. I hate all the vocals, and I wish the songs were two minutes tops. Not my type of music really. The electric guitar solos can be very impressive but I don't really want to listen to them. I didn't find the 6+ minute long drum solos enjoyable either, even if it's technically impressive and hard to perform. Bonus star because smoke on the water has such a good guitar riff.
I was enjoying this for a while until it turned all "jazzy" with instrumental and vocal showing off which just gets screechy and irritating
Very Spinal Tap. Lots of trippy jam
Ganske svakt egentlig.
meh.
Ok, too much screaming ....
Some real classic dad rock here. I can get into this of course but it does start to get a bit stale. The over 2 hour runtime for this is a bit daunting and I don't feel like finishing it
First impressions just looking at the album, 1. I hate live albums. 2. 10 songs and over 1.5 hours? I love Smoke on the Water but 7 minutes of that chord progression is a little much.
Meh, not sure this live album needs to be on the list, agree machine head deserves to be here, but not a live version of a lot of the same songs.
Lot of the album sounded like they accidentally recorded the sound check before the concert started. Enjoyed the iconic intro to Smoke on the Water but not much else.
A live album consisting of several songs already featured on another album on this list. Definitely seems essential to be on here and not redundant at all. Not sure what criteria was made for this enormous list but this could’ve been left off. Live album of just the most common chords ever played to some prog rock jamming. Meh. 4.3/10
I think I gave the album with most of these songs a 4 but I don't like this over as much. idk why this album is on the list, feel like live albums that make the cut should be absolutely legendary (which this isn't) or have unique versions of songs that aren't recorded (which this kind of is but just a little extra jamming)