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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)
That man was flirting with that guitar for too long. I liked it but was listening to it while doing something for uni which usually isn't a problem for me but I got a headache from this one. strange. and the way they played everything so often and stuff... it's not a bad album but I guess sth else should be on this list in it's place.
Not a great live performance.
I find the vocalist constantly trying to reach high notes with his raspy voice to be obnoxious. However there are some cool riffs throughout the album and overall it's not terrible.
Deep purple: Let's play solos! Me: no thanks, the standard songs are fine Deep purple: (already 2 minutes into solo) YYYYEEEEEAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH
I liked the drum solo. Then it went on too long. I liked smoke on the water. Then it went on too long. And so on.
Not a fan
jesus christ this album is so masturbatory. the mule is fucking wack first of all like what. the drum solo was so long and not that great. vocals are uhm, impressive i guess but again it’s just like “ look how high i can scream!!” which is very impressive but doesn’t cover up the boring songwriting. all these songs are way too goddamn long. strange kinda woman was cool; liked the beat on that and the call and response thing was pretty sick. smoke on the water whatever. they wrote the most generic classic rock song of all time so you gotta give hats off for that. but this is just some Rockin Daddy bullshit at the end of the day so we can’t give it too much credit. is this prog? idk and idc. this shit is boring af !!!!!!
The least favorite of the 3 British “hard rock” bands - my current listening didn’t change that assessment - but hey, haven’t listened to Black Sabbath lately
I thought I'd like this, I was a fan as a kid and I always wanted this album but didn't get round to buying it. Starts off well, it's Highway Star, it's fun. Then it goes on, and on and on and on. It even has a long drum solo in one of the tracks that dates it horribly. It's how Prog Metal was, it's great if you are there and in the moment. On record it's a tiresome noise.
I feel like this is mostly a “meh” album. I liked Deep Purple when we first encountered them! This is a good representation of them, but it just doesn’t pack the punch of their studio albums from around that time, and they’re not to be blamed for that, the experience of a live show is just so different from studio that they don’t often translate. The songs felt monotonous somewhat in this format, which is odd, because on their studio albums I felt like they were a far more dynamic band. 2/5. Didn’t hate it, but didn’t really feel memorable to me.
Certainly there are some majestic 70's live hard rock moments in here... highway star and smoke on the water especially... though at some point I even hit the groove somewhere deep within Space Truckin'. However, so much of this is overdone and self-important... the drum solo in mule and vocalist-guitar battle in strange kind of woman is irritating. There was too much i didn't like for the few brighter spots.
I don’t believe in live albums on this list. That being said, parts of this were decent and fun to listen to. Then I had to sit through the final 15 minutes (the last song was not on Spotify, so I had to pull it up on Youtube). I’ve never wanted an instrumental to end as badly as I wanted this to end. It just wouldn’t stop, I almost gave up.
Not a big fan.
Too much meandering, not enough actual song for me. Surprised this one gets universally praised as a top live album.
Short one today: Highway Star earns 2 stars single-handedly. Banger. The rest, not a fan. Sorry DP
18 year old Kevin would have been all over this but I couldn't really get into it. Highway Star is pretty great and the rest is kinda meh. Talented band, just wasn't doing it for me.
Live albums are really mainly for people who are big fans of a band. As someone who doesn't already know some of the songs on here, I find that listening to lengthened and less structured versions of these songs isn't all that fun. Not to mention that mindless screeching noises at the start of Lazy might be fun in person but are just awful through headphones to someone trying to get through the work day. Being at a concert is a great experience, but live albums fail to communicate that experience to anyone who hasn't already experienced that band's live act. It's like having someone describe an event to you: sure they can get the idea across but it will never be the same as actually being there. All that being said, they do sound to have been a fun live act. The renditions are impressively faithful to the original tracks aside from how they're mostly much longer, and their musicianship stands up on the live stage as much as on the album. Including the singer, which is often the weak point in a rock band's live show by comparison to their albums.
Not gunna lie. Wouldn't really be that into these song if they were the regular versions. Slapping me with 10 minute versions of each song where they loop instrumentals for 5 minutes at a time and kinda just scream isn't doing it for me either. I'm not denying this is probably a great live album for the fans of Deep Purple. The sound quality is great and it looks like it's full of content for them who love the songs. But give me a 2 hour album of songs I'm not fond of to begin with and I'm personally not gunna have a good time
Can't believe they managed to ruin their own songs by just refusing to move on after playing it for 7 minutes.
I like Deep Purple and I like what they do here. But as an album it's just way too much. Had a hard time getting through it.
This is just a worse version of Machine Head
My days of sitting in a garage pounding shitty beer, ripping bong hits, and asking “whoa, is this still the same solo?” are behind me. It’s a me-problem, I know.
Not bad, but live albums shouldn't be in this list
Smoke on the Water, sure. Too many indulgent, wanky solos. The guys are virutosos, but I don't know why a live / compilation album made the list. This live set is for Deep Purple die-hards. The Machine Head studio album would have been sufficient.
I’ve just never really cared for live rock albums like this. Yes, they’re great musicians, but other than Highway Star and Smoke on the Water (which are both not quite as good as their studio versions) the songs don’t really offer a lot, and just serve as an incredibly bare backing for some fretboard wanking and piercing screams. There’s a six minute drum solo to pad out a shitty blues track that I cannot remember at all. The solos and the vocals are very impressive without a doubt but there is no emotion here and it’s just a very uninteresting 76 minutes
I like Deep Purple and I like most of these songs, I just am vehemently against 99% of live albums. Just not essentials.
Ich finde gut das es live ist, aber ich mag Deep purple nicht so gern…
Ik vind het altijd wel leuk als er een live album is, maar helaas echt niet mijn muziek. De bangers hierop sla ik ook altijd vriendelijk over bij de top2000, maar vond het laatste nummer Lazy wel nice-achtig
Great recording....but...Ugh...jam sessions for every song. Redundant song selection.
Haha ok it’s good but hard to embrace
Not fun when you don’t know all the songs, tracks too long as well
I'm not the biggest Deep Purple fan in the world, and I don't really care for a live album either, so...this wasn't really going to be for me. Granted, 3 of my favorite Deep songs are here--Child in Time, Lazy, and of course Smoke on the Water--but they're all so bloated with pointless, boring solos it just makes me think. Why am I listening to this when I could just listen to the original song. I don't think there's a single instance on this album where I think "wow this live performance is so much better than the original". It's just everything in excess, and none of it is particularly good.
This album starts out really great with Highway star, Child in time and Smoke on the Water which are probably their three best songs and they're well recorded and well played. Unfortunately it falls off precipitously after that and I found the drum and guitar solos to be overly indulgent TBH. And then I noticed that this was a double album, ugh!! This is really for fans only.
Ugh. Way too much jamming in the back half.
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I knew several of the songs. A lot of the songs were good If they weren't the live verison. However, like most live albums the songs turn into a long jam session. It did not need to be this long. I would listen to some of the songs again, but I would just listen to Machine Head which is the studio album. There is no reason for both albums to be on this list. This album doesn't need to be revisited.
Didn’t do it for me
I really did not like this. it was like a worst version of the Sex Pistols album.
I wish I enjoyed this more. It felt like background music that I was just waiting to get through so I could listen to something better. I really don't know what else to say.
It’s not the type of thing I’d listen to while bouncing up and down the streets of Brookline, with my hair in pigtails and my ass looking plumper than a soon-to-be ripe peach. But, who is to say that that stands as the key measurement of an album? Maybe I prefer to listen while seated at an Irish pub in the middle of December, grizzly Caucasian men huddled around me, giving me warmth. One of them jerking me off under the bar stool, while the others recite my Bar Mitzvah portion in perfect harmony, reaching all the high notes. Alas, who is to say that THAT is the key measurement? I started this journey as a boy, wandering the earth for some purpose and following the persuasive winds of Zeus until I found my constant Trail. I’m still that lost little boy, with more question marks than answers, and more wrong answers than right questions. If I’ve learned anything on this journey, it’s that the mark of a man is not branded by their superiors or underlings. The only one who can brand me is the face that looks back in the mirror every dusk when I furiously pet my shaft in the waning hours of daylight. So, it's only natural for this little boy to make another misstep. This time coercing myself into thinking I’d be able to listen to 86 min of Deep Purple. 86 f***** min. That’s approximately 4.637 plays of Rhapsody in Blue. Father Gershwin, I repent for my sins. Forgive me now, for I do not know what I hath done.
Ramble-rock/jam-band to the max
It's fine but I just don't like live albums and I can't see what's so special about this one.
Pretty self indulgent. And they noodle on worse than Phish or the Dead
It's a rare live album that makes you feel the excitement of being in the crowd. This, unfortunately, wasn't one of them. 70s guitar rock was never really my thing, but in long form with interminable solos, it's pretty deadly to me. This album has some good moments, but especially the 20 minute track at the end did me in.
It seems like a good album, but I just cant find the right one when I search for it on spotify. I'll come back to it
this album didn't do much for me. deep purple played their biggest hits with extended jam sessions--which could be interesting, for a time. but that's also deep purple's M.O.: progressive music! performing live allows creativity and it's what every artist dreams of. for some reason, there appeared to be rather limited audience reaction? i suppose that's something uncontrollable, no matter how hyped an artist is, but it's interesting this japan concert was chosen for the album release. the sound quality for live shows in 1972 is good at least!
Smoke on the water.
Hmm🥱
An album of 'my turn next' solos is an album of too many solos for me.
Long guitar solos. And a long drum solo. And a bit of singing, which couldn't quite be made out. I think it was something about a woman? And smoke on the water which is always nice. But this version went on a bit and had too many long guitar solos. And a long drum solo. And a bit of singing. It was just too indulgent, that's the point I'm trying to make when I go on about the long guitar solos. And the long drum solo. And that bit of singing. Too indulgent and too long. If you really like guitar solos you'll love this. There was also an organ which was playing, but it wasn't particularly notworthy. Not as noteworthy as the long guitar solos in any case. Or as the long drum solo. The organ was comparable with the singing, I suppose. But not with the long guitar solos, which were far too self-indulgent.
The deluxe edition is 2 hours long! (At least that's what the link for Spotify goes to). I found one of the shorter versions, (still over 90 mins), https://open.spotify.com/album/3tZ7O5gGQmkg8FEfqE5wGw Artwork looks like a family photo album book cover. For a live album, it's alright, all the hits are there - Smoke on the Water and what not. Whilst I love a bit of dad rock, this all got a bit too self-indulgent for me.
Loooong album, smoke on the water is awesome and then a couple with a cool vibe
They can all play their instruments and there are some classic songs in there, but they’re way too long and way too many solos. I do like smoke on the water, but not enough to seek it out again in a hurry. Decidedly average.
Ok Album but too many Solos
Good musicians playing music I don’t care about.
Pari hupaisaa kappaletta, banaaleinta mahdollista lyriikkaa, ja isällistä, sympaattista rokkausta. Rumpujameista ym on paras vaieta.
Look, I don't really know or care about Deep Purple, and I'm not a huge fan of live albums from artists when I don't already know their music. I wasn't destined to like this much lol
meh
Too much - I like Deep Purple, but I don't need this
A live concert album and a love of long long guitar solos - not for me
This is exactly what I thought a Deep Purple live album would sound like. All good, but does it need to be on this list? Nothing groundbreaking, seminal or of cultural/historical significance - just a recording of a good rock concert. I'm going to stick Madvillainy on...
I like a drum solo, but blimey The Mule just took the mickey. Were the rest of the band even on stage whilst it was happening or just wandered off and left Ian Paice to cover for a reallllllly long time? Strange Kind of Woman sounds like a classic rock pub band standard,
Some great playing but goes on a bit (a lot). ELP-esque keyboard/organ noodlings especially grating. Sort of like Led Zep but without the sex or groove. Prime cut: Child in Time.
Favourite track(s): Smoke On The Water; Stange Kind Of Woman I might actually enjoy a studio album by Deep Purple. I did not enjoy this live track collection. To me, this is just not an album in that it does not tell a coherent story, not even on the first half. The second half is just 50% Black Night and 33% Speed King but for about an hour. I just cannot find enjoyment in tracks being stretched out that far. And hearing different renditions of the same track might work for core fans, but probably not for first-time-listeners of Deep Purple. The riffs do work and are at times iconic. But, as a counter-example, "searching" for sounds on an e-piano, drifiting into childish melodies here and there, only to then explode into a finale which does not feel earned - that is just exhausting to me.
Otro disco en directo. Me sigue sorprendiendo que haya tantos en esta lista. Se me ha hecho eterno, no lo recomiendo personalmente. Lo dejo en 2 estrellas.
i don't like hard rock, i enjoyed the first two tracks 4/10
I'm 58 minutes into a drum solo. Maybe this is what the crowd wanted, but it is not what I want.
Very long live album
How was this ever popular
I simply don't care for the genre of music, even though I can recognize the musical talent but really truly dislike the hair metal that this inspired and have a hard time separating the two. Also, there is a reason that bands don't put a 5 minute drum solo on their albums. I'm sure it was awesome live, but does not translate to listening while work.
Not my jam 0 songs added to library
Live albums, doubtless, have a point. But you won’t find it here. It isn’t bad, just very ‘contractual obligation-y’. One for the collector.
This was mediocre. I mean, cool, the guy from Deep Purple has pipes. That's about it. I have no interest in elongating songs for double their length at live shows.
My older brother bought this when it was first released and I played it to death, but I was a kid then. Now, I'm an adult and it's only good for nostalgia. When you hear it... meh.
Great album- definitely one to listen to again! Best thing to come out of Grangemouth!
I generally like Deep Purple, but sometimes bands go over the top on live sets. This is a good example of that.
Some good songs, but a little bit heavy on the instrumental solos for me...
Not a big fan of live albums. Solos were just way too long. And why do much screeching?
I liked Highway Star and Smoke on the Water. Space Truckin’ is an example of why I don’t generally care for live albums. It goes on forever and has a lot of random sonic acrobatics that just isn’t enjoyable if you aren’t at the concert.
no me gusta el hard rock :(((
It went on and on. I thought the guitar and drum solos would never end.
Let me see, am I going to listen to over 2 hours of Deep Purple Live? Ergh, I listened to a bit. It's entirely what you'd expect it to be.
Just like many other listeners here, I feel like the bar should be considerably higher for a live album to make this list. Outside of Johnny Cash At Folsom Prison, I'd also be hard pressed to think of one that has the significance to be on here. Someone suggested the Quintet's Jazz At Massey Hall, for instance. In jazz you could also add Coltrane's Live At The Village Vanguard. But you could also go to other genres, from the Woodstock album or Yessongs to Mötörhead's No Sleep 'til Hammersmith. Yet unless I'm mistaken, none of the latter can be found on the original list. So *this* instead? No way. Besides, out of *Made In Japan*'s seven tracks, four we already heard on Machine Head. I feel like it's giving Deep Purple far too much space in this list for no good reason, especially when you're listening to those overlong solos--an exercise that in its most self-indulgent extremities didn't age particularly well within the rock idiom. So even though *Made In Japan* is not a bad record by all means, it's still an unnecessary redundancy in this list, and this should clearly be visible in the global ratings. Therefore I'm giving it a 2. Harsh, I know. But fair if you consider the difficulty of including *only* 1001 great albums in a list. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 849 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 82 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 38 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 32 (including this one)
didn’t stick jazz band throwbacks still hit though
another live album of the bands hits the parts where there are vocals are good but the 10-minute guitar or drum solo are annoying 2.5
I don't dislike these songs but they don't really gain anything from being on a live album.
I've heard the studio recordings for at least half of the tracks on this album. For a live album, the recordings are done well. This album feels a lot like the track "Smoke on the Water". Yes, it's a rock album. Yes, there are talented musicians making interesting music. Yes, I've heard this enough that I don't really want to come back again. I did NOT like "Child in Time" - too much wailing. "The Mule" and other instrumental portions of the album were interesting. The band did well with extended versions of their songs. "Child in Time" is enough to sink the album below the possiblity of rounding up to a full 3 stars.
When playing songs this is a tight and powerful live performance, which I enjoyed more than I expected to. However, there is too much pointless noodling between (and during) songs. This adds nothing bud boredom and would have led me to want to shout "get on with it". Could also do without the drum solo. Rating: 2/5 Playlist track: Smoke On The Water Date listened: 14/06/22
Wow. Two separate 5 minute drum solos in one concert. Yup. This album might have inspired a good deal of This is Spinal Tap.
The Platonic Ideal of big doofy rock, early ‘70s edition – with all the self-indulgence and useless, feckless excess you’d expect from a live album. The vocals are overwrought, so many misbegotten arias (though our man Gillian seems distinctly underpowered and non-god-like on beginning of “Highway Star” and “The Mule” and quite shaky “Space Truckin’”). The solos (both keys and guitar) on opener gets us straightaway into Spinal Tap territory, as does the subject matter (boss hot rods and bitchin’ Camaros, one supposes). “Smoke on the Water” gets off to a false start and sounds offbeat, like they couldn’t get the hang of a hook they must have already played thousands of times. Might it be said they explored virtuosity in a hard rock context, thereby staking new ground that jam bands (including mellower, pacifistic sorts given to softer drugs and disinclined to put armadillos in their trousers) would later explore and colonize (often overstaying their welcome)? Sure, but whether that’s a feature or a bug depends on one’s tastes. This is decidedly not to mine, because the longer it goes on, the more tedious it gets, which, one assumes, was not the intent of this allegedly epic effort.
Just too ott… too much noodling too much self indulgence.
I was excited for some classic rock, but wound up underwhelmed and mostly unimpressed. "Smoke on the Water" is a fondly remembered classic, but this version is a bit too much. In fact, every track is a bit too much. A bit too much extended jamming. A bit too much trying desperately to be cool and for some reason coolness stays just out of reach no matter how many minutes the song drones on for. Deep Purple is held up as members of the "unholy trinity of British hard rock and heavy metal in the early to mid- seventies" along with Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath, according to rock journalist Joel McIver's book about Black Sabbath. But Deep Purple does not have nearly as deep a catalog of hits as either of those other bands. Sabbath certainly influenced heavy metal. Led Zeppelin influenced everyone but could never be duplicated. But maybe Deep Purple were influential on hair metal? Thanks Deep Purple.
The songs are good, but I'm not a fan of live albums
this is just an entire two hour concert. i wish it wasn’t
These guys have amazing technical skills. I just don't enjoy listening to this - it's too frenetic and self-indulgent. There is a 20-minute track.
Live albums require a good deal of energy and focus to even hope of matching the energy of an in-person show. This outing starts strong but quickly fades in the effort as it gets lost in gratuitous soloing and fills that just don't translate from a live setting to wax.
Meh
It's 70's rock so should absolutely float my boat, but I just found it a little bit too hard work
Rather pointless.
hahahaha this list is so dumb, this is a completely unremarkable record
Too many solo's. Cock rock
One for the Deep Purple aficionados. Cool organ/guitar stuff. But loooong and drawn out. 2/5.
Just ok.
meh
Classic rock in its most generic form. It's not hurting anyone, it's just on the radio sometimes. If you like 10 minute guitar solos on every song you'll love this album. If you're like me and you'd rather get to the point already, you'll move on quickly from this to something better.
Muito barulhento e muita gritaria, definitivamente. Não gostei.
Self indulgent clap trap. A band that enjoy showing us how much they enjoy playing their instruments. Hilariously, for a live album, it sounds, at times, like there are ten people in the audience. There’s no atmosphere captured on the record, which is tragic for a live album. Some great riffs to be sure but the songs built around them just aren’t that great. And that drum solo is an absolute low point, as I shuffle my feet on the floor and check my watch wondering just how long is left of the concert…
This is not really my kind of music I wouldn’t normally choose to listen to this. However, I like that it is live that does add something, I really enjoy the song Lazy, and I am seriously impressed by the guitar skillz and the drums in Mule, wow! Again it’s not my fave but musically it’s very good. I think it’s a 2 though in the scale of things for me.
Eugh this was just too much. So flipping long and every track had like 5 crappy solos. It felt like what teenagers want to do when they start a band, just piss around a lot for ages. It was excessive.
Didn’t enjoy, but can appreciate why others would
It was ok, tried to give it a chance because my dad was a fan. 2*
Maybe I would have liked this more if I hadn't listened to the other deep purple album the day before this
one time i was with my dad driving somewhere and i was playing my music and he complained that todays music 'wasnt even music' like dads do. so i asked him what he wanted to listen to, and he said REAL MUSIC, like deep purple. so i put the mix on spotify, and the first song of course was smoke on the water, and my dad was jamming, rolled the windows down, havin a blast, saying THIS IS MUSIC not what you kids listen to today, and im like okay sure its not bad, second song that came up he didnt know but was still having a good time, ish, nodding his head. by the third song he told me i could put my music back on. listening to this kind of felt like that. im sure if id have seen it live i wouldnt stop talking about it to anyone who would listen, because its very energetic (and by now im desperate for a concert of ANY kind) but to conclude this listen ill just say im glad the last song, which was over 19 minutes, was somehow blocked in my region.
Meh
Smoke on the water
Listened to a live performance which didn't really help this time around. Also didn't really sit down for the listen, so 2 hours is just a bit too long for an album I feel. Some classics on this record but the genre just doesn't tickle my fancy.
Cool album but way too long
Not for me.
Allemaal knap gespeeld, maar is wel erg 'voor de liefhebber' met 1 nummer wat er maar liefst in 3 uitvoeringen opstaat.
Legendarische band, maar voor mij live veel te uitgesponnen en teveel gepiel op de millimeter. Heb het na een paar nummers uitgezet.
De heren kunnen echt wel iets, en ik kan het zeker wel waarderen. Maar een live plaat waarop de gitaarsolo's tot in het oneindige uitgerekt worden👎, een drumsolo 10 minuten kan duren (get to the point!👎, en de gitaar en het orgel een eindeloos 'gesprek' voeren👎; nee, not for me.
Drumsolo en hitjes fijn. Verder had ik liever een studio-album gehad, was misschien wat minder eindeloos.
1972: Highway Star
Why live albums?
Surprised they made the list, with a live album no less. But no "Hush"? If you're going to represent live albums, I can't see (or hear) why. Nice cover of a Little Richard song, and I guess it was OK to hear a different version of "Smoke On The Water".
Very average. Not intersting.
Pretty lame
4 hours of deep purple, oh joy.
Hab's bis track 8/10 geschafft, dann war das Essen fertig. Coole Band, war live sicher auch mega, aber es war hier schwer für mich dran zu bleiben.
Live rock album from the 70's. Boring and I hate live albums.
Too much hard rock. Not for me.
vroeger was ik fan, maar door dit album geraak ik precies niet door.
Was very over the drum and guitar solos by the end of the album.
Not that interesting to me.
Not for me
It was ok for a live album but in general I'm not a fan of a concert album
Smoke on the Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaater. It was fine, again it didn't stand out to me in anyway. indifference out of 5
Too repetitive. But a couple nice jams.
While Smoke on the Water is iconic, especially for the intro, I just can't get into them at this point in my life. It's fine, but I wouldn't listen again anytime soon.
Not a big fan of metal
It was fine
Live-optræden, smoke on the water, lange trommesoloer, energisk, svingende
Maybe I missed something...why is this on the list?
Dude I am getting so fucking tired of the sound of men doing that goddam yell, get me the FUCK out of here. i hope deep purple falls into a well along with rush and led zeppelin so they can all screech at each other in a place outside of my range of hearing. Best thing they did was make the base version of smoke on the water so senor coconut could cover it. Could not believe how utterly sauceless the original version of that song is. Kill me beat me drink my blood just don't make me listen to that again. Maybe they'd be good live with the solos or something man idk I could see a video of them being in the MIM but whatever. i dont care if they lezzed out!! first album i did not finish and dont really plan to! i had a big dinner and my tummy hurts and this did NOT HELP
blegh why is this on here. i tried but i can’t stand this shit i’m so sorry… got to the guitarist fucking up on smoke on the water and had to call it i just can’t handle this type of live album. highway star was kind of good i guess, idk. my first one star!!!
Stop eens met die stomme live albums, dit voegt echt niks toe.
The thought of listening to a double live album was worse than the actual listen, but only slightly.
Really boring and really long. Deep Purple is probably the most forgettable band of their era.
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.
Not fucking Deep Purple again. Why is this included, as well as Machine Head, when they both have most of the same songs?
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? Really? Get outta here!
13 songs and 2 hours? 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.
Not good at all
longer versions of songs i already dgaf about
I don't really need this
Oh man, this was boring.
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 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.
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.
Yeah I'm not doing this
1/10
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....
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.
#Not4Me cool to be able to now name and place smoke on the water though!
Unbelievably poor
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.
no
una cagada atomica, detesto el rock semipesado yanki
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.
Deep Purple Eats Farts. Live farts. Each track is about 9 self indulgent minutes. The music is infantile, “cursive” rock vocals, STUPID drum fills/solos, corny lyrics about “hot women” and space truckers.
Great band once
Self indulgent widdling taken to a new level. The musicianship is clearly outstanding but that certainly doesn't mean the music is good. Just because you can doesn't mean you should. I was going to give a generous 2 until the last track, but it's such twaddle that much like the Spice Girls, 2 became 1.
Hated it. The kind of honky tonk, blues, riff rock that I find most useless and self-indulgent on full blast for an hour. Smoke On The Water is such a cliche of the horrible first riff that a neophyte guitar player learns that when they started the song I thought it was a joke until I remembered that it was their horrible song. It’s just as awkward and unimpressive here as when you play it at home I assure you. The whole thing is truly a frenzy of notes without a single original idea.
This record is like a circle-jerk where nobody can get hard.
dad
Wow. This is by far my strongest reaction to anything on the list. So let's start at the top: this is a live album, which basically makes it a terribly mastered greatest hits album..which the list specifically chooses to avoid (rightfully). Yet this is here. So that should be an instant 1/5 but let's not judge it on whether it should be on the list... Then we get to the actual music. Wow. This really is nothing great. Maybe they were something special in the 70s but in 2026 it's just kinda generic hard rock...until we get to the solos. My god why are there so many solos. There's like 2 okay ones and then far too many "what if we randomly hammer every fret above fret 16 really really fast" solos. I don't know Deep Purple past smoke on the water, but there's no way their studio albums can be *this* awful - right? I really hope so. Oh and then there's a fucking 5 minute drum solo. Not "a 5 minute instrumental section when the drummer gets a chance to shine". Just 5 minutes of drums. And a hi-hat solo. Nobody fucking wants a hi-hat solo. So even if we ignore the 1/5 for it being included on the list, the 1/5 for it being a 4 hour slogfest by including same songs 12 times, the actual *music* I'm giving a 1/5 for being really bad. Awful, awful album that should be nowhere near this list.
I'm sorry but nobody needs a 20-minute version of "Space Truckin". Make it stop.
Jammy big hair vibes. Not into it.
Great band. Why this album though? Unless you're already a hardcore fan of a band, nobody wants to listen to a live album. There are VERY few exceptions to this rule, and this isn't one of them.
He decidido empezar a ignorar las bandas de Hard rock
"I hate that wanky guitar solo horribleness" - Kevin Shields I was excited when I saw a live album come up but it doesn't feel like a live album which is a credit to how well it's recorded but detracts from the album as whole. Live albums tend to have more atmosphere and texture which I appreciate from them. The guitar solos were way too long. I don't care if you can play your instrument I care if you can play your instrument in combination with other instruments. I question what made them think a 5 minute drum solo was a good idea. Did they think crowd not cheering for the first 3 minutes was because they were entranced by it or something. The last song was 17 minutes of build up for 2 minutes of jamming out and it wasn't even that good disappointing 1
It was live, i dont liked it
Über zwei Tage verteilt hier durchgequält. Es mag stimmlich an sich sehr gut performt sein, nervt mich aber extremst. Zudem klingt die Aufnahme qualitativ für mich nicht gut, das löst einfach gar nichts (Positives) aus. Ich war froh als es vorbei war, daher kann es keine andere Wertung geben.
holy longggggg. ngl quite liked the drums and guitar at some parts but for on average 1 minute of these 10 minute songs.
Not my cup of tea at all…..
1. ztar - 2 2. child - 2 3. zmoke - 1.5 4. Mule -1 5. Strange -1 6. Lazy - 0 7. Space -0 8. Night - 1 9. King - 1 10. Lucille - 1
dude please stop with the stupid live and double live albums. horrible way to be introduced to artists. DNF after the prolonged self indulgent screeching in the 2nd song.
Nope
This is my second album from this band. And tbh I listened to one song and felt like that was enough.
Two Deep Purple albums in one week. Bad algorithm. Machine Head sounded over-indulgent and not very interesting. Live albums are generally over-indulgent and never sound great, unless you were there to bring back memories. Combine over-indulgent with over-indulgent and you get two hours of instrumental solos and intermittent screeching. An album for Deep Purple fans, not one that should be on a list for everyone else to listen to.
Luckily it's been three days since I listened to this, so my initial thoughts have now been sanitised by plenty of decent music in between. But I do have some reasonably clear recollections of wondering why this crap was ever put on record. I remember thinking there were some very bland songs, awful guitar solos and a very boring over indulgent drum solo. When the idiot on vocal duty started aping the guitar sounds i wanted to pull.my ears off in embarrassment. I really wish I had written this review straight after I listened to it to really do it justice.
Meh
I want to be fair with my reviews. If I was having a good day and was prepared to give this the time it supposedly deserves, it might’ve got pushed up to a 2, but I’m not having a good day, and I’m not prepared to spend 75 bastard minutes of it trying to convince myself I hate this less than the amount I've comfortably been hating it since the last time I gave them a try decades ago. I listened to 2 songs (18 fucking minutes) and they can all play (or sing) their asses off, so what? It’s boring and self-important and means nothing to me. Maybe I can get through the rest of my life happy, finally knowing for sure that I don’t like Deep Purple. “BUT HOW CAN YOU LIKE [insert all the other bands from the same era and genre that I do like] AND NOT LIKE THIS? HOW? I just can. 1 star
hold nu op live albums på listen, der er optaget i Japan: 2 (mindst) albums på listen fra bands, der hedder "Japan": 1 (mindst) albums fra japanske kunstnere: 0 (afaik)
N/A Another Live Album that I really don't think should count in these lists, especially when we've already heard some of these songs on this list. So I consider this a DQ
Too noodly couldn't finish
Not for me, although SOTW is reminiscent for me
-Deep Purple again, -70s, -live, -double album. Yes yes, Japan is very cool, we all love the Budokan (apparently). But this was a slog. Some parts are way too quiet, some parts are straight up screaming. Every song is 6+ minutes. It's not even a single performance, it's a combo from different nights and venues. No thank you. The more I listened, the more I hated it. Started at a 3, went to 2, ended on a 1 (and I didn't even do the bonus tracks). Wait, but was that part of Holst's 'The Planets' in 'Space Truckin''?? Space rock?! OK... it ended on a 1.5. Highlights: 'Smoke on the Water' (supposedly the main riff is an inversion of Beethoven's Symphony #5 dun-dun-dun-dun, which makes sense. similarly catchy & EZ to learn! (but unlike Deep Purple the rest of Beethoven's oeuvre is actually great :P)), the concept of classical music Easter eggs
Kill it with fire.
As mentioned previously, I don’t really ‘get’ live albums and this does nothing to change my mind. A thirty-seconds-long drum solo is more than enough but eight minutes? Nope! The kind of music that seems a lot more fun for the people on stage than for anyone forced to endure it who isn’t stoned out of their tree. Spinal Tap, except they’re not taking the piss.
auto 1 star for the live album
i don't know it's just whatever to me LMFAO
Non. Durée moyenne des chansons 12 minutes, pour des solos de 9 minutes, chaque instrument sa chanson. Les nerfs commencent à lâcher sur le solo de batterie, le coup fatal étant l'harmonium. J'en peux plus de ces conneries.
Everything about this album is too much. Everything last 50x longer than it should. I just wanted this album to end. This album should have been 30 minutes long.
I'm not a big Deep Purple fan and then you throw me a live album by them?!? Nope!! Made it about 3 songs in and gave up. 1/5
🎸🎸🎸💩💩💩
I realized I was listening on shuffle about one hour in. I turned it off out of frustration and do not think I will go back and try to relisten
I asked my dad if he likes Deep Purple and he said “hmmmm…. no, I don’t think so” and I said “cool, they fucking suck” and he said “awesome, I was worried you were about to say that you just found them and thought they were inspiring or something” and I said “the only thing they almost inspired was me never risking listening to new music ever again” and we bonded. Thanks Deep Purple ♥️
I don’t like live albums at the best of times so a live album by Deep Purple… well, I feel like I’ve just done a 12 hour shift in a factory. In fact, I honestly think I should now be paid. An hour or so ago, I didn’t know this album existed. Great times.
Off the cuff remark: eeugh, make it stop I assume he was 16 when he wrote the lyrics? It takes more, in my book, than a good riff to make a good song, even more so to make a great album. Standout song: just one and just for the riff Revisit?: No. Never again
Songs are WAY too long and I don't really care for live recordings anyway.
sempre achei deep purple muito ruim ok galera vcs são muito bons nos instrumentos que vcs TOCAM PROFISSIONALMENTE virtuosismo e hard rock, que combinação inovadora!!!!
Fuck rating albums. Just let me listen.
How about some actual Japanese music on this list instead? Like Ground Zero, that's the kind of thing I wanna hear!
What a fucking drag
Nope. Quit after 1:05. Can't deal with live albums, not a fan of this type of music, not going to waste 2 hours of my life listening to this.
First of the albums I nearly gave up on mid listen. To say it is excessive would be a huge understatement. To its credit, it is a live album, and this quality of live album being produced in 1972 is crazy. But the sheer amount of time given to solos is wildly obnoxious and makes for an extremely dull listen. Again it was probably hype af in a live context, some of the performances are pretty stellar (some not all, the drum solo was mid at best and far too fucking long), But as an album over an hour long with just 7 songs and much of that time given to wanking off guitars, drums, keyboards and not to mention the typical classic rock screeching, its just too much.
Listening to this album made me feel like I had long greasy hair and was wearing grubby denims smelling of stale cigarette smoke. It has long noodly sections for each band member to show off. Some of these songs are classic heavy rock songs ruined by jamming. And the lyrics seem a bit banal to me.
Lol
Live albums are really niche for me
un directe segueix sense ser un album (fins que jo ho digui)
Did they really need a 15 minute drum solo? Shit sucked, yo
First listen
Boomer fuel. I just can't.
troppe note, troppe
This album, like a lot of long and live albums, really fails to make itself worthwhile. All of the best songs on this album are just worse recordings of songs on Deep Purple studio albums, and the worst songs are uninteresting, discordant, and overly drawn out. I'm sure that the concerts these were recorded at were great, but the album falls pretty flat.
I straight up could not finish this album. The high pitched caterwauling genuinely annoyed me, and there was way too much fret wanking and drum soloing. Smoke On The Water is a genuine banger, but everything else here was just overlong death-by-boredom. I haven’t minded the other Deep Purple albums I’ve heard, but the live version is just too much for me.
We get it, whoever makes this list: you were a 17 year old white guy at some point in the 70's and you got high a bunch. Jesus, I'm tired of this self-indulgent boomer nostalgia. This is NOT an album anyone NEEDS to hear before they die. It's a perfectly average 70's live jam bullshit white guy album.
Find it so hard to take anything like this seriously after Spinal Tap.
Just ain’t my rodeo this stuff. Soz.
Not for me.
Live album… better to see it live.
Not on Spotify but I’ve already listened to a DP album and it sucked
Everything I hate about live albums
In what world do I need to listen to 2+ hours of Deep Purple live in concert?
Doesn’t do anything for me, not my vibe.
To be totally transparent I didn’t give this a proper go. I got about two songs in and gave up. I don’t want to listen to a live Deep Purple album, why would anyone want to?
people paying to listen to this shite is the weirdest thing that has ever happened in japan
schrecklich, wohl was für fans
Really not my band
Nothing against the bands music but this is not the best live record
I get that the fans enjoy this one, but this is not a valid list entry. Protest 1 star
Pointlessly long, boring, repetitive, and way too many solos that don't need to be as long as they are.
Hier ben ik faliekant tegen. Een livealbum, waarvan ik 5 nummers (van de totaal 7) eerder op de lijst al gehad heb op de originele albums. Daardoor gebruik ik de stemknop in dit geval vooral politiek en ga ik één ster geven. Buiten deze context zou ik een 2 of 3 geven. Deze live-registratie schommelt tussen geniaal en irritant (die aanstellerige hoge glam-achtige uithalen van de zanger). Bovendien rekken ze sommige nummers wel erg uit.
Boring? It's a freaking sedative.
CBA
These classic rock live albums never sit well with me. They always just feel like a circlejerk. \"Look how good I am at playing my instrument!\" Okay, but can you play music on it that doesn't bore me to tears? Smoke on the Water was good but there's also a track that's basically just a 9 minute drum solo and then a track where the singer tries to mimic his guitarist which was basically just 5 minutes of screeching.
It's not that it's bad, its just so boring and there's such a surfeit of this kind of 70s blues rock shit that's been hyped for decades that I just can't bring myself to care. I love jambands so have a high tolerance for indulgent instrumental wank, but my god this is some tedious stuff. Shredding blues licks over a hard rock riff is the lowest form of virtuosity! He's not even that good at guitar - nothing interesting in terms of tone, technique, phrasing, harmonies, musical approach, anything...he's just pretty fast and had loud Marshalls. The vocal solos are even worse, just a dude screaching. Then the endless drum solos that go nowhere. Urgh. No sense of improvising as a collective process of discovering emergent music from listening and responding to others, just turn taking showing off on dull solo after solo. Who cares?!
Somehow this album was able to be both incredibly boring and incessantly annoying. So much screaming. So many drum solos. And it went on… and on… and on… and on… and on…
Maybe a fun concert 50 years ago…seemed pretty dated and boring to me.
Live albums are pointless.
A lot of noise, and not a particularly well-recorded live album. Some cool solos on display here, but it's hard to appreciate. I would have greatly preferred a regular Deep Purple album.