Machine Head

Deep Purple rocks. Not my favourite band, but they rock.

Funny, how I know Highway Star is from Rock & Roll Racing on SNES. But I still don't like these classic rock sounds.

Between Highway State and Smoke on the Water being absolute rock classics, Machine Head holds up to be a solid album. The track Lazy was one of my favorites coming out of this because I feel like it highlights something that's done extremely well. That being the guitar and keyboard solos/rifts on every track just shredding and nothing shows that of better than Lazy.

This album makes me want to jump on a chopper and rip through the Mojave Desert. This is a great soundtrack for a southwestern road trip. Highway Star kicks the album into high gear from the very start and hardly lets off the gas with each song. You get the iconic Smoke on the Water riff but everything in-between is grooving and pulsing. Some great electric organ fiddling mixed with crashing cymbals makes a seven track album feel like a deluxe double disc set. It's a manifestation of "cool". Intense, groovy, and adventurous.

Rocks, good music to do something to

The most exciting thing about AI and automaton technology is also Machine Head

Ok everyone who has ever picked up a guitar has played Smoke On The Water. The strength of that song is the very simple and straightforward riff. The rest of this album simply doesn't have that as much. The rest of the songs that try that formula come close but nothing hits as hard. "Space Truckin" is probably the nearest one. It's fine enough dad rock, but it's not any better than the contemporaries. "Lazy" is the next best song on here, and its' a solid rock jam which shows they can be pretty creative. Reminded me of the real core of 70's rock where everyone is a good instrumentalist and can just rock out for an hour if they want to. Some good solo work on here and some good jams but nothing super great other than the obvious Smoke On The Water.

This album's Machine Head. It's not better than the rest.

Fantastic. Simply fantastic. What an incredible band, what a team of musicians. The real stars of this album are not Blackmore and Lord, no, Paice and Glover are rockin' like nothing else. Glovers bass work on 'Lazy' is incredible, just like Paice's drumming on 'Space truckin''. These two tracks are the highlights of this album, not the much more famous 'Smoke on the water' or 'Highway star'. It's all good, 'Pictures of home' should be mentioned as well. The B-side 'When a blind man cries' that was later added to the album is also noteworthy, although it's almost over the top. What a musicianship.

Highway Star, Smoke & Space Truckin’ are the kind of songs that put Classic in Classic Rock

Classic

like eating raw dough, reminds me of indiana jones. almost thought revoking. the primordial soup of rock

Generally speaking, this kind of rock music has never really been my jam. That being said, I did like this album significantly more than I expected. The guitar solos were engaging and impressive, and the sound design was superb. There were sonic highs and lows, although Deep Purple seemed to be the most comfortable during the highs. That's one of the reasons heavy metal has never spoken to me; it often fails to acknowledge that being loud and busy can still result in a one-note album. I did like this album more than most heavy metal albums I've listened to, but I still wasn't moved by it. It didn't really say anything, and often felt more like playing with sound and instruments rather than a full-fledged album. I appreciate the skill displayed here, but good music can't exist on skill alone. There needs to be heart, and that's exactly what was missing here.

Alright I guess. A couple of classics like supermassive black hole and starlight. There's a grandious nature to it that I am not quite a big fan of. long elongated whiny vocals at times put me off a couple of songs. 5/10

Love the guitars and the old fashioned riffs that I didn't realise were Deep Purple songs.

Awesome! 🙌🏽

Best Deep Purple album and even if the live versions of these songs have even more energy this release had the band at their best. Maybe the ordeal of writing/recording the songs added to their impact. Great stuff.

Ar first I did not want to give this a five star rating since I believe 'Deep Purple in Rock' to be there true masterpiece, but there is just nothing wrong with Machine Head. It's an exiting listen from start to finish and deserves every star it can get.

Some goddamn great, classic heavy metal. Got the classics here like Smoke On the Water, Space Truckin', and Highway Star. And great deep cuts to back it up. Not much else to say. If you don't like this, you're just wrong, lol.

Another one I liked more than expected... sort of bridge between Black Sabbath, Led Zep and the hard rock / hair metal that followed. Not as good as first two, but much better than what followed - albeit much later.

Much lesser than Deep Purple In Rock, being rather repetive and boring at times, though also pretty good at others.

It's the kind of album your dad throws on that makes you groan before realising that maybe it could be a lot worse.

Classic hard rock, all musicians at the peak of their game. For the masterpiece "Child in Time" alone, it deserves the highest score. One of Deep Purple's best albums.

Ian Gillan måste vara själva definitionen av en rockröst! Blackmore's gitarrmelodier är oerhört vackra, hans ton fantastisk. En klassiker! Om låtarna varit lite jämnare en femma men nu blir det bara fyra plus.

THEY WROTE HIGHWAY STAR? Wow I love it. This is some rock I can get behind. Insane guitar riffs. I have missed when lyrics of songs were like "we were at a concert when some stupid with a flare gun set the venue on fire", simple. iconic. Chaotic genius energy is getting asked by a reporter how your band makes music, and then your guitarist starts riffing a "G" over and over and the singer improvises, so you refine and perform that song the same night "When performed live, [Space Truckin'] would often turn into very extended jams, with the original recording of the song on the album only being four and a half minutes in length, these jams would often reach upwards of 15 minutes, with the version recorded for Made in Japan being nearly 20 minutes long."

Eh it’s aight I guess… 2.5/5

A classic for a reason.

Good,loud

point4.

I feel like the term "dad rock" should be reserved for music that has aged poorly and is only still listened to by old people. But this, this is something great. Considering my expectations going into this one, it holds up insanely well even over 50 years later. The riffs are absolutely insane for their time, and it just doesn't stop going hard for pretty much the whole way through.

Forgot about this band! Couple of good songs.

Didnt realize Highway Star was by Deep Purple, just know the classic, Smoke on the Water. I really enjoyed the rest of this album though.

YES. this is gold. this is a backbone record. a watershed album. you know Smoke on the Water even if you don't know the name or band. Highway Star as an opener is flat out amazing, you hear that swell and then this crunchy, loud, no bullshit song comes head first. and this is the 6th record they've made, culminating in what is arguably the sound of the 70's. Also Space Truckin' as a closer is perfect. this album has a lot in, blues, metal, throwback rock but modernized and made even more raw. its so concise and consistent at 7 tracks, it is close to a 5. my dad loved this shit and i didn't appreciate it until i was older and could see it for the time it came out rather than what else it stacks against. looking at where they started in the 60's to this, its crazy the trajectory that got to this point. its so masterful, and yet in the gigantic, psychedelic, spacy rock of the time, it sounds so grounded and real.

A delightful jam that was obviously a huge influence on other musicians, enjoyed the solid solos

Early 70s rock is very much a love it or hate it thing with me, and my own personal line seems to be if I find it self indulgent. So far from what I have heard I tend to find Purple a bit too muso. Not denying Blackmore et al are not inventive and serious about their craft but it just tends to hit me as look at what I can do at the expense of the song. This does seem a more streamline song focused affair than In Rock which I found to be very masturbatory, with this only dipping into the excesses on occasion, as listen again and it’s pictures of home at this exact moment and serviceable track and then we have the guitar solo extended, keyboard solo, bass and here comes the drum solo and it takes me out of the song and kills it all dead for me. To be fair like this much more that the other 2 albums (live album being the other and what do you expect from them there), it sticks more in the song structures doesn’t have extended solos on every track, and Gillan is more controlled in his vocals without constant adding his patent screaming. 3 Star

This album is a masterpiece. There's not much to say about something that is near to be perfect. It sounds great, and the instrumentations are fantastic. That's what it is, magnificent. So delicate and energetic, and interesting and inspired. Great.

Classic

Absolutely fantastic I still love every track! This transcends time and beams me back to the early 70’s. Smoke on the Water is one of the stand out tracks of this period of time, but there are so many other great tracks: Lazy is a great boogie-woogie tune with incredible organ, Highway Star rocks, and who could forget the driving Space Trucking. Definitely 1 of my 10 island picks

amazing rock record, i can see why this is a classic!

1. ztar - 1.5 2. leo - 1 3. home - 1 4. Never - 1 5. Smoke - 1.5 6. Lazy - 1.5 7. Space - 1 8. Blind - 1.5

Everything about this album is terminal forward velocity. The album kicks off with the blistering "Highway Star", a track that perfectly encapsulates the band's blend of high-octane rock, Ritchie Blackmore's ferocious guitar work, and Jon Lord's virtuosic, classical-influenced organ. While "Smoke on the Water" might be its most recognizable track, with its iconic four-note riff, the album is far from a one-hit wonder. Songs like the funky "Maybe I'm a Leo" and the propulsive "Space Truckin'" showcase a band at the peak of their creative powers, jamming with a purpose.

Is there a more iconic riff than Smoke on the Water? Tasty licks all over this album. 4/5

Since this came up in my queue, I've been debating… IS this a perfect record? The answer I came up with: This is the perfect response to adversity from a band that was at it's absolute peak in every single way. As artists, they created. As musicians, they wrote special songs and as a band, they made the perfect record. The stars aligned for them to deliver this one.

I definitely appreciate the history of this album, and really like Highway Star - but other than that, I would be ok not listening To this again.

Rockin. I can see here where Metallica derived a lot of inspiration.

Good tracks, songs that have a lot of extended jams bring down the listenability of an album.

This going to be regarded as heresy, but my stand-out tracks on this album are "Highway Star", "Lazy", and "Space Truckin'". I didn't include "Smoke on the Water" because while it's a great song, (hell, I even learnt to play it on the guitar when I was a lot younger), over the years I've gone off it, possibly because it's been overplayed; I often wondered what track would have replaced it on the album if there hadn't have been a fire.

Boring Home Depot core. I’m sure someone out there will enjoy this album but it’s a no for me. I think they have better style than other artists of this same genre, but it’s not enough to carry any weight. All the songs sound the same and have that similar divorced dad rock.

I think I liked this

This is the first hair metal album, in spirit, if not in reality. Dollars to donuts that Eddie Van Halen loved this album. Smoke on the Water is their biggest hit and it's pretty good. Homer Simpson's version is ruined by his insistence on eating a Mounds, disgusting.

J - 2/5 Best Track - "Smoke On The Water"

Nice musical elements, catchy

C’est une jolie découverte, pourtant loin de ce que j’écoute habituellement!

Very deep very purple and oh so good. 4.5/5

The vocalist mixing was quiet and soft compared to the music. The music itself was largely the same and kind of boring. Although smoke in the water has the iconic riff it was still boring. I liked the lyrics in pictures of home. Ironically, the song lazy had the most variety within it and was the most interesting.

This album feels like a definition of heavy rock in the 70s. Everything had the right sound, but none of it is the best example of rock at that time.

This album made the list simply because of Smoke on the Water. The rest of the album feels like generic GTA garage music.

Head goes bop.

The duel-interplay between Ritchie Blackmore's guitar and Jon Lord's Hammond Organ is hard rock bliss. Best played while speeding down the highway like a star.

This album rocks a lot harder than I thought it would. Definitely enjoyed it.

Esto es metal tradicional? me gusta eh

Not bad but large chunks of it were just guitar solos.

Overblown. Long heavy blues. Nothing particularly innovative.

I’m really, really, really trying not to use the term “dad rock”. It’s such a bullshit term to use when you just want to reject an album because it’s older than you. But I think this album’s just ok. Honestly, Deep Purple feels like a one-hit wonder band, the hit being Smoke on the Water. Outside of Highway Star, what else does Deep Purple have? Every other song was just your standard 70’s rock, with a tiny bit of heavy metal influence a la Black Sabbath. If it wasn’t for Smoke on the Water, would anyone give a shit? This is just one of those albums placed here out of obligation. And now that I’ve got it, I can move on. Favorite track: Smoke on the Water Other hits: Highway Star, Space Truckin’, Never Before

Instrumentally impressive, lyrically ridiculous. Sounds like a 12 year old hired a band to play the songs he wrote. Not a fan.

Good old fashioned boomer rock. Better than most. And if course those two massive hits help.

One of my favorites.

Old rock. Never listened except for “smoke” which got old even back then

On my top 20 list

A heavy metal masterpiece; each band member brings on a thunderous performance. This album gave us one of the most overplayed guitar riffs ever made in "Smoke on the Water" (to the chagrin of many a Guitar Center employee) but it's absolutely iconic, plus the song goes incredibly hard (like the opening track "Highway Star" and pretty much every other song on this thing) so I'll allow it.

Didn’t think I knew any deep purple but obviously the baseline to smoke on the water is iconic. Just really great rock music.

Perfectly fine. I’m not offended by this but I will never willingly listen to it again. Obviously smoke on water slaps

I thought I didn’t know any Deep Purple, and then got to Smoke on the Water and realised that, of course, I did! Enjoyed this album lots: really appreciated how intimate the guitar work was and was even singing along at some points because the songs were so bloody catchy

10

Ladies and gentleman, this is a proper rock n roll album. Hard, guitar forward. “Smoke on the Water” is the song that became and all timer. But “Highway Star” and “Space Truckin” are very good as well.

1 star for the nostalgia smoke on the water gives me for high schiol

10/10 loooove Deep Purple far more than their peers and contemporaries

Great albumn

Solid early metal album!

2 sterne

perfection. one of the best rock albums ever. jon lord is the most underrated musician ever

Je suis pas fan

A classic

What I’m trying not to do is compare it to the other Deep Purple album I’ve heard during this project so far, but it’s hard not to! I definitely didn’t enjoy this one as much which is interesting given that it has more “acclaim” per se. It at least deserves a 2 for Smoke on the Water… a widespread classic.

Classic rock album, idk it was kind of a boring listen.

Another total banger. Deep Purple should be mentioned alongside other legendary bands in GOAT conversations

Solid rock

как хорошо, что я не папаша и никогда им не буду, потому что я терпеть не могу этот тип музыки. вроде все вполне неплохо сделано, я ожидала намного худшего, но как же мне пофик.

I wanted to like this more than I did. Of course I've heard Smoke on the Water and Space Truckin', but two good songs do not make an album. Everything else was just meh.

Fav songs: Smoke on the Water; Space Truckin' This has come up before with Dexy's Midnight Runners- one decent song does not an album make. Without 'Smoke' this would be a fairly mid album. Your dad would wax wistfully about it but its moment is over. DP is spoken of in the same breath as Zeppelin and Black Sabbath. I don't find them to be nearly as interesting as those two bands.

It has probably one of the most recognizable riffs that you will hear in a Guitar Center every-time you’re in a Guitar Center. Also the other songs on the album are bangers. 8/10

Pretty fun. Smoke on the Water always felt overplayed to me, but the rest have some good magic. I'm a fan of keyboard noodling so this works for me.

Amazing stuff

Rating: 3.1 There are some of the juiciest and tastiest riffs ever on this album. This version of Smoke on the Water is a lot more flaccid than what I remember. Overall, very good and right on the cusp of being an album I’d come back to.

i think ive finally gotten over my hard rock distaste. it's cool 90/100

I wrote in a review of their first album that there’s a kind of goody absurdity that enters hard rock the more “hard” it became in 1970 and Machine Head sees no sign of that letting up. Big signature single aside, this one’s more of the same 12-bar format and outsized vocal delivery, but the whole package comes together in Space Truckin’ a barely serious ode to space trucking.

not bad but nothing stood out

awesome album, not just Smoke On The Water (0-3-5) Kicks off with the pummeling of Highway Star, Pictures of Home is great too. ends with When A Blind Man Cries - tremendous!

Begynnelsen på «Smoke on the Water» e så jævla catchy. Og så vare den altfor lenge i stedet for å være en kjempesang, det e litt dumt. Æ kan skjønne koffor folk like sånt her, men det e ikke helt for mæ.

Fine if you're forced to listen to it but I'd never put this on intentionally. Felt mindlessly long and droned on an on. We get it dudes. 4/10

I’ve always leaned more towards Led Zeppelin over these guys or Sabbath who were all contemporaries and key players in the early '70s hard rock and proto-metal scene. That’s not to say this is bad, ‘Machine Head’ is probably the best of the three Deep Purple entries on this list. It definitely gives off some Spinal Tap vibes, occasionally bordering on parody. But there’s also a surprising amount of chugging boogie that adds a cool twist, reminding me a bit of ZZ Top. Overall, it’s a good album—and if you’re into that blend of heavy prog and boogie rock then you’ll love this.

Favorite Song: Lazy

Jeepers! This one is really good. You're telling me this was made in 1972!? It sounds like a 80s metal record, only thing that gives it away is probably the organ being used instead of 80s synth. Really enjoyed re listening to this one. The musicianship is other worldly, especially the guitar and organ solos. My favorite song is Pictures Of Home. Insane!

Loved it

28/07/2025 It was a good, classic album.

Two recognizable hits, one hell of a story told through song and one of the earlier Heavy Metal albums. Deep Purple's Machine Head is such a fantastic listen, it strikes all of the genre's in one that will develop into the 70s Hard Rock sound that is so recognizable and cliché according to a lot of people on this site - little do they know the influence this album and group wield on the shitty "Indie" hipster drivel they listen to and want to complain about not being on this list. 4/5

Smoke on the Water is the reason why the album is the album, and it's not even the best track. Highway Star is just that good. I could listen to this album again, probably will.

Channeling my inner Dewey Finn while listening to this.

Hell yeah We Love To Ride mentioned! Detta är jag när jag tar hojen ut på motorvägen en söndagsmorgon Yeah okay I already know how to play this riff get some new material This album is low key ape-mode coded Damn how he reading the lyrics if he blind??

Fun album. I definitely recognized Highway Star and obviously Smoke on the water. This was my first time listening to a Deep Purple album all the way through. Very 1972, it felt very at the crossroads of psychedelic and classic rock. Something about it also reminded me of Queens of the Stone Age, so I wonder if there was any influence there. Good album, would listen to again, maybe, but nothing amazing. Solid 3.

Beats the knickers off Black Sabbath, and a lot more musical as well.

who doesn't love Smoke on the Water. The rest was pretty good too

I have a soft spot for this one because I had a phase where I was really into Deep Purple when I was in middle and high school. I still enjoy this album but my tastes have changed somewhat and I don’t really have the patience for an albums worth of plodding repetitive guitar solos anymore. Cut out like 2 minutes of each song and it’d be perfect though

smoke on te water

Surprising.

This album was a total banger. Smoke on the Water took me back to playing Guitar Hero as a kid which was a fun memory. This was very enjoyable to listen to and is such a solid rock/metal album. I would definitely rock out to this album again in the future!

Liked Highway Star and Lazy.

i don’t enjoy this sound much, even tho i hear it’s all well done and the songs are good and stuff. ironically “when a blind man cries” was the only song i really loved and it’s not even on the original release. i’ll probably give it a 4 but enjoyment wise it was a 3.

Guitar Hero. "Smoke on the water" la he apreciado mas despues de haber leido lo que dice el articulo de la wikipedia que adjuntan en la app donde se generan los discos. Pero por lo demas no es un genero con el que haya conectado nunca y no lo disfruto, siento la parte de la voz muy repetiva dentro de una misma cancion, realmente lo que se puede destsascar es la parte instrumental. A pesar de esto "Lazy" me ha sorprendido un poco gratamente, sobretodo por la armonica pero preferiria que no hubieran cantado en la cancion. Se me ha hecho pesado escuchar canciones largar de un genero que no me ha gustado nunca. No creo que sea una mierda pero no es lo mio.

Another classic and highly favoured band. I acquired and "consumed" Deep Purple in Rock at a young age so it was nice to acquaint myself with the Machine Head album which has a few very well known tunes nevertheless. LAZY is a brilliant blues number. The whole album is great.

Great example of the psychedelic and bluesy influence on the evolution of metal music. They get memed for the simplicity of Smoke on the Water but they know how to write a better song and play a more complicated riff. Pictures of Home has the great and surprising bass solo, while Never Before starts with a great bass tone.

Smoke on the water in my mind for days but otherwise no bueno

I listened to this the other day while working. I can't remember a single moment of it. Can't have been that exciting.

This is the kind of dopey—literally and figuratively—hard rock my punk forefathers rebelled against in the '70s. You could call it clichéd, except this album helped establish those clichés! All that said, I've got no beef with this. It gets wanky and deeply silly ("Space Truckin'"), but the classics on here have endured for a reason.

A real QFM 96.3 classic here (Daddy Wags in the house). Thank you Ritchie Blackmore for your immortal contribution to beginner electric guitar lessons for dirtbag teenagers for over half a century now. Take it sleazy.

Recognized Smoke on the Water…at least the first chords lol. Dad rock that at least wasnt offensive to my ears. 6.5/10

Most of the guitar solos are excessive and songs drag on but definitely hear their influence in modern music. Not an album I would go out of my way to listen to.

I’ve listened to a Deep Purple album before. It was a live album. I thoroughly did not enjoy it. But, that was a while ago and since then, I’ve had friends tell me to listen to their magnum opus, perhaps, Machine Head. And so here we are. And man is it good. I wouldn’t say this album is rock at its finest (it’s not really doing anything new or crazy), but it’s certainly rock at its… rockiest. You have these bluesy riffs that are reminiscent of the likes of Hendrix and vague bluesy lyrics that tie back to rocks roots. You have such killer guitar solos on every track that really end up being the focal point of the record. But it’s not just the guitar doing the lifting. It’s not even the drums (amazing drum solo on Space Truckin’ btw) or bass or singing that carry the record. It’s the chemistry between them. You can really tell all these band mates were born to play alongside each other. Every rock element comes together so well in a way you don’t often see. No where is this seen better than in Lazy, where it seems like the instruments are in almost conversation with one another. The chemistry between the players is really what brings this album together and gives it soul. Now, the singing is also great, yet it seems like more of an afterthought, in that the solos take precedence in most songs here. And I love that. That’s what rock is about. Of course, this album has hits, and one is still amazing while the other may be a little overplayed. Just a tad. However overplayed Smoke on the Water is, though, it doesn’t diminish the other songs and the technical mastery seen on them. Highway Star lures you in with the familiarity, but Maybe I’m a Leo keeps you there. It’s in such a similar level of catchiness and rock that matches the allure of the opening track, despite the opening track already being so popular. In short, what I’m saying is that every song on this album, without familiarly, feels familiar yet a little fresh. Fresh enough to keep you entertained, at least. Ultimately, it seems that I do enjoy Deep Purples music. Just not live music. Except for MTV Unplugged that’s where it’s at (love you Kurt and Lauryn, yeah we’re on a first name basis).

It was a fine album for a genre I’m not in to. I can see how people like this if they enjoy a hard rock sound.

It was an OK hard rock album from the early 70s. The issue is it’s a hard rock album from the early 70s which I think this genre lost its way. The standout for me is “Lazy”.

Not my style of rock but solid album and entertaining.

No chance of me giving this a go

Hard Rock But in a good way. Classic album with some very good songs, riffs. Doesn't feel like they've stolen so much from the blues on this one.

Real flat for me

I’ve got a list that I’ll bring up a few times during this journey. It’s a list of my Top 10 favorite songs of all time. “The Chain” is on it. I rolled that album on Monday. I bring the list up today because Machine Head has “Highway Star”. It starts with it as a matter of fact. Not only do I love that song, but I love this album. It’s previously been on a separate list of my personal favorite albums, and will continue to be praised extensively by me today. For the second time already, welcome back to the 5 star club, Deep Purple. I’ve already talked about how much I love this band, so I’ll save a bit of excess gushing. It all just works for me. It rocks. Every song. End of story. I’m almost 80 days in, and I can PROMISE you that I’m not going to have a week as consistently good as this one was for the rest of this experience. Wow!!!!

At turns I disliked and enjoyed the album. The lyrics are at times insanely bad, but the hooks are there. The jams are pretty cool--I think they made the right choice recording the album live(ish) even at the expense of having clean takes or having precise timing. Maybe gets to 3.5, but dropping as I probably would not buy the album.

Another flat Deep Purple album. Despite loving Led Zeppelin and Rolling Stones, I just can't get behind Deep Purple. I think what makes Led Zeppelin stand out is the quality of the vocals. Every member of that band could get everything out of their instrument. Rolling Stones is just SO pop, they knew how to keep a song to the right length. Deep Purple... not so much. They rely more on catchy riffs and repetition rather than skill. Not a bad album, I just struggle to understand what I don't like about it. Spiteful 2 stars, skipped the 2nd half of too many songs and just didn't want to listen anymore by the end - More rock :( not in the mood. At least it's a short album - Okay I'm warming up. Clearly willing to take a step in another direction from their last album I listened to - Strong riffs, annoying rock.

5/10 - smoke on the water is so popular but the rest of the album is mid

Pretty fun to listen to. I remember learning to play smoke on the water when I was a little kid. Still doesn’t stand out much

Pensaba que me iba a aburrir pero es un disco muy entretenido de rock progresivo y heavy metal. Mucho organo hammond. Best track Highway Star Worst Track: motherfucking smoke on the water

not enough he’ll for hell yeah

Hard not to be biased on this one- I have a soft spot for Deep Purple because my Dad and brother used to blast them a lot growing up. Enjoyed the album a lot- I think it stands out as a pioneet album for early hard rock / progressive rock. Some good hits as well. Overall- great album

Feels like a standard enough rock album from the time, but I like the way the record balances more layered, impressive musical moments against more stripped back melodic moments. In all, I don’t feel like this album is trying to make a huge show of itself and I appreciate that. Feels genuine.

The very definition of 70s classic rock. Guitars are loud, vocals are good, lyrics are non-sense, but who cares cuz they’re fun as hell. Great. 4/5

I am inclined to agree with those who deem this list to be rockist and thus would love to engage in the fun sport of hating on old, cheesy rock... But, against my hater brain's wishes, my gut actually really enjoyed this. It is quaint and I don't imagine I will keep any of the songs to listen to casually. But I liked it nonetheless. "Smoke On the Water" isn't even the best track on here

Short and powerful. Classic hard rock with no filler.

8/10

I've been listening to these guys a bit lately. This album is the shit. This is great progressive/psychedelic rock.

Legendary rock album by the mighty Deep Purple. An experience lived from beginning to end with attitude and songs filled with character. Always recommended.

Mennään vaikka kolmella, oli siellä seassa ihan kivojakin ralleja. En silti uudellaan viitsisi soitella.

Great album from start to finish.

fine!

This album is objectively good at what it is going for, I just did Not Want to Hear It today. I liked that it was under 40min.

listened to this ages ago highway star was my favorite song for a while pretty good album iirc

love it

Every single change is flawless and interesting. Impressed by how serious they were as musicians. Not really my jam but can’t deny how good the album is

I have heard before that Deep Purple is a "one-hit wonder" band for Smoke on the Water (which, of course, I love). However, after listening to this album, I don't really understand why. The guitar and vocals are on point, and this is exactly the kind of sound I'm into. As far as rock goes, this is a great example of good, hard rock. I thought all the songs were great, even though Smoke on the Water was definitely the standout (Highway Star was also up there).

Not my type but pretty fun

Dope rock album

Yeah, I think I’m mostly good on listening to anything that can be classified as classic hard organ rock at this point.

One of the best Rock n Roll albums ever! Great songs, the band is super tight and NOBODY screams as good as Ian Gillian! Who doesn’t know the riff from Smoke on the Water? I own this record and have worn it out! Definitely a 5!!! So Good I listened to it TWICE today!

Solid album. They still had some psychedelic flair while moving into their heavier work.

4/5

Smoke on the water natürlich gut, aber der Rest des Albums holt mich nicht ab.

Classic Rock. Bang your head.

This could have been released last year. It sounds ridiculously contemporary for what is effectively a heavy-metal cave painting. Hard to argue the place of this band and this recording in the rock music pantheon.

Blast from the past.

One of the greatest hard rock albums ever, every song is awesome. 10/10 album for me

Decent

Showing a little bias maybe, but this was the first album I remember ever buying as a kid! A total classic, hands down.

Great riffs and vocals. Feels like it would have really stood out in 1972 alongside Sabbath and Zeppelin, although this is higher energy than either of those without feeling at all thrashy. Nice album, with lots of interesting instrumental parts.

goated

All time classic. I'm prolly half deaf from listenin to this!!

Eh I mean it’s fine, but I never thought they were anything special.

Beavis and Butthead were not wrong about Smoke On The Water. Most recognizable guitar riff ever. Good album overall. Not one I'd listen to every day, but one that if it was on at a bar or something, it would be great background music. 2.93/5 stars = 3.

Bluesy hard rock really isn’t my thing. Cool keys though.

Quite good. Lots of radio play songs here… for the era. Inspired me to listen to the preceding album. Also, so great tunes. Solid drum work that I never gave attention to before.

Not bad. Road trip kind of album. It was a fun listen. Had a heavy metal feel at times.

Deep Purple is just the best. They have an enormous amount of funk and groove blended with a rollicking heaviness that no other band can match. They can do psychedelic, they can do funk, they can play heavy metal that will knock your socks off. I'd go as far as to say Ritchie Blackmore is THE best guitarist of the early 1970s (except maybe John McLaughlin). Definitively better than Jimmy Page in terms of raw power, speed and feeling, let alone all the other multitudes of lesser guitarists. The guitar solo on Child in Time just astounds and thrills me every time I hear it. Great album. Fun, exciting, groovy, heavy, impressive.

Album full of classics, just a pure rock album that's so solid and repeatable. Although I wouldn't say it's a personal favorite it gets 5 stats for just how consistent it is.

Yaaaaawn dual guitar solos cool. Grooves are cool. My god there is so much music like this. Punk needed to happen to free us from the scourge of blues rock, not prog. Ugh bass solo. Had no idea that smoke on the water was about being one of the biggest nerds at a party. More needles noodling!!!! Space truckin is fun n silly. They probably had really cool record collections. It’s one of those things where the sum of its parts adds up to a whole that makes me feel nothing.

37 minutes of pure rock. Perfection

Classic.

41 minutes - mostly a classic - Pictures from Home, Maybe I'm a Leo ♌️. Closing track disappointing.

So lit

2.5

Some rockers on this.

nice

Oh, I remember buying a couple of songs from this album when I got an iTunes gift card maybe around 2011. Overall, great album, and although there are some songs that are a bit meh, the fact that I am so familiar with it made me enjoy it a bit more. I feel like overall it would be slightly over 3.5 stars, so I'm giving it 4, but it has to be pointed out that it is not a full 4-star rating.

SMOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOKE ON THE WAAAAAAATER

5/5

It’s really an amazing album, that Deep Purple sound is instantly recognizable. Just short of 5 stars in my opinion because it can be a bit repetitive.

Original review: “ Classic album with a bunch of classic hits. "Smoke On The Water" being the definition of their career. Top album.” Still a top album, still a 5.

3.75

rockkkkkk good

3 might be too high but 2 feels low

Here I can write the rating while listening. I know the album by heart. Smoke on the Water is by no means the best song on the album, but it's always a banger at Head Banger parties. Lazy, one of my favorite songs, delivers the absolute best sound. Simply terrific. If there were more than 5 stars, I would gladly give them. 5/5

2.5 stars Some nice jams but generally run of the mill rock n roll. I could have died without listening to it.

Deep Purple is much more than Smoke On the Water. I’m not blown away by anything here, but this is some solid 70s metal. Sometimes it’s nice to just turn your brain off and rock out.

The guitar riffs. So many riffs. Long complex riffs every song.

This album rocks-- Smoke on the Water is a classic, but Maybe I'm a Leo is another favorite

Meh

Not sure what the appeal is with this one

Not totally my jam.

This was a nostalgic listen, but it took years for me to realize how influential Deep Purple really is. I'll always remember listening to Highway Star in the car with my dad. Waaay ahead of its time and woefully underappreciated.

For what it is, it is elite. Have never really been into it that much though. 3.5/5

Definitely one of the better albums I've heard. Musicianship is amazing alongside experimentation that seemed to work every instance. Some really groovy metal that definitely laid the foundation for future blues/metal/hard rock bands. It also has arguably the most popular riff of all guitar riffs with Smoke On The Water. I really want to give this album five stars, but it will stay at four stars for now.

Great stuff, and great classics on this album.

This album is the prototype of so much of the hard rock and heavy metal to come. For some, that is damning it to 1-star territory while for others that's an automatic 5-star rating. For yet others, the mere presence of Smoke On The Water is enough to damn it to 1-star territory. So many budding guitarists learn the opening riff of Smoke On The Water without even knowing the song its from. And they usually learn the wrong way to play it. It is one of the earliest guitar-centric memes. If you can get past the ubiquity of that song and listen to it as if you haven't already heard it 3000 times, it really is a fantastic rock song. To me, one of the most interesting aspects of this album, and indeed this era of Deep Purple, is that the heaviness comes more from Jon Lord's organ than from Richie Blackmore's guitar. Compared to the overdrive on the Hammond organ, Blackmore's guitar tone is practically clean. This album's mix of classical/baroque, blues, and the burgeoning hard rock sound is damn near perfect. 5 stars.

Saying this in a way where I’m not fully serious but I think it best describes how I felt, Highway Star blew my mind and really set this album up well. Richie Blackmore might be a good guitarist. Maybe I’m a Leo wasn’t as great but good little jam. Pictures of home brings it back up, keyboard player goin dumb, even their bass player gets to have fun. Then we get a solid good times bad times rip off? Very skynyrd meets zeppelin and I like it. I feel like I don’t need to write about smoke on the water. It might be because it’s a megahit but it feels out of place on this album. Still a great song. Lazy is a lot of fun and space truckin is a perfect ending. Following our boy Ye this feels like a 5 but it’s probably more realistically a high 4. Loved it, thanks deep purple.

Never really listened to much of Deep Purple besides my limited exposure on guitar hero/rockband with highway star (10/10 song). This album shreds. Heavy riffs, great tone, great solos. Song is pretty diversified with fast paced and sludgy slower/heavy songs. Had a great listen. Some songs felt kinda long, but a strong 4 is in order.

Deep purple jams way harder than I thought they would. Never gave them a chance until the curators forced me to, and I’m into it. Some of the songs in the middle to end are a little too long but overall this was really good. Prefer the darkness of Black Sabbath but this was still pretty good. Feeling a soft 4/5

My first thought on seeing this come up was along the lines of- "Oh yeah, Smoke on the Water is fine. Anything else worthwhile?" Yes. Yes there was. Deep Purple is another band that I've heard of, but never really listened to. I wish I had earlier. This was a great metal album, but also just an all around solid album in general. It was filled with rocking musical compositions. Blackmore often gets referenced as a great metal guitarist, and he really showed it off here. Killer riffs on the songs, and really nailing that early metal tone and feel. The organ added a cool element to the music that I wouldn't have expected without listening to it. The drums were pretty good too, and the bass really hit. I felt the vocals were a little weaker than the rest, but, as often is the case for hard rock/metal, it's less about the singing talent and more about getting the energy right. The energy was right here. While the album was pretty straightforward, they did change it up a little bit with Lazy. It got more bluesy than the other songs and was a nice diversion from the heavier tracks. Never Before felt a little more subdued compared to other tracks on the album, but was still solid. It's hard to say whether any part of the album was better than the rest, as any two-song stretch could compete with another. It was divided nicely to be a strong listen all the way through. Space Trucking was a great finishing song. The main reason I give this a rating in the 4s instead of higher is that there are better albums out there. Not a knock on this one at all, as it is pretty great. It's just slightly below others I consider better. Overall: 4.1/5

A really solid heavy album, loved the whole thing. Never knew it had so many old hits on it from the band, it’s nice to hear some of the originators of metal from the day that had so much influence on younger bands coming up, I can hear a lot of bands in this album.

Deep Purple entrou na minha lista de bandas a serem ouvidas por obrigação de conhecer um dos grandes nomes do Rock, mas não é o tipo de som que aprecio sem ressalvas. Até "Who Do We Think We Are" (1973) ainda tem muita coisa que me agrada bastante, mas daí pra frente já me soa bem "rockão básico". Machine Head, em específico, é um ótimo disco, cheio de hits. Um disco indispensável para que curte Rock, e minha faixa preferida é "Never Before".

Ainda que não seja o meu disco preferido do Deep Purple (é o "Burn"), "Machine Head" é um disco perfeito. A banda estava em grande fase, vindo de uma sequência de ótimos álbuns como In Rock e Fireball, e a mistura de hard rock, blues e heavy metal eternizou esse repertório que, com exceção de "Never Before", é todo clássico.

Deep Purple

Groovey melodies and sick solos

Solos de guitarra molt top, i hi ha algunes cançons que me sonen. Es metal, per tant no es un estil que me matí, però s'ha de reconèixer es talent. Preferida: smoke on the water. *Curiositats: aquest va ser gravat amb un estudi mòbil, lo qual els permetia captar la seva essència damunt l'escenari.

The perfect exemple of 1970’s rock. Very good songs and instrumentation, especially the guitar (yes, we all know THAT song is here). An authentical piece of art that sums up the whole hedonistic worldview of the rock scene at that time - which, as I review it through a Christian worldview, surely downgrades the rating. Classic! --- O exemplo perfeito do rock dos anos 70. Músicas e instrumentação muito boas, especialmente a guitarra (sim, AQUELA música está aqui). Uma obra de arte autêntica que resume bem toda a cosmovisão hedonista da cena do rock daquela época — o que, a partir da cosmovisão cristã que utilizo para avaliar, certamente faz a nota cair. Clássico! 8,2/10

🎧Smoke on the Water…the most recognizable and enduring rock riff ever? Maybe. It’s one you love as a kid and then over time and thousands of exposure come to despise or just tire of. But this is a fine hard rock album that I really can’t hate on. Favorite tracks: Highway Star, Lazy

Maybe the most famous yet simple guitar riff of all time on this album. Love the underlining heaviness on here. I’ll go 4 but barely.

A decent album. I always have great memories anytime I hear Highway Star.

they are good

Fine. Didnt pack the punch I was expecting from a band trailblazing the hard rock scene

In the car going fast vibes, very enjoyable

Rock (Pun Intended) Solid 70's metal album

Liked most of the musics

Funny that I've listen to more than half of this album w/o ever listening to it back to back. I love all of the songs i already knew and i love all the ones that were new. Classic album, happy i ran into it =)

Space trucking er en objektiv banger... Resten er det meh.

Er det godt? Ja selvfølgelig. Men er det et nødvendigt album på listen når også Made in Japan er med? Der er trods alt en del overlap af numre.

Bit too dad rock for me

# Album Name: Machine Head # Artist: Deep Purple # Rating: 4/5 # Comments: Good Album. Dad rock at its best. Plenty of good tunes, riffs and music going on here. # Top Tunes: Highway star / Im a leo / never before / smoke on the water # Would I listen to it again? Yes

Highway Star absolutely slaps

Decent, I'd listen to it again

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Machine Head is the sixth album from British band Deep Purple, and was their most commercially successful release. The band made guitar-based hard rock, and are considered to be one of the pioneers of heavy metal. The band used a heavy, distorted effect on their guitar and bass lines; this saturated sound became the norm for hard rock and heavy metal in the 70s and the 80s. Machine Head includes "Smoke on the Water," which may be the band's biggest hit. The song is about the difficulties the band faced in recording the album - one of the studios the band planned to used burned down before the scheduled sessions. It, like the rest of the album, is the product of a seasoned band that captured the energy of their live shows.

Too many people automatically use “dad rock” in a derogatory manner. This is pure, unfiltered dad rock in the best possible way.

The guitar works is phenomenal. Just absolutely bites into every riff and tears off the meat from the bone. The music is well produced and recorded, good dynamics and range. However, did I mention the guitar?

No dobra dam cztery, bo Smoke on the water to hit plus doceniam zespół rockowy, który nie zmienia jednego kawałka w godzinną epopeję. 6.5/10 równane w górę.

The have some awesome guitar licks beyond smoke on the water

Flugzeug, Lombok - Jakarta, Indonesien Als Kind viel gehört, aber bestimmt nie in Albumlänge. Läuft gut durchs Ohr, geht voran und macht Laune.

Nah

I can tell this is the seeds of hard rock and heavy metal. It was enjoyable enough with their most famous song on the album (Smoke on the Water). I may revisit in the future but there was nothing about this that spoke as artistic genius that I would need to revisit multiple times. Fine fun album. Good for a day at the cabin.

When you think 1970s Hard Rock, think Deep Purple's Machine Head. Some itheir most famous, self-indulgent, and best songs - Highway Star and Smoke on the Water especially - are on this album. What makes the Deep Purple of this era so special is the proto-Heavy Metal riffing of Ritchie Blackmore. Deep Purple without Blackmore is like Jethro Tull with without Ian Anderson or Black Sabbath without Ozzy. It's just not the same band. That happened in 1975 when Blackmore left to form early Hair Metal band Rainbow with Ronnie Dio (who left to form Hair Metal band Dio). (As an aside, I saw Deep Purple in the post Blackmore era and it stands today as one of the worst concerts I ever attended. I still have nightmares) If you want to know what classic Deep Purple sounds like, listent ot Machine Head. If you want to hear the roots of Heavy Metal and Hair Metal, listen to Machine head. If you want to be transported back to the early 70s, complete with muscle cars, pimped out vans, and young women in tube tops and bell bottoms, listen to Machine Head. If you want to listent to one of the greatest rock guitar muscians of all time at his peak, listen to Machine Head.

3.5- just the right amount of excess.

Don't remember much but I did generally like the sound. 3 star.

It's not hard to imagine the tandem of Deep Purple and Black Sabbath contributing much of what heavy metal would end up being down the road. It's definitely something I can appreciate, but I think I still prefer the stuff that stood on their respective shoulders. Favourite Track: Highway Star 3/5

Also not my favorite kind of music typically. I’m more of a classic rock type of person. But I have to give this album credit for having one of the most recognizable songs of its era on it, for sure.

Not bad!! I knew the famous songs but the rest of it was enjoyable too. I liked the song “Lazy.”

Favorite Track: Highway Star

This album failed to catch my attention, it was just noise. Not bad noise, but I won't remember it.

Slaps. Boomercore. Crazy riffage. Clearly influential. Wolfmother should be ashamed of themselves.

Bluesy, rolling guitar sound, funky keyboards. These guys are a less dark version of Black Sabbath. Or Black Sabbath is a heavier version of these guys. It’s jammy. This is a good album for wordless scenes in a movie or for background music in a video game when you’re driving a vehicle. Choice cut: Smoke on the Water

A classic hard rock/heavy metal album. Great stuff.

For the genre of music which definitely is more suited personally, this album certainly left for wanting more. It will be a 3.5/5 but demoted to 3 as it wouldn't really belong in the echelon of 4s.

Really enjoyed the album. Not really a single bad/terrible song on it I thought. Loved highway star. Blackmore's guitar solos and riffs are iconic.

Thought it would be better. 3/5.

This was fine? It was fine to have on I the background but any time I tried to actively listen, I got distracted by other things.

It starts meh and finishes quite good.

Heard Smoke on the Water before, obviously. Not gonna lie, it wasn't the most groundbreaking album ever but it was just ok 2/5

when is there gonna be a hip hop album bruh... idk sh was pre calm idk kinda messed w but no where near as good as marvin.... torn up between 2 and 3 rn... 3 too close to 4 which is what i rated marv... and marv was lit.... i think.... i might have to go with... 2 bruh. 2 be like: boi. diddenbludden ahh

reminded me of steely dan a bit

High octane hard rock, a precursor to thrash and speed metal. The shinier, adrenaline-fueled twin of Sabbaths depraved sinister metal sound. The solos are masterfully done on all instruments, with bass, guitar and organ solos on Pictures of Home, and plenty all over the album. Used to listen to this all the time, and it's just as good as I remember, Highway Star will always be one of my favorite songs. Best Tracks: Highway Star, Pictures of Home, Space Truckin

This is a masterpiece of an album. First half is definitely slept on by most because of Smoke On The Water in the second. I have never listened to any deep purple album in full before this, but now, almost the whole album has been added to my playlist. An interesting point is the final track, When A Blind Man Cries, wasn't included in the original release, but was on each subsequent release as a main stay. This is because guitarist Ritchie Blackmore disliked the song and even refused to play it live. In the context of the album, I kind of agree with Blackmore. It's too much of a tonal shift, and right at the end of the album too. On it's own, it's a good song though. Notable Tracks: Lazy, Smoke On The Water, Never Before, Highway Star

Very standard and by the numbers 70 rock. Highlight was the heavenly intro to track 2 (which lasted about 1.5 seconds until i realised Location Playboi Cart was accidentally queued). Towards the end of the 8 song tracklist i even began thinking of what to listen to next. A 1 is too harsh because i sat through it all and didnt want to turn it off.

It's like heavy maaaan, but it's not my scene, I don't even like Smoke On The Water, there I said it 😕

Several bangers. I’ll take it! (Did you know “Smoke on the Water” actually happened to them?) FS: Highway Star

Yeah this was kinda fun. Unfortunately I am so numb to 70s rock I won't be dwelling on it, but I liked the guitar 🎸

“Highway Star” is prime 70’s rock in my book - enjoyed listening to this again - had been a while

one of my (imaginary) friend that only knows "smoke on the water" listened to this album with me and shouted at the beginning of the song "it's 0-3-5 time" and smoke on the water'd all over the place. the only problem, however, was how we are not listening to"highway star" on a highway. 3.5/5

I was already familiar with this album. It's a very solid album. It has some of Deep Purple's best songs, including Highway Star and Smoke on the Water. All the tracks are worthwhile though, with some really nice guitar and organ riffs and solos throughout. I would listen to this again any time.

Ich weiß nicht. Das Riff aus Smoke on the Water ist gut, aber ich konnte nie mit dem Rest des Songs warmwerden. Mit dem Rest des Album auch nicht. Schade.

I fuck with this, har väl vetat ett tag att rock eller hårdrock inte är vad jag tidigare trott men det här albumet är väl bevis på att jag rock with it

Includes one of the most iconic songs of the rock era, of course, in "Smoke on the Water." But "Highway Star," "Space Truckin'," and "Never Enough" are also great tracks.

4.0 - Very Good

Bits of delight laced throughout, but something cheesy or false pervades. Overall, not really my jam

This was very much 'my era'. However I was only pretending to like them back then to fit in with all my mates. Now I don't have to fit in, so I allow myself to say, I just don't like the music. Having said that, I could listen to 'Deep Purple in Rock' again, just for old times sake... or maybe lift and drop the needle just to remember the tunes.

Groupe connu. Comme beaucoup de guitariste amateur j'ai essayé de jouer le riff de 'Smoke on the Water'. Parmi les autres morceaux certains sont tout aussi réussis, en particulier 'Highway Star', 'Lazy' et 'Space Trucking', 'Pictures of Home', mais les autres un peu moins (les 2 restants). Il n'atteindra donc pas la note maximale, que je réserve au live 'Made In Japan' qui regroupe tous mes morceaux préférés du groupe. =>4/5

“Classic rock” distilled. Highway Star and Space Truckin are bangers and the the album still rocks out. Even if Smoke is overplayed by every 12 year old to pick up a guitar

“Smoke on the Water” still kicks ass, but it doesn’t seem I was missing much of Deep Purple otherwise. Pretty much sounds exactly how you imagine all early 70s “metal” bands from England must have sounded. Which is very deeply not for me. Favorite track: “Smoke on the Water”

Good album. I recognized a lot of the songs. A nice, driving rock to listen to while I was commuting.

- I respect their influence, but Deep Purple rarely does much for me. Too much keyboard. And it lacks an edge I keep wanting from it, especially because they keep skirting that line. - "Never Before" is my favorite, but there are some other solid tracks. - Do not care for "Maybe I'm a Leo" and "Lazy."

I hope I age as gracefully as this record. This is like the ultimate dad rock and I love it. Maybe I love it too much... gotta check with my exes, make sure there isn't a mini me out there somewhere.

Awesome album.

Classic album, but just because Smoke On The Water is actually kinda boring, I'm not such a fan.

Fuck Child in Time, dit is het beste werk van Deep Purple. Highway Star is één van de nummers die ik niet durf opzetten in de auto wegens risico op roekeloos rijgedrag. En Smoke On The Water is misschien grijsgedraaid, maar het heeft wel een reden. 4.5

Classic!

Deep Purple – Machine Head (★★★☆☆) As a Gen X guy who grew up with rock blasting out of car stereos and bedroom speakers, Machine Head was one of those albums everyone had—or at least knew. It’s a classic, no doubt, with “Smoke on the Water” and “Space Truckin’” leading the charge. “Smoke on the Water” especially… that riff is legendary. Every budding guitarist’s first real lick. You still hear it in Guitar Centers across the country. But honestly? It’s been played to death. It’s time to let that one fade into the background and make room for something new. The magic it once had is long gone. The album as a whole still rocks, but it doesn’t hit quite like it used to. Solid, but not mind-blowing. A classic, sure—but not a personal favorite anymore.

Such a classic, even though I have never heard the full album before. This is what all my guitar friends tried to play through their teenage years, and it's easy to understand why it's so cool.

Uno de los álbumes más míticos de la historia del rock y con razón. Canción favorita: Highway star

Why are there so many Deep Purple albums on this stupid list!?

Kind of boring but ok

Love it!!! They feature solos for all their instruments which I think is great. Lots of guitar, bass and key solos. Looooong songs but they rock! I kept finding myself turning the volume up louder. Would like to own for sure. Was nice hearing what else they have to offer other than smoke on the water, and so many of their songs are better and deserve more recognition

Classic album with a bunch of classic hits. "Smoke On The Water" being the definition of their career. Top album.

It was good. It was a generic classic rock album. I feel like there’s a reason I only know smoke on the water… but they sound good and I liked it! Just a average generic sound

3 stars just for Smoke on the water

Good and fun

Boring

remember that rock band commercial? uncle eddie music (i will not elaborate) 2 guitar solos on one track is criminal the stutter part @ the end of pictures of home is fun funny that Never Before has significantly less plays than the rest of the album, despite being no worse than the rest of the songs. when they name dropped frank zappa i realized i would rather just listen to him fucking boring im fucking bored